title: Sweet Thing (album)
text: # Sweet Thing (album)
  
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  Sweet Thing is the fifth album by jazz saxophonist Boney James, released in 1997. "I Still Dream" features Al Jarreau.
  
  ## Personnel
  
  * Boney James – soprano saxophone (1, 4, 5, 9), alto saxophone (2, 8), keyboards (2, 6, 8, 9), Yamaha WX7 (2), tenor saxophone (3, 6, 7), Wurlitzer electric piano (4, 5)
  * Dan Shea – keyboards (1)
  * David Torkanowsky – keyboards (2, 4), additional keyboards (5), vibraphone solo (5), strings (7), acoustic piano solo (9)
  * Alex Al – keyboards (3), Nord synth lead (3), bass (3, 4), drum programming (3)
  * Jeff Carruthers – keyboards (4), drum programming (4)
  * Darrell Smith – keyboards (5, 7), drum programming (5), electric piano (6)
  * John Stoddart – keyboards (8)
  * Daddy Shakespeare – Moog synthesizer (8)
  * Peter White – accordion (9), guitars (9)
  * Paul Jackson Jr. – guitars (1, 2, 7, 8)
  * Tony Maiden – guitars (4, 5), vocals (4)
  * Larry Kimpel – bass (1, 6, 7, 9)
  * Lil' John Roberts – drums (1, 6, 7)
  * Paul Brown – drum programming (2, 6-9), additional programming (5)
  * Lenny Castro – percussion (1, 2, 5, 6, 8)
  * Paulinho da Costa – percussion (7, 9)
  * Dan Higgins – tenor saxophone (1)
  * Bill Reichenbach Jr. – trombone (1)
  * Jerry Hey – flugelhorn (1)
  * Maxyan Lewis – vocals (4)
  * Dee Harvey – vocals (5)
  * Al Jarreau – vocals (8)
  * Bridgette Bryant-Fiddmont – backing vocals (8)
  
  Arrangements
  
  * Paul Brown (1, 2, 4-9)
  * Carl Burnett (2)
  * Boney James (2, 4-9)
  * Alex Al (3)
  * Jeff Carruthers (4)
  * Tony Maiden (5)
  * Darrell Smith (5, 7)
  
  ## Production
  
  * Boney James – producer
  * Paul Brown – producer, recording, mixing
  * Dave Rideau – additional engineer, co-mixing (4)
  * Dan Shea – additional engineer
  * Erik Zobler – additional engineer
  * Tony Alvarez Jr. – recording assistant
  * Cappy Japngie – recording assistant
  * Charles Nasser – recording assistant, mix assistant
  * Matt Pakucko – mix assistant
  * Stephen Marcussen – mastering at Precision Mastering (Hollywood, California)
  * Lexy Brewer – production coordinator
  * Larry Vigon – art direction, design
  * Brian Jackson – design
  * James Minchin III – photography
  * Howard Lowell – management
  