Melissa / Better Days & Happy Endings

Compilation by Melissa Manchester

Released 13 July 2010

Arnold McCuller
background vocals [6]
Bill Schnee
mix [1-9]
Bob Schaper
mix [10-20], recording
Brie Howard
background vocals [9]
David Lasley
background vocals [6]
David Wolfert
acoustic guitar [1, 3, 7, 9], electric guitar [1-7], guitar [8]
Don Diego Goju
cowbell [8]
Gene Dinwiddie
tenor saxophone [6, 8]
James Newton Howard
celesta [9], clavinet [2, 8], electric piano [1-4, 7], organ [5-6], piano [6], synthesizer [2, 4, 9, 13-16, 19-20]
Johnny Rotella
baritone saxophone [3]
Johnny Vastano
acoustic guitar [18], electric guitar [14, 16], pedal steel guitar [20]
King Errisson
congas [2, 5, 8]
Kirk Bruner
background vocals [9], cuíca [4], drums (drum set) [1-8], percussion [2, 4, 7], talking drum [6]
Lew McCreary
trombone [3]
Lucy Mike
background vocals [2]
Melissa Manchester
background vocals [1, 3-4, 6-9], clavinet [6], electric piano [5, 9], lead vocals [1-4, 6-9], piano [1-4, 7-8, 10], strings [3, 10], vocal [5, 10-14, 16-20]
Morton K. Salt
percussion [9]
Sid Sharp
concertmaster [10]
Steve Madaio
trumpet [3, 6, 8]
The Faragher Brothers
background vocals [12, 16]
Trevor Lawrence
alto saxophone [10], baritone saxophone [6, 8], brass [3, 6, 8, 12, 16], soprano saxophone [5], strings [3, 5, 7, 10], tenor saxophone [3, 6, 8]
Vini Poncia
background vocals [1, 3, 7, 9], producer
“Cooker” John LoPresti
bass guitar [1-9]