Soul On Top:James Brown

Soul on Top is an album by James Brown. Brown and saxophonist Maceo Parker worked with arranger/conductor Oliver Nelson to record a big band,funk and jazz vocal album. It was recorded with Louie Bellson and his 18-piece jazz orchestra at United Western Recorders in Hollywood, California in November 1969, and features jazz standards, show tunes, and middle of the road hits, as well as a new arrangement of Brown's funk hit "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag".

The album was reissued in 2004 with one previously unreleased bonus track, a big band version of Brown's 1967 hit "There Was a Time", and newliner notes by jazz critic Will Friedwald. 

Contents
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 * 2 Personnel
 * 3 References
 * 4 Notes
 * James Brown - vocal
 * Oliver Nelson - arranger and conductor
 * Ernie Watts - alto saxophone
 * Joe Romano - alto saxophone
 * Maceo Parker - tenor saxophone
 * Buddy Collette - tenor saxophone
 * Pete Christlieb - tenor saxophone
 * Jim Mulidore - baritone saxophone
 * Al Aarons - trumpet
 * Chuck Findley - trumpet
 * John Audino - trumpet
 * Tom Porello - trumpet
 * Jimmy Cleveland - trombone
 * Nick DiMaio - trombone
 * Kenny Shroyer - trombone
 * Bill Tole - trombone
 * Frank Vincent - piano
 * Bill Pitman - guitar
 * Louis Shelton - guitar
 * Ray Brown - bass
 * Louis Bellson - drums, bandleader
 * Jack Arnold - percussion