I Like to Riff
I Like to Riff was the first recording by the Minneapolis jazz vocal trio Rio Nido, released in 1978. The original LP was long out-of-print until re-released on CD in 2007 by the Japanese label, Bittersweet America.
Track listing
- "Minnie the Moocher's Wedding Day"
- "The Trouble With Me is You"
- "In Walked Bud"
- "Hannah in Savannah"
- "Wacky Dust"
- "Gone" Horn arrangement by Tim Sparks
- "I Like to Riff"
- "Shanghai Lil" )
- "Most Gentlemen Don't Like Love"
- "The Man With the Jive" Horn arrangement by Tim Sparks
- "Crazy People"
Personnel
- Prudence Johnson - vocals
- Tim Sparks - vocals, guitar
- Tom Lieberman - vocals, guitar
- Eddie Berger - alto sax, baritone sax, soprano sax, clarinet
- Butch Thompson - clarinet
- Jim Price - fiddle
- Hearn Gadbois - conga
- Willie Murphy - bass
- Gary Raynor - bass
- Steve Benson - bass sax
- Peter Ostroushko - mandolin
Production notes
- Produced by Rio Nido
- Executive producer - Charlie Campbell
- Technical assistant - Tim Ackerman
- Engineered and mixed by Dave Ray, Chris Hinding and Michael McKern
- Artwork by John Hanson
- Photography by Matt Spector and Dennis Widstrand