Jon Lucien – Premonition (1976)

A1 	Hello Like Before 		
A2 	IfI Could 		
A3 	Spring's Arrival 		
A4 	Mi Vida 		
B1 	Laura 		         play
B2 	Gaku 		
B3 	You Been Away Too Long 		
B4 	And It All Goes Round And Round 		
B5 	Child Of Love

Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar – Dennis Budimir, Greg Puree
Electric Guitar – David T. Walker, Ray Parker
Bass – Jon Lucien, Russel Taylor, Chuck Rainey
Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes], Piano [Acoustic], Synthesizer [Moog, Quafro] – Jon Lucien
Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes] – Richard Cummings, Bobby Lyle
Piano – Mike Woford, Herbie Hancock
Congas – Steve Thorton
Drums – Harold Mason, Steve Gadd
Piano – Mike Woford
Soprano Saxophone – Wayne Shorter
Flute, Percussion, Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – Justo Almario

Concertmaster – Elliott Fisher, Norman Carr
Flute – Jerome Richardson, Louise Ditallio
French Horn – Earl Chapin, Jim Buffington, Peter Gordon (8), Robert Johnson (16)
Harp – Dorothy Ashby, Gloria Agostini
Percussion – Dave Carey
Producer – Jon Lucien, Larry Rosen (tracks: A2 to B1)
Remix – Pete Romano (tracks: A2 to B1), Steve Hodge (tracks: A1, B2 to B4)
Trombone – Britt Woodman, Ed Kusby, Garnett Brown, Maurice Spears, Urbie Green, Wayne Andre
Trumpet – Albert Aarons, Bobby Bryant, Bert Collins, Dalton Smith, Fred Jackson Jr., Jack Nimitz, Joe Shepley, Oscar Brashear
Woodwind – Jerry Dodgion (tracks: A3, A5, B1), Ken Berger* (tracks: A3, A5, B1), Bobby Keller (tracks: A3, A5, B1)

Jon Lucien's fifth album was the last he'd make for quite some time, with just one more, 1982's Romantico, appearing in the 15 years following this 1976 release. In common with many a soul singer, or at least ones such as Lucien who had some ties to R&B, the mid-'70s found him moving into more muted and slicker sounds. Certainly it's less adventurous than the earlier albums upon which his reputation rests. The fusion-colored, adult contemporary-oriented approach is most prominent on the opening cover of Bill Withers' "Hello Like Before," and some other songs, like "If I Could" and "You Been Away Too Long," are sentimental even by the standards of an unabashed romantic like Lucien. Nevertheless, much of his idiosyncratic blend of soul, jazz, and Virgin Island spice remains, though it's an album for committed members of his cult, not one for curious newcomers to start with. The record does get less syrupy as it goes on, with "Mi Vida" adding some lively Caribbean-tinged jazz, rhythms, and whistles. "Gaku" employs some quite funky wah-wah, and flutters that recall effects on Steve Miller's "Fly Like an Eagle." "Child of Love," a real pop-jazz standout, benefits greatly from the presence of Herbie Hancock on piano. ---Richie Unterberger, Rovi

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