Casino is the 1997 follow-up to the album Physical Therapy

Physical Therapy (album)

Physical Therapy is the self-titled debut of Jazz fusion band Physical Therapy, and features eleven tracks. The title track was used in late 1998 for the The Weather Channel's local forecast segment. "Played Me" is the only song on the album to feature vocals. Within the liner notes, Physical...

, and revolves around a casino

Casino

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 theme which influences some instrumentation and the name of each track. As the second studio album of Physical Therapy

Physical Therapy (band)

Physical Therapy is a jazz fusion band from St. Louis, Missouri active in the 1990s. They produced two albums under the Sweatshop Records label, the first being the eponymous Physical Therapy , and the second work being a theme album called Casino .The band used a variety of instruments and...

, it features sixteen more minutes of material than its predecessor. It is seemingly, at present, their last foray into commercial music. In 1998, "Casino" and "A Night at the Palace" were used on the The Weather Channel's local forecast segment.

Track listing

1. "Casino"Terrance Coleman – 4:00
2. "What the Flush" – 3:55
3. "A Night at the Palace"Terrance Coleman Mike Fitzgerald Brian White – 4:25
4. "Painted Skies"Terrance Coleman – 1:02
5. "Dockside"Terrance Coleman Mike Fitzgerald – 5:25
6. "All Players Dream"Terrance Coleman Leroi Brashers – 5:48
7. "Evening Tide" – 6:42
8. "Double Down"Terrance Coleman Willie Lax – 6:00
9. "Let it Ride" – 6:10
10. "Sipping Domm"Terrance Coleman – 6:14
11. "Lady Luck" – 5:43
12. "Cordon Blues"Terrance Coleman Mike Fitzgerald – 7:30
13. "Hit Me" – 3:44
14. "Hard Count" – 3:13

Specific credits are, all tracks were written by the combined efforts of Terrance Coleman, Michael Fitzgerald, Ben Monroe, and Brian White.Except where noted "Evening Tide" was written by Kent McVey. "Hit Me" was also co-written with Kent McVey.

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Personnel

Unlike the previous album Physical Therapy

Physical Therapy (album)

Physical Therapy is the self-titled debut of Jazz fusion band Physical Therapy, and features eleven tracks. The title track was used in late 1998 for the The Weather Channel's local forecast segment. "Played Me" is the only song on the album to feature vocals. Within the liner notes, Physical...

, specific instrumentalist credits are not provided for each track. However, it is unlikely that the band members shifted roles in the few years between albums; these credits from the first album should denote what each band member played.

• Terrance Coleman - Bass
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  , Keyboard
  Electronic keyboard
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  s, Acoustic Guitar
• Michael Fitzgerald - Soprano
  Soprano saxophone
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  , Alto
  Alto saxophone
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  , and Tenor saxophone
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  , and Keyboards
• Ben Monroe - drums
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   and percussion
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• Brian White - Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar
  Electric guitar
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  , and MIDI Guitars, and Keyboards

In addition, several special guests made contributions to Casino.

• Mark Owens - Keyboards (Tracks 1 & 14)
• Leroi Brashears - Muted Trumpet
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   & Flugelhorn
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   (Tracks 6, 9, & 10)
• Kent KcVey - Keyboards (Tracks 7 & 13)
• Kirk Grice - Djembe
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   (Track 6)
• Eugene "Spud" Taylor - guitar
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    parts only (Track 10)
• "Skeeta" - All keyboard parts (Tracks 9 & 11)

Production

• Producers: Terrance Coleman Brian White, Michael Fitzgerald & Ben Monroe
• Co-Producers: "Christian" (Track (9 & 11) Only
• Production Coordination: Mary E. Nelson, esq., Bruce McCaleb, Kristopher Henderson, & Ben Monroe

Production notes

All music was digitally recorded. This album was recorded at The Chapel, St. Louis

St. Louis, Missouri

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, Missouri

Missouri

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. It was mastered by "Sammy", from Global Sound Mastering. Ben Monroe did primary engineering and mixing. Artwork, special effects, layout and design was done by Pen & Pixel Graphics, Inc

Pen & Pixel

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. Elcardo's Photography Studio "Hitman the Master" took the pictures of the band members. Back tray card design was done by Grenn Grillo, who previously contributed the 3D art for the first album. The album was released under the Sweatshop Records label; feedback was encouraged to be written to Sweatshop Records, P.O. Box 150299, St. Louis, Missouri 63115.

Back cover writeup

Ahw yes, here we are at the Casino. What The

Flush is that u ask? It's A Night At The Palace

with Painted Skies and all the boats are Dockside.

All Players Dream of that million in cash, as the

Evening Tide rolls in—by my glass. Double Down

u shout, Let It Ride u say, as u sit back Sipping

Domm with your Lady Luck—ok. Cordon Blues is

in the air, so you say Hit Me one more time, before

i make this Hard Count of this cash that's mine.

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