Tower of Power

Tower of Power

Band Information Genre: R&B-based horn section Members: Emilio Castillo Stephen "Doc" Kupka Francis "Rocco" Prestia David Garibaldi Roger Smith Lee Thornburg Adolfo Acosta Larry Braggs Tom Politzer Jerry Cortez First appearance: "Born Under a Bad Sign"

Tower of Power (TOP) are an American R&B-based horn section band. They played horns on the songs "Born Under a Bad Sign" and "Moanin' Lisa Blues" from The Simpsons Sing the Blues.

Credits

Horn section

• Album – The Simpsons Sing the Blues ("Born Under a Bad Sign" and "Moanin' Lisa Blues")

External links

• Tower of Power at the Internet Movie Database
• Tower of Power at Wikipedia

Music crew

Composers Ryeland Allison • Ryan Baer • Lorne Balfe • Marc Baril • Jim Beanz • Belle and Sebastian • Michele Bertoldi • Bleeding Fingers Music • Sylvain Chomet • Alf Clausen • Scott Clausen • Jemaine Clement • Ray Colcord • The Decemberists • Jack Dolgen • James Dooley • Clay Duncan • Ryan Elder • Danny Elfman • Juan Carlos Enriquez • Mark Ganus • Michael Giacchino • Mick Giacchino • Richard Gibbs • Norio Hanzawa • James Hebdon • The Hood Internet • Henry Jackman • Brian Langsbard • Ruggero Leoncavallo • Michael A. Levine • Alex Mauer • Maureen McElheron • Bret McKenzie • Mark Mothersbaugh • John E. Nordstrom • Eric Nunamaker • Laurence O'Keefe • Atli Örvarsson • Gregory Prechel • Kira Randolph • Angel Roché Jr. • Arthur B. Rubinstein • Allen Simpson • Stephen Sondheim • Jon Spurney • Matthew Sweet • Asa Taccone • Kara Talve • Kingsley Thurber • Jeffrey Townsend • Christopher Tyng • Patrick Williams • Davin Wood • Hans Zimmer Music editors Bob Beecher • Stan Jones • Chris Ledesma • Daniel Pinder • Ryan Rubin • Jake Schaefer • Erich Stratmann • Derek Syverud • Tom Trafalski Music engineers Bryant Arnett • Thomas Broderick • Mark Chalecki • Richard Cottrell • Guy DeFazio • Robert Gatley • Paul Grupp • Mick Guzauski • Richard Joseph • Jesse Kanner • Acar S. Key • Judy Kirschner • Tod Lemkuhl • Bryan Loren • Scott Mabuchi • Tony Maserati • John Moyer • Ernie Rose • Pete Oso Snell • Geoff Sykes • Greg Vines • Matt Ward Music producers Bob Beecher • John Boylan • James L. Brooks • George Clinton • Robert Clivillés • David Cole • Oliver Davis • David Dorn • Derek Dressler • Russell Emanuel • Robert L. Emmer • Alan Friedman • Greg Haver • DJ Jazzy Jeff • Steve Kofsky • Chris Ledesma • Bryan Loren • Mickey Petralia • Steven Schnur • Gary Stewart • Jai Winding • Hans Zimmer Orchestrators Steve Bartek • Alf Clausen • Scott Clausen • Tim Davies • Brad Dechter • Elizabeth Finch • Bruce Fowler • Walt Fowler • Dell Hake • Andrew Kinney • Ken Kugler • Suzette Moriarty • Dana Niu • Gregory Prechel • Larry Rench • Brandon Roberts • Geoff Stradling • Marcus Trumpp Singers and vocalists Lisa Angelle • Kaylee Arellano • Baha Men • George Balmeseda • Tony Battaglia • Peter Beckett • Gerry Beckley • Josh Bedlion • Karen Bernod • Ben Bledsoe • Eric Bradley • Alexandra Brown • Jackson Browne • Rosemary Butler • Amick Byram • David Byrne • Marie Cain • James Campbell • Mark Campbell • Elin Carlson • Carmen Carter • Dawn Halloran Charouhas • Emily Charouhas • Patty Chayefsky • Alvin Chea • Alf Clausen • John Coggins • Deborah Cooper • Randy Crenshaw • J.C. Crowley • Michael Dees • Angel DeLeon • Marwenna Diame • Chelsea Di Blasi • Denise Donatelli • George Economou • Allie Feder • Roger Freeland • James Gilstrap • Andrew Gold • Will Goldman • Gary LeRoi Gray • Shelby Grimm • Nicholas Harper • Walt Harrah • James Hayden • Todd Honeycutt • Michael "J" Horn • Clydene Jackson • David Johansen • Dan Jordan • Bob Joyce • Eloise Kelsey • Kesha • Mary Kiani • Gladys Knight • Darlene Koldenhoven • Edie Lehmann-Boddicker • Kipp Lennon • Rick Logan • Hazel Lopez • Bryan Loren • Trey Lorenz • Ricky Lucchese • Aron Michael Manderosian • Robert J. Manderosian • Chris Mann • Sara Mann • Ian Mayorga • Nick McKaig • Donna Medine • Gene Merlino • Cindy Mizelle • Ted Moock • Angelo Moore • Gene Morford • Kalina Neskoska • Nevena Neskoska • Naum Neskoski • D. K. Okoh • Caitlin Parrott • P-Funk All-Stars • Aaron Page • Caitlin Parrott • Darryl Phinnessee • Michele Pillar • Duran Ramos • Jasper Randall • John Reid • Boots Riley • Linda Ronstadt • Jessica Rotter • Laurie Rox • Timothy B. Schmit • Fletcher Sheridan • Jill Sobule • Stefani Spruill • Caitlin Stafford • Bart Stevens • Sally Stevens • Susie Stevens-Logan • Todd Strange • Carole Sylvan • Matthew Sweet • Marc Terenzi • Chris Thompson • Carmen Twillie • Twinkle • Richard Voltorp • Julia Waters • Maxine Waters • Oren Waters • Suzanne Waters • Dick Wells • John West • Greg Whipple • Ann White • Gerald White • Jerry Whitman • B. David Whitworth • Ann Wilson • Nancy Wilson • Stevie Wonder Song writers Lisa Angelle • Burt Bacharach • Tony Battaglia • Gerry Beckley • Herman Beeftink • William Bell • Chuck Berry • John Boylan • James L. Brooks • James Campbell • George Clinton • Robert Clivillés • David Cole • Angel DeLeon • Zooey Deschanel • Jack Dolgen • George Economou • Alan Friedman • Ricky Gervais • Shelby Grimm • Matt Groening • Bob Harris • Greg Haver • Tim Heidecker • Arthur Herzog, Jr. • Billie Holiday • Robert Israel • Al Jean • DJ Jazzy Jeff • Robert Johnson • Booker T. Jones • Dan Jordan • Louis Kabbabie • Jay Kogen • Adam I. Lapidus • Annie Lennox • Bobby Lopez • Bryan Loren • Jeff Martin • Mike McKnight • Willie Nelson • Randy Newman • Laurence O'Keefe • Curt Ousley • Mickey Petralia • Cole Porter • Rex Promise • Duran Ramos • Mike Reiss • Boots Riley • Sam Simon • Allen Simpson • Jill Sobule • Dave Stewart • Richard Strauss • Matthew Sweet • Eric Wareheim • Paul Webster • Jai Winding • Wallace Wolodarsky Other Murray Adler • Shahid "Quality Notch" Ahmad • Slamm Andrews • Richard Bishop • Claudius Bruese • Cary Butler • John Chamberlin • John Witt Chapman • Chuck Choi • Al Clay • Victor Cooke • Sandy De Crescent • Carol Farhat • Nick Glennie-Smith • Kevin Globerman • Leslie Ann Jones • Juliani Music • Chris King • Paul Klingberg • Mike Knobloch • Robert Kraft • Julie Last • Dan Light • Mike Long • Matthew Margeson • George Massenburg • Alan Meyerson • Michael John Mollo • Rebecca Morellato • Blake Neely • Christina Paakkari • Francesco Perlangeli • Jacquie Perryman • Rick Riccio • Peter Rotter • Mike Rubin • Czarina Russell • Jacob Shea • Scott Michael Smith • Sonic Fuel Studios • Noah Sorota • Brian Sperber • Tom Steel • Armin Steiner • Patricia Sullivan • Brett Swain • Dolph Taylor • Mark Wherry • Booker White • Andrew Zack • Andre J. 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