Taking Off (David Sanborn album)
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| Released | 1975 | |||
| Studio | A&R Recording (New York City, New York) | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 36:43 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
| Producer | John Court | |||
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Taking Off is a studio album by David Sanborn, released in 1975 on Warner Bros. Records. The album reached number 19 on Billboard's Jazz Albums chart.[2]
Track listing
All tracks composed by David Matthews except where noted.
- "Butterfat" (Steve Khan) – 3:02
- "'Way 'Cross Georgia" (Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson) – 4:27
- "Duck Ankles" (Steve Khan) – 3:20
- "Funky Banana" – 3:16
- "The Whisperer" (Don Grolnick) – 4:47
- "It Took a Long Time" (Randy Brecker) – 3:29
- "Black Light" – 6:30
- "Blue Night" – 3:45
- "Flight" – 4:07
Personnel
Musicians
- David Sanborn – alto saxophone
- Don Grolnick – acoustic piano, clavinet, Fender Rhodes, synthesizers, arrangements (5)
- Steve Khan – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, 12-string electric guitar
- Joe Beck – electric guitar (4)
- Buzz Feiten – electric guitar (4)
- Will Lee – bass guitar
- Chris Parker – drums (1–6)
- Rick Marotta – additional drums (1, 3)
- Steve Gadd – drums (7–9)
- Ralph MacDonald – bongos, percussion, congas (7–9)
- José Madera – percussion (7–9)
- Warren Smith – percussion (7–9)
- Howard Johnson – baritone saxophone, tuba, arrangements (2)
- Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone
- Tom Malone – trombone
- Randy Brecker – trumpet, arrangements (6)
- John Clark – French horn (2)
- Peter Gordon – French horn (2)
- David Matthews – arrangements (1, 3–5, 7–9)
- Strings (7–9)
- Charles McCracken – cello
- George Ricci – cello
- Lucien Schmit – cello
- John Beal – double bass
- Bob Daugherty – double bass
- Al Brown – viola
- Harold Coletta – viola
- Manny Vardi – viola
- Emile Charlap – violin, string contractor
- Harry Clickman – violin
- Lou Eley – violin
- Paul Gershman – violin
- Harry Glickman – violin
- Leo Kahn – violin
- Harold Kohon – violin
- Charles Libove – violin
- Guy Lumia – violin
- David Nadien – violin, concertmaster
- Gene Orloff – violin
- Max Pollikoff – violin
- Matthew Raimondi – violin
Production
- John Court – producer
- Don Hahn – engineer, remixing (1–4, 6–9)
- Lee Herschberg – remixing (5)
- Sam Ginsberg – assistant engineer
- Ed Thrasher – art direction
- Robert Lockhart – design
- Benno Friedman – photography
References
- ^ Yanow, Scott. Taking Off at AllMusic
- ^ "David Sanborn: Charts & Awards". Allmusic. Retrieved May 14, 2011.