1975 studio album by David Sanborn
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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]
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
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
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