Spontaneous Inventions

1986 live album by Bobby McFerrin

Spontaneous Inventions

Live album by

Bobby McFerrin

Released| 1986
Genre| Vocal jazz
Length| 39:16
Label| Blue Note Records
Producer| Linda Goldstein, Bobby McFerrin
Bobby McFerrin chronology
| The Voice
(1984)  | Spontaneous Inventions
(1986)  | Simple Pleasures
(1988)

|
|

Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
Allmusic|  [1]
Record Mirror| 2/5[2]

Spontaneous Inventions is a 1986 live album by American vocalist Bobby McFerrin, released by Blue Note Records.

The album reached number 103 on the Billboard 200, number 62 on Billboard's R&B Albums chart, number 6 on the Top Jazz Albums chart, and number 2 on the Top Contemporary Jazz Albums chart.[3]

The album features special guests, amongst them Robin Williams (vocals on "Beverly Hills Blues") and Herbie Hancock (piano on "Turtle Shoes").

McFerrin later performed a modified version of the song Thinkin' About Your Body in a series of UK Cadbury's chocolate adverts in 1989/1990.[4][5][6]

## Track listing

[edit]

No.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

|
|
|

1.| "Thinkin' About Your Body" (for Debs)| Robert McFerrin Jr.| 3:15
2.| "Turtle Shoes"| McFerrin, Herbert Hancock| 3:34
3.| "From Me to You"| Lennon–McCartney| 2:19
4.| "There Ya Go"| McFerrin| 3:40
5.| "Cara Mia"| McFerrin| 4:54
6.| "Another Night in Tunisia"| John Gillespie, Jon Hendricks, Frank Paparelli| 4:14
7.| "Opportunity"| Joan Armatrading| 3:53
8.| "Walkin'"| Richard Carpenter| 5:39
9.| "I Hear Music"| Burton Lane, Frank Loesser| 3:54
10.| "Beverly Hills Blues"| McFerrin, Robin Williams| 3:52
11.| "Mañana Iguana"| McFerrin| 2:20

## Personnel

[edit]

* Cheryl Bentyne – Vocal Arrangement, Vocals
* Bruce Botnick, Judy Clapp, Leslie Ann Jones, Elliot Scheiner – Engineer
* Linda Goldstein, Tim Hauser – Producer
* Herbie Hancock – Piano
* Tim Hauser, Jon Hendricks, Janis Siegel, Robin Williams – Vocals
* Mary Mack – Photography
* The Manhattan Transfer – Group, Vocals
* Bobby McFerrin – Bass, Percussion, Producer, Vocal Arrangement, Vocals
* Paula Scher – Design
* Rhonda Schoen – Digital Editing
* Wayne Shorter – Sax (Soprano)
* Jack Skinner – Mastering

## References

[edit]

1. ^ Yanow, Scott. "Bobby McFerrin: Spontaneous Inventions > Review" at AllMusic. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
2. ^ Goffe, Leslie (13 September 1986). "Albums: Bobby McFerrin – Spontaneous Inventions (Blue Note)" (PDF). Record Mirror. London: Spotlight Publications Ltd. p. 18\. ISSN 0144-5804. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 June 2023. Retrieved 8 January 2024 - via World Radio History.
3. ^ "Bobby McFerrin: Charts & Awards". Allmusic. Retrieved May 13, 2011.
4. ^ "Compilation of UK adverts in 1989". Retrieved July 1, 2015.
5. ^ "Cadburys Fruit&Nut (chocolate) 'steam train' advert 1990". Retrieved July 1, 2015.
6. ^ "Cadbury's - Dairy Milk - Architect In Desert - UK Advert". Retrieved July 1, 2015.

* v
* t
* e

Bobby McFerrin

Studio albums|

* Bobby McFerrin (1982)
* Simple Pleasures (1988)
* Medicine Music (1990)
* Hush (1992)
* Bang!Zoom (1995)
* Circlesongs (1997)
* Beyond Words (2002)
* Vocabularies (2010)

Live albums|

* The Voice (1984)
* Spontaneous Inventions (1986)
* Play (1992)

Compilation albums|

* Don't Worry, Be Happy (1988)

Singles|

"Don't Worry, Be Happy"

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

|

*[No.]: Number
*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template