Taking Off (David Sanborn album)

Taking Off
Studio album by David Sanborn
Released	1975
Recorded	A&R Studios, New York City
Genre	Jazz
Length	36:43
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	John Court
David Sanborn chronology
Taking Off (1975) Beck & Sanborn (1975)

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Taking Off is a studio album by David Sanborn, released in 1975 through the record label Warner Bros. The album reached number 19 on Billboard's Jazz Albums chart.^[2]

Track listing

All tracks composed by David Matthews; except where indicated

1. "Butterfat" (Steve Khan) – 3:02
2. "'Way 'Cross Georgia" (Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson) – 4:27
3. "Duck Ankles" (Steve Khan) – 3:20
4. "Funky Banana" – 3:16
5. "The Whisperer" (Don Grolnick) – 4:47
6. "It Took a Long Time" (Randy Brecker) – 3:29
7. "Black Light" – 6:30
8. "Blue Night" – 3:45
9. "Flight" – 4:07

Personnel

Musicians

• John Beal – bass, double bass
• Joe Beck – guitar, electric guitar
• Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone
• Randy Brecker – arranger, trumpet
• Al Brown – viola
• Emile Charlap – choir master, violin
• John Clark – French horn
• Harry Clickman – violin
• Harold Coletta – viola
• Bob Daugherty – bass, double bass
• Lou Eley – violin
• Howard "Buzz" Feiten – guitar, electric guitar
• Steve Gadd – drums
• Paul Gershman – violin
• Harry Glickman – violin
• Peter Gordon – French horn, horn
• Don Grolnick – arranger, clavinet, Fender Rhodes, keyboards, organ, piano, synthesizer
• Howard Johnson – arranger, horn, baritone saxophone, tuba
• Leo Kahn – violin
• Steve Khan – guitar, 12 string guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Harold Kohon – violin
• Will Lee – bass
• Charles Libove – violin
• Guy Lumia – violin
• Ralph MacDonald – bongos, conga, percussion
• Jose Madera – percussion
• Tom "Bones" Malone – trombone
• Rick Marotta – drums
• David Matthews – arranger
• Charles McCracken – cello
• David Nadien – concert master, violin
• Gene Orloff – violin
• Chris Parker – drums
• Max Pollikoff – violin
• Matthew Raimondi – violin
• George Ricci – cello
• David Sanborn – keyboards, alto saxophone
• Lucien Schmit – cello
• Warren Smith – percussion
• The Manny Vardi Strings – viola

Production

• Benno Friedman – photo tinting, photography
• Sam Ginsberg – assistant engineer
• Don Hahn – engineer, remixing
• Lee Herschberg – remixing
• Ed Thrasher – art direction

References

1. Yanow, Scott. Taking Off (David Sanborn album) at AllMusic
2. "David Sanborn: Charts & Awards". Allmusic. Retrieved May 14, 2011.