Spontaneous Inventions

Spontaneous Inventions
Live album by
Bobby McFerrin
Released1986
GenreVocal jazz
Length39:16
LabelBlue Note Records
ProducerLinda Goldstein, Bobby McFerrin
Bobby McFerrin chronology
The Voice
(1984) 		Spontaneous Inventions
(1986) 		Simple Pleasures
(1988)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]
Record Mirror2/5[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

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Thinkin' About Your Body" (for Debs)Robert McFerrin Jr.3:15
2."Turtle Shoes"McFerrin, Herbert Hancock3:34
3."From Me to You"Lennon–McCartney2:19
4."There Ya Go"McFerrin3:40
5."Cara Mia"McFerrin4:54
6."Another Night in Tunisia"John Gillespie, Jon Hendricks, Frank Paparelli4:14
7."Opportunity"Joan Armatrading3:53
8."Walkin'"Richard Carpenter5:39
9."I Hear Music"Burton Lane, Frank Loesser3:54
10."Beverly Hills Blues"McFerrin, Robin Williams3:52
11."Mañana Iguana"McFerrin2:20

Personnel

  • 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

  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.