Taking Off (David Sanborn album)

Taking Off
Studio album by
David Sanborn
Released1975
StudioA&R Recording (New York City, New York)
GenreJazz
Length36:43
LabelWarner Bros.
ProducerJohn Court
David Sanborn chronology
Taking Off
(1975) 		Beck & Sanborn
(1975)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic [1]

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.

  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

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

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