G Force is the second studio album by American saxophonist Kenny G. It was released by Arista Records in 1983, and peaked at number 6 on the Billboard Jazz Albums chart,[2] number 17 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Albums,[3] and number 62 on the Billboard 200 chart.[4][5]

G Force
Studio album by Kenny G
Released	January 16, 1983
Recorded	1982
Studio	Celestial Sounds Studio, The Hit Factory and Secret Sounds Studios (New York City, NY)
Genre	Smooth jazz jazz-funk
Length	38:45
Label	Arista
Producer	Kenny G Wayne Brathwaite Kashif
Kenny G chronology
Kenny G (1982) G Force (1983) Gravity (1985)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Track listing

• Track information adapted from Discogs[6] and then verified from the LP label.[7]

Personnel

• Kenny G – saxophones, flute, synthesizer programming, arrangements (1-6), synthesizers (1, 2, 3, 5), Lyricon solo (5), percussion (6)
• Barry J. Eastman – keyboards (1, 3, 5, 6)
• Jeff Lorber – keyboards (1, 2, 4)
• Peter Scherer – Synclavier (1-6, 8)
• Kashif – arrangements (1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8), keyboards (7, 8), synthesizers (7, 8), Synclavier (7), drums (7, 8), percussion (7, 8), bass (8)
• Paul Lawrence Jones III – keyboards (8)
• Ira Siegel – guitars (1, 3, 6, 8)
• Marlon McClain – guitars (2, 4, 6)
• Wayne Brathwaite – bass (1-7), arrangements (1, 3, 5, 6), synthesizers (3, 5, 6), percussion (6)
• Omar Hakim – drums (1, 2, 4, 6)
• Yogi Horton – drums (3)
• Leslie Ming – drums (3, 5)
• Bashiri Johnson – percussion (1, 3, 4, 5)
• Steve Kroon – percussion (2)
• Steve Horton – arrangements (1, 5)
• Barry "Sunjohn" Johnson – lead vocals (1, 5)
• Steve Horton – backing vocals
• Freddie Jackson – backing vocals
• La Forrest 'La La' Cope – backing vocals
• Yolanda Lee – backing vocals
• B. J. Nelson – backing vocals
• Lillo Thomas – backing vocals

Production

• Producer – Wayne Brathwaite
• Co-Producer on Track 2 – Kenny G
• Executive Producer on Track 2 – Kashif
• Engineer – Darrell Gustamachio
• Additional Engineers – Carl Beatty, Bill Dooley, Brian McGee and Jon Smith.
• Additional drum engineering on Track 3 – Michael Brauer
• Assistant Engineers – Ron Banks, Larry DeCarmine, John Davenport and Tom Gartland.
• Mixed by Steve Goldman
• Art Direction – Donn Davenport and Howard Fritzson
• Logo Design – Tony Gable
• Photography – Pierre Chanteau
• Management – Jeffrey Ross Music

Charts

Album

Singles

References

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