music.wikisort.org - CompositionPassionfruit is a jazz vocal album by Michael Franks, released in 1983 on Warner Bros. Records.[3] The album reached No. 4 on the Billboard Traditional Jazz Albums chart.[4]
1983 studio album by Michael Franks
Passionfruit |
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Released |
- 1983 (1983) on vinyl
- 1987 (1987) on CD
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Genre | Jazz |
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Length | 43:15 |
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Label | Warner Bros. |
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Producer | Rob Mounsey |
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Professional ratingsReview scores |
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Source | Rating |
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AllMusic |     [1] |
People | (favourable)[2] |
Covers
"Sunday Morning Here with You" was covered by Claire Martin. "Tell Me All About It" was also covered by artists such as Natalie Cole, Chris Barber, Will Downing, Gordon Haskell and Michael Lington featuring Dave Koz.[5]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Michael Franks.
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1. | "Alone At Night" | 4:35 |
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2. | "Never Satisfied" | 3:51 |
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3. | "Amazon" | 5:40 |
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4. | "Now That Your Joystick's Broke" | 2:48 |
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5. | "Sunday Morning Here with You" | 4:33 |
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Side twoTitle |
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1. | "Never Say Die" | 3:36 |
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2. | "Rainy Night In Tokyo" | 4:42 |
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3. | "Tell Me All About It" | 4:31 |
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4. | "When Sly Calls (Don't Touch That Phone)" | 5:52 |
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5. | "How The Garden Grows" | 3:37 |
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Personnel
Musicians
- Michael Franks – vocals, backing vocals (6)
- Dave Tofani – alto saxophone (1)
- Eddie Daniels – alto flute (1), alto flute solo (3)
- George Marge – alto recorder (7)
- Jon Faddis – flugelhorn (1)
- Randy Brecker – trumpet solo (1), flugelhorn solo (9)
- Toots Thielemans – harmonica (2, 10)
- Rob Mounsey – acoustic piano (1), fender rhodes (2, 3, 7-9), synthesizers, arrangements
- Pat Rebillot – fender rhodes (5),acoustic piano (6)
- Hiram Bullock – guitar solo (1), guitar (4)
- Hugh McCracken – twelve-guitar string (3), tipples (3)
- Jeff Mironov – guitar (1, 2, 9), classical guitar (3, 8, 10), acoustic guitar (6), d'aquisto guitar (7), electric guitar (7)
- John Tropea – guitar (5, 6, 10)
- Neil Jason – bass (5, 6, 8, 10)
- Will Lee – bass (1-3, 7, 9), backing vocals (1-3, 7)
- Steve Gadd – drums (5, 6, 8, 10)
- Chris Parker – drums (1-3, 7, 9), ice bells (6)
- Sue Evans – percussion (2, 5, 7, 9, 10), Salt Packets (8)
- Naná Vasconcelos – percussion (3), caxixi (7), tambourine (7)
- Frank Floyd sly (9)
- Backing vocals – Kacey Cisyk (2, 3, 6, 7, 9) Lesley Miller (2, 3, 6, 7, 9) Kenny Rankin (5), Hamish Stuart (1-3, 7), Astrud Gilberto (3)
- Bass – Homer Mensch, John Miller
- Cello – Jonathan Abramowitz, Warren Lash, Charles McCracken
- Concertmaster – David Nadien
- Harp – Gloria Agostini
- Viola – Lamar Alsop, Judy Geist, Theodore Israel, Emanuel Vardi
- Violin – Elena Barere, Lew Eley, Barry Finclair, Regis Iandiorio, Charles Libove, Jan Mullen, John Pintavalle, Matthew Raimondi, Richard Sortomme, Gerald Tarack
Support
- Arrangement – Rob Mounsey
- Art direction – Simon Levy
- Concertmaster – David Nadien
- Design – Laura LiPuma
- Assistant Engineers – Michael Christopher, Roger Moutenot, Arthur Payson, Maureen Thompson
- Mastering – George Marino
- Mixing and recording – Artie Friedman
- Photography – Barry McKinley
- Recording – Ed Rak, Marti Robertson
References
Michael Franks |
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Notable producers |
- Tommy LiPuma (1976–78, 1980, 1990)
- Rob Mounsey (1983–87)
- Jeff Lorber (1990–93)
- Gil Goldstein (1993–95, 2011)
- Ben Sidran (1993)
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Jazz Portal
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