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Spontaneous Inventions is a 1986 live album by American vocalist Bobby McFerrin, released by Blue Note Records.

Spontaneous Inventions
Live album by Bobby McFerrin
Released	1986
Genre	Vocal jazz
Length	39:16
Label	Blue Note Records
Producer	Linda Goldstein, Bobby McFerrin

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

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.[2]

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.[3][4][5]

Track listing

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

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