Sunlight (Herbie Hancock album)
Sunlight is an album by keyboardist Herbie Hancock. It features Hancock's vocals through a Sennheiser VSM-201 vocoder, as well as performances by drummer Tony Williams and bassist Jaco Pastorius on one track.[1]
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| Released | c. 1978 | |||
| Genre | Jazz-funk, funk, jazz fusion, jazz, disco | |||
| Length | 39:26 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Herbie Hancock, David Rubinson | |||
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Track listing
All tracks composed by Herbie Hancock, except where indicated.
Side one
- "I Thought It Was You" (Hancock, Melvin Ragin, Jeffrey Cohen) – 8:56
- "Come Running to Me" (lyrics: Allee Willis) – 8:25
Side two
- "Sunlight" – 7:12
- "No Means Yes" – 6:21
- "Good Question" – 8:32
Personnel
Musicians
- Herbie Hancock – keyboards, synthesizers, lead and background vocals (through vocoder) (1–3), string, brass and woodwind arrangements
- Patrick Gleeson – additional synthesizers (5)
- Bennie Maupin – soprano saxophone solo (3)
- Wah Wah Watson, Ray Parker, Jr. – guitar (1, 3)
- Byron Miller (1), Paul Jackson (2–4), Jaco Pastorius (5) – electric bass
- Leon "Ndugu" Chancler (1), James Levi (2, 3), Harvey Mason, Sr. (4), Tony Williams (5) – drums
- Raul Rekow (exc. 3), Bill Summers (exc. 1) – percussion
- Baba Duru – tabla (2)
- Bobby Shew, Maurice Spears, Robert O'Bryant, Garnett Brown – brass (exc. 4)
- Ernest J. Watts, Fred Jackson, Jr., Jack Nimitz, David Willard Riddles – woodwind (2, 5)
- Terry Adams, Roy Malan, Nathan Rubin, Linda Wood, Emily VanValkenburgh – strings (2)
Production
- Herbie Hancock and David Rubinson – producers
- David Rubinson, Fred Catero (with Chris Minto and Cheryl Ward) – engineers at The Automatt
- Steve Mantoani – engineer at Different Fur Trading Co.
- Terry Becker – assistant engineer (brass)
- Phill Brown – mastering
References
- Ginell, Richard S. "Herbie Hancock: Sunlight". allmusic.com. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
External links
- "Herbie Hancock - Sunlight (Vinyl, LP, Album) at Discogs". discogs.com. 2011. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
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