For You (Kirk Whalum album)

For You
Studio album by Kirk Whalum
Released	October 27, 1998
Studio	Reel Thing Studio (Nashville, Tennessee) Sunset Sound (Hollywood, California) Alpha International Studios (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Genre	Jazz
Length	46:46
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Paul Brown
Kirk Whalum chronology
Colors (1997) For You (1998) Unconditional (2000)

For You is a studio album by jazz musician Kirk Whalum, released in 1998 by Warner Bros. Records. The album reached No. 4 on the Billboard Top Contemporary Jazz Albums chart and No. 6 on the Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart. ^{[1] [2]}

Overview

For You was produced by Matt Pierson and Paul Brown. Artists such as Peter White appear on the album. ^[2]

Track listing

1	"Anytime"	Brandon Barnes, Brian McKnight	05:18
2	"Ascension"	Itaal Shur	05:14
3	"Same Ole Love"	Marilyn McLeod, Darryl K. Roberts	04:23
4	"My All"	Walter Afanasieff, Mariah Carey	03:58
5	"That's the Way Love Goes"	Charles Bobbit, J. Brown, Lefty Frizzell, Janet Jackson, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, Whitey Shafer, Fred Wesley	04:40
6	"For You"	Kenny Lerum	04:11
7	"All I Do"	Morris Broadnax, Clarence Paul, Stevie Wonder	05:00
8	"Lover for Life"	Sam Dees	04:40
9	"I Want You"	Arthur Ross, Leon Ware	04:26
10	"Going in Circles"	Jerry Peters	04:56

Personnel

• Kirk Whalum – tenor saxophone
• Tim Heintz – keyboards (1, 3, 5, 7, 10), bass (10)
• Gregg Karukas – Rhodes electric piano (1, 3, 5), keyboards (4, 6, 8), drums (4, 6)
• Ricky Peterson – Rhodes electric piano (2, 7, 8)
• David "Khalid" Woods – keyboards (2, 9), drum programming (2), arrangements (2, 9), drums (9)
• Paul Brown – programming (3, 10), arrangements (5, 7)
• Jerry Peters – Moog synthesizer (10), string arrangements (10)
• Tony Maiden – guitars (1, 3, 5)
• Paul Jackson Jr. – guitars (2, 6–8, 10)
• Peter White – Spanish guitar (4)
• Alex Al – Fender bass (1–3, 5, 7, 8)
• Lil' John Roberts – drums (1, 3, 5)
• Ricky Lawson – drums (7, 8, 10)
• Paulinho da Costa – percussion (1–3, 5, 7, 8, 10)
• Andy Weiner – arrangements (8)
• Bridgette Bryant-Fiddmont – vocals (2), backing vocals (7)
• Lynne Fiddmont-Linsey – vocals (2), backing vocals (7)
• Kevin Whalum – vocals (2, 9), backing vocals (7)
• Wendy Moten – lead vocals (7)

Production

• Matt Pierson – executive producer
• Paul Brown – producer, engineer, mixing (1, 2, 4–6, 9, 10)
• Don Murray – engineer, mixing (3, 8)
• David Rideau – mixing (7)
• Dan Steinberg – second engineer
• Josh Turner – second engineer
• Doug Sax – mastering at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California)
• Lexy Shroyer – production coordinator
• Mark Larson – art direction
• Barron Claiborne – photography
• Tara Posey – make-up
• Lorita Shields – wardrobe
• Earl Cole – management

References

1. "Kirk Whalum Chart History". Billboard.
2. Kirk Whalum – For You. Warner Bros. Records. 1998.

• Edelstein, Paula. "For You, Kirk Whalum". AllMusic . Retrieved July 13, 2023.