Lay Your Hands on Me (album)

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Lay Your Hands on Me
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Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 20, 1996
Recorded1995-1996
Genre Jazz
Label Verve
Producer Chuckii Booker
Art Porter chronology
Undercover
(1994)
Lay Your Hands on Me
(1996)
For Art's Sake
(1998)
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Lay Your Hands on Me is the fourth and final studio album by Art Porter Jr. [1] Lay Your Hands on Me was produced by Chuckii Booker, and was recorded at Siide FX Studios and mixed at AmerRaycan Studios by Raymundo Silva. The album has been described as a tribute to Chicago. [2] It was described by Allmusic as "smoother than should be legal". [3]

Track listing

  1. "Flight Time"
  2. "Lake Shore Drive" (featuring Lalah Hathaway)
  3. "One More Chance" (featuring Brian McKnight)
  4. "Just Wanna Be With You"
  5. "DB Blue"
  6. "Candelights"
  7. "Wishful Thinking"
  8. "Forever Love" (featuring Brian McKnight)
  9. "We Are One"
  10. "Lay Your Hands On Me"

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References

  1. Kohlhaase, Bill (1996) "Remembering Jazz Fusion Saxophonist Art Porter", Los Angeles Times , November 29, 1996, p. F20
  2. "Jazz Saxophonist Art Porter Dies in Thailand", Jet, 16 December 1996, p. 57
  3. Widran, Jonathan "Lay Your Hands on Me Review", Allmusic, retrieved 2012-04-04