Sleeping Gypsy (album)

Sleeping Gypsy
Studio album by Michael Franks
Released	22 January 1977 on vinyl 1990 (1990) on CD
Studio	Capitol Studios (Hollywood, California)
Genre	Jazz
Length	38:49
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Tommy LiPuma
Michael Franks chronology
The Art of Tea (1976) Sleeping Gypsy (1977) Burchfield Nines (1978)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	B [2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[3]

Sleeping Gypsy is a jazz vocal album by Michael Franks, released in 1977 with Warner Bros. Records. ^[4] It was Franks' third studio album after The Art of Tea and prior to Burchfield Nines .

Track listing

All tracks are written by Michael Franks, unless otherwise stated

Side one

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Lady Wants to Know"	4:45
2.	"I Really Hope It's You"	4:54
3.	"In the Eye of the Storm"	5:55
4.	"B'wana-He No Home"	4:57

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Don't Be Blue"	Michael Franks, John Guerin	3:28
2.	"Antonio's Song (The Rainbow)"		5:03
3.	"Chain Reaction"	Michael Franks, Joe Sample	5:14
4.	"Down in Brazil"		4:33

Personnel

Musicians

• Michael Franks – vocals
• Joe Sample – acoustic piano (1-3), acoustic piano solo (5-7)
• João Donato – acoustic piano solo (4, 8)
• Larry Carlton – guitars (1-7), lead guitar solo (8)
• Hélio Delmiro – rhythm guitar (4, 8)
• Wilton Felder – bass
• John Guerin – drums (1-3, 5-7)
• João Palma – drums (4, 8)
• Larry Bunker – percussion
• Ray Armando – percussion (1, 3, 4, 6, 8)
• Michael Brecker – tenor sax solo (1, 2, 4)
• David Sanborn – alto sax solo (3, 5-7)
• Claus Ogerman – strings arrangements and conductor
• Israel Baker – concertmaster

Production

• Tommy LiPuma – producer
• Al Schmitt – recording, mixing
• Don Henderson – assistant engineer
• Noel Newbolt – production assistant
• Glen Christensen – art direction, design
• Michael Bryan – illustrations
• Linda Levine – photography

References

1. "AllMusic review". AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-01-26.
2. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: F". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies . Ticknor & Fields. ISBN   089919026X . Retrieved February 24, 2019– via robertchristgau.com.
3. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide . USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp.  79. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
4. "Discography in Order of Release". MichaelFranks.com. Retrieved 2012-01-26.

Bibliography

• Sleeping Gypsy (Vinyl back cover). Michael Franks. United States: Warner Bros. 1977. BS 3004.