Taking Off (David Sanborn album)

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Taking Off
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Studio album by
Released1975
Studio A&R Recording (New York City, New York)
Genre Jazz
Length36:43
Label Warner Bros.
Producer John Court
David Sanborn chronology
Taking Off
(1975)
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Taking Off is a studio album by David Sanborn, released in 1975 on Warner Bros. Records. The album reached number 19 on Billboard's Jazz Albums chart. [2]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks composed by David Matthews except where noted.

  1. "Butterfat" (Steve Khan) – 3:02
  2. "'Way 'Cross Georgia" (Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson) – 4:27
  3. "Duck Ankles" (Steve Khan) – 3:20
  4. "Funky Banana" – 3:16
  5. "The Whisperer" (Don Grolnick) – 4:47
  6. "It Took a Long Time" (Randy Brecker) – 3:29
  7. "Black Light" – 6:30
  8. "Blue Night" – 3:45
  9. "Flight" – 4:07

Personnel

Musicians

Strings (7, 8, 9)

Production

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References

  1. Yanow, Scott. Taking Off at AllMusic
  2. "David Sanborn: Charts & Awards". Allmusic . Retrieved May 14, 2011.