Walk Tall (album)

Walk Tall
Studio album by Eric Marienthal
Released	September 22, 1998 (1998-09-22)
Recorded	1998
Genre	Jazz
Length	55:57
Label	Verve
Producer	Harvey Mason
Eric Marienthal chronology
Easy Street (1997) Walk Tall (1998) Turn Up the Heat (2001)

Walk Tall is an album by American saxophonist Eric Marienthal released in 1998, and recorded for the Verve label. It is Marienthal's tribute to the music of Cannonball Adderley. The album reached No. 13 on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz chart.

Track listing

1. Mercy, Mercy, Mercy (Joe Zawinul) – 5:24
2. Work Song (Nat Adderley/Oscar Brown) – 4:24
3. Walk Tall (Zawinul/Jim Rein/Queen Esther Marrow) – 4:40
4. Skylark (Hoagy Carmichael/Johnny Mercer) – 3:31
5. Imagine That (Eric Marienthal/Rob Mullins) – 4:34
6. The Way You Look Tonight (Jerome Kern/Dorothy Fields) – 5:30
7. Here in My Heart (Mullins) – 4:37
8. Sunstone (Russell Ferrante) – 4:23
9. If You Need Me To (Harvey Mason) – 3:31
10. Country Preacher (Zawinul) – 5:29
11. Unit 7 (Sam Jones) – 5:01
12. Groove Runner (Jeff Lorber/Marienthal) – 4:13

Personnel

• Eric Marienthal – saxophone
• Chris Botti – trumpet
• Chuck Findley – trumpet
• John Beasley – keyboards
• Russell Ferrante – keyboards
• Ronnie Foster – keyboards
• Rob Mullins – keyboards
• Stanley Clarke – bass
• Melvin Davis – bass guitar
• Chuck Domanico – bass guitar, double bass
• Reggie Hamilton – bass guitar
• Allen Hinds – guitar
• Lee Ritenour – guitar
• Michael Thompson – guitar
• Michael Mishaw – background vocals (8)
• Kevyn Lettau – background vocals (8)

Charts

Chart (1998)	Peak position
US Top Jazz Albums (Billboard) [1]	16
US Top Contemporary Jazz Albums (Billboard) [2]	13

References

1. "Eric Marienthal Chart History (Top Jazz Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved August 1, 2025.
2. "Eric Marienthal Chart History (Top Contemporary Jazz Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved August 1, 2025.

External links

• Walk Tall at Discogs
• Walk Tall at Verve Music Group