Passionfruit (album)

Passionfruit
Studio album by
Michael Franks
Released1983
Recorded1983
GenreSmooth jazz
Length43:45
LabelWarner Bros.
ProducerRob Mounsey
Michael Franks chronology
Objects of Desire
(1982) 		Passionfruit
(1983) 		Skin Dive
(1985)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
People(favourable)[2]

Passionfruit is a jazz vocal album by Michael Franks, produced and arranged by Rob Mounsey and released in 1983 on Warner Bros. Records.[3] The album reached No. 4 on the Billboard Traditional Jazz Albums chart.[4]

Covers

"Sunday Morning Here with You" was covered by Claire Martin. "Tell Me All About It" was also covered by artists such as Natalie Cole, Chris Barber, Will Downing, Gordon Haskell and Michael Lington featuring Dave Koz.[5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Michael Franks[3]

No.TitleLength
1."Alone At Night"4:30
2."Never Satisfied"3:52
3."Amazon"5:40
4."Now That Your Joystick's Broke"2:48
5."Sunday Morning Here with You"4:33
6."Never Say Die"3:36
7."Rainy Night In Tokyo"4:42
8."Tell Me All About It"4:33
9."When Sly Calls (Don't Touch That Phone)"5:53
10."How The Garden Grows"3:38

Personnel

Musicians

  • Michael Franks – vocals, backing vocals (6)
  • Dave Tofani – alto saxophone (1)
  • Eddie Daniels – alto flute (1), alto flute solo (3)
  • George Marge – alto recorder (7)
  • Jon Faddis – flugelhorn (1)
  • Randy Brecker – trumpet solo (1), flugelhorn solo (9)
  • Toots Thielemans – harmonica (2, 10)
  • Rob Mounsey – producer, arranger, acoustic piano (1), fender rhodes (2, 3, 7–9), synthesizers, arrangements
  • Pat Rebillot – fender rhodes (5), acoustic piano (6)
  • Hiram Bullock – guitar solo (1), guitar (4)
  • Hugh McCracken – twelve-guitar string (3), tipples (3)
  • Jeff Mironov – guitar (1, 2, 9), classical guitar (3, 8, 10), acoustic guitar (6), d'aquisto guitar (7), electric guitar (7)
  • John Tropea – guitar (5, 6, 10)
  • Neil Jason – bass (5, 6, 8, 10)
  • Will Lee – bass (1–3, 7, 9), backing vocals (1–3, 7)
  • Steve Gadd – drums (5, 6, 8, 10)
  • Chris Parker – drums (1–3, 7, 9), ice bells (6)
  • Sue Evans – percussion (2, 5, 7, 9, 10), Salt Packets (8)
  • Naná Vasconcelos – percussion (3), caxixi (7), tambourine (7)
  • Frank Floyd sly (9)
  • Backing vocals – Kacey Cisyk (2, 3, 6, 7, 9) Lesley Miller (2, 3, 6, 7, 9) Kenny Rankin (5), Hamish Stuart (1–3, 7), Astrud Gilberto (3)
  • Bass – Homer Mensch, John Miller
  • Cello – Jonathan Abramowitz, Warren Lash, Charles McCracken
  • Concertmaster – David Nadien
  • Harp – Gloria Agostini
  • Viola – Lamar Alsop, Judy Geist, Theodore Israel, Emanuel Vardi
  • Violin – Elena Barere, Lew Eley, Barry Finclair, Regis Iandiorio, Charles Libove, Jan Mullen, John Pintavalle, Matthew Raimondi, Richard Sortomme, Gerald Tarack

Support

  • Arrangement – Rob Mounsey
  • Art direction – Simon Levy
  • Concertmaster – David Nadien
  • Design – Laura LiPuma
  • Assistant Engineers – Michael Christopher, Roger Moutenot, Arthur Payson, Maureen Thompson
  • Mastering – George Marino
  • Mixing and recording – Artie Friedman
  • Photography – Barry McKinley
  • Recording – Ed Rak, Marti Robertson

References

  1. ^ J. Matteo, Stephen. "Michael Franks: Passionfruit". allmusic.com. AllMusic.
  2. ^ "Picks and Pans Review: Passion Fruit". people.com. People. December 5, 1983.
  3. ^ a b Michael Franks: Passionfruit. Warner Bros. Records. 1983.
  4. ^ "Michael Franks: Passionfruit (Traditional Jazz Albums)". billboard.com. Billboard.
  5. ^ "Michael Franks: Passionfruit". secondhandsongs.com.