''Backstreet'' is a 1983 album by David Sanborn. The album peaked at number one on the ''Billboard'' Traditional Jazz albums chart on January 27, 1984.

Track listing

Personnel

* David Sanborn – alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, alto sax solos *

Marcus Miller William Henry Marcus Miller Jr. (born June 14, 1959) is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known for his work as a bassist. He has worked with trumpeter Miles Davis, pianist Herbie Hancock, singer Luther Vandros ...

– acoustic piano,

Rhodes piano The Rhodes piano (also known as the Fender Rhodes piano) is an electric piano invented by Harold Rhodes, which became popular in the 1970s. Like a conventional piano, the Rhodes generates sound with keys and hammers, but instead of strings, t ...

, Roland Jupiter-8, Yamaha GS2, Oberheim OB-Xa,

vocoder A vocoder (, a portmanteau of ''voice'' and ''encoder'') is a category of speech coding that analyzes and synthesizes the human voice signal for audio data compression, multiplexing, voice encryption or voice transformation. The vocoder was ...

, Moog bass, guitars (rhythm, lead and acoustic), Fender bass, fretless bass, percussion, steel drums,

timpani Timpani (; ) or kettledrums (also informally called timps) are musical instruments in the percussion family. A type of drum categorised as a hemispherical drum, they consist of a membrane called a head stretched over a large bowl traditionall ...

, backing vocals (1, 3), BGV arrangements (1) * Michael Colina – acoustic piano (1, 2, 4, 6), Oberheim OB-Xa (1, 2, 4, 6), Roland Jupiter-8 (1, 2, 4, 6), vocoder (1, 2, 4, 6) *

Hiram Bullock Hiram Law Bullock (September 11, 1955 – July 25, 2008) was an American guitarist known mainly for playing in jazz funk and jazz fusion, but he also worked as a session musician in a variety of genres. Biography Bullock was born in Osaka, Jap ...

–

Fender Rhodes The Rhodes piano (also known as the Fender Rhodes piano) is an electric piano invented by Harold Rhodes, which became popular in the 1970s. Like a conventional piano, the Rhodes generates sound with keys and hammers, but instead of strings, th ...

(1), Yamaha GS2 (1), Moog bass (1), rhythm and lead guitars (1) * Steve Gadd – drums (1, 4) * Ralph MacDonald –

conga The conga, also known as tumbadora, is a tall, narrow, single-headed drum from Cuba. Congas are staved like barrels and classified into three types: quinto (lead drum, highest), tres dos or tres golpes (middle), and tumba or salidor (lowest). ...

s (2, 8), percussion (2, 8) * Barry Johnson – backing vocals (3) * Tawatha Agee – backing vocals (8) * Yvonne Lewis – backing vocals (8) *

Luther Vandross Luther Ronzoni Vandross Jr. (April 20, 1951 – July 1, 2005) was an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. Known for his sweet and soulful vocals, Vandross has sold over 40 million records worldwide. He achieved eleven consecutive P ...

– backing vocals (8)

Production

* Marcus Miller – producer * Michael Colina – producer * Ray Bardani – producer, recording, mixing * Bruce Robbins – assistant engineer, technical maintenance * Wayne Warnecke – assistant engineer *

George Marino George Marino (April 15, 1947 – June 4, 2012) was an American mastering engineer known for working on albums by rock bands starting in the late 1960s. Biography Marino was born on April 15, 1947, in the New York City borough The Bronx. He at ...

– mastering at Sterling Sound (New York City, New York). * Katherine Jewel – music contractor * Shirley Klein – album coordinator * Marc Silag – assistant production manager * Simon Levy – art direction * Laura LiPuma – design * Lou Beach – front cover college * Desiree Rohr – back cover illustration * Patrick Raines & Associates – management

Charts

References

{{Authority control 1982 albums Warner Records albums David Sanborn albums Albums produced by Michael Colina Albums produced by Marcus Miller