''Gravity'' is the third studio album by American
saxophonist
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Kenny G
Kenneth Bruce Gorelick (born June 5, 1956), known professionally as Kenny G, is an American smooth jazz saxophonist, composer, and producer. His 1986 album ''Duotones'' brought him commercial success. Kenny G is one of the best-selling artis ...
. It was released in May 1985, and reached number 13 on the ''Billboard'' Jazz Albums chart, number 37 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and number 97 on the
''Billboard'' 200.
Track listing
Personnel
* Kenny G – saxophones,
flutes, synthesizers, synth bass, drum machine programming,
digital wind synth guitar solo (3), backing vocals (3, 4, 6),
Synclavier (6), all instruments (7)
* Wayne A. Brathwaite – synthesizers, bass guitar, synth bass, drum machine programming
* Roger Sause – synthesizers, synth bass, drum machine programming
*
Kashif – synthesizers, synth bass, drum machine programming, percussion, backing vocals (1, 2), Synclavier (6)
* Sal Gallina – synthesizer programming (3)
* Barry J. Eastmond – acoustic piano (6)
* Peter Scherer – Synclavier (6)
* Rick McMillen – additional synthesizer programming (6), drum mutation (6)
* Fareed Abdul Haqq – guitar (6)
* John Raymond – guitar (6)
* Joe Shekani – guitar (6)
* Ira Siegel – guitar (6)
*
Yogi Horton
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– drums
* Kenny McDougald – drums
* Tony Gable – percussion
*
Bashiri Johnson
Bashiri Johnson (born May 12, 1955) is a New York City-based percussionist, whose work has appeared on many records, as well as in commercials, films, television, videogames, and concert performances. He is known to be one of the most recorded ...
– percussion, drum machine programming
* Yolanda Lee – backing vocals (1, 2, 3)
* Jeff Smith – backing vocals (1, 3)
* Andre Montague – backing vocals (2, 3, 4)
* Joe Wooten – backing vocals (6)
Production
* Executive Producer – Kashif
* Producers – Kashif (all tracks); Wayne A. Brathwaite (Tracks 1 & 4); Kenny G (Tracks 4, 7 & 9).
* Engineers – Alec Head, Rick McMillen, Michael O'Reilly and Bruce Robbins.
* Assistant Engineers – Stephen Benben and John Harris
* Mastered by
Howie Weinberg
Howie Weinberg is an American audio mastering engineer with over 2,257 mastering credits, three TEC Awards, 21 Grammy Awards, two Juno Awards, and one Mercury Prize.
Career
Weinberg mastered Herbie Hancock's 1983 album '' Future Shock''. Other ...
at
Masterdisk (New York City, NY).
* Art Direction – Donn Davenport
* Design – Howard Fritzson
* Logo Graphics – Tony Gable
* Photography – Garry Gross
* Stylist – Hui Wang
* Hair and Make-up – Gui Vrabi
* Clothing – Henry Lehr
* Management – Fritz/Turner Management
Singles
References
1985 albums
Kenny G albums
Arista Records albums
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