''Play Date'' is the second studio album of saxophonist Euge Groove issued in July 2002 by Warner Bros. Records. The album rose to No. 10 on the

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Contemporary Jazz Albums chart and No. 13 on the

Jazz Albums chart.

Track listing

Personnel

* Euge Groove – alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, additional drum programming (2), arrangements (2, 5) * Paul Brown – programming (1), arrangements (1, 3, 4, 8, 9), additional drum programming (2) * David "Kahlid" Woods – programming (1), guitars (1), arrangements (1, 3), keyboards (3), drum programming (3) * Michael Egizi – baby grand piano (2), synthesizer programming (2, 5), drum programming (2, 5-7), arrangements (2, 5-7),

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(5), keyboards (6, 7) * Chester Thompson –

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(2, 4) * Larry Williams – synth strings (3) * Jerry Hey – synth string arrangements (3) * Herman Jackson – Wurlitzer electric piano (4),

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(4), synthesizers (4, 9), Fender Rhodes (9) *

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(8) * Mark Portmann – keyboards (8, 10), programming (8, 10), arrangements (8, 10) *

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– guitars (2-4, 6) *

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– guitars (5, 7) * Peter White – guitars (8) * Dean Parks – acoustic guitar (10), electric guitar (10) * Alex Al – bass guitar (2, 5-8, 10) * Larry Kimpel – upright bass (4), electric bass (9) * Teddy Campbell – drums (4, 9) * Paulinho da Costa – percussion (3, 4, 9) * Luis Conte – percussion (5, 7) * Steve Dubin – arrangements (4) * Stacy Campbell – vocals (6)

Production

* Paul Brown – executive producer, producer (1, 3, 4, 9), mixing (1-4, 6-9) * Michael Egizi – producer (2, 5-7) * Euge Groove – producer (2, 5-8, 10) * Stephen Hart – tracking engineer * Don Murray – live tracking engineer * Ryan Castle – second engineer * Ai Fujisaki – second engineer * Ray Bardani – mixing (4) * Bill Schnee – mixing (5, 10) * Stephen Marcussen – mastering at Marcussen Mastering (Hollywood, California) * Lexy Shroyer – production coordinator * Katherine Delaney – art direction, design * Mando Gonzales – photography * Bill Darlington – management

References

{{Authority control 2002 albums Jazz albums by American artists Warner Records albums