''Straight to the Heart'' is a 1984 album by

David Sanborn David William Sanborn (born July 30, 1945) is an American alto saxophonist. Though Sanborn has worked in many genres, his solo recordings typically blend jazz with instrumental pop and R&B. He released his first solo album ''Taking Off'' in 19 ...

. The recording won the 1986

Grammy Award for Best Jazz Fusion Performance The Grammy Award for Best Jazz Fusion Performance was an award given to a song or album for excellence in the jazz fusion genre, a combination of rock and jazz. It was given at the Grammy Awards, which began in 1958 under the name Gramophone Awar ...

Reception

The

AllMusic AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the databa ...

review by Scott Yanow stated: "With bassist Marcus Miller acting as producer and some memorable tunes being performed (most notably 'Hideaway' and 'Straight to the Heart'), this is one of altoist David Sanborn's better R&B-ish recordings. Joined by keyboardist Don Grolnick, guitarist Hiram Bullock, bassist Miller, drummer Buddy Williams and various guest musicians, Sanborn sounds fairly inspired and is in top form."Yanow S. AllMusic Review: ''Straight to the Heart''accessed 31 March 2013

Track listing

#"Hideaway" (Sanborn) – 6:37 #"Straight to the Heart" ( Marcus Miller) (live version) – 4:57 #"Run for Cover" (Marcus Miller) – 6:28 #"Smile" (Coleridge Taylor Perkinson) – 10:25 #"Lisa" (Sanborn) (live version) – 5:05 #"Love & Happiness" ( Al Green, Mabon "Teenie" Hodges) (live version) – 6:32 #"Lotus Blossom" (

Don Grolnick Don Grolnick (September 23, 1947 – June 1, 1996) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and record producer. He was a member of the groups Steps Ahead and Dreams, both with Michael Brecker, and played often with the Brecker Brothers. As a sess ...

) (live version) – 6:50 #" One Hundred Ways" (Tony Coleman, Kathy Wakefield, Benjamin Wright) – 4:07

Personnel

– alto saxophone *

– keyboards * Marcus Miller – synthesizers, bass guitar, backing vocals *

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 ...

– guitars, backing vocals * Buddy Williams – drums * Errol "Crusher" Bennett – percussion (2) *

Ralph MacDonald Ralph Anthony MacDonald (March 15, 1944 – December 18, 2011) was a Trinbagonian-American percussionist, songwriter, musical arranger, record producer, steelpan virtuoso and philanthropist. His compositions include "Where Is the Love", a Gra ...

– percussion (3, 5, 8) * Michael White – percussion (6) *

Michael Brecker Michael Leonard Brecker (March 29, 1949 – January 13, 2007) was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. He was awarded 15 Grammy Awards as both performer and composer. He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Berklee College of M ...

– tenor saxophone (8) *

Randy Brecker Randal Edward Brecker (born November 27, 1945) is an American trumpeter, flugelhornist, and composer. His versatility has made him a popular studio musician who has recorded with acts in jazz, rock, and R&B. Early life Brecker was born on No ...

– trumpet (8) * Jon Faddis – trumpet (8) *

Hamish Stuart James Hamish Stuart (born 8 October 1949) is a British guitarist, bassist, singer, composer and record producer. He was an original member of the Average White Band. Biography Born in Glasgow, Scotland, Stuart attended Queens Park School in ...

– lead vocals (6) * Vivian Cherry – backing vocals (8) * Frank Floyd – backing vocals (8) * Lani Groves – backing vocals (8)

Production

Russ Titelman Russ Titelman (born August 16, 1944, Los Angeles, California) is an American record producer and songwriter. He has to date won three Grammy Awards. He earned his first producing the Steve Winwood song " Higher Love", and his second and third f ...

– executive producer * Marcus Miller – producer *

Elliot Scheiner Elliot Ray Scheiner (born 18 March 1947) is a music producer, mixer and engineer. Scheiner has received 27 Grammy Award nominations, eight of which he won, and he has been awarded four Emmy nominations, two Emmy Awards for his work with the Eagl ...

– recording, mixing * Paul Brown – additional engineer * Guy Charbonneau – additional engineer * Marti Robertson – additional engineer * Jerry Solomon – additional engineer * Joe Arnold – second engineer * Cliff Bonnell – second engineer * Erika Klein – second engineer * Stanley Wallace – second 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, New York). * Gary Gellar – live recording coordinator * Mary Melia – production assistant * Shirley Klein – album coordinator * Laura LiPuma – art direction, design * Toshi Kazama – photography

References

{{Authority control David Sanborn albums 1984 live albums Albums produced by Marcus Miller Warner Records live albums Grammy Award for Best Jazz Fusion Performance