''G Force'' is the second studio album by American

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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 by Arista Records in 1983, and peaked at number 6 on the ''Billboard'' Jazz Albums chart, number 17 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, and number 62 on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart.

Track listing

*Track information adapted from ''

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'' and then verified from the LP label.

Personnel

* Kenny G – saxophones, flute, synthesizer programming, arrangements (1-6), synthesizers (1, 2, 3, 5),

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solo (5), percussion (6) * Barry J. Eastman – keyboards (1, 3, 5, 6) *

Jeff Lorber Jeffrey H. Lorber (born November 4, 1952) is an American keyboardist, composer, and record producer. After six previous nominations, Lorber won his first Grammy Award on January 28, 2018 for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album for ''Prototype'' ...

– keyboards (1, 2, 4) * Peter Scherer – Synclavier (1-6, 8) * Kashif – arrangements (1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8), keyboards (7, 8), synthesizers (7, 8), Synclavier (7), drums (7, 8), percussion (7, 8), bass (8) * Paul Lawrence Jones III – keyboards (8) * Ira Siegel – guitars (1, 3, 6, 8) * Marlon McClain – guitars (2, 4, 6) * Wayne Brathwaite – bass (1-7), arrangements (1, 3, 5, 6), synthesizers (3, 5, 6), percussion (6) *

Omar Hakim Omar Hakim (born February 12, 1959) is an American jazz, jazz fusion and pop music drummer, producer, arranger and composer. He has worked with Weather Report, David Bowie, Foo Fighters, Sting, Madonna, Dire Straits, Bryan Ferry, Journey, Kate ...

– drums (1, 2, 4, 6) *

Yogi Horton A yogi is a practitioner of Yoga, including a sannyasin or practitioner of meditation in Indian religions.A. K. Banerjea (2014), ''Philosophy of Gorakhnath with Goraksha-Vacana-Sangraha'', Motilal Banarsidass, , pp. xxiii, 297-299, 331 T ...

– drums (3) * Leslie Ming – drums (3, 5) *

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 (1, 3, 4, 5) * Steve Kroon – percussion (2) * Steve Horton – arrangements (1, 5) * Barry "Sunjohn" Johnson – lead vocals (1, 5) * Steve Horton – backing vocals *

Freddie Jackson Frederick Anthony Jackson (born October 2, 1956) is an American singer. Originally from New York, Jackson began his professional music career in the late 1970s with the California funk band Mystic Merlin. Among his well–known R&B/soul hits are " ...

– backing vocals *

La Forrest 'La La' Cope La Forrest 'La La' Cope is an American singer and songwriter. She is best known for writing the hit song " You Give Good Love", recorded by Whitney Houston for her 1985 self-titled debut album, which went on to sell over 25 million units world ...

– backing vocals * Yolanda Lee – backing vocals * B. J. Nelson – backing vocals *

Lillo Thomas Lillo Thomas (born 1961) is an American soul musician. He reached the peak of his success as a recording artist in the 1980s. His most famous songs include "Sexy Girl" and "I'm in Love." Career Early in his life, Thomas was a competitive sprint ...

– backing vocals

Production

* Producer – Wayne Brathwaite * Co-Producer on Track 2 – Kenny G * Executive Producer on Track 2 – Kashif * Engineer – Darrell Gustamachio * Additional Engineers – Carl Beatty, Bill Dooley, Brian McGee and Jon Smith. * Additional drum engineering on Track 3 – Michael Brauer * Assistant Engineers – Ron Banks, Larry DeCarmine, John Davenport and Tom Gartland. * Mixed by Steve Goldman * Art Direction – Donn Davenport and Howard Fritzson * Logo Design – Tony Gable * Photography – Pierre Chanteau * Management – Jeffrey Ross Music

Track listing

Personnel

Production

Charts

Album

Singles

References