''Caché'' is an album by saxophonist
Kirk Whalum
Kirk Whalum (born July 11, 1958) is an American R&B and smooth jazz saxophonist and songwriter. Whalum has recorded a series of commercially and critically acclaimed solo studio albums. Along with several film soundtracks, with music ranging fro ...
issued in 1993 on
.
The album reached No. 1 on the ''
Billboard
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Top Contemporary Jazz Albums chart and No. 39 on the ''Billboard''
Top Jazz Albums
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chart.
Overview
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guest on the album.
Covers
Whalum covered "
Fragile" by
Sting,
Karyn White's "Love Saw It", "
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Track listing
Personnel
*
Kirk Whalum
Kirk Whalum (born July 11, 1958) is an American R&B and smooth jazz saxophonist and songwriter. Whalum has recorded a series of commercially and critically acclaimed solo studio albums. Along with several film soundtracks, with music ranging fro ...
– tenor saxophone (1, 3, 5, 7-10), saxophone (2, 4, 6),
Akai MPC-60 programming (3), backing vocals (5, 8)
*
Philippe Saisse – keyboards (1, 7), programming (1, 7), arrangements (1, 7), backing vocals (7)
* Christian "Wicked" Wicht – additional programming (1, 7)
* Robbie Buchanan – keyboards (2), drum programming (2), arrangements (2)
* Brad Cole – keyboards (4), programming (4), arrangements (4)
*
Greg Phillinganes
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– keyboards (5, 8), acoustic piano solo (8)
*
Jerry Peters – additional keyboards (5, 8),
organ
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Musical instruments
...
(5, 8), string arrangements (5)
* Rob Mullins – keyboards (6)
*
Preston Glass – additional keyboards (6), percussion (6), arrangements (6)
* Steve Birch – programming (6)
*
Bob James – acoustic piano (7)
* Bill Cantos – keyboards (9), acoustic piano (9), Akai MPC-60 programming (9)
* Rick Jackson – acoustic piano (10)
*
Dean Brown – lead guitar (1), electric guitar (7)
*
Nile Rodgers
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– rhythm guitar (1)
*
Paul Jackson, Jr. – guitars (3, 8)
* Ray Fuller – guitars (5)
*
L. Carl Burnett – guitars (6)
* Carlos Rios – guitars (9)
*
Marcus Miller
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– bass guitar (1)
*
Freddie Washington – bass (3)
*
Chris Walker – bass (5, 8)
*
Wilton Felder – bass (6)
*
Charles "Poogie" Bell – drums (1, 7)
*
Ricky Lawson – drums (3, 5, 8, 9), drum programming (3, 9), Akai MPC-60 programming (3, 9), synth bass (9)
* Tyrone Griffen – Akai MPC-60 programming (3)
* David Willis – Akai MPC-60 programming (3, 9)
* Joe Wolfe – Akai MPC-60 programming (3), synthesizer programming (5, 8)
* Kenny MacDougald – drums (6)
* Brian Kilgore – percussion (5, 8)
* Andy Snitzer – alto saxophone (1, 7)
*
Gary Bias – alto saxophone (5, 8)
*
Gerald Albright
Gerald Albright (born August 30, 1957) is an American jazz saxophonist. He earned Grammys for the albums ''24/7 (Gerald Albright and Norman Brown album), 24/7'' in 2012 and ''Slam Dunk'' in 2014 and was nominated for ''New Beginnings (Gerald Albr ...
– alto sax solo (5)
* Roger Rosenberg – baritone saxophone (1, 7)
*
Ernie Fields Jr. – baritone saxophone (5, 8)
* Darryl Richards – tenor saxophone (5, 8)
*
Michael Davis – trombone (1, 7)
* Maurice Spears –
bass trombone
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(5, 8)
*
Reggie Young
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– trombone (5, 8)
* Kent Smith – trumpet (1, 7)
*
Ray Brown – trumpet (5, 8), horn contractor (5, 8)
* The Charles Veal Strings – strings (5)
*
André Fischer – arrangements (4)
* Bill Murrell – music copyist (5)
*
Vaneese Thomas – backing vocals (1)
* Lori Ann Velez – backing vocals (1, 7)
*
James "D-Train" Williams – backing vocals (1, 7)
*
Jevetta Steele
Jevetta Steele (born November 14, 1962) is an American R&B jazz, and gospel music singer.
Early years
Born and raised in Gary, Indiana, Steele eventually moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota to become a criminal lawyer. Steele later embarked upon a s ...
– lead vocals (2), backing vocals (2)
* Jearlyn Steele-Battle – backing vocals (2)
* Olivia McClurken – backing vocals (3)
*
Alfie Silas
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– backing vocals (3)
*
Rose Stone
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– additional vocals (3), backing vocals (3)
*
Brenda Russell
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– lead vocals (4), backing vocals (4)
* Julie Delgado – backing vocals (4)
* Lynne Fiddmont – backing vocals (5, 8)
* Kevin Guillaume – backing vocals (5, 8)
* Natalie Jackson – backing vocals (5, 8)
* Fred White – backing vocals (5, 8), vocal contractor (5, 8)
*
Angela Bofill
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– lead vocals (6)
*
Amy Keys – backing vocals (6)
Production
* Philippe Saisse – producer (1, 7)
* Christian "Wicked" Wicht – assistant producer (1, 7)
* Robbie Buchanan – producer (2)
* Jay Landers – producer (2)
* Ricky Lawson – producer (3, 9)
* André Fischer – producer (4)
* Jerry Peters – producer (5, 8)
* Kirk Whalum – producer (5, 8-10)
* Preston Glass – producer (6)
* Hal Sacks – producer (9, 10)
* Bibi Green – production coordinator (1, 7)
* Joel Zimmerman – art direction, design
* Deborah Samuel – photography
Technical
* Eric Calvi – recording (1, 7), mixing (1, 7)
* Patrick McDougal – recording (2)
* Jeremy Smith – recording (2)
*
Brian Malouf – mixing (2)
* Khaliq Glover – recording (3)
* Hal Sacks – recording (3, 5, 8-10), mixing (3, 5, 8-10)
* Jeffrey "Woody" Woodruff – recording (4)
* Don Tittle – recording (6), mixing (6)
* Malcolm Pollack – remixing (6)
* Vittorio Zammarano – additional engineer (1, 7)
* Brett Perry – additional engineer (2)
* Peter Beckerman – assistant engineer (1, 7)
* Chrystin Nevarez – assistant engineer (1, 7)
* John Siket – assistant engineer (1, 7)
* Darren Mora – assistant engineer (3), mix assistant (5, 8, 9)
* Robert Read – assistant engineer (3), mix assistant (5, 8, 9)
* Michael Annas Allaf – assistant engineer (4)
* Randy Long – assistant engineer (4)
* Noel Hazen – recording assistant (5, 8, 9)
*
Charlie Paakkari – recording assistant (5, 8)
* Chris Rich – recording assistant (5, 8)
* Michael Dumas – recording assistant (6)
* Dwane Sexton – mix assistant (6)
References
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1993 albums
Kirk Whalum albums