''Heart's Horizon'' is a studio album by American singer and musician
Al Jarreau
Alwin Lopez Jarreau (March 12, 1940 – February 12, 2017) was an American singer and songwriter. His 1981 album '' Breakin' Away'' spent two years on the ''Billboard'' 200 and is considered one of the finest examples of the Los Angeles pop and ...
. It was released in 1988 through
Reprise Records
Reprise Records is an American record label founded in 1960 by Frank Sinatra. It is owned by Warner Music Group, and operates through Warner Records, one of its flagship labels.
Artists currently signed to Reprise Records include Green Day, En ...
. It reached No. 75 on the
''Billboard'' 200.
The song "Killer Love" was intended to be used in the film ''
Skin Deep''; it was omitted at the last minute.
Track listing
Personnel
* Al Jarreau – lead vocals, backing vocals (8),
Akai MPC60 sampling (8),
E-mu Emulator III sampling (8)
*
Bobby Caldwell – synthesizers (1)
*
George Duke
George Martin Duke (January 12, 1946 – August 5, 2013) was an American keyboardist, composer, singer-songwriter and record producer. He worked with numerous artists as arranger, music director, writer and co-writer, record producer and as ...
– synthesizer overdubs (1, 2), acoustic piano (2, 7),
Yamaha TX816 (3, 10, 11),
Roland D-550 (3, 11),
Synclavier
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(3, 4, 6, 7, 9–12),
Rhodes
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(10),
electronic drum pads (10),
harmonica
The harmonica, also known as a French harp or mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used worldwide in many musical genres, notably in blues, American folk music, classical music, jazz, country, and rock. The many types of harmonica incl ...
(10), keyboards (11),
Roland S-50 (11), guitars (11), voice (11)
*
Jay Graydon – synthesizers (1, 4, 6, 12)
* Dennis Matkosky – synthesizers (1),
Hammond organ
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(1), Yamaha TX816 (9), Roland D-550 (9), E-mu Emulator III (9),
Moog bass (9), drum programming (9)
*
John Van Tongeren – synthesizers (1)
*
Russell Ferrante – keyboards (2, 3)
*
Randy Goodrum – synthesizers (4, 12)
*
Gardner Cole – synthesizers (6)
*
Philippe Saisse – keyboards (8)
*
Paul Jackson Jr. – guitars (1–4, 6, 11), rhythm guitar (9), acoustic guitar (12)
* Kevin Chokan – guitars (2, 3)
*
Michael Landau
Michael Christopher Landau (born June 1, 1958) is an American musician, audio engineer, and record-producer. He is a session musician and guitarist who has played on many albums since the early 1980s with Boz Scaggs, Minoru Niihara, Joni Mitchel ...
– guitars (4, 6), lead guitar (9)
*
Earl Klugh – acoustic guitar (7)
*
"Ready" Freddie Washington – bass guitar (1–3, 9–11), bass overdubs (6)
*
Abraham Laboriel
Abraham Laboriel López (born July 17, 1947) is a Mexican-American bassist who has played on over 4,000 recordings and soundtracks. ''Guitar Player'' magazine called him "the most widely used session bassist of our time". Laboriel is the fathe ...
– bass guitar (4, 7)
*
Stanley Clarke
Stanley Clarke (born June 30, 1951) is an American bassist, composer and founding member of Return to Forever, one of the first jazz fusion bands. Clarke gave the bass guitar a prominence it lacked in jazz-related music. He is the first jazz-fus ...
– acoustic bass (12)
*
John Robinson – drums (1, 4, 6, 9, 11, 12)
*
Ricky Lawson – drums (2, 3, 7)
*
Carlos Vega – drums (10)
*
Paulinho da Costa
Paulinho da Costa (, born Paulo Roberto da Costa on May 31, 1948) is a Brazilian percussionist. Beginning his career as a samba musician in Brazil, he moved to the United States in the early 1970s and worked with Brazilian bandleader Sérgio Me ...
– percussion (4, 7, 12)
*
Marc Russo – saxophone (1)
*
David Sanborn
David William Sanborn (July 30, 1945 – May 12, 2024) was an American alto saxophonist. He worked in many musical genres; his solo recordings typically blended jazz with instrumental pop and R&B. He began playing the saxophone at the age o ...
– alto saxophone (2)
*
Brandon Fields – saxophone solo (6)
*
Dan Higgins
Dan Higgins (born January 28, 1957, in Boston, Massachusetts, United States) is an American saxophone and woodwind player. He has worked with such artists as John Williams, Seth MacFarlane, Aerosmith, Stevie Wonder, Neil Diamond, Al Jarreau, M ...
– tenor saxophone (11)
*
Kirk Whalum – tenor sax solo (11)
* Lew McCreary – trombone (6)
*
Bill Reichenbach, Jr. – trombone (6)
*
Gary Grant – trumpet (6)
*
Jerry Hey
Jerry Hey (born 1950) is an American trumpeter, flugelhornist, horn arranger, string arranger, orchestrator and session musician who has played on hundreds of commercial recordings, including Michael Jackson's '' Thriller'', '' Rock with Y ...
– trumpet (6, 11)
*
Bill Champlin
William Bradford Champlin (born May 21, 1947) is an American singer, keyboardist, guitarist and songwriter. He formed the band Sons of Champlin in 1965, which still performs today, and was a member of the rock band Chicago (band), Chicago from 1 ...
– backing vocals (1), BGV arrangement (9),
E-mu Emulator II (9)
*
Tamara Champlin
Tamara Champlin (née Matoesian) is an American singer-songwriter who started her career as a session singer in Houston, Houston, Texas, later moving to Los Angeles. She has performed with and written for singers such as Elton John, Leon Russell ...
– backing vocals (1)
* Tommy Funderburk – backing vocals (1)
* Alex Brown – backing vocals (2, 3, 6)
* Carl Carwell – backing vocals (2, 3, 6)
* Lynn Davis – backing vocals (2, 3, 6, 9, 11)
*
Phillip Ingram
Phillip Ingram (born 1958) is an American musician. He is perhaps best known as one of the founding members of the Motown Group Switch and is the younger brother of James Ingram.
Biography
Ingram was raised in Akron, Ohio. He came from a musica ...
– backing vocals (2)
* Josie James – backing vocals (2, 3, 6, 9)
* Howard Smith – backing vocals (2)
*
Bobby McFerrin
Robert Keith McFerrin Jr. (born March 11, 1950) is an American singer, songwriter, and conductor (music), conductor. His Vocal pedagogy, vocal techniques include singing fluidly but with quick and considerable jumps in Pitch (music), pitch—fo ...
– lead vocals (5)
*
Marcy Levy – backing vocals (7)
*
Bobby Kimball
Robert Troy Kimball (born March 29, 1947) is an American retired singer best known as longtime frontman of the rock band Toto from 1977 to 1984 and again from 1998 to 2008. He has also performed as a solo artist and session singer.
History ...
– backing vocals (9)
*
Phil Perry
Philip Eugene Perry (born January 12, 1952) is an American Contemporary R&B, R&B singer, songwriter, musician and a former member of the soul group, The Montclairs, from 1971 to 1975. He was also known for performing the opening song to Disney� ...
– backing vocals (9, 11)
* Roy Galloway – backing vocals (11)
* Gene Reed – backing vocals (11)
*
Vonda Shepard – backing vocals (11)
* Patricia Unaitis – backing vocals (11)
* Fred White – backing vocals (11)
Production
* Producers – George Duke (Tracks 1–7 & 9–12); Jay Graydon (Tracks 1, 4–6 & 12); Philippe Saisse (Track 8); Dennis Matkosky (Track 9).
* Recording – Erik Zobler (Tracks 1–4, 6, 7 & 9–12);
Brian Malouf (Track 5); Eric Calvi and Gary Wagner (Track 8).
* Lead vocals and keyboards on Tracks 1, 4 & 12 and saxophone on Track 6 recorded by Jay Graydon.
* Assistant Recording – Kevin Fisher, Julie Last and Joe Schiff (Tracks 1–4, 6, 7 & 9–12); Kristin Connolly and Shawna Stobie (Tracks 5 & 8).
* Mixing – Erik Zobler
* Mix Assistant – Steve Holroyd
* Tracks 1–7 & 9–12 mixed at
Ocean Way Recording
Ocean Way Recording was a series of recording studios established by recording engineer and producer Allen Sides with locations in Los Angeles, Nashville, and Saint Barthélemy. Ocean Way Recording no longer operates recording facilities, but O ...
(Los Angeles, CA); Track 8 mixed at Smoketree Ranch (Chatsworth, CA).
* Mastered by
Stephen Marcussen at Precision Lacquer (Hollywood, CA).
* Keyboard Technician – Mike Burns
* Production Coordination – Bibi Green (recording) and Stephanie McCravey (mixing).
* Album Coordinator – Shirley Klein
* Art Direction and Design – Ph.D.
* Illustration – Ann Field
* Photography – Bonnie Schiffman
* Styling – Maria Sarno
* Management – Patrick Raines & Associates
Chart history
References
External links
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{{Authority control
1988 albums
Al Jarreau albums
Reprise Records albums
Albums produced by George Duke