''Steppin' Out'' is the second

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George Howard, released in 1984 on

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. This album peaked at No. 9 on the ''

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'' Top Jazz Albums chart and No. 39 on the Billboard Top R&B Albums chart.

Track listing

#"Steppin' Out" (Howard) - 6:15 #"Philly Talk" (

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, Gant, Howard, Williams) - 5:06 #"A Tear of Spring" (Howard) - 5:34 #"Dr. Rock" (Gant, Howard) - 4:40 #"Human Nature" ( Bettis, Porcaro) - 5:28 #"

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" ( Lennox, Stewart) - 3:48 #"Dream Ride" (Gant, Howard, Reklaw) - 5:00

Personnel

*Keni Burke, Nathan East -

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*Leon "Ndugu" Chancler - percussion, drums, timbales *Dean Gant - producer, synthesizer, arranger, keyboards, mixing *George Howard - percussion, arranger, sax (soprano), producer, mixing *Curtis King, Brenda White - vocals (background) *David Williams - guitar Production: *Andy Baltimore - creative director *Joan Ingoldsby Brown, Scott Johnson, Sonny Mediana, Andy Ruggirello, Dan Serrano - design *Katy Cavanaugh,

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- art direction *Joseph Doughney, Michael Landy, Adam Zelinka - post production *Al Evers - executive producer *Joe Ferla, Wally Grant - engineer, mixing *George Horn - mastering *Doreen Kalcich, Michael Pollard - production coordination *Darryl Pitt - photography

Charts

References

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