1983 studio album by Michael Franks
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Passionfruit jazz vocal album by Michael Franks , produced and arranged by Rob Mounsey and released in 1983 on Warner Bros. Records . The album reached No. 4 on the Billboard Traditional Jazz Albums chart.
Covers
"Sunday Morning Here with You" was covered by Claire Martin . "Tell Me All About It" was also covered by artists such as Natalie Cole , Chris Barber , Will Downing , Gordon Haskell and Michael Lington featuring Dave Koz .
Track listing
All tracks are written by Michael Franks
No. Title Length 1. "Alone At Night" 4:30 2. "Never Satisfied" 3:52 3. "Amazon" 5:40 4. "Now That Your Joystick's Broke" 2:48 5. "Sunday Morning Here with You" 4:33 6. "Never Say Die" 3:36 7. "Rainy Night In Tokyo" 4:42 8. "Tell Me All About It" 4:33 9. "When Sly Calls (Don't Touch That Phone)" 5:53 10. "How The Garden Grows" 3:38
Personnel
Musicians
Michael Franks – vocals, backing vocals (6)
Dave Tofani – alto saxophone (1)Eddie Daniels – alto flute (1), alto flute solo (3)George Marge – alto recorder (7)
Jon Faddis – flugelhorn (1)Randy Brecker – trumpet solo (1), flugelhorn solo (9)Toots Thielemans – harmonica (2, 10)Rob Mounsey – producer, arranger, acoustic piano (1), fender rhodes (2, 3, 7–9), synthesizers, arrangementsPat Rebillot – fender rhodes (5), acoustic piano (6)Hiram Bullock – guitar solo (1), guitar (4)Hugh McCracken – twelve-guitar string (3), tipples (3)Jeff Mironov – guitar (1, 2, 9), classical guitar (3, 8, 10), acoustic guitar (6), d'aquisto guitar (7), electric guitar (7)
John Tropea – guitar (5, 6, 10)Neil Jason – bass (5, 6, 8, 10)Will Lee – bass (1–3, 7, 9), backing vocals (1–3, 7)Steve Gadd – drums (5, 6, 8, 10)Chris Parker – drums (1–3, 7, 9), ice bells (6)Sue Evans – percussion (2, 5, 7, 9, 10), Salt Packets (8)Naná Vasconcelos – percussion (3), caxixi (7), tambourine (7)Frank Floyd sly (9)
Backing vocals – Kacey Cisyk (2, 3, 6, 7, 9) Lesley Miller (2, 3, 6, 7, 9) Kenny Rankin (5), Hamish Stuart (1–3, 7), Astrud Gilberto (3)
Bass – Homer Mensch , John Miller
Cello – Jonathan Abramowitz, Warren Lash, Charles McCracken
Concertmaster – David Nadien
Harp – Gloria Agostini
Viola – Lamar Alsop, Judy Geist, Theodore Israel, Emanuel Vardi
Violin – Elena Barere, Lew Eley, Barry Finclair, Regis Iandiorio, Charles Libove, Jan Mullen, John Pintavalle, Matthew Raimondi, Richard Sortomme, Gerald Tarack Support
Arrangement – Rob Mounsey
Art direction – Simon Levy
Concertmaster – David Nadien
Design – Laura LiPuma
Assistant Engineers – Michael Christopher, Roger Moutenot, Arthur Payson, Maureen Thompson
Mastering – George Marino
Mixing and recording – Artie Friedman
Photography – Barry McKinley
Recording – Ed Rak, Marti Robertson References
J. Matteo, Stephen. "Michael Franks: Passionfruit" . allmusic.com . AllMusic .
"Picks and Pans Review: Passion Fruit" . people.com . People . December 5, 1983.^ Michael Franks: Passionfruit . Warner Bros. Records . 1983.
"Michael Franks: Passionfruit (Traditional Jazz Albums)" . billboard.com . Billboard ."Michael Franks: Passionfruit" . secondhandsongs.com .
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