David SANBORN

Closer

(2005)

1. Tin Tin Deo 6'19
(Gil Fuller / Chano Pozo)
2. Senor Blues 5'10
(Horace Silver)
3. Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight 6'08
(James Taylor)
4. Smile 3'53
(Charlie Chaplin / Geoffery Parsons / John Turner)
5. Enchantment 4'28
(Horace Silver)
6. Ballad Of The Sad Young Men 4'02
Ballad Of The Sad Young Men (Frances Landesman / Thomas J. Wolf)
7. Another Time, Another Place 6'05
(David Sanborn)
8. Capetown Fringe 3'25
(Abdullah Ibrahim)
9. Poinciana 6'04
(Buddy Bernier / Nat Simon)
10. You Must Belive In Spring 3'51
(Alan Bergman / Marilyn Bergman / Jacques Demy / Michel Legrand)
11. Sofia 3'45
(David Sanborn)

Total Time: 53:10

  • David Sanborn - Alto Saxophone
  • Russell Malone - Guitar
  • Larry Goldings - Electric Piano, Organ
  • Gil Goldstein - Electric Piano, Accordion (8)
  • Mike Mainieri - Vibraphone
  • Bob Sheppard - Tenor and Soprano Saxophone (8)
  • Christian McBride - Bass
  • Louis Quintcro - Percussion
  • Lizz Wright - Vocals on "Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight"

    Rhythm Arrangements by Gil Goldstein and David Sanborn
    Orchestrations by Gil Goldstein
    Strings (1, 2, 4, 5, 11):

    Joyce Hammann, Belinda Whitney - Violin
    Dave Eggar - Cello
    Ron Lawrence - Viola
    Horns (1, 2, 5-7, 11):
    Mike Davis - Trombone
    Sheryl Henze - Bass Flute, Alto Flute
    Bob Sheppard - Bl Flute d'Amore, Ñ Flute
    Alex Sipiagin - Trumpet, Flugelhorn

    Produced by Stewart Levine
    Engineered and Mixed by Joe Ferla
    ProTools Programming and Engineering by Dean Sharenow
    Additional Engineering by Jonathan Duckett
    Assistant Engineers: Jason Finkel, Brian Pugh and Jay Spears

    Recorded and Mixed at     RIGHT TRACK STUDIOS, New York Gity
    Additional Recording at     HIATUS STUDIOS, New York City
    Mastered by Bernie Grundman at     Bernie GRUNDMAN MASTERING, Hollywood, CA

    Thanks To:

    Everyone at AMBIENCE LIMOUSINE;
    Debbie Anderko;
    Larry Berger at Glyph Technologies;
    Blue Notes in Tokyo, Osaka, Fukuoka & Nagoya; Michael Brecker; Jill and Michael Briggs; Carlton Brown; Mike Burns; Scott Burrows; Phillip Calabrese at KEYNOBE PIANO; Terri Lyne Carrington; Dr. Joe D'Angelo;
    David Charles at Digidesign;
    George Coleman; Paul Dalen; Raymond Davren; Mark Deadman; Bobby Dukoff; Annie Elmer; Dr. Walter Essman; Rick Farrell; Rebekah Foster; Sofia Garcia; Jose Gerena; Lynn Goldsmith; Ron Goldstein; Elliot Groftman; Steve Guest; Rob Haupt; Michael Heraty; Bill Herman; Max and Heidi Hoetzel;
    Masa Iijima at Zoom Corporation;
    Thomas Inderbinen; Kumi Itoh; Kylae Jordon; The Kamons; Gene Lake; Lance Lappin;

    Everyone at LAST RADIO Corp.;
    Steve Levine; James Lewis; Linda Li; Tommy LiPuma;
    Linda Rippel, Kevin Daley, Frank Zysk and Michael Figueroa at LJR & Associates;
    Kevin Lynch;
    Boh King and Everyone at Mailboxes Etc.;
    Dr. Boh Marhach; Nicky Moroch; Kevin Neilsen; Jack and Terri Newsholme;

    Everyone at Nick & Toni's RESTAURANT;
    Claude Nohs; Boh Nowak;
    Terri Dickinson and Everyone at Norman Bros. Produce;
    Martin Ochs; Laurie Ogle; Kal Opperman; Lorraine Orrange; Phil Pagano; Stephanie Pappas; Richard Patterson; Joel Peskin; Paul Peterson;

    Everyone at PRESTINI;
    John Purcell; Patrick Rains;
    Andrew Roherts at Purple Audio;
    Wullie Roche; Stephen Rountree; Barh Sanhorn; Carolyn Sanhorn; Sallie Sanhorn, Steve Friedman & Noah Friedman; Stephen Sanna; Nohoru Sato, MD; David Saull; Rick Semerjian; Claire Shaw; Bob Sheppard; David Smith; Ted Stewart;
    Richard Stockton at Shure Microphone;
    Yvette Stokes; Sterling Swann; Brian Terrell;
    Everyone at TYNY Voice, Tokyo;
    Tomohide Ishikawa, Hiroshi Aono, Hiroto Furuya, Mas Hiratsuka and Takeshi Uno at Universal Music Group-Japan; Bernard Van Doren and his team at Vandoren;

    Everyone at VERVE;
    George Vroom; Christianne Weiss; George Whitty; Buddy Williams; Steve Williams; Cedric Wilmott