Bang!Zoom

Bang!Zoom is the fifth studio album and fourth solo studio album by American vocalist and jazz/folk musician Bobby McFerrin, released by Blue Note Records. The line-up includes several members of the jazz fusion band Yellowjackets.

Bang!Zoom
Studio album by Bobby McFerrin
Released	1995
Studio	Ocean Way Recording (Hollywood, California) Fantasy Studios (Berkeley, California) Skyline Studios (Oakland, California)
Genre	Vocal jazz
Length	45:56
Label	Blue Note
Producer	Russell Ferrante, Bobby McFerrin

The album reached number 10 on Billboard's Top Contemporary Jazz Albums chart.^[1]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Bobby McFerrin, except where noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Bang!Zoom"	Bobby McFerrin, Russell Ferrante	5:33
2.	"Remembrance"	Bobby McFerrin, Russell Ferrante	5:17
3.	"Friends"		4:28
4.	"Selim"	Miles Davis	5:19
5.	"Freedom Is a Voice"	Bobby McFerrin, Russell Ferrante	4:54
6.	"Heaven's Design"		5:57
7.	"My Better Half"		4:43
8.	"Kids' Toys"		5:17
9.	"Mere Words"		4:25

Personnel

• Bobby McFerrin – vocals

Musicians

• Russell Ferrante – pianos, synthesizers
• Judd Miller – synthesizer programming
• Paul Nagel – Fender Rhodes (6)
• Paul Jackson Jr. – guitars
• Jimmy Haslip – bass
• Will Kennedy – drums
• Paulinho da Costa – percussion
• Bob Mintzer – saxophones, bass clarinet, EWI
• Scott Wendholt – trumpet (4)
• Tower of Power horn section (7)
  • Stephen "Doc" Kupka
  • Emilio Castillo
  • David Mann
  • Greg Adams (also horn arrangements)
  • Lee Thornburg

Production

• Russell Ferrante – producer
• Bobby McFerrin – producer
• Malcolm Pollack - engineer, mixing
• Bill Gable – engineer
• David Luke – engineer
• Chris Tergeson – engineer
• Jeff DeMorris – assistant engineer
• Sheree Draft – assistant engineer
• Roman Foods – assistant engineer
• Rich Lamb – assistant engineer
• Michael Semanick – assistant engineer
• P.R. Brown – art direction, design
• Mark Seliger – photography

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

In terms of critical reception, the album was met with only a 2 star-review on behalf of Allmusic.