Taking Off (David Sanborn album)

Taking Off is a studio album by David Sanborn, released in 1975 on Warner Bros. Records. The album reached number 19 on Billboard's Jazz Albums chart.^[2]

Taking Off
Studio album by David Sanborn
Released	1975
Studio	A&R Recording (New York City, New York)
Genre	Jazz
Length	36:43
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	John Court
David Sanborn chronology
Taking Off (1975) Beck & Sanborn (1975)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Track listing

All tracks composed by David Matthews except where noted.

1. "Butterfat" (Steve Khan) – 3:02
2. "'Way 'Cross Georgia" (Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson) – 4:27
3. "Duck Ankles" (Steve Khan) – 3:20
4. "Funky Banana" – 3:16
5. "The Whisperer" (Don Grolnick) – 4:47
6. "It Took a Long Time" (Randy Brecker) – 3:29
7. "Black Light" – 6:30
8. "Blue Night" – 3:45
9. "Flight" – 4:07

Personnel

Musicians

• David Sanborn – alto saxophone
• Don Grolnick – acoustic piano, clavinet, Fender Rhodes, synthesizers, arrangements (5)
• Steve Khan – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, 12-string electric guitar
• Joe Beck – electric guitar (4)
• Buzz Feiten – electric guitar (4)
• Will Lee – bass guitar
• Chris Parker – drums (1–6)
• Rick Marotta – additional drums (1, 3)
• Steve Gadd – drums (7–9)
• Ralph MacDonald – bongos, percussion, congas (7–9)
• José Madera – percussion (7–9)
• Warren Smith – percussion (7–9)
• Howard Johnson – baritone saxophone, tuba, arrangements (2)
• Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone
• Tom Malone – trombone
• Randy Brecker – trumpet, arrangements (6)
• John Clark – French horn (2)
• Peter Gordon – French horn (2)
• David Matthews – arrangements (1, 3–5, 7–9)

Strings (7–9)

• Charles McCracken – cello
• George Ricci – cello
• Lucien Schmit – cello
• John Beal – double bass
• Bob Daugherty – double bass
• Al Brown – viola
• Harold Coletta – viola
• Manny Vardi – viola
• Emile Charlap – violin, string contractor
• Harry Clickman – violin
• Lou Eley – violin
• Paul Gershman – violin
• Harry Glickman – violin
• Leo Kahn – violin
• Harold Kohon – violin
• Charles Libove – violin
• Guy Lumia – violin
• David Nadien – violin, concertmaster
• Gene Orloff – violin
• Max Pollikoff – violin
• Matthew Raimondi – violin

Production

• John Court – producer
• Don Hahn – engineer, remixing (1–4, 6–9)
• Lee Herschberg – remixing (5)
• Sam Ginsberg – assistant engineer
• Ed Thrasher – art direction
• Robert Lockhart – design
• Benno Friedman – photography