Play Date (album)

Play Date is the second studio album of saxophonist Euge Groove issued in July 2002 by Warner Bros. Records. The album rose to No. 10 on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz Albums chart and No. 13 on the Billboard Jazz Albums chart.

Play Date
Studio album by Euge Groove
Released	July 2002
Studio	Fantasy Studios (Berkeley, CA) Funky Joint (Sherman Oaks, CA) On The Mark Studio (Studio City, CA) Planet One Studios (Camarillo, CA) Sunset Sound (Hollywood, CA) Track Studios and Schnee Studios (North Hollywood, CA) Woody Reed (Woodland Hills, CA) Alpha Studios (Burbank, CA)
Genre	Vocal jazz, jazz
Length	48:34
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Paul Brown Michael Egizi Euge Groove
Euge Groove chronology
Euge Groove (2000) Play Date (2002) Livin' Large (2004)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Jazz Times	(favourable)

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Slam Dunk"	Steve Grove, David Kahlid Woods	3:48
2.	"From the Top"	Michael Egizi, Steve Grove	5:52
3.	"Gonna B Alright"	Steve Grove	4:33
4.	"Let's Get It On"	Marvin Gaye, Ed Townsend	4:40
5.	"Rewind"	Steve Grove	4:37
6.	"Love Me"	Michael Egizi, Steve Grove	4:40
7.	"Hide and Seek"	Michael Egizi, Steve Grove	4:21
8.	"Belle Maria"	Steve Grove	4:23
9.	"Playdate"	Steve Grove	5:53
10.	"With You I'd Believe"	Steve Grove	5:47

Personnel

• Euge Groove – alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, additional drum programming (2), arrangements (2, 5)
• Paul Brown – programming (1), arrangements (1, 3, 4, 8, 9), additional drum programming (2)
• David "Kahlid" Woods – programming (1), guitars (1), arrangements (1, 3), keyboards (3), drum programming (3)
• Michael Egizi – baby grand piano (2), synthesizer programming (2, 5), drum programming (2, 5-7), arrangements (2, 5-7), Fender Rhodes (5), keyboards (6, 7)
• Chester Thompson – Hammond B3 organ (2, 4)
• Larry Williams – synth strings (3)
• Jerry Hey – synth string arrangements (3)
• Herman Jackson – Wurlitzer electric piano (4), organ (4), synthesizers (4, 9), Fender Rhodes (9)
• Freddie Ravel – Rhodes piano (8)
• Mark Portmann – keyboards (8, 10), programming (8, 10), arrangements (8, 10)
• Paul Jackson Jr. – guitars (2-4, 6)
• Tony Maiden – guitars (5, 7)
• Peter White – guitars (8)
• Dean Parks – acoustic guitar (10), electric guitar (10)
• Alex Al – bass guitar (2, 5-8, 10)
• Larry Kimpel – upright bass (4), electric bass (9)
• Teddy Campbell – drums (4, 9)
• Paulinho da Costa – percussion (3, 4, 9)
• Luis Conte – percussion (5, 7)
• Steve Dubin – arrangements (4)
• Stacy Campbell – vocals (6)

Production

• Paul Brown – executive producer, producer (1, 3, 4, 9), mixing (1-4, 6-9)
• Michael Egizi – producer (2, 5-7)
• Euge Groove – producer (2, 5-8, 10)
• Stephen Hart – tracking engineer
• Don Murray – live tracking engineer
• Ryan Castle – second engineer
• Ai Fujisaki – second engineer
• Ray Bardani – mixing (4)
• Bill Schnee – mixing (5, 10)
• Stephen Marcussen – mastering at Marcussen Mastering (Hollywood, California)
• Lexy Shroyer – production coordinator
• Katherine Delaney – art direction, design
• Mando Gonzales – photography
• Bill Darlington – management