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.

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)

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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