Straight to the Heart (David Sanborn album)

Straight to the Heart
Live album by David Sanborn
Released	1984
Recorded	1984
Studio	Le Mobile and Amigo Studios (Los Angeles, California) A&R Recording , S.I.R. Studios and Greene St. Recording (New York, New York )
Genre	Jazz fusion, Smooth Jazz
Length	51:01
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Marcus Miller
David Sanborn chronology
Backstreet (1982) Straight to the Heart (1984) A Change of Heart (1987)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[2]

Straight to the Heart is a 1984 album by David Sanborn. The recording won the 1986 Grammy Award for Best Jazz Fusion Performance.

Reception[]

Allmusic awarded the album with 4 stars and its review by Scott Yanow states: "With bassist Marcus Miller acting as producer and some memorable tunes being performed (most notably "Hideaway" and "Straight to the Heart"), this is one of altoist David Sanborn's better R&B-ish recordings. Joined by keyboardist Don Grolnick, guitarist Hiram Bullock, bassist Miller, drummer Buddy Williams and various guest musicians, Sanborn sounds fairly inspired and is in top form."^[1]

Track listing[]

1. "Hideaway" (Sanborn) – 6:37
2. "Straight to the Heart" (Marcus Miller) (live version) – 4:57
3. "Run for Cover" (Marcus Miller) – 6:28
4. "Smile" (Coleridge Taylor Perkinson) – 10:25
5. "Lisa" (Sanborn) (live version) – 5:05
6. "Love & Happiness" (Al Green, Mabon "Teenie" Hodges) (live version) – 6:32
7. "Lotus Blossom" (Don Grolnick) (live version) – 6:50
8. "One Hundred Ways" (Tony Coleman, Kathy Wakefield, Benjamin Wright) – 4:07

Personnel[]

• David Sanborn – alto saxophone
• Don Grolnick – keyboards
• Marcus Miller – synthesizers, bass guitar, backing vocals
• Hiram Bullock – guitars, backing vocals
• Buddy Williams – drums
• Errol "Crusher" Bennett – percussion (2)
• Ralph MacDonald – percussion (3, 5, 8)
• Michael White – percussion (6)
• Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone (8)
• Randy Brecker – trumpet (8)
• Jon Faddis – trumpet (8)
• Hamish Stuart – lead vocals (6)
• Vivian Cherry – backing vocals (8)
• Frank Floyd – backing vocals (8)
• Lani Groves – backing vocals (8)

Production[]

• Marcus Miller – producer
• Russ Titelman – executive producer
• Elliot Scheiner – recording, mixing
• Paul Brown – additional engineer
• Guy Charbonneau – additional engineer
• Marti Robertson – additional engineer
• Jerry Solomon – additional engineer
• Joe Arnold – second engineer
• Cliff Bonnell – second engineer
• Erika Klein – second engineer
• Stanley Wallace – second engineer
• George Marino – mastering at Sterling Sound (New York, New York).
• Gary Gellar – live recording coordinator
• Mary Melia – production assistant
• Shirley Klein – album coordinator
• Laura LiPuma – art direction, design
• Toshi Kazama – photography

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