Spontaneous Inventions
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1986 live albumby Bobby McFerrin
| Spontaneous Inventions | |
|---|---|
| Live albumby | |
| Released | 1986 |
| Genre | Vocal jazz |
| Length | 39:16 |
| Label | Blue Note Records |
| Producers | Linda Goldstein, Bobby McFerrin |
| Bobby McFerrin chronology | |
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | [画像:Star][画像:Star][画像:Star][画像:Star][画像:Half star] [1] |
| Record Mirror | 2/5[2] |
Spontaneous Inventions is a 1986 live album by American vocalist Bobby McFerrin, released by Blue Note Records.
The album reached number 103 on the Billboard 200, number 62 on Billboard's R&B Albums chart, number 6 on the Top Jazz Albums chart, and number 2 on the Top Contemporary Jazz Albums chart.[3]
The album features special guests, amongst them Robin Williams (vocals on "Beverly Hills Blues") and Herbie Hancock (piano on "Turtle Shoes").
McFerrin later performed a modified version of the song Thinkin' About Your Body in a series of UK Cadbury's chocolate adverts in 1989/1990.[4] [5] [6]
Track listing
[edit ]| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Thinkin' About Your Body" (for Debs) | Robert McFerrin Jr. | 3:15 |
| 2. | "Turtle Shoes" | McFerrin, Herbert Hancock | 3:34 |
| 3. | "From Me to You" | Lennon–McCartney | 2:19 |
| 4. | "There Ya Go" | McFerrin | 3:40 |
| 5. | "Cara Mia" | McFerrin | 4:54 |
| 6. | "Another Night in Tunisia" | John Gillespie, Jon Hendricks, Frank Paparelli | 4:14 |
| 7. | "Opportunity" | Joan Armatrading | 3:53 |
| 8. | "Walkin'" | Richard Carpenter | 5:39 |
| 9. | "I Hear Music" | Burton Lane, Frank Loesser | 3:54 |
| 10. | "Beverly Hills Blues" | McFerrin, Robin Williams | 3:52 |
| 11. | "Mañana Iguana" | McFerrin | 2:20 |
Personnel
[edit ]- Cheryl Bentyne – Vocal Arrangement, Vocals
- Bruce Botnick, Judy Clapp, Leslie Ann Jones, Elliot Scheiner – Engineer
- Linda Goldstein, Tim Hauser – Producer
- Herbie Hancock – Piano
- Tim Hauser, Jon Hendricks, Janis Siegel, Robin Williams – Vocals
- Mary Mack – Photography
- The Manhattan Transfer – Group, Vocals
- Bobby McFerrin – Bass, Percussion, Producer, Vocal Arrangement, Vocals
- Paula Scher – Design
- Rhonda Schoen – Digital Editing
- Wayne Shorter – Sax (Soprano)
- Jack Skinner – Mastering
References
[edit ]- ↑ Yanow, Scott. "Bobby McFerrin: Spontaneous Inventions> Review" at AllMusic. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
- ↑ Goffe, Leslie (September 13, 1986). "Albums: Bobby McFerrin – Spontaneous Inventions (Blue Note)" (PDF). Record Mirror . London: Spotlight Publications Ltd. p. 18. ISSN 0144-5804. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 23, 2023. Retrieved January 8, 2024 – via World Radio History.
- ↑ "Bobby McFerrin: Charts & Awards". Allmusic . Retrieved May 13, 2011.
- ↑ "Compilation of UK adverts in 1989" . Retrieved July 1, 2015.
- ↑ "Cadburys Fruit&Nut (chocolate) 'steam train' advert 1990" . Retrieved July 1, 2015.
- ↑ "Cadbury's - Dairy Milk - Architect In Desert - UK Advert" . Retrieved July 1, 2015.