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.
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.
Track listing
Personnel 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
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