Taking Off is a studio album by David Sanborn, released in 1975 on Warner Bros. Records. The album reached number 19 on Billboards Jazz Albums chart.
Track listing All tracks composed by David Matthews except where noted.
"Butterfat" (Steve Khan) – 3:02 "'Way 'Cross Georgia" (Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson) – 4:27 "Duck Ankles" (Steve Khan) – 3:20 "Funky Banana" – 3:16 "The Whisperer" (Don Grolnick) – 4:47 "It Took a Long Time" (Randy Brecker) – 3:29 "Black Light" – 6:30 "Blue Night" – 3:45 "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 – violinProduction' 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
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