Wizard Island is the fourth album by The Jeff Lorber Fusion, released in 1980. The album was both Lorber's and the group's first to reach number one on the US Jazz Album chart. This album was Kenny G's 1st album with a major-label act. He played on the JLF follow-up album in 1981 and then went solo in 1982.
Track listing All tracks written by Jeff Lorber, except "Fusion Juice", written by Kenny G.
Personnel
The Jeff Lorber Fusion Jeff Lorber – acoustic piano, Yamaha electric grand piano, Fender Rhodes, Minimoog, Moog Modular System, Oberheim OB-X, Prophet-5 Danny Wilson – electric bass Dennis Bradford – drums Kenny Gorelick – flute, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
Guest Musicians Chick Corea – Minimoog (9) Jay Koder – guitars Paulinho da Costa – percussion
Production Jeff Lorber – producer Rik Pekkonen – engineer, mixing Jeffrey Ross – album coordinator, management Ria Lewerke-Shapiro – art direction, design Mathew Cohen – front and back cover artwork Gary Regester – photography
Charts Chart (1980) Peakposition Billboard Pop Albums123 Billboard Top Jazz Albums1
External links Jeff Lorber-Wizard Island at Discogs
References