Play Date is the second studio album of saxophonist Euge Groove issued in July 2002 by Warner Bros. Records. The album rose to No. 10 on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz Albums chart and No. 13 on the Billboard Jazz Albums chart.
Track listing
Personnel
Musicians Euge Groove – tenor saxophone (1–5, 7, 8), additional drum programming (2), soprano saxophone (5–7, 9), alto saxophone (10) Paul Brown – programming (1), additional drum programming (2) David "Kahlid" Woods – programming (1), guitars (1), keyboards (3), drum programming (3) Michael Egizi – baby grand piano (2), synthesizer programming (2, 5), drum programming (2, 5–7), Fender Rhodes (5), keyboards (6, 7) Chester Thompson – Hammond B3 organ (2, 4) Larry Williams – synth strings (3) Herman Jackson – Wurlitzer electric piano (4), organ (4), synthesizers (4, 9), Fender Rhodes (9) Freddie Ravel – Rhodes electric piano (8) Mark Portmann – keyboards (8, 10), programming (8, 10) Paul Jackson Jr. – guitars (2–4, 6) Tony Maiden – guitars (5, 7) Peter White – guitars (8) Dean Parks – acoustic guitar (10), electric guitar (10) Alex Al – bass guitar (2, 5–8, 10) Larry Kimpel – upright bass (4), electric bass (9) Teddy Campbell – drums (4, 9) Paulinho da Costa – percussion (3, 4, 9) Luis Conte – percussion (5, 7) Stacy Campbell – vocals (6)
Music arrangements Paul Brown – arrangements (1, 3, 4, 8, 9) David "Kahlid" Woods – arrangements (1, 3) Michael Egizi – arrangements (2, 5–7) Euge Groove – arrangements (2, 5) Jerry Hey – synth string arrangements (3) Steve Dubin – arrangement inspiration (4) Mark Portmann – arrangements (8, 10)
Production Paul Brown – executive producer, producer (1, 3, 4, 9) Michael Egizi – producer (2, 5–7) Euge Groove – producer (2, 5–8, 10) Lexy Shroyer – production coordinator Katherine Delaney – art direction, design Mando Gonzales – photography Bill Darlington – management
Technical credits Stephen Marcussen – mastering Stewart Whitmore – digital editing Marcussen Mastering (Hollywood, California) – editing and mastering location Paul Brown – mixing (1–4, 6–9) Ray Bardani – mixing (4) Bill Schnee – mixing (5, 10) Stephen Hart – tracking engineer Don Murray – live tracking engineer Ryan Castle – second engineer Ai Fujisaki – second engineer
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