In the Zone (Wayman Tisdale album)

In the Zone is the second studio album by Wayman Tisdale released in 1996 on Motown Records. The album reached No. 7 on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz Albums chart and No. 9 on the Billboard Jazz Albums chart.

Track listing

Personnel Wayman Tisdale – bass, vocals (3, 10, 14), arrangements (3, 7, 8, 10, 14), vocal arrangements (10, 14) Robert Brookins – keyboards (2, 12), drums (2), arrangements (2), lead vocals (11) Raymond McKinley – Rhodes electric piano (2) Jerry Harris Jr. – keyboards (3, 4, 7, 14), organ (3, 4, 14), drums (4), arrangements (4), additional keyboards (11) Art Dixie – arrangements (3, 8), keyboards (8, 10), organ (10) Alex Alessandroni – acoustic piano (4), strings (15) J.R. Swinga – keyboards (5), vocoder (5), sound programming (5), drum programming (5), vocals (5), arrangements (5) David Cochrane – instruments (11), vocals (11), arrangements (11) Bobby Gonzales – guitars (3, 7), instruments (15), arrangements (15) Thano Sahnas – acoustic guitar (8) Eric Brown – drums (3, 7, 14) Arthur Thompson – drums (8, 10), percussion (10) Joseph "Butch Whip" Jackson – drum programming (16) Eddie Mininfield – alto saxophone (3, 7, 14), tenor saxophone (3, 7), horn arrangements (3, 7) Brian King Nelson – saxophone (12) Derek "DOA" Allen – vocals (2, 4, 10), vocal arrangements (4), keyboards (12), drums (12), arrangements (12) Sue Ann Carwell – backing vocals (11) Lalah Hathaway – vocals (16) Big Bub – vocals (16)

Production Eric Talbert – A&R direction Frankie Ross – executive producer Bruce Walker – executive producer Wayman Tisdale – executive producer, producer (2-4, 7, 8, 10-12, 14, 16) Robert Brookins – producer (2), recording Art Dixie – producer (3, 8) Jerry Harris Jr. – additional producer (3, 7, 14), producer (4, 16) Derek "DOA" Allen – co-producer (4, 16), producer (12) J.R. Swinga – producer (5) David Cochrane – producer (11) Bobby Gonzales – producer (15) Otto D'Agnolo – recording, mixing Jean-Marie Horvat – recording, mixing Vernie Vern – recording Lee "Big Bub" Drakeford – remixing (16) Roger Seibel – mastering at SAE Mastering (Phoenix, Arizona) Crystal Chambers – production coordinator Carol Friedman – art direction, photography David Harley – design David Irvin – design

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