Giving Myself to You is the fifth studio album by Gerald Albright, released in 1995 by Atlantic Records. This album reached No. 10 on the US Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart.
Background Giving Myself to You was produced by Gerald Albright. Guest artists such as George Duke, Joe Sample, Bobby Lyle and Stanley Clarke appear on the album.
Track listing Track no. Song title Songwriter Length1"Samba Queen"Gerald Albright08:202"Chips N' Salsa"Gerald Albright05:163"Oo Pah Doo"Gerald Albright07:104"Lucky 7"Gerald Albright07:265"Oo Pah Doo" (Interlude)Gerald Albright00:436"Made in Chicago"Gerald Albright07:547"Two Steppin'"Gerald Albright06:278"Mr. Right"Gerald Albright07:579"Planet Earth"Yusef Lateef05:2010"Made in Chicago" (Interlude)Gerald Albright01:0511"Giving Myself to You"Gerald Albright05:45
Personnel Gerald Albright – alto saxophone, tenor saxophone (3, 4, 6, 10), soprano saxophone (4), flute (4) George Duke – acoustic piano (1, 8, 11) Bobby Lyle – acoustic piano (2–4, 9) Ronnie Foster – Hammond B3 organ (3) Joe Sample – acoustic piano (6) Cyrus Chestnut – acoustic piano (7) Stanley Clarke – acoustic bass (1, 8, 11) Tony Dumas – acoustic bass (2–6, 9, 10) Steve Kirby – acoustic bass (7) Harvey Mason – drums (1, 8, 9, 11) Leon "Ndugu" Chancler – drums (2–5) Gordon Campbell – drums (6, 10) Al Jackson – drums (7) Munyungo Jackson – percussion (1, 8, 11) Paulinho da Costa – percussion (2, 4, 6) Ray Brown – trumpet (2–4, 8), flugelhorn (2–4, 8) Oscar Brashear – featured muted trumpet (3), featured flugelhorn (3), trumpet (9)
String section (Tracks 1, 3 & 6) Susie Katayama – string arrangements, conductor Derek Nakamoto – string arrangements Larry Corbett and Daniel Smith – cello Robert Becker – viola Ron Clark, Bruce Dukov, Endre Granat, Tiffany Hu, Peter Kent, David Stenske, John Wittenberg and Kenneth Yerke – violin
Production Raymond A. Shields II – executive producer, management Eulis Cathey – A&R direction Gerald Albright – producer Anthony Jeffries – recording, mixing Peter Doell – string recording (1, 3, 6) Steve Hall – mastering at Future Disc (Hollywood, California) Booker White – music copyist Cozbi Sanchez-Cabrera – art direction Greenberg Kingsley – design Everard Williams – photography Bridget Echols – stylist Ron Graves – hair Lalette Littlejohn – make-up Daryl Stewart – management John Tarpin III – management Black Dot Management – management company
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