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1978 studio album by Herbie Hancock
Sunlight is an album by keyboardist
Herbie Hancock .
[1] It features Hancock's vocals through a Sennheiser VSM-201
vocoder , as well as performances by drummer
Tony Williams and bassist
Jaco Pastorius on “Good Question”.
[2]
Critical reception
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating
AllMusic
[2]
The Globe and Mail wrote that Hancock "has returned to directionless electronic funk, saved only by a medium-tempo jazz number, 'Come Running to Me'."
[3]
Track listing
All tracks composed by Herbie Hancock, except where indicated.
Side one
"I Thought It Was You" (Hancock,
Melvin Ragin ,
Jeffrey Cohen ) – 8:56
"Come Running to Me" (lyrics:
Allee Willis ) – 8:25
Side two
"Sunlight" – 7:12
"No Means Yes" – 6:21
"Good Question" – 8:32
Personnel
Musicians
Herbie Hancock – keyboards, synthesizers, lead and background vocals (through vocoder) (1–3), string, brass and woodwind arrangements
Patrick Gleeson – additional synthesizers (5)
Bennie Maupin – soprano saxophone solo (3)
Wah Wah Watson ,
Ray Parker Jr. – guitar (1, 3)
Byron Miller (1),
Paul Jackson (2–4),
Jaco Pastorius (5) – electric bass
Leon "Ndugu" Chancler (1), James Levi (2, 3),
Harvey Mason, Sr. (4),
Tony Williams (5) – drums
Raul Rekow (exc. 3),
Bill Summers (exc. 1) – percussion
Baba Duru – tabla (2)
Bobby Shew , Maurice Spears, Robert O'Bryant,
Garnett Brown – brass (exc. 4)
Ernest J. Watts ,
Fred Jackson, Jr. ,
Jack Nimitz , David Willard Riddles – woodwind (2, 5)
Terry Adams , Roy Malan, Nathan Rubin, Linda Wood, Emily VanValkenburgh – strings (2)
Production
Herbie Hancock and
David Rubinson – producers
David Rubinson,
Fred Catero (with Chris Minto and Cheryl Ward) – engineers at
The Automatt
Steve Mantoani – engineer at Different Fur Trading Co.
Terry Becker – assistant engineer (brass)
Phill Brown – mastering
References
^ Tompkins, David (2011). How to Wreck a Nice Beach: The Vocoder from World War II to Hip-Hop: The Machine Speaks . Melville House. p. 241.
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a
b Ginell, Richard S.
"Herbie Hancock: Sunlight" . allmusic.com . Retrieved April 5, 2020 .
^ McGrath, Paul (12 July 1978). "Herbie Hancock". The Globe and Mail . p. F2.
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