Taking Off (David Sanborn album)

Taking Off is a studio album by David Sanborn, released in 1975 on Warner Bros. Records. The album reached number 19 on Billboard's Jazz Albums chart.

Track listing

All tracks composed by David Matthews except where noted.

1. "Butterfat" (Steve Khan) – 3:02
2. "'Way 'Cross Georgia" (Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson) – 4:27
3. "Duck Ankles" (Steve Khan) – 3:20
4. "Funky Banana" – 3:16
5. "The Whisperer" (Don Grolnick) – 4:47
6. "It Took a Long Time" (Randy Brecker) – 3:29
7. "Black Light" – 6:30
8. "Blue Night" – 3:45
9. "Flight" – 4:07

Personnel

Musicians

Production

• John Court – producer
• Don Hahn – engineer, remixing (1-4, 6-9)
• Lee Herschberg – remixing (5)
• Sam Ginsberg – assistant engineer
• Ed Thrasher – art direction
• Robert Lockhart – design
• Benno Friedman – photography

References