Sunlight (album)

Sunlight
Studio album by Herbie Hancock
Released	June 1978
Recorded	1977 The Automatt, San Francisco The Village Recorder, Los Angeles (brasses)
Genre	Jazz-funk, funk, jazz fusion, jazz, disco
Length	39:26
Label	Columbia
Producer	Herbie Hancock, David Rubinson
Herbie Hancock chronology
VSOP: Tempest in the Colosseum (1977) Sunlight (1978) Directstep (1978)

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Sunlight is a June 1978 jazz-funk, fusion album by keyboardist Herbie Hancock. Originally a UK import album, it features Hancock's vocals through a vocoder as well as performances by drummer Tony Williams and bassist Jaco Pastorius.

The album produced a UK single entitled "I Thought It Was You" which was mildly received at the time by jazz listeners. As a whole the album tends to lay more toward funk than a jazz record, and is reminiscent of much of the electro-funk of the time. This release marks the beginning of the 1980s electro-era style that was more refined in Herbie's later albums such as Future Shock and Sound-System.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Herbie Hancock, except where indicated.

Side one

1. "I Thought It Was You" (Hancock, Melvin Ragin, Jeffrey Cohen) – 8:56
2. "Come Running to Me" (lyrics by Allee Willis) – 8:25

Side two

3. "Sunlight" – 7:12
4. "No Means Yes" – 6:21
5. "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 Summer (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

External links

• "Herbie Hancock - Sunlight (Vinyl, LP, Album) at Discogs". discogs.com. 2011. Retrieved 18 July 2011. 

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