G Force

G Force
Studio album by Kenny G
Released	January 16, 1983
Recorded	1982-1983 at Celestial Sounds Studio, The Hit Factory and Secret Sounds Studios (New York City, NY).
Genre	Smooth jazz
Length	38:29
Label	Arista
Producer	Kenny G Wayne Brathwaite Kashif
Kenny G chronology
Kenny G (1982)Kenny G1982 G Force (1983) Gravity (1985)Gravity1985

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G Force is the second studio album by saxophonist Kenny G. It was released by Arista Records in 1983, and peaked at number 6 on the Billboard Jazz Albums chart, number 17 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, and number 62 on the Billboard 200 chart.^[2]

Track listing

1. "Hi, How Ya Doin'?" (with Barry Johnson) (Steve Horton) - 5:37
2. "I've Been Missin' You" (Kashif, Kenny G) - 4:13
3. "Tribeca" (Kashif, Kenny G) - 4:36
4. "G Force" (Jeff Lorber) - 4:54
5. "Do Me Right" (with Barry Johnson) (Barry J. Eastmond) - 4:42
6. "I Wanna Be Yours" (Barry J. Eastmond) - 4:29
7. "Sunset At Noon" (Kashif) - 5:13
8. "Help Yourself To My Love" (Kashif, Paul Lawrence Jones III) - 4:45

Personnel

• Kenny G: saxophone, flute, synthesizer programming, arrangements (1-6), synthesizer (1, 2, 3, 5), lyricon solo (5), percussion (6)
• Wayne Brathwaite: bass (1-7), arrangements (1, 3, 5, 6), synthesizer (3, 5, 6), percussion (6)
• Barry J. Eastman: keyboards (1, 3, 5, 6)
• Omar Hakim: drums (1, 2, 4, 6)
• Steve Horton: arrangements (1, 5)
• Yogi Horton: drums (3)
• Barry "Sunjohn" Johnson: lead vocals (1, 5)
• Bashiri Johnson: percussion (1, 3, 4, 5)
• Paul Lawrence Jones III: keyboards (8)
• Kashif: arrangements (1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8), keyboards (7, 8), synthesizer (7, 8), drums (7, 8), percussion (7, 8), Synclavier (7), bass (8)
• Steve Kroon: percussion (2)
• Jeff Lorber: keyboards (1, 2, 4)
• Marlon McClain: guitar (2, 4, 6)
• Leslie Ming: drums (3, 5)
• Peter Scherer: Synclavier (1-6, 8)
• Ira Siegel: guitar (1, 3, 6, 8)
• Backing vocals: Steve Horton, Freddie Jackson, La La, Yolanda Lee, B.J. Nelson and Lillo Thomas

Production

• Producer: Wayne Brathwaite
• Co-Producer on Track 2: Kenny G
• Executive Producer on Track 2: Kashif
• Engineer: Darrell Gustamachio
• Additional Engineers: Carl Beatty, Bill Dooley, Brian McGee and Jon Smith.
• Additional drum engineering on Track 3: Michael Brauer
• Assistant Engineers: Ron Banks, Larry DeCarmine, John Davenport and Tom Gartland.
• Mixed by Steve Goldman
• Art Direction: Donn Davenport and Howard Fritzson
• Logo Design: Tony Gable
• Photography: Pierre Chanteau
• Management: Jeffrey Ross Music

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