[Album Review] Michael Franks / Abandoned Garden (95)

 

 

Michael Franks / Abandoned Garden (95)

1. This Must Be Paradise (Franks) - 6:10
2. Like Water, Like Wind (Franks) - 5:19
3. A Fool's Errand (Franks) - 4:35
4. Hourglass (Franks) - 4:45
5. Cinema (Franks/Jobim) - 4:52
6. Eighteen Aprils (Franks) - 4:35
7. Somehow Our Love Survives (Franks/Sample) - 5:00
8. Without Your Love (Franks) - 5:22
9. In the Yellow House (Franks) - 5:21
10. Bird of Paradise (Djavan/Franks) - 5:39
11. Abandoned Garden (Franks) - 5:24

 

Mark Egan - Bass
Charles Blenzig - Musical Director
Carla Bley - Piano, Rhythm Arrangements
Michael Brecker - Sax (Tenor)
Michael Colina - Arranger, Producer
Peter Erskine - Percussion, Drums
Art Farmer
Michael Franks - Banjo, Guitar, Vocals
Gil Goldstein - Piano, Producer
Bob James - Piano
Marc Johnson - Bass
Bob Mintzer - Flute, Flute (Alto), Horn Arrangements
David Sanborn - Sax (Alto)
Steve Swallow - Bass
Don Alias - Percussion
Jimmy Haslip - Bass, Arranger, Producer
Lewis Nash - Drums
Joshua Redman - Sax (Soprano)
Manolo Badrena - Percussion, Woodwind
Diane Barere - Cello
Bashiri Johnson - Percussion
Randy Brecker - Flugelhorn
Greg Calbi - Mastering
Eliane Elias - Piano, Rhythm Arrangements
James Farber - Mixing
Lawrence Feldman - Flute (Alto)
Russell Ferrante - Piano, Arranger, Producer
Matthew Boomer La Monica - Engineer
John Leventhal - Guitar (Electric), Steel String
Chuck Loeb - Guitar
Tom Mark - Engineer
Christian McBride - Bass
Jeff Mironov - Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar
Brian Mitchell - Vocals
Keith O'Quinn - Trombone
Chris Parker - Drums
Matt Pierson - Producer
Mark Orrin Shuman - Cello
Frederick Slotkin - Cello
Andy Snitzer - Sax (Alto)
Glen Marchese - Assistant Engineer
Christine Cano - Art Direction, Design
Dana Watson - Production Coordination
Ken Schles - Photography