Water Sign (Jeff Lorber album)
Encyclopedia
Water Sign is the third album by Keyboardist Jeff Lorber
as leader of his band "The Jeff Lorber Fusion"
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Jeff Lorber
Jeff Lorber is an American Grammy Award-nominated keyboardist, composer, and record producer.After leading his own group, The Jeff Lorber Fusion, he went on to pioneer the smooth jazz genre....
as leader of his band "The Jeff Lorber Fusion"
Reception
Released in 1979 this would be Jeff's first album on Arista RecordsArista Records
Arista was an American record label. It was a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment and operated under the RCA Music Group. The label was founded in 1974 by Clive Davis, who formerly worked for CBS Records...
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Track listing
All songs written and composed by Jeff LorberJeff Lorber
Jeff Lorber is an American Grammy Award-nominated keyboardist, composer, and record producer.After leading his own group, The Jeff Lorber Fusion, he went on to pioneer the smooth jazz genre....
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- Toad's Place 5:35
- Country 5:41
- Tune 88 4:28
- Sparkle 4:26
- Water Sign 5:21
- Rain Dance 4:40
- Right Here 5:23
- Lights Out 6:41
Personnel
- Jeff LorberJeff LorberJeff Lorber is an American Grammy Award-nominated keyboardist, composer, and record producer.After leading his own group, The Jeff Lorber Fusion, he went on to pioneer the smooth jazz genre....
- Electric Piano Fender Rhodes & Yamaha Electric Grand, Synthesizer (Prophet, Oberheim 4 Voice, Arp 2600, Mini-moog) - Danny Wilson - Bass
- Dennis Bradford - Drums
- Jay Koder - Jazz &Acoustic Guitar
- Dennis Springer- Tenor & Soprano Saxophone
- Bruce Smith - Percussion
- Doug Lewis - Guitar
- Freddie HubbardFreddie HubbardFrederick Dewayne "Freddie" Hubbard was an American jazz trumpeter. He was known primarily for playing in the bebop, hard bop and post bop styles from the early 1960s and on...
- Flugelhorn - Chick CoreaChick CoreaArmando Anthony "Chick" Corea is an American jazz pianist, keyboardist, and composer.Many of his compositions are considered jazz standards. As a member of Miles Davis' band in the 1960s, he participated in the birth of the electric jazz fusion movement. In the 1970s he formed Return to Forever...
- Keyboards - Joe FarrellJoe FarrellJoseph Carl Firrantello , known as Joe Farrell, was an American jazz saxophonist and flutist. He is best known for a series of albums under his own name on the CTI record label and for playing in the initial incarnation of Chick Corea's Return to Forever.-Biography:Farrell was born in Chicago...
- Flute, Saxophone
Charts
| Chart (1979) | Peak position |
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| Billboard Pop Albums Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
119 |
| Billboard Top Jazz Albums | 4 |
Samples & Covers
- Lil' KimLil' KimKimberly Denise Jones , better known by her stage name Lil' Kim, is an American rapper and actress who was a member of the group Junior M.A.F.I.A.....
sampled "Rain Dance" on her song "Crush on YouCrush on You (Lil' Kim song)"Crush on You" is a single by Lil' Kim from her debut album and features fellow Junior M.A.F.I.A. members Lil' Cease & The Notorious B.I.G.. It peaked at number 23 in the UK Singles Chart. The original album version had Lil' Cease rapping alone, while the single version featured him with Lil' Kim....
" on her album Hard Core in 1996.