''Inside'' is a studio album by David Sanborn, released through

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in 1999. In 2000, the album won Sanborn the

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for Best Contemporary Jazz Performance.

Track listing

# "Corners (For Herbie)" (

Marcus Miller William Henry Marcus Miller Jr. (born June 14, 1959) is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known for his work as a bassist. He has worked with trumpeter Miles Davis, pianist Herbie Hancock, singer Luther Vandros ...

) - 4:50 # " Day Dreaming" (

Aretha Franklin Aretha Louise Franklin ( ; March 25, 1942 – August 16, 2018) was an American singer, songwriter and pianist. Referred to as the " Queen of Soul", she has twice been placed ninth in '' Rolling Stone''s "100 Greatest Artists of All Time". Wit ...

) - 5:36; featuring Cassandra Wilson # "Trance" (Miller) - 5:02 # "Brother Ray" (Miller) - 5:57 # "Lisa" ( David Sanborn) - 4:33 # "When I'm With You" (Miller) - 4:58; featuring

Eric Benét Eric Benét Jordan (born October 15, 1967) is an American R&B/neo soul singer-songwriter and actor, who has received a total of four Grammy nominations to date for his musical work. Biography Early life Benét was born on October 15, 1966 ...

and Lalah Hathaway # "Naked Moon" (Miller) - 5:41 # "Cane" ( Meshell Ndegeocello) - 0:46 # " Ain't No Sunshine" ( Bill Withers) - 4:12; featuring

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# "Miss You" (Sanborn) - 5:56

Personnel

* David Sanborn – alto saxophone *

– keyboards,

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, guitar, bass, drums, clarinet, backing vocals (6), arrangements (6) * Ricky Peterson –

Hammond B3 organ The Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond and John M. Hanert and first manufactured in 1935. Multiple models have been produced, most of which use sliding drawbars to vary sounds. Until 1975, Hammond organs generated ...

(4) *

Gil Goldstein Gil Goldstein (born November 6, 1950 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American jazz pianist and accordionist. He has won 5 Grammy Awards and he was nominated 8 time Biography He began studying accordion at age 5 after noticing it in The Lawrence ...

– electric piano (10), arrangements (10) * Davis Isaac – keyboards (10) * Marvin Sewell – National resaphonic guitar (2, 7) * Dean Brown – guitar (5) * Bill Frisell – guitar (9) * Fareed Haque – acoustic guitar (9) * Derek Trucks - slide guitar (4) * Gene Lake – drums (4, 6, 10) * Don Alias – percussion (1-7, 9) * Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone (1, 4) *

Ronnie Cuber Ronald Edward Cuber (December 25, 1941 – October 7, 2022) was an American jazz saxophonist. He also played in Latin, pop, rock, and blues sessions. In addition to his primary instrument, baritone sax, he played tenor sax, soprano sax, clarine ...

– baritone saxophone (4) * Lenny Pickett – tenor saxophone (4) *

Wallace Roney Wallace Roney (May 25, 1960 – March 31, 2020) was an American jazz ( hard bop and post-bop) trumpeter. He has won 1 Grammy award and has two nominations. Roney took lessons from Clark Terry and Dizzy Gillespie and studied with Miles Davis fr ...

– trumpet (4) * Hank Roberts – cello (9) * Cassandra Wilson – lead vocals (3) *

– backing vocals (3), lead and backing vocals (6) * Lalah Hathaway – lead and backing vocals (6) *

– lead vocals (9)

Production

* Marcus Miller – producer, engineer * Davis Isaac – co-producer, engineer * Goh Hotada – engineer, mixing * Paul Mitchell – engineer * Malcolm Pollack – engineer * Dean Sharenow – engineer * Takamasa Hondu – assistant engineer * John R. Reigert III – assistant engineer * Rory Romano – assistant engineer * Mike Tocci – assistant engineer * Zach Wind – assistant engineer * Greg Calbi – mastering * Bibi Green – production coordinator * Jennifer Roddie – art direction, design * Michael Wilson – cover photography * Eric Johnson – photography ;Studios * Recorded at Camel Island (New Jersey); Avatar Studios, Hiatus Studios, Sound On Sound and Electric Lady Studios (New York City, New York). * Mixed at Sound On Sound and Electric Lady Studios. * Mastered at Sterling Sound (New York City, New York).

References

{{Authority control 1999 albums David Sanborn albums Albums produced by Marcus Miller Elektra Records albums Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album