''Another Hand'' is an album by the American saxophonist

David Sanborn David William Sanborn (July 30, 1945 – May 12, 2024) was an American alto saxophonist. He worked in many musical genres; his solo recordings typically blended jazz with instrumental pop and R&B. He began playing the saxophone at the age o ...

, released in 1991. ''Another Hand'' peaked at No. 170 on the ''Billboard'' 200. The album and the title track were nominated for

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, in the "Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Group" and "Best Jazz Instrumental Solo" categories.

Production

The album was produced by Hal Willner and

Marcus Miller William Henry Marcus Miller Jr. (born June 14, 1959) is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer. He has worked with trumpeter Miles Davis, pianist Herbie Hancock, singer Luther Vandross, and saxophonists Wayne Shorter and David Sa ...

. The guitarists

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and

Bill Frisell William Richard Frisell (born March 18, 1951) is an American jazz guitarist. He first came to prominence at ECM Records in the 1980s, as both a session player and a leader. He went on to work in a variety of contexts, notably as a participant ...

, the drummer

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, and the pianist

Mulgrew Miller Mulgrew Miller (August 13, 1955 – May 29, 2013) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and educator. As a child he played in churches and was influenced on piano by Ramsey Lewis and then Oscar Peterson. Aspects of their styles remained in his ...

were among the many musicians who contributed to the album.

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provided vocals on the cover version of the

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's "Jesus".

Critical reception

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'' deemed the album "the first Sanborn record to extend beyond his ever-popular R&B-fusion style and really suggest his broad tastes." ''

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'' thought that Bill Frisell's "moody, rubbery guitar sets the tone for a project that permits Sanborn to stretch beyond the saccharine jazz-pop for which he is adored." ''

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'' wrote: "Often vilified for his fashionable fusion and general sense of accommodation, Sanborn surprised his severest critics with the cinematic sweep of this straight-ahead jazz and blues-inflected album." The ''

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'' opined that "the kind of icy jazz noodling that David Sanborn favors sets a mind wanderin' to more interesting places." ''

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'' noted that "some of the music cultivates a 'sound' more intently than it explores the individualism of the players, but this will keep the pop contingent of Sanborn's fans happy."

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wrote that "there's nothing shallow or contrived about the album, an exploratory, heartfelt effort generally defined by his introspective, soulsearching improvisations."

Track listing

Personnel

– alto saxophone *

Leon Pendarvis Leroy Leon Pendarvis (born 1945) is an American session musician. He plays keyboards and is a background vocalist. He is also an occasional guitarist. Early life The son of a first-grade primary school teacher, Pendarvis grew up in South Carolin ...

–

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(2) * Terry Adams – acoustic piano (3, 4, 7, 8) *

– acoustic piano (5, 10) *

– guitars (1, 2, 7), acoustic guitar (6), electric guitar (9) *

– guitars (3, 7, 8), electric guitar (6), acoustic guitar (9) * Al Anderson – guitars (4) * Dave Tronzo – acoustic guitar (6), guitars (7, 8) *

Charlie Haden Charles Edward Haden (August 6, 1937 – July 11, 2014) was an American jazz double bass player, bandleader, composer and educator whose career spanned more than fifty years. Haden helped to revolutionize the harmonic concept of bass playin ...

– bass (1, 2, 6, 9) *

Greg Cohen Greg Cohen (born July 13, 1953) is an American jazz bassist who has been a member of John Zorn's Masada quartet and worked with numerous other noted musicians for over four decades. Career Cohen plays traditional jazz and other styles, includin ...

– bass (3, 4, 7, 8),

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(9), arrangements (9) *

– bass guitar (5, 10) *

Joey Baron Bernard Joseph Baron (born June 26, 1955 in Richmond, Virginia) is an American drummer best-known for working in avant-garde jazz with Bill Frisell and John Zorn. Music career Baron, who is of Jewish heritage, was born on June 26, 1955, in Ric ...

– drums (1–3, 6–9) * Steve Jordan – drums (4) *

– drums (5, 10) *

Don Alias Charles "Don" Alias (December 25, 1939 – March 28, 2006) was an American jazz percussionist. Alias was best known for playing congas and other hand drums. He was also a capable drum kit performer. He played drums on the song "Miles Runs the V ...

– percussion (2–4, 6–9) * Lenny Pickett – tenor saxophone (2), horn arrangements (2),

contrabass clarinet The contrabass clarinet (also pedal clarinet, after the pedals of pipe organs) and contra-alto clarinet are the two largest members of the clarinet family that are in common usage. Modern contrabass clarinets are transposing instruments pitche ...

(9), E flat clarinet (9) * Art Baron – trombone (2, 9),

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(9) *

– vocals (4, 6) Production * Hal Willner – producer (1–4, 6–9) * Marcus Miller – producer (5, 10) * Joe Ferla – recording, mixing * Shannon Carr – assistant engineer * Aaron Krops – assistant engineer * David Merrill – assistant engineer * David Parla – assistant engineer * Gary Solomon – assistant engineer * Michael White – assistant engineer *

Bob Ludwig Robert Carl Ludwig (born December 11, 1944), is a retired American mastering engineer. He mastered recordings on all the major recording formats for all the major record labels, and on projects by more than 1,300 artists, including Led Zeppeli ...

– mastering at

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(New York, NY) * Susan Jacobs – production coordinator * John Purcell – saxophone sound consultant * Stephen Byram – art direction, design, cover artwork * Roy Volkmann – photography

References

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