''Body Language'' is the sixth album by

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saxophonist

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, released in

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Track listing

Personnel

Musicians * Boney James – soprano saxophone (1, 4, 6, 8),

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(1, 3, 9), tenor saxophone (2, 3, 5, 8, 9), keyboards (2, 5–9), synth bass (5, 7), programming (5, 7), alto saxophone (7) * Rex Rideout – keyboards (1), programming (1) * David Torkanowsky – acoustic piano (2, 8),

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(6, 8), additional keyboards (7), acoustic piano solo (7),

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(8) * Phil Davis – keyboards (3, 4), synth bass (3), programming (3, 4) * Tim Heintz – additional keyboards (4, 8) * Leon Bisquera – keyboards (6) * Mark Ellis Stephens – keyboards (9) *

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– acoustic guitar (1), electric guitar (1), guitars (5) * Rohn Lawrence – guitars (2), "right" guitars (3, 8) * Tony Maiden – "left" guitars (3), guitars (9) * Ronnie Garrett – bass (1) * Alex Al – bass (2, 6, 9), synth bass (8) * Larry Kimpel – bass (5) * Lil' John Roberts – drums (2, 6, 9), additional drums (8) * Donnell Spencer Jr. – drums (8), vocals (9) *

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– percussion (1, 2, 3, 6, 8) *

Lenny Castro Lenny Castro (born September 19, 1956) is an American percussionist from the Los Angeles area. He is one of the most prolific percussionists of all time, appearing on hundreds of albums, including those by the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Adele, Maroon ...

– percussion (5, 7, 9) *

Rick Braun Rick Braun (born July 6, 1955) is an American smooth jazz trumpet, flugelhorn, trombone and keyboards player, vocalist, composer, and record producer. Early life and education Braun was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania and attended Dieruff High ...

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(5) * Chelle Davis – vocals (1) * Shal – vocals (4) Arrangements * Boney James (1, 2, 5–9) * Rex Rideout (1) * Paul Brown (2, 6, 8, 9) * Phil Davis (3, 4) * Impromp2 (4) * Mark Ellis Stephens (9) String section (Tracks 2, 6 & 9) *

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– arrangements and conductor * Ralph Morrison – concertmaster * Stephen Erdody (principal), Christine Ermacoff, Paula Hochhalter, Armen Ksajikan, Christina Soule and Cecilia Tsan – cello * Margot Aldcroft, Brian Dembow (principal), Thomas Diener, Jennie Hansen, Carrie Holzman-Little and Victoria Miskolczy – viola * Richard Altenbach, Jackie Brand, Mario De Leon, Henry Gronnier, Lily Ho Chen, Karen Jones, Frances Moore, Ralph Morrison, Sara Parkins and Kenneth Yerke – violin

Production

* Boney James – producer * Paul Brown – producer, engineer * Ronnie Garrett – co-producer (1) * Martin Christensen – engineer * Don Murray – engineer *

Bill Schnee William S. Schnee (born July 4, 1947) is an American musician, music producer, and audio engineer. Schnee has been nominated 11 times for the Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical Grammy Award and worked on a multitude of other Grammy nominated ...

– engineer, mixing * Erik Zobler – engineer * Koji Egawa – mix assistant *

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– mastering * Lexy Shroyer – production coordinator * Vigon/Ellis – art direction, design * Robert Zuckerman – photography * Diane Kranz – stylist * Howard Lowell – management Studios * Recorded at Alpha Studios (Burbank, California); Funky Joint Studios and Heintz 57 Varieties Studio (Sherman Oaks, California);

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(Hollywood, California); Schnee Studios (North Hollywood, California); Silent Partner Studios (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania). * Mixed at Schnee Studios * Mastered at Precision Mastering (Hollywood, California).

Track listing

Personnel

Production

Charts

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References