''That Secret Place'' is the tenth album by

Patti Austin Patti Austin (born August 10, 1950) is an American R&B, pop, and jazz singer and songwriter. Music career Austin was born in Harlem, New York, to Gordon Austin, a jazz trombonist. She was raised in Bay Shore, New York on Long Island. Quincy ...

, released May 10, 1994.

Critical reception

Jonathan Widran of

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begins his review with, "The veteran sweet-voiced singer's fourth GRP album is perhaps her most musically diverse, covering an ambitious range of material." ''AltRockChick's'' review of the album states, "''That Secret Place'' moves, rocks, shakes, shimmers and dances, and is an absolute delight to listen to." Denis Poole of ''Smooth Vibes'' writes of the album's opening song, "That’s Enough For Me", co-written by GRP main man

Dave Grusin Robert David "Dave" Grusin (born June 26, 1934) is an American composer, arranger, producer, jazz pianist, and band leader. He has composed many scores for feature films and television, and has won numerous awards for his soundtrack and record w ...

and featuring

Lee Ritenour Lee Mack Ritenour ( ; born January 11, 1952) is an American jazz guitarist who has been active since the late 1960s. Biography Ritenour was born on January 11, 1952, in Los Angeles, California, United States. At the age of eight he started play ...

on guitar and Bob James on keyboards is an absolute delight."

Chart performance

''That Secret Place'' peaked at number 12 on June 24, 1994 and spent 23 weeks on the ''

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'' Contempoary Jazz Albums chart. "Reach" was released as a single from the album. The song peaked at number 4 in November 1994, spending 13 weeks on the ''Billboard'' Dance/Club Play chart. It also peaked at number 24 on the ''Billboard'' Dance Singles Sales chart.

Track listing

Musicians

– lead vocals, backing vocals (1-4, 6, 8), vocal arrangements (1, 3, 4, 6-9), BGV arrangements (2) * Bob James – acoustic piano (1, 2, 8, 10), acoustic piano solo (1), synthesizers (1, 10), rhythm arrangements (1), keyboards (2, 8), horn arrangements (2), song arrangements (10) *

Randy Kerber Randy Kerber (born September 25, 1958) is an American composer, orchestrator and keyboard player, who has had a prolific career in the world of cinema.SeRandy Kerberat the IMDb Kerber was born in Encino, California. He began his first national ...

– additional synthesizer (1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8), synth solo (1) * Barnaby Finch – keyboard bass (2) *

Greg Phillinganes Gregory Arthur Phillinganes (born May 12, 1956) is an American keyboardist, singer-songwriter, and musical director based in Los Angeles, California. A prolific session musician, Phillinganes has contributed the role of keyboards to numerous alb ...

– synthesizers (3, 5, 6), acoustic piano (3, 7), rhythm arrangements (3, 4, 7), keyboards (4, 7), keyboard solo (4) * David Witham – synthesizers (3, 4, 6, 9),

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(3, 5, 6, 9) *

– guitar (1-9), rhythm arrangements (1-4, 6-9), synthesizer arrangements (9) *

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– bass (1-9) *

Steve Ferrone Steve Ferrone (born 25 April 1950) is an English drummer. He is known as a member of the rock band Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers from 1994 to 2017, replacing original drummer Stan Lynch, and as part of the "classic lineup" of the Average Wh ...

– drums (1-9) * Paulinho da Costa – percussion (1, 2, 4-9) * Dan Higgins – alto saxophone, tenor saxophone *

Gerald Albright Gerald Albright is an American jazz saxophonist. He earned Grammys for 24/7 in 2012 and Slam Dunk in 2014 and has been nominated for New Beginnings in 2008 and for Sax for Stax in 2009. Biography Born in Los Angeles, Albright grew up in its ...

– tenor saxophone (7) * Bill Reichenbach Jr. – trombone * Gary Grant – trumpet *

Jerry Hey Jerry Hey (born 1950) is an American trumpeter, flugelhornist, horn arranger, string arranger, orchestrator and session musician who has played on hundreds of commercial recordings, including Michael Jackson's ''Thriller'', ''Rock with You'', ...

– trumpet, flugelhorn, horn arrangements (1-9), string arrangements (1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8) *

Steve Tavaglione Steve Tavaglione, sometimes known as "Tav", is a woodwind and EWI musician best known for his work as a co-founder of the Latin fusion group Caldera with Jorge Strunz and Eduardo del Barrio, his work with Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, John P ...

– EWI solo (8) *

Johnny Mandel John Alfred Mandel (November 23, 1925June 29, 2020) was an American composer and arranger of popular songs, film music and jazz. The musicians he worked with include Count Basie, Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee, Anita O'Day, Barbra Streisand, Tony Be ...

– flute, horn and string arrangements (10) *

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". With ...

– vocal arrangements (5) * Lani Groves – backing vocals (1-4, 6) * Phil Perry – backing vocals (2, 3, 5, 9), vocal arrangements (5) *

Mervyn Warren Mervyn Edwin Warren (born February 29, 1964) is an American film composer, record producer, conductor, arranger, lyricist, songwriter, pianist, and vocalist. Warren is a five-time Grammy Award winner and a 10-time Grammy Award nominee. Warren h ...

– backing vocals (2), BGV arrangements (2) *

El DeBarge Eldra Patrick "El" DeBarge (born June 4, 1961) is an American singer, songwriter and musician. He was the focal point and primary lead singer of the family group DeBarge. Popular songs led by El DeBarge include " Time Will Reveal", " Who's Hold ...

– lead and backing vocals (4), vocal arrangements (4) * Tata Vega – backing vocals (5, 9) *

Vesta Williams Mary Vesta Williams (December 1, 1957 – September 22, 2011) was an American singer-songwriter, who performed across genres such as pop, jazz, adult contemporary and R&B. Originally credited as Vesta Williams, she was simply known as Vesta begi ...

– backing vocals (5, 9) * Perri – backing vocals (7)

Production

* Producer – Lee Ritenour * Executive Producers –

and Larry Rosen * Recorded and Mixed by Don Murray * Second Engineer, Additional Engineering and Technical Assistant – Mike Kloster * Digital Editing – Robert Vosgien * Mastered by Wally Traugott Track information and credits were adapted from the album's liner notes and

References

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