Taking Off (David Sanborn album)

Taking Off is a studio album by David Sanborn, released in 1975 through the record label Warner Bros. The album reached number 19 on Billboard's Jazz Albums chart.

Track listing
All tracks composed by David Matthews except where noted.


 * 1) "Butterfat" (Steve Khan) – 3:02
 * 2) "'Way 'Cross Georgia" (Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson) – 4:27
 * 3) "Duck Ankles" (Steve Khan) – 3:20
 * 4) "Funky Banana" – 3:16
 * 5) "The Whisperer" (Don Grolnick) – 4:47
 * 6) "It Took a Long Time" (Randy Brecker) – 3:29
 * 7) "Black Light" – 6:30
 * 8) "Blue Night" – 3:45
 * 9) "Flight" – 4:07

Personnel
Musicians


 * John Beal – bass, double bass
 * Joe Beck – guitar, electric guitar
 * Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone
 * Randy Brecker – arranger, trumpet
 * Al Brown – viola
 * Emile Charlap – choir master, violin
 * John Clark – French horn
 * Harry Clickman – violin
 * Harold Coletta – viola
 * Bob Daugherty – bass, double bass
 * Lou Eley – violin
 * Howard "Buzz" Feiten – guitar, electric guitar
 * Steve Gadd – drums
 * Paul Gershman – violin
 * Harry Glickman – violin
 * Peter Gordon – French horn, horn
 * Don Grolnick – arranger, clavinet, Fender Rhodes, keyboards, organ, piano, synthesizer
 * Howard Johnson – arranger, horn, baritone saxophone, tuba
 * Leo Kahn – violin
 * Steve Khan – guitar, 12 string guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar
 * Harold Kohon – violin
 * Will Lee – bass
 * Charles Libove – violin
 * Guy Lumia – violin
 * Ralph MacDonald – bongos, conga, percussion
 * Jose Madera – percussion
 * Tom "Bones" Malone – trombone
 * Rick Marotta – drums
 * David Matthews – arranger
 * Charles McCracken – cello
 * David Nadien – concert master, violin
 * Gene Orloff – violin
 * Chris Parker – drums
 * Max Pollikoff – violin
 * Matthew Raimondi – violin
 * George Ricci – cello
 * David Sanborn – keyboards, alto saxophone
 * Lucien Schmit – cello
 * Warren Smith – percussion
 * The Manny Vardi Strings – viola

Production
 * Benno Friedman – photo tinting, photography
 * Sam Ginsberg – assistant engineer
 * Don Hahn – engineer, remixing
 * Lee Herschberg – remixing
 * Ed Thrasher – art direction