As We Speak

As We Speak is a studio album by David Sanborn, released in 1982 on Warner Bros. Records.

The album reached No. 70 on the Billboard 200, number 32 on Billboard's R&B Albums chart and number 1 on Billboard's Jazz Albums chart.

Track listing

Personnel

• David Sanborn – alto saxophone (1, 4, 5, 7, 8), saxophone section (1, 4), soprano saxophone (2, 3, 6, 9)
• Don Freeman – keyboards, synthesizers (2, 7, 8)
• Michael Sembello – guitars, lead vocals (5, 9), backing vocals (5)
• Marcus Miller – bass guitar, synthesizers (4)
• Omar Hakim – drums, tambourine (4)
• Paulinho da Costa – percussion

Additional musicians

• George Duke – clavinet (1)
• Lance Ong – synthesizers (2, 8)
• James Skelton – Hammond B3 organ (4)
• Spike – synthesizers (5), IRT strings (5, 6, 8, 9)
• Buzz Feiten – rhythm guitar (1)
• Malando Gassama – percussion (5)
• Bob Mintzer – bass clarinet (1)
• Bill Evans – saxophone (4), saxophone section (4)
• Robert A. Martin – French horn (9)
• Cruz Baca Sembello – backing vocals (5, 9)

Production

• Robert Margouleff – producer
• Howard Siegel – engineer, mixing
• Rudy Hill – assistant engineer
• Gregg Mann – assistant engineer
• Mike Morongell – assistant engineer
• Wayne Yurglin – assistant engineer
• Barbara Rooney – assistant engineer
• Karat Faye – second mix engineer
• Stephen Marcussen – mastering at Precision Lacquer (Hollywood, California)
• Ilyce Weiner – production coordinator
• Christine Sauers – art direction, design
• Richard Seireeni – art direction
• Kohei Onashi – illustration
• Michael Halsband – photography

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Charts

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