For You (Kirk Whalum album)

For You is a studio album by jazz musician Kirk Whalum, released in 1998 by Warner Bros. Records. The album reached No. 4 on the Billboard Top Contemporary Jazz Albums chart and No. 6 on the Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart.

Overview

For You was produced by Matt Pierson and Paul Brown. Artists such as Peter White appear on the album.

Track listing

Personnel

• Kirk Whalum – tenor saxophone
• Tim Heintz – keyboards (1, 3, 5, 7, 10), bass (10)
• Gregg Karukas – Rhodes electric piano (1, 3, 5), keyboards (4, 6, 8), drums (4, 6)
• Ricky Peterson – Rhodes electric piano (2, 7, 8)
• David "Khalid" Woods – keyboards (2, 9), drum programming (2), arrangements (2, 9), drums (9)
• Paul Brown – programming (3, 10), arrangements (5, 7)
• Jerry Peters – Moog synthesizer (10), string arrangements (10)
• Tony Maiden – guitars (1, 3, 5)
• Paul Jackson Jr. – guitars (2, 6–8, 10)
• Peter White – Spanish guitar (4)
• Alex Al – Fender bass (1–3, 5, 7, 8)
• Lil' John Roberts – drums (1, 3, 5)
• Ricky Lawson – drums (7, 8, 10)
• Paulinho da Costa – percussion (1–3, 5, 7, 8, 10)
• Andy Weiner – arrangements (8)
• Bridgette Bryant-Fiddmont – vocals (2), backing vocals (7)
• Lynne Fiddmont-Linsey – vocals (2), backing vocals (7)
• Kevin Whalum – vocals (2, 9), backing vocals (7)
• Wendy Moten – lead vocals (7)

Production

• Matt Pierson – executive producer
• Paul Brown – producer, engineer, mixing (1, 2, 4–6, 9, 10)
• Don Murray – engineer, mixing (3, 8)
• David Rideau – mixing (7)
• Dan Steinberg – second engineer
• Josh Turner – second engineer
• Doug Sax – mastering at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California)
• Lexy Shroyer – production coordinator
• Mark Larson – art direction
• Barron Claiborne – photography
• Tara Posey – make-up
• Lorita Shields – wardrobe
• Earl Cole – management

References