Forbidden Fruit is an album by Marion Meadows released in April 1994 on Novus Records. The album rose to No. 7 on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz Albums chart and No. 8 on the Billboard Jazz Albums chart.
Track listing
- "Red Light" (Christian Warren) - 5:12
- "You're Always on My Mind" (Brian Alexander Morgan) - 4:52
- "Asha" (M. Anderson, Marion Meadows, Joey Melotti) - 5:56
- "Forbidden Fruit" (Meadows, Warren) - 5:47
- "Whenever Your Heart Wants to Sing" (Tracy Mann, José Marino, Yutaka Yokokura) - 4:41
- "You Will Never Know What You're Missing" (Derek Bramble) - 5:09
- "Back 2 Back" (Michael Bearden) - 5:15
- "Save the Best for Last" (Phil Galdston, Jon Lind, Wendy Waldman) - 3:34
- "Somewhere Island" (Bearden) - 4:50
- "Comin' Home to You" (Bearden) - 4:58
- "Nocturnal Serenade" (Meadows, Werner "Vana" Gierig) - 3:53
Personnel
- Marion Meadows â soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone (1, 4)
- Christian Warren â programming (1, 4), all other instruments (1, 4)
- Morris Pleasure â keyboard solo (1), trumpet (11)
- Brian Alexander Morgan â keyboards (2), drum programming (2), backing vocals (2)
- Joey Melotti â keyboards (3), drum programming (3)
- Don Grusin â acoustic piano (5)
- Derek Bramble â all instruments (6)
- Michael Bearden â keyboards (7, 9, 10), programming (7, 9, 10), acoustic piano (9)
- Bobby Lyle â acoustic piano (8)
- Jerry Peters â keyboards (8), arrangements (8)
- Joe Wolfe â programming (8)
- Werner "Vana" Gierig â acoustic piano (11), keyboards (11), keyboard programming (11)
- "Pocket" â guitars (1)
- John "Jubu" Smith â guitars (2)
- Dori Caymmi â guitars (5)
- Jef Lee Johnson â guitars (7)
- Ricardo Silveira â acoustic guitar (8)
- Jimmy Johnson â bass (5)
- Larry Kimpel â bass (8)
- Victor Bailey â bass (9)
- Mike Shapiro â drums (5)
- Stanley Smith â drums (6), percussion (6)
- Ricky Lawson â drums (8)
- Lionel Cordew â drums (9)
- Munyungo Jackson â African percussion (4)
- Luis Conte â percussion (5, 8)
- Bashiri Johnson â percussion (9)
- Johnny Britt â trumpet (4)
- Yutaka Yokokura â koto (4)
- Charles Veal â string conductor (8), concertmaster (8)
- The Charles Veal String Orchestra â strings (8)
- SWV â backing vocals (2)
- Eric Benét â lead vocals (6), backing vocals (6)
- "Jilien" â backing vocals (6)
References