G Force

G Force is the second studio album by American saxophonist Kenny G. It was released by Arista Records in 1983, and peaked at number 6 on the Billboard Jazz Albums chart, number 17 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, and number 62 on the Billboard 200 chart.

Track listing

• Track information adapted from Discogs and then verified from the LP label.

Personnel

Musicians and Performers

• Kenny G – saxophones, flute, synthesizer programming, synthesizers (1–3, 5), Lyricon solo (5), percussion (6)
• Jeff Lorber – keyboards (1, 2, 4)
• Barry J. Eastmond – keyboards (1, 3, 5, 6)
• Peter Scherer – Synclavier (1–6, 8)
• Kashif – keyboards (7, 8), synthesizers (7, 8), Synclavier (7), drums (7, 8), percussion (7, 8), bass (8)
• Paul Lawrence Jones III – keyboards (8)
• Ira Siegel – guitars (1, 3, 6, 8)
• Marlon McClain – guitars (2, 4, 6)
• Wayne Brathwaite – bass (1–7), synthesizers (3, 5, 6), percussion (6)
• Omar Hakim – drums (1, 2, 4, 6)
• Yogi Horton – drums (3)
• Leslie Ming – drums (3, 5)
• Bashiri Johnson – percussion (1, 3–5)
• Steve Kroon – percussion (2)
• Barry "Sunjohn" Johnson – lead vocals (1, 5)
• Steve Horton – backing vocals
• Freddie Jackson – backing vocals
• La Forrest 'La La' Cope – backing vocals
• Yolanda Lee – backing vocals
• B. J. Nelson – backing vocals
• Lillo Thomas – backing vocals

Arrangements

• Kenny G – arrangements (1–6)
• Kashif – arrangements (1–3, 5, 7, 8)
• Wayne Brathwaite – arrangements (1, 3, 5, 6)
• Steve Horton – arrangements (1, 5)

Production

• Kashif – executive producer
• Wayne Brathwaite – producer (1, 3–8), co-producer (2)
• Kenny G – co-producer (2)
• Darrell Gustamachio – engineer
• Ron Banks – assistant engineer
• John Davenport – assistant engineer
• Larry DeCarmine – assistant engineer
• Tom Gartland – assistant engineer
• Carl Beatty – additional engineer
• Bill Dooley – additional engineer
• Brian McGee – additional engineer
• Jon Smith – additional engineer
• Michael H. Brauer – drum engineer (3)
• Steve Goldman – mixing
• Donn Davenport – art direction
• Howard Fritzson – art direction
• Tony Gable – logo design
• Pierre Chanteau – photography
• Pamela Jenette – make-up
• Shanault Wadley – fashion designer
• Jeffrey Ross Music – management

Charts

Album

Singles

Certifications

References