Sapphire is the seventh studio album of jazz keyboardist Keiko Matsui, released in 1995 on White Cat Records. This album peaked at No. 9 on the US Billboard Top Contemporary Jazz Albums chart.
Critical reception
AllMusic gave the album a 4/5-star rating.
Track listing
Personnel
- Abraham Laboriel, Sr. - Bass Samples, Sampling
- Akira Jimbo - Drum Programming
- Derek Nakamoto - Arranger, Bass, Drum Programming, Engineer, Keyboards, Rhythm Loops, Sequencing, Synthesizer
- Joel Stoner - Engineer, Mixing
- John Patitucci - Bass Samples, Sampling
- Karla Bonoff - Vocals
- Kazu Matsui - Producer, Shakuhachi
- Keiko Matsui - Arranger, Keyboards, Piano
- Lenny Castro - Percussion
- Marco Dydo - Percussion Programming
- Marcus Miller - Bass Samples, Sampling
- Michael Fisher - Percussion
- Paul Taylor - Sax (Soprano)
- Rob Mullins - Arranger, Drum Programming, Engineer, Programming, Synthesizer
- Steve Hall - Mastering
- Valerie Carter - Vocals
References