Take a Look (Natalie Cole album)

Take a Look is a 1993 album by American singer Natalie Cole, released on June 9, 1993, by Elektra Records. Cole won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance for Take a Look at the 36th Grammy Awards.

The single, "Take a Look", peaked at No. 68 on the US Billboard R&B chart and No. 35 on the Adult Contemporary chart in 1993.

Track listing

Personnel

Musicians

• Natalie Cole – vocals, backing vocals (5, 7, 10, 14, 16, 17)
• Roger Kellaway – acoustic piano (1, 5, 12)
• Alan Broadbent – acoustic piano (2, 3, 9, 10, 13–15, 17)
• Clare Fischer – acoustic piano (4)
• Mike Melvoin – acoustic piano (7, 16)
• Herbie Hancock – acoustic piano (8, 18), Fender Rhodes (11)
• John Chiodini – guitars, guitar solo (15)
• John Clayton – bass (1, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 16, 18)
• Jim Hughart – bass (2–4, 6, 9, 10, 13–15, 17)
• Jeff Hamilton – drums (1–8, 10–13, 16, 17)
• Harold Jones – drums (9, 15, 18)
• Luis Conte – percussion (14)
• Robert Yancy – percussion (14)
• Larry Bunker – marimba (14), vibraphone (14)
• Pete Christlieb – saxophone solo (2, 17)
• Grover Washington Jr. – saxophone solo (3)
• David "Fathead" Newman – saxophone solo (5, 12)
• David Trigg – trumpet solo (9)

Music arrangements

• Marty Paich – arrangements (1, 5, 12, 18)
• John Clayton – arrangements (2, 10, 13)
• Bill Holman – arrangements (3, 6, 17)
• Alan Broadbent – arrangements (4, 7, 15, 16)
• Jeremy Lubbock – arrangements (8, 11)
• Jim Hughart – arrangements (9)
• John Chiodini – arrangements (14)

Production

• Natalie Cole – executive producer
• Tommy LiPuma – executive producer, producer (1, 3, 5, 6, 12, 17, 18)
• André Fischer – producer (2, 4, 7–11, 13–16)
• Al Schmitt – recording, mixing
• Joe Ferla – additional recording
• Doug Ryder – additional recording
• Bill Schnee – additional recording
• Jeffrey "Woody" Woodruff – additional recording
• Chris Albert – assistant engineer
• Ken Allerdyce – assistant engineer
• Chris Fogel – assistant engineer
• John Hendrickson – assistant engineer
• Richard Landers – assistant engineer
• Gil Morales – assistant engineer
• Charlie Paakkari – assistant engineer
• Marnie Riley – assistant engineer
• Gary Sulich – assistant engineer
• Dan Wojnar – assistant engineer
• Doug Sax – mastering at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California)
• Angelo Montrone – production assistant (1, 3, 5, 6, 12, 17, 18)
• Deborah Silverman-Kern – production assistant (1, 3, 5, 6, 12, 17, 18)
• Patty Nichols – production assistant (2, 4, 7–11, 13–16)
• Keith Petrie – production assistant (2, 4, 7–11, 13–16)
• Shari Sutcliffe – project coordinator
• Robyn Lynch – art direction
• Drenttel Doyle Partners – design
• Matthew Rolston – photography
• Janet Zeitoun – hair
• Rudy Calvo – make-up
• Tara Posey – make-up
• Cecille Parker – stylist
• Dan Cleary – management

Charts

Certifications

References