SITVA - KENNY G - G FORCE

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Good morning Friday people and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again. Today we celebrate Seattle born saxophonist, Kenneth Bruce Gorelick , known the world over as simply Kenny G, as he celebrates his 64th Birthday. Happy Birthday Kenny ! With him in mind, we spotlight his sophomore record, G Force. G Force was released January 16, 1983 on the Arista label and was produced by Kenny G, Wayne Brathwaite, and Kashif. It reached #6 on Billboard's Jazz Albums chart, #17 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart , and #62 on the Billboard 200. It's sole single, "Hi, How Ya Doin'?" peaked at #23 on the Billboard Hot Black Singles chart.

1. "Hi, How Ya Doin'?" (with Barry Johnson) (Steve Horton) – 5:37

2. "I've Been Missin' You" (Kashif, Kenny G) – 4:13
"Tribeca" (Kashif, Kenny G) – 4:36

3. "G Force" (Jeff Lorber) – 4:54

Side B

4. "Do Me Right" (with Barry Johnson) (Barry J. Eastmond) – 4:42

5. "I Wanna Be Yours" (Barry J. Eastmond) – 4:29
"Sunset at Noon" (Kashif) – 5:13

6. "Help Yourself to My Love" (Kashif, Paul Lawrence Jones III) – 4:45


Personnel :

Kenny G – saxophones, flute, synthesizer programming, arrangements (1-6), synthesizers (1, 2, 3, 5), lyricon solo (5), percussion (6)

Barry J. Eastman – keyboards (1, 3, 5, 6)

Jeff Lorber – keyboards (1, 2, 4)

Peter Scherer – Synclavier (1-6, 8)

Kashif – arrangements (1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8), keyboards (7, 8), synthesizers (7, 8), Synclavier (7), drums (7, 8), percussion (7, 8), bass (8)

Paul Lawrence Jones III – keyboards (8)

Ira Siegel – guitar (1, 3, 6, 8)

Marlon McClain – guitar (2, 4, 6)

Wayne Brathwaite – bass (1-7), arrangements (1, 3, 5, 6), 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, 4, 5)
Steve Kroon – percussion (2)

Steve Horton – arrangements (1, 5)
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

Production :

Producer – Wayne Brathwaite
Co-Producer on Track 2 – Kenny G
Executive Producer on Track 2 – Kashif

Engineer – Darrell Gustamachio
Additional Engineers – Carl Beatty, Bill Dooley, Brian McGee and Jon Smith.

Additional drum engineering on Track 3 – Michael Brauer

Assistant Engineers – Ron Banks, Larry DeCarmine, John Davenport and Tom Gartland.

Mixed by Steve Goldman
Art Direction – Donn Davenport and Howard Fritzson

Logo Design – Tony Gable
Photography – Pierre Chanteau


Management – Jeffrey Ross Music