Tiger In The Rain (CD)

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• Label: Warner Bros. Records
• UPC: 075992738828
• WAPI (Tower ID): 106710434
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Personnel: Michael Franks (vocals, guitar, banjo, mandolin); David Sanborn (alto, horns); Joe Caro, Bucky Pizzarelli (acoustic guitar, electric guitar); Charles Libove (violin, strings); Harry Lookofsky (violin); Harold Coletta (viola, strings); Abdul Wadud (cello); Lewis Eley, Anthony Posk, Harry Urbont, Guy Lumia, Joseph Malin, Jesse Levy, Richard Maximoff, Charles McCracken, Alan Shulman, Richard Sortomme, Emanuel Vardi (strings); George Young (flute, tenor saxophone, horns); David Liebman, Howard Leshaw (flute); Dominic Cortese (concertina, percussion); Seldon Powell (soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone); Lew Soloff (piccolo trumpet); Claudio Roditi, Louis del Gatto, Lew DelGatto, Lou Marini, Randy Brecker, Tom "Bones" Malone, John Clark (horns); Kenny Barron (piano); Bob Leinbach, Paul Griffin (organ); Mike Mainieri (vibraphone, background vocals); Ron Carter (acoustic bass); Rick Marotta, Ben Riley, Buddy Williams (drums); Crusher Bennett (congas); Rubens Bassini, John Simon (percussion); Flora Purim, Maretha Stewart, Hilda Harris (background vocals).

Audio Mixer: Glenn Berger.

Audio Remasterer: Lee Herschberg.

Recording information: A&R Studios, New York, NY (11/1978).

Unknown Contributor Role: David Sanborn.

Arranger: John Simon.

Strangely enough, Tiger in the Rain would have been a smoother transition from Sleeping Gypsy, just as Burchfield Nines would have been a more natural follow-up to The Art of Tea. For the first time, Michael Franks made an album completely without the production team of Tommy LiPuma, Al Schmitt and Lee Hershberg, employing instead John Simon (the Band, Janis Joplin, Leonard Cohen). The recording boasts a large number of celebrated horn and string players, as well as jazz luminaries Ron Carter, Bucky Pizzarelli, Kenny Barron, Mike Mainieri and Flora Purim. Lush, romantic and more experimental than previous efforts, Tiger in the Rain has a seriousness of purpose that faithfully echoes that of Sleeping Gypsy, with less of a Brazilian feel and overall a more somber tone of lost love. While none of its songs has the instant appeal of some of his earlier writing, the album as a whole is as refreshing and meditative as a stroll through a rain forest. ~ Steve Matteo

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