Released in 1990, Reference Point is the first album by Acoustic Alchemy released for jazz label GRP and their fourth album overall. The song "Caravan of Dreams" was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1990 for Best New Age Performance.
Containing some of the band's more popular tracks, such as the title track "Reference Point", "Same Road, Same Reason" and "Cuban Heels", the nine-track album is also the only album by the band to offer a cover track: "Take Five".
Contents
Awards
32nd Annual Grammy Awards
Personnel
Acoustic Alchemy
Greg Carmichael – nylon guitars
Nick Webb – steel-string guitars, nylon guitar (3)
Additional musicians
Terry Disley – keyboards (1–8)
Klaus Sperber – bass guitar (1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8)
Bert Smaak – drums (1, 4, 5, 7, 8)
Mario Argandoña – percussion (1–5, 7, 8)
Serge Maillard – Roland 808 programming (2), programming (3)
John Parsons – Roland 808 programming (2), programming (3), steel-string guitar (4)
Ludwig Götz – trombone (3, 5)
Production
John Parsons – producer, mixing
Klaus Genuit – recording, mixing
Joseph Doughney – digital editing, post-production
Michael Landy – digital editing, post-production
The Review Room (New York City, New York, USA) – digital editing and post-production location
Ted Jensen – mastering at Sterling Sound (New York, NY, USA)
Suzanne Sherman – GRP production coordinator
Andy Baltimore – GRP creative director
David Gibb – graphic design
Jacki McCarthy – graphic design
Andy Ruggirello – graphic design
Dan Serrano – graphic design
Keith Russell – art direction
Kevin Calvert – photography
Stewart Coxhead for The Art and Music Corporation, Ltd. – management