Silhouette is the fifth studio album by American saxophonist Kenny G. It was released by Arista Records in 1988, and reached number 1 on the Contemporary Jazz Albums chart, number 8 on the Billboard 200, and number 10 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.
Contents
Track listing
"Silhouette" (Kenny G) - 5:25
"Tradewinds" (Kenny G) - 4:12
"I'll Be Alright" (Lead vocal: Andre Montague) (Douglas Cooper Getschal/Lyndie White) - 4:08
"Against Doctor's Orders" (Alan Glass/Kenny G/Preston Glass) - 4:44
"Pastel" (Kenny G/Preston Glass/Walter Afanasieff) - 5:44
"We've Saved the Best for Last" (Lead vocal: Smokey Robinson) (Dennis Matkosky/Lou Pardini) - 4:20
"All in One Night" (Kenny G) - 5:19
"Summer Song" (Kenny G) - 4:34
"Let Go" (Kenny G) - 5:49
"Home" (Kenny G) - 4:20
Personnel
Kenny G – all other instruments (1, 7, 9), soprano saxophone (1, 5, 6), tenor saxophone (2, 3, 7, 8), Yamaha WX7 (2), wind synth (2), alto saxophone (4, 9, 10), arrangements (4)
Walter Afanasieff – keyboards (1–3, 5), synth strings (7)
Robbie Buchanan – keyboards (3)
Preston Glass – keyboards (4), drums (4), arrangements (4)
Bill Elliott – keyboards (6)
Lou Pardini – keyboards (6, 10)
Ren Klyce – Fairlight CMI (7)
Roger Sause – keyboards (8)
John Raymond – guitars (2, 4, 5, 8)
Dann Huff – guitars (3, 6)
Corrado Rustici – guitars (7)
Vail Johnson – fretless bass (1, 2), bass guitar (2, 5), bass pops (4)
Joe Plass – bass guitar (8)
Peter Bunetta – bass drum (1), drums (3)
Kenny McDougald – drums (2, 5, 8), live drums (9)
Rick Marotta – drums (6)
Tony Gable – percussion (2, 8), congas (4)
Paulinho da Costa – percussion (4–6, 9)
Jeff Pescetto – backing vocals (3)
Production
Kenny G – producer (1, 2, 4, 5, 7–10), engineer (9)
Peter Bunetta – producer (3, 6)
Rick Chudacoff – producer (3, 6)
Preston Glass – co-producer (4)
Gerry Brown – engineer (1, 2, 5, 9)
Steve Smart – engineer (1)
Mick Guzauski – mixing (1, 2, 4–6, 8–10), engineer (10)
Frank Wolf – engineer (3, 6), mixing (3)
Maureen Droney – engineer (4)
Darren Klein – engineer (6)
Dana Jon Chappelle – engineer (7), mixing (7)
Gordon Lyon – engineer (8)
Dave Raynor – engineer (8)
Don Adey – assistant engineer (3)
Steve Satkowski – assistant engineer (3, 6)
Karl Gruenewald – assistant mix engineer (3)
Bryan Arnett – assistant engineer (6)
Stuart Hirotsu – assistant engineer (7)
Susan Mendola – design
Bernie Maisner – hand lettering
Rose Shoshana – photography