Tiger Walk (album)
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Tiger Walk is an album by Robben Ford
Robben Ford
Robben Ford is an American blues, jazz and rock guitarist.-Biography:Ford was born in Woodlake, California, United States, but raised in Ukiah, California, and began playing the saxophone at age 10, picking up the guitar at age 13...
. "In The Beginning" was nominated for a 1998 Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance.
Track listing
All tracks composed by Robben Ford; except where indicated- "In the Beginning" – 5:13
- "Ghosts" – 5:27
- "Freedom" – 6:43
- "Red Lady w/Cello" – 5:00
- "Oasis" – 5:10
- "Just Like It Is" – 3:07
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) – 3:31 - "The Champ" – 5:12
- "Tiger Walk" – 5:19
- "Comin' Up" – 4:54
- "Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying" (hidden track) - 8:39
- "Chevrolet" (hidden track) - 5:47
Personnel
- Lenny CastroLenny CastroLenny Castro is an American freelancing percussionist in the studio recording industry in the Los Angeles area.-Early life:Castro is a percussionist of Puerto Rican descent and was born and raised in New York City. His father, Hector Castro, played the keyboard in a Latin style and gave his son...
– Percussion - Ronnie CuberRonnie CuberRonnie Cuber is a jazz saxophonist. He has also played in Latin, pop, rock and blues sessions. In addition to his primary instrument, baritone sax, he has also played tenor sax, soprano sax and flute, the latter on an album by Eddie Palmieri. As a leader, Cuber is known for hard bop and Latin jazz...
– Baritone saxophone - Charley DraytonCharley DraytonCharley Drayton is an American multi-instrumental musician and producer, who has played as a drummer and bass guitarist for many bands and artists and is currently the drummer in Australian rock bands Divinyls and Cold Chisel....
– Bass - Russell FerranteRussell FerranteRussell Keith Ferrante is a jazz pianist from San Jose, California who is a founding member of the group Yellowjackets. During his early career, Ferrante performed with American blues singer Jimmy Witherspoon and guitarist Robben Ford. He also toured with Joni Mitchell. The group Yellowjackets...
– Piano - Steve JordanSteve Jordan (musician)Steve Jordan is an American multi-instrumentalist, composer, musical director and Grammy Award-winning artist, who has made a name for himself as a producer from the Bronx in New York City. A graduate of the Fiorello H...
– Percussion, Drums - Bob Malach – Tenor saxophone
- Benmont TenchBenmont TenchBenjamin Montmorency Tench, III is an American keyboardist best known as a founding member of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.-Early years:...
– Organ - Bernie WorrellBernie WorrellGeorge Bernard "Bernie" Worrell, Jr. is an American keyboardist and composer best known as a founding member of Parliament-Funkadelic and for his work with Talking Heads. He is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, inducted in 1997 with fifteen other members of Parliament-Funkadelic...
– Organ, Clavinet
Production
- Chad Bamford – Assistant Engineer
- Niko BolasNiko BolasNiko Bolas is an American music producer, sound engineer, and consultant and business developer in the fields of virtual reality and Internet radio...
– Producer, Mixing - Dave Collins – Mastering
- Chick CoreaChick CoreaArmando Anthony "Chick" Corea is an American jazz pianist, keyboardist, and composer.Many of his compositions are considered jazz standards. As a member of Miles Davis' band in the 1960s, he participated in the birth of the electric jazz fusion movement. In the 1970s he formed Return to Forever...
– Executive Producer - Robben Ford – Producer
- Hollis King – Art Direction
- Ron Moss – Executive Producer
- Dave Reed – Assistant Engineer
- Jeff Rivera – Technical Assistance
- Rory Rumano – Assistant Engineer
- Art Smith – Technical Assistance
- Guy Webster – Photography
- Isabelle Wong – Design
- Joe Zook – Assistant Engineer