Tightrope (Steve Khan album)

Tightrope
Studio album by Steve Khan
Released 1977
Recorded March/April 1977 at Media Sound Inc, New York City, New York
Genre Jazz
Label Tappan Zee Records
Producer Bob James (musician)
Steve Khan chronology
Tightrope
(1977)		 The Blue Man
(1978)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]

Tightrope is the 1977 debut solo album of jazz guitarist Steve Khan.

Track listing

  1. "Some Punk Funk" 5:20
  2. "Darlin' Darlin' Baby (Sweet Tender Love)" 6:29 (Gamble and Huff and Khan)
  3. "Tightrope (for Folon)" 5:44
  4. "The Big Ones" 6:02 (Randy Brecker and Khan)
  5. "Star Chamber" 5:19
  6. "Soft Summer Breeze" 5:00 (Eddie Heywood and J. Spencer)
  7. "Where Shadows Meet" 3:40

All tunes written by Steve Khan except as noted parenthetically above.[1]

Personnel

Band I: (Some Punk Funk & The Big Ones)
Guitar: Steve Khan
Acoustic Piano: Don Grolnick
Fender Rhodes & Oberheim Polyphonic Synthesizer: Bob James (musician)
Bass: Will Lee (bassist)
Percussion: Ralph MacDonald
Tenor Sax: Mick Brecker

Band II: (Darlin' Darlin' Baby & Star Chamber)
Guitar & Acoustic: Steve Khan
Guitar: Jeff Mironov
Fender Rhodes: Don Grolnick
Oberheim Polyphonic Synthesizer: Bob James
Bass: Will Lee
Drums: Steve Gadd
Percussion: Ralph MacDonald
Alto Sax: David Sanborn

Band III: (Tightrope & Soft Summer Breeze)
Guitar: Steven Khan/David Spinozza
Fender Rhodes & Clavinet: Don Grolnick
Bass: Will Lee
Drums: Steve Gadd
Percussion: Ralph MacDonald
Trumpet: Randy Brecker
Alto Sax: Dave Sanborn
Tenor Sax: Mike Brecker

Band IV: (Where Shadows Meet)
Guitar & Elec. 12-String Guitar: Steve Khan
Guitar: David Spinozza
Fender Rhodes & Organ: Don Grolnick
Oberheim Polyphonic Synthesizer: Bob James
Bass: Will Lee
Drums: Steve Gadd
Percussion: Ralph MacDonald

Charts

Chart (1978) Peak
position
US Billboard Pop Albums[2] 157
US Billboard Top Jazz Albums[2] 14

References

  1. 1 2 http://www.allmusic.com/album/tightrope-mw0000919537
  2. 1 2 "Steve Khan Tightrope Awards". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
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