Sunlight_(Herbie_Hancock_album) Knowpia

Sunlight
Sunlight
Studio album by Herbie Hancock
Released	1978
Genre	Jazz, funk
Length	39:26
Label	Columbia
Producer	Herbie Hancock, David Rubinson
Herbie Hancock chronology

Sunlight is an album by keyboardist Herbie Hancock.^[1] It features Hancock's vocals through a Sennheiser VSM-201 vocoder, as well as performances by drummer Tony Williams and bassist Jaco Pastorius on “Good Question”.^[2]

Critical reception edit

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]

The Globe and Mail wrote that Hancock "has returned to directionless electronic funk, saved only by a medium-tempo jazz number, 'Come Running to Me'."^[3]

Track listing edit

All tracks composed by Herbie Hancock, except where indicated.

Side one edit

"I Thought It Was You" (Hancock, Melvin Ragin, Jeffrey Cohen) – 8:56
"Come Running to Me" (lyrics: Allee Willis) – 8:25

Side two edit

"Sunlight" – 7:12
"No Means Yes" – 6:21
"Good Question" – 8:32

Personnel edit

Musicians edit

Herbie Hancock – keyboards, synthesizers, lead and background vocals (through vocoder) (1–3), string, brass and woodwind arrangements
Patrick Gleeson – additional synthesizers (5)
Bennie Maupin – soprano saxophone solo (3)
Wah Wah Watson, Ray Parker Jr. – guitar (1, 3)
Byron Miller (1), Paul Jackson (2–4), Jaco Pastorius (5) – electric bass
Leon "Ndugu" Chancler (1), James Levi (2, 3), Harvey Mason, Sr. (4), Tony Williams (5) – drums
Raul Rekow (exc. 3), Bill Summers (exc. 1) – percussion
Baba Duru – tabla (2)
Bobby Shew, Maurice Spears, Robert O'Bryant, Garnett Brown – brass (exc. 4)
Ernest J. Watts, Fred Jackson, Jr., Jack Nimitz, David Willard Riddles – woodwind (2, 5)
Terry Adams, Roy Malan, Nathan Rubin, Linda Wood, Emily VanValkenburgh – strings (2)

Production edit

Herbie Hancock and David Rubinson – producers
David Rubinson, Fred Catero (with Chris Minto and Cheryl Ward) – engineers at The Automatt
Steve Mantoani – engineer at Different Fur Trading Co.
Terry Becker – assistant engineer (brass)
Phill Brown – mastering

References edit

^ Tompkins, David (2011). How to Wreck a Nice Beach: The Vocoder from World War II to Hip-Hop: The Machine Speaks. Melville House. p. 241.
^ ^a ^b Ginell, Richard S. "Herbie Hancock: Sunlight". allmusic.com. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
^ McGrath, Paul (12 July 1978). "Herbie Hancock". The Globe and Mail. p. F2.