As We Speak Explained

As We Speak
Type:	Album
Artist:	David Sanborn
Cover:	As We Speak_DS.jpg
Released:	1982
Recorded:	1982
Studio:	Warner Bros., North Hollywood Record Plant, Los Angeles George Massenburg Studio, Santa Monica Mediasound, New York City Soundworks, New York City
Genre:	Smooth jazz
Label:	Warner Bros.
Producer:	Robert Margouleff
Chronology:	David Sanborn
Prev Title:	Voyeur
Prev Year:	1981
Next Title:	Backstreet
Next Year:	1983

As We Speak is a studio album by David Sanborn, released in 1982 on Warner Bros. Records.^{[1] [2]}

The album reached No. 70 on the Billboard 200, number 32 on Billboard's R&B Albums chart and number 1 on Billboard's Jazz Albums chart.^[3]

Personnel

• David Sanborn – alto saxophone (1, 4, 5, 7, 8), saxophone section (1, 4), soprano saxophone (2, 3, 6, 9)
• Don Freeman – keyboards, synthesizers (2, 7, 8)
• Michael Sembello – guitars, lead vocals (5, 9), backing vocals (5)
• Marcus Miller – bass guitar, synthesizers (4)
• Omar Hakim – drums, tambourine (4)
• Paulinho da Costa – percussion

Additional musicians

• George Duke – clavinet (1)
• Lance Ong – synthesizers (2, 8)
• James Skelton – Hammond B3 organ (4)
• Spike – synthesizer and IRT strings (5, 6, 8, 9)
• Buzz Feiten – rhythm guitar (1)
• Malando Gassama – percussion (5)
• Bob Mintzer – bass clarinet (1)
• Bill Evans – saxophone (4), saxophone section (4)
• Robert A. Martin – French horn (9)
• Cruz Baca Sembello – backing vocals (5, 9)

Production

• Robert Margouleff – producer
• Howard Siegel – engineer, mixing
• Karat Faye – second engineer
• Rudy Hill – assistant engineer
• Gregg Mann – assistant engineer
• Mike Morongell – assistant engineer
• Wayne Yurglin – assistant engineer
• Barbara Rooney – assistant engineer
• Stephen Marcussen – mastering at Precision Lacquer (Hollywood, CA).
• Ilyce Weiner – production coordinator
• Christine Sauers – art direction, design
• Richard Seireeni – art direction
• Kohei Onashi – illustration
• Michael Halsband – photography
• Patrick Raines & Associates – management

Sources:^[4]

Charts

Year	Chart	Position
1982	Billboard 200^[5]	70
	Billboard Top Black Albums^[6]	32
	Billboard Jazz Albums	1

Notes and References

1. Studio Track. Billboard . 94 . 12. 86. March 27, 1982. Nielsen Business Media. August 14, 2020. Google Books.
2. David Sanborn. Down Beat . 49. 86. 1982. Maher Publications. August 14, 2020. Google Books.
3. WB Bags 5 out of 10. Green. Paul. Billboard . 94 . 40. 6. October 9, 1982. Nielsen Business Media. August 14, 2020. Google Books.
4. In Concert . . 1982 . Booklet . CD media notes . . 7599-23650-2 . yes.
5. As We Speak (200). Billboard. August 14, 2020.
6. As We Speak (R&B). Billboard. August 14, 2020.