Promise Me the Moon explained

Promise Me the Moon
Type:	studio
Artist:	The David Sanborn Band
Cover:	Promise Me the Moon cover.jpg
Studio:	Criteria Studios (Miami, Florida); A&M Studios (Hollywood, California).
Label:	Warner Bros.
Producer:	Dale Oehler
Prev Title:	David Sanborn
Prev Year:	1976
Next Title:	Heart to Heart
Next Year:	1978

Promise Me the Moon is an album by The David Sanborn Band, released in December 1977 through Warner Bros. Records and reissued by Wounded Bird Records many years later. The album reached number 27 on Billboards Jazz Albums chart.^[1]

Track listing

1. "Promise Me the Moon" (Danny Kortchmar) - 3:58
2. "Benjamin" (James Taylor) - 1:29
3. "Stranger's Arms" (Kortchmar) - 4:20
4. "Heart Lake" (Mark Egan) - 5:19
5. "The Rev" (Hiram Bullock) - 3:54
6. "We Fool Ourselves" (Bullock) - 5:12
7. "Morning Salsa" (Herb Bushler, Rosalinda De Leon) - 6:05
8. "The Legend of Cheops" (Victor Lewis) - 6:34

Personnel

• David Sanborn – alto saxophone, sopranino saxophone, lyricon, vocals (3)
• Rosalinda de Leon – keyboards
• Dale Oehler – electric piano (2)
• Hiram Bullock – guitars, vocals (1, 6)
• Mark Egan – electric bass
• Victor Lewis – drums
• Jumma Santos – percussion
• Christine Faith – additional vocals
• Lani Groves – additional vocals
• Kat McCord – additional vocals
• Hamish Stuart – additional vocals

Production

• Theresa Del Pozzo – executive producer
• Dale Oehler – producer
• Alex Sadkin – engineer
• Jack Nuber – assistant engineer
• Hank Cicalo – mixing (2, 3, 4)
• Milt Cailce – mix assistant (2, 3, 4)
• Steve Katz – mix assistant (2, 3, 4)
• Bernie Grundman – mastering
• Ritch Barnes – artwork, photography
• Stephen Pettigrew – artwork, photography
• Loy – artwork, photography
• Patsy Norvell – typography

Notes and References

1. Web site: David Sanborn: Charts & Awards. May 14, 2011. Allmusic.