The Art of Tea explained

The Art of Tea
Type:	album
Artist:	Michael Franks
Cover:	Michael Franks The Art of Tea CD.jpg
Released:	1976
Genre:	Jazz
Label:	Reprise
Producer:	Tommy LiPuma
Prev Title:	Michael Franks
Prev Year:	1973
Next Title:	Sleeping Gypsy
Next Year:	1977

The Art of Tea is a jazz vocal album by Michael Franks, his first on the Reprise label, released in February 1976.^[1]

The album peaked at #131 on the Billboard 200. Franks's only Billboard Hot 100 single, "Popsicle Toes", which peaked at #43, is a track on the album

Personnel

• Michael Franks – vocals
• Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone
• David Sanborn – alto saxophone
• Joe Sample – keyboards
• Larry Bunker – vibraphone
• Larry Carlton – guitar
• Wilton Felder – bass guitar
• John Guerin – drums
• Jerry Steinholtz – congas
• Nick DeCaro - string arrangements

Technical

• Mixing engineer  - Al Schmitt
• Recording engineers  - Lee Herschberg, Bruce Botnick, Al Schmitt
• Mastering engineer: Doug Sax
• Art direction and photography  - Ed Thrasher

Bibliography

• The Art of Tea. 1975. Vinyl back cover. Reprise. MS2230. United States.

Notes and References

1. Web site: "The FM Airplay Report". Record World. 12 January 2017. February 28, 1976. 32.
2. Billboard 200. Billboard. May 12, 1979. February 16, 2021.