Walk Tall (album) explained

Walk Tall
Type:	studio
Artist:	Eric Marienthal
Cover:	Walk_Tall_Eric_Marienthal_1998_album.png
Recorded:	1998
Genre:	Jazz
Label:	Verve
Producer:	Harvey Mason
Prev Title:	Easy Street
Prev Year:	1997
Next Title:	Turn Up the Heat
Next Year:	2001

Walk Tall is an album by American saxophonist Eric Marienthal released in 1998, and recorded for the Verve label. It is Marienthal's tribute to the music of Cannonball Adderley. The album reached No. 13 on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz chart.

Track listing

1. Mercy, Mercy, Mercy (Joe Zawinul) – 5:24
2. Work Song (Nat Adderley/Oscar Brown) – 4:24
3. Walk Tall (Zawinul/Jim Rein/Queen Esther Marrow) – 4:40
4. Skylark (Hoagy Carmichael/Johnny Mercer) – 3:31
5. Imagine That (Eric Marienthal/Rob Mullins) – 4:34
6. The Way You Look Tonight (Jerome Kern/Dorothy Fields) – 5:30
7. Here in My Heart (Mullins) – 4:37
8. Sunstone (Russell Ferrante) – 4:23
9. If You Need Me To (Harvey Mason) – 3:31
10. Country Preacher (Zawinul) – 5:29
11. Unit 7 (Sam Jones) – 5:01
12. Groove Runner (Jeff Lorber/Marienthal) – 4:13

Personnel

• Eric Marienthal – saxophone
• Chris Botti – trumpet
• Chuck Findley – trumpet
• John Beasley – keyboards
• Russell Ferrante – keyboards
• Ronnie Foster – keyboards
• Rob Mullins – keyboards
• Stanley Clarke – bass
• Melvin Davis – bass guitar
• Chuck Domanico – bass guitar, double bass
• Reggie Hamilton – bass guitar
• Allen Hinds – guitar
• Lee Ritenour – guitar
• Michael Thompson – guitar
• Michael Mishaw - Background Vocals (8)
• Kevyn Lettau - Background Vocals (8)

External links

• Walk Tall at Discogs
• Walk Tall at Verve Music Group

Notes and References

1. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=eric-marienthal-mn0000195442/awards|pure_url=yes}} Eric Marienthal US albums chart history]. allmusic.com. 2013-03-09.