Taking Off

Original Release Date:  1975

Track Listing

• 1. Butterfat
• 2. 'Way 'Cross Georgia
• 3. Duck Ankles
• 4. Funky Banana
• 5. The Whisperer
• 6. It Took a Long Time
• 7. Black Light
• 8. Blue Night
• 9. Flight

Credits

• Joe Beck: Guitar, Guitar (Electric)
• Michael Brecker: Saxophone, Sax (Tenor)
• Don Grolnick: Organ, Synthesizer, Piano, Arranger, Keyboards, Clavinet, Fender Rhodes
• Steve Khan: Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar, Guitar (Electric), Guitar (12 String)
• Tom "Bones" Malone: Trombone
• David Sanborn: Keyboards, Saxophone, Sax (Alto)
• Howard Johnson: Tuba, Arranger, Horn, Sax (Baritone)
• Al Brown: Viola
• Ralph MacDonald: Percussion, Bongos, Conga
• John Clark: Horn, French Horn
• David Nadien: Violin, Concert Master
• David Matthews: Arranger
• John Beal: Bass, Double Bass
• Randy Brecker: Trumpet, Arranger
• Harold Coletta: Viola
• John Court: Producer
• Bob Daugherty: Bass, Double Bass
• Howard "Buzz" Feiten: Guitar, Guitar (Electric)
• Steve Gadd: Drums
• Paul Gershman: Violin
• Sam Ginsberg: Assistant Engineer
• Harry Glickman: Violin
• Don Hahn: Engineer, Remixing
• Lee Herschberg: Remixing
• Leo Kahn: Violin
• Harold Kohon: Violin
• Will Lee: Bass
• Charles Libove: Violin
• Guy Lumia: Violin
• Jose Madera: Percussion
• Rick Marotta: Drums
• Charles McCracken: Cello
• Gene Orloff: Violin
• Chris Parker: Drums
• Max Pollikoff: Violin
• Matthew Raimondi: Violin
• George Ricci: Cello
• Lucien Schmit: Cello
• Warren Smith: Percussion
• The Manny Vardi Strings: Viola
• Lou Eley: Violin
• Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson: Composer
• Emile Charlap: Violin, Choir Master
• Harry Clickman: Violin
• Gene Osloff: Violin
• Ed Thrasher: Art Direction
• Benno Friedman: Photography, Photo Tinting
• Peter Gordon: Horn, French Horn