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