As We Speak
As We Speak is a studio album by David Sanborn, released in 1982 on Warner Bros. Records.
The album reached No. 70 on the Billboard 200, number 32 on Billboard's R&B Albums chart and number 1 on Billboard's Jazz Albums chart.
Personnel
- David Sanborn – alto saxophone, saxophone section, soprano saxophone
- Don Freeman – keyboards, synthesizers
- Michael Sembello – guitars, lead vocals, backing vocals
- Marcus Miller – bass guitar, synthesizers
- Omar Hakim – drums, tambourine
- Paulinho da Costa – percussion
- George Duke – clavinet
- Lance Ong – synthesizers
- James Skelton – Hammond B3 organ
- Spike – synthesizers, IRT strings
- Buzz Feiten – rhythm guitar
- Malando Gassama – percussion
- Bob Mintzer – bass clarinet
- Bill Evans – saxophone, saxophone section
- Robert A. Martin – French horn
- Cruz Baca Sembello – backing vocals
- Robert Margouleff – producer
- Howard Siegel – engineer, mixing
- Rudy Hill – assistant engineer
- Gregg Mann – assistant engineer
- Mike Morongell – assistant engineer
- Wayne Yurglin – assistant engineer
- Barbara Rooney – assistant engineer
- Karat Faye – second mix engineer
- Stephen Marcussen – mastering at Precision Lacquer
- Ilyce Weiner – production coordinator
- Christine Sauers – art direction, design
- Richard Seireeni – art direction
- Kohei Onashi – illustration
- Michael Halsband – photography