Browne Sugar
Browne Sugar is the debut album by Tom Browne. It was released in 1979 on GRP Records and reached number six on the Jazz Albums chart in 1979.
Track listing
- "Throw Down" – 3:56
- "I Never Was a Cowboy" – 4:24
- "Herbal Scent" – 5:22
- "Brother, Brother" – 5:36
- "The Closer I Get to You" – 4:38
- "What's [Going On |What's Going On]" – 5:13
- "Promises for Spring" – 4:50
- "Antoinette Like" – 3:40
Personnel
- Tom Browne – trumpet, flugelhorn
- Dave Grusin – Oberheim Polyphonic Synthesizer, electric piano, clavinet, Minimoog, percussion
- Rob Mounsey – Oberheim Polyphonic synthesizer programming, Oberheim Polyphonic synthesizer
- Bernard Wright – electric piano, acoustic piano
- Ron Dean Miller – guitars
- Marcus Miller – bass
- Francisco Centeno – bass
- Buddy Williams – drums
- Errol "Crusher" Bennett – percussion, congas
- Sue Evans – congas, percussion
- Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone
- Patti Austin – vocals
- Vivian Cherry – vocals
- Frank Floyd – vocals
- Zachary Sanders – vocals
- Dave Grusin – arrangements and conductor
- David Nadien – string concertmaster
- Phil Bodner, Eddie Daniels, Wally Kane and Dave Tofani – horns
- Jonathan Abramowitz, Alfred Brown, Harry Cykman, Max Ellen, Barry Finclair, Louis Gabowitz, Paul Gershman, Harry Glickman, Diana Halprin, Theodore Israel, Charles Libove, Harry Lookofsky, Charles McCraken, David Nadien, Max Pollikoff, Joseph Rabushka, Matthew Raimondi, Herbert Sorkin, Lenore Weinstock and Masako Yanagita – string players
Production
- Dave Grusin – producer, liner notes
- Larry Rosen – producer, recording, mixing, liner notes
- Jim Boyer – recording, mixing
- Bradshaw Leigh – recording assistant, mix assistant
- Peter Lewis – recording assistant
- Ted Jensen – mastering at Sterling Sound
- Donna Putney – GRP production coordinator
- Donn Davenport – art direction
- Maude Gilman – design
- Mario Astorga – photography
Charts