Spontaneous Inventions
Spontaneous Inventions is a 1986 live album by American vocalist Bobby McFerrin, released by Blue Note Records.
The album reached number 103 on the [Billboard 200|Billboard 200], number 62 on Billboard's R&B Albums chart, number 6 on the Top Jazz Albums chart, and number 2 on the Top Contemporary Jazz Albums chart.
The album features special guests, amongst them Robin Williams and Herbie Hancock.
McFerrin later performed a modified version of the song Thinkin' About Your Body in a series of UK Cadbury's chocolate adverts in 1989/1990.
Personnel
- Cheryl Bentyne – Vocal Arrangement, Vocals
- Bruce Botnick, Judy Clapp, Leslie Ann Jones, Elliot Scheiner – Engineer
- Linda Goldstein, Tim Hauser – Producer
- Herbie Hancock – Piano
- Tim Hauser, Jon Hendricks, Janis Siegel, Robin Williams – Vocals
- Mary Mack – Photography
- The Manhattan Transfer – Group, Vocals
- Bobby McFerrin – Bass, Percussion, Producer, Vocal Arrangement, Vocals
- Paula Scher – Design
- Rhonda Schoen – Digital Editing
- Wayne Shorter – Sax
- Jack Skinner – Mastering