The Art of Tea
The Art of Tea is a jazz vocal album by Michael Franks, his first on the Reprise label, released in 1975.
The album peaked at #131 on the Billboard 200. Franks' only Billboard Hot 100 single, "Popsicle Toes", which peaked at #43, is a track on the album.
Personnel
- Michael Franks – vocals
- Joe Sample – keyboards
- Larry Carlton – guitars
- Wilton Felder – bass
- John Guerin – drums, percussion
- Steve Gadd - drums
- Jerry Steinholtz – congas
- Larry Bunker – vibraphone
- David Sanborn – alto saxophone
- Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone
- Nick DeCaro – string arrangements
Production
- Tommy LiPuma – producer
- Al Schmitt – recording, mixing
- Bruce Botnick – recording
- Lee Herschberg – recording
- Doug Sax – mastering at The Mastering Lab
- Ed Thrasher – art direction
- Linda Levine – photography