Heaven and Earth (Al Jarreau album)

Heaven and Earth
Studio album by Al Jarreau
Released	June 22, 1992
Studio	Tarpan Studios, San Rafael, California
Genre	Vocal jazz, R&B
Length	46:59
Label	Reprise
Producer	Narada Michael Walden, Louis Biancaniello, Frank Martin

Heaven and Earth is the 13th studio album by Al Jarreau. It was produced by Narada Michael Walden and Louis Biancaniello. The album won Jarreau the Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male in 1993. Essentially a collection of R&B songs produced with the artist's jazz and pop sensibilities in mind, Heaven and Earth contains a two-part cover of the Miles Davis tune "Blue in Green," from Davis's Kind of Blue, that demonstrates Jarreau's considerable prowess as a vocal interpreter and scat singer.

Track listing

1. "What You Do to Me" – 4:35 (Larry Batiste, Louis Biancaniello, Claytoven Richardson, Narada Michael Walden)
2. "It's Not Hard to Love You" – 6:11 (Sally Jo Dakota, Skyler Jett, Kevin Walden, Narada Michael Walden)
3. "Blue Angel" – 5:08 (Jett, Jennifer Miro, Narada Michael Walden)
4. "Heaven and Earth" – 4:27 (Louis Biancaniello, Linda Biancaniello)
5. "Superfine Love" – 5:24 (Louis Biancaniello, Jeffrey Cohen, Narada Michael Walden)
6. "Whenever I Hear Your Name" – 5:28 (Cohen, Walden)
7. "Love of My Life" – 4:01 (Jarreau, Jett, Miro, Walden)
8. "If I Break" – 5:47 (Jarreau, Mike Mani, Walden)
9. "(Blue in Green) Tapestry; The Dedication" – 2:53 (Miles Davis, Jarreau)
10. "(Blue in Green) Tapestry; The Dance" – 3:27 (Davis, Jarreau)

Personnel

• Al Jarreau – lead vocals (all tracks), vocal arrangements (1), backing vocals (5, 6, 8)
• Louis Biancaniello – keyboards (1-4, 7), synthesizer (1, 2, 4, 7), programming (1, 2, 4, 7), drum programming (1, 2, 3, 7), horn arrangements (1), Moog bass (2-5), Fairlight CMI (3), Hammond B3 organ (3), synth horns (3), additional sampling (3), synthesizer arrangements (3), synth solo (4), Fairlight bass (4), drums (4), additional keyboards (8), additional programming (8)
• Frank Martin – acoustic piano (5, 9, 10), acoustic piano solo (5), synthesizer arrangements (5), keyboards (6), synthesizer (6), flute (6), rhythm arrangements (6), string arrangements (6, 8, 9, 10), conductor (8, 9, 10)
• Narada Michael Walden – synthesizers (5), sequencing (5), drums (5, 6, 9, 10), tambourine (5); drum, rhythm and vocal arrangements (all tracks)
• Mike Mani – keyboards (8), programming (8), Fairlight sequencing (8), drums (8), synthesizer arrangements (8)
• Vernon "Ice" Black – guitar (1)
• Corrado Rustici – slide guitar (5)
• Myron Dove – electric bass (1)
• Joel Smith – electric bass (2, 7, 10)
• Jeff Chambers – acoustic bass (9)
• Marquinho Brasil – maracas (5)
• Dan Higgins – saxophone (1)
• Jerry Hey – trumpet (1)
• Robbie Kwock – trumpet (5)
• Paul McCandless – oboe (8)
• Kitty Beethoven – backing vocals (1, 2)
• Nikita Germaine – backing vocals (1, 7)
• Sandy Griffith – backing vocals (1, 2, 7)
• Skyler Jett – backing vocals (1, 2, 3, 7, 8)
• Claytoven Richardson – backing vocals (1-4, 7, 8), vocal arrangements (1)
• Chris Hawkins – backing vocals (2)
• Raz Kennedy – backing vocals (3)
• Tony Lindsay – backing vocals (4, 6, 8)
• Jeanie Tracy – backing vocals (4)
• Rebecca West – backing vocals (4)
• Boni Boyer – backing vocals (7)

Production

• Producer – Narada Michael Walden
• Co-Producers – Louis Biancaniello (Tracks #1 & 4) and Frank Martin (Tracks #9 & 10).
• Associate Producer (Track #6) – Frank Martin
• Production Coordination – Janice Lee and Kelly McRae
• Project Coordinatior – Robby Scharf
• Engineered and Mixed by David Frazer at Tarpan Studios (San Rafael, CA).
• Assistant Engineer – Jeff Gray
• Additional Engineering – Marc Reyburn
• Art Direction – Deborah Norcross
• Photography – Merlyn Rosenberg