Dragonfly Summer

Dragonfly Summer
Studio album by Michael Franks
Released	1993 (1993)
Genre	Smooth jazz Vocal jazz
Length	57:28
Label	Reprise
Producer	Michael Franks (executive) Jeff Lorber The Yellowjackets Gil Goldstein Ben Sidran
Michael Franks chronology
Blue Pacific (1990) Dragonfly Summer (1993) Abandoned Garden (1995)

Dragonfly Summer is a smooth vocal jazz album by American singer-songwriter and musician Michael Franks. It was released in 1993 with Reprise, and was Franks' twelfth studio album, with no fewer than five producers.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Michael Franks, except where noted

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Coming to Life"	4:34
2.	"Soul Mate"	4:26
3.	"Dragonfly Summer"	5:00
4.	"Monk's New Tune"	5:42
5.	"Learning What Love Means"	4:14
6.	"I Love Lucy" (Harold Adamson, William Bell, Eliot Daniel, Booker T. Jones)	4:37
7.	"Practice Makes Perfect"	4:55
8.	"String of Pearls"	4:32
9.	"Keeping My Eye on You"	4:23
10.	"The Dream" (Russell Ferrante, Franks, Jimmy Haslip, Marc Russo)	5:14
11.	"You Were Meant for Me"	4:40
12.	"How I Remember You"	5:11

Personnel

Musicians

• Michael Franks – vocals, guitar, banjo
• Marvin Stamm – trumpet, flugelhorn
• Bob Mintzer – soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
• Dave Koz – alto saxophone
• Lawrence Feldman, Harvey Estrin – flute, recorder
• Paul Jackson Jr., Steve Khan, Toninho Horta – guitar
• Jeff Lorber, Russell Ferrante, Gil Goldstein – keyboards
• Jimmy Haslip – bass
• John Robinson, William Kennedy – drums
• Mino Cinelu, Paulinho Da Costa – percussion
• Olivia Koppell, Karen Krefus, Ronald Carbone, Harold Coletta – viola
• Nathan Stutch, Jesse Levy, Richard Locker, Charles McCracken – cello
• Peggy Lee – guest vocals
• Dan Hicks – guest vocals "Keeping My Eye On You"
• Lamar Alsop, Amanuel Vardi, Lance Hoppen, Eric Benet Jordan, John Hall – background vocals

Support

• Jeff Lorber, James Farber, Thomas Mark – engineers
• Jeff Lorber, Gil Goldstein – arrangement
• Recorded at Bearsville Studios, JHL Studio, Oceanway Studios, Skyline Studios Soundcheck Studio.

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic

Music critic Alex Henderson had mixed feelings for the album, writing in AllMusic that it "isn't one of the pop/jazz singer's better albums, but it has its moments." He was critical of Peggy Lee's duet in "You Were Meant for Me", but thought highly of the "String of Pearls" and "Monk's New Tune" tracks produced by The Yellowjackets.

Stanton was more positive for his review on Audioholics, commenting that "Michael Franks was in top form for this release: catchy, cynical lyrics and great music from great musicians."

References

Bibliography

• Dragonfly Summer (CD booklet). Michael Franks. United States: Reprise. 1993. p. 6. 45227. {{cite AV media notes}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |titlelink= (help)CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)