Browne Sugar

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Field	Value
name	Browne Sugar
type	Studio
artist	Tom Browne
cover	Browne Sugar.jpg
released	1979
recorded	1979
genre	Jazz-funk, funk, soul, jazz
length	37:39
label	GRP
next_title	Love Approach
next_year	1980
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| name = Browne Sugar | type = Studio | artist = Tom Browne | cover = Browne Sugar.jpg | alt = | released = 1979 | recorded = 1979 | venue = | studio =

• A & R Studios (New York City, New York) | genre = Jazz-funk, funk, soul, jazz | length = 37:39 | label = GRP | producer =
• Dave Grusin
• Larry Rosen | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = Love Approach | next_year = 1980 | rev1 =AllMusic | rev1Score =

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

1. "Throw Down" (Tom Browne) – 3:56
2. "I Never Was a Cowboy" (Dave Grusin) – 4:24
3. "Herbal Scent" (Marcus Miller) – 5:22
4. "Brother, Brother" (Marcus Miller) – 5:36
5. "The Closer I Get to You" (James Mtume, Reggie Lucas) – 4:38
6. "What's Going On" (Marvin Gaye, Renaldo Benson, Al Cleveland) – 5:13
7. "Promises for Spring" (Tom Browne) – 4:50
8. "Antoinette Like" (Bernard Wright) – 3:40

Personnel

• Tom Browne – trumpet (1–3, 6, 7), flugelhorn (4, 5, 8)
• Dave Grusin – Oberheim Polyphonic Synthesizer (1), electric piano (2, 4–6), clavinet (2, 3), Minimoog (3, 6, 7), percussion (5, 7, 8)
• Rob Mounsey – Oberheim Polyphonic synthesizer programming, Oberheim Polyphonic synthesizer (1)
• Bernard Wright – electric piano (1, 3, 7, 8), acoustic piano (7, 8)
• Ron Dean Miller – guitars (3, 6–8)
• Marcus Miller – bass (1, 3, 7, 8)
• Francisco Centeno – bass (2, 4–6)
• Buddy Williams – drums
• Errol "Crusher" Bennett – percussion (2, 4), congas (4)
• Sue Evans – congas (3, 5, 6–8), percussion (3, 5, 6–8)
• Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone (1)
• Patti Austin – vocals (2, 4–6)
• Vivian Cherry – vocals (2, 4, 6)
• Frank Floyd – vocals (2, 4, 6)
• Zachary Sanders – vocals (2, 4, 6)

Horn and String section

• 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 (New York, NY)
• Donna Putney – GRP production coordinator
• Donn Davenport – art direction
• Maude Gilman – design
• Mario Astorga – photography

Charts

::data[format=table] | Year | Album | Chart positions | US | US R&B | Jazz Albums | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | 1979 | Browne Sugar | 147 | 50 | 6 | | ::

References

References

1. {{AllMusic
2. "Tom Browne US albums chart history". allmusic.com.

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