Forbidden Fruit is an album by Marion Meadows released in April 1994 on Novus Records. The album rose to No. 7 on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz Albums chart and No. 8 on the Billboard Jazz Albums chart.
Track listing "Red Light" (Christian Warren) - 5:12 "You're Always on My Mind" (Brian Alexander Morgan) - 4:52 "Asha" (M. Anderson, Marion Meadows, Joey Melotti) - 5:56 "Forbidden Fruit" (Meadows, Warren, M. Anderson) - 5:47 "Whenever Your Heart Wants to Sing" (Tracy Mann, José Marino, Yutaka Yokokura) - 4:41 "You Will Never Know What You're Missing" (Derek Bramble) - 5:09 "Back 2 Back" (Michael Bearden) - 5:15 "Save the Best for Last" (Phil Galdston, Jon Lind, Wendy Waldman) - 3:34 "Somewhere Island" (Bearden) - 4:50 "Comin' Home to You" (Bearden) - 4:58 "Nocturnal Serenade" (Meadows, Werner "Vana" Gierig) - 3:53
Personnel Marion Meadows – soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone (1, 4) Christian Warren – programming (1, 4), all other instruments (1, 4), arrangements (1, 4) Morris Pleasure – keyboard solo (1), trumpet (11) Brian Alexander Morgan – keyboards (2), drum programming (2), backing vocals (2) Joey Melotti – keyboards (3), drum programming (3), arrangements (3) Don Grusin – acoustic piano (5) Derek Bramble – all instruments and programming (6), drums (6), percussion (6) arrangements (6) Michael Bearden – keyboards (7, 9, 10), programming (7, 9, 10), acoustic piano (9) Bobby Lyle – acoustic piano (8) Jerry Peters – keyboards (8), arrangements (8) Joe Wolfe – programming (8) Werner "Vana" Gierig – acoustic piano (11), keyboards (11), keyboard programming (11) "Pocket" – guitars (1) Michael Anderson - Additional Keyboards (4) John "Jubu" Smith – guitars (2) Dori Caymmi – guitars (5) Jef Lee Johnson – guitars (7) Ricardo Silveira – acoustic guitar (8) Jimmy Johnson – bass (5) Larry Kimpel – bass (8) Victor Bailey – bass (9) Mike Shapiro – drums (5) Stanley Smith – drums (6), percussion (6) Ricky Lawson – drums (8) Lionel Cordew – drums (9) Munyungo Jackson – African percussion (4) Luis Conte – percussion (5, 8) Bashiri Johnson – percussion (9) Johnny Britt – trumpet (4) Yutaka Yokokura – koto (4), arrangements (5) Charles Veal – string conductor (8), concertmaster (8) The Charles Veal String Orchestra – strings (8) SWV – backing vocals (2) Eric Benét – lead vocals (6), backing vocals (6) "Jilien" – backing vocals (6)
Production Skip Miller – executive producer Alison Ball-Gabriel – A&R direction Christian Warren – producer (1, 4) Brian Alexander Morgan – producer (2) Marion Meadows – producer (3) Joey Melotti – producer (3) Hilary Bercovici – associate producer (4) Yutaka Yokokura – producer (5) Derek Bramble – producer (6) Michael Bearden – producer (7, 9, 10) Norman Connors – producer (8) Werner "Vana" Gierig – producer (11) Steve Backer – series director Tracey Richards – A&R coordinator Ria Lewerke – art direction Jackie Murphy – art direction Amy Wenzler – design Resig & Taylor – photography Georgina Quina – hair stylist Walt Reeder Productions – management
Technical credits Tony Dawsey – mastering at Masterdisk (New York City, New York) Hilary Bercovici – engineer (1, 4), mixing (1, 4) Christian Warren – engineer (1, 4), mixing (1, 4) Larry Funk – engineer (2), mixing (2) Yutaka Yokokura – engineer (3), mixing (5, 8) Geoff Gillette – recording (5), mixing (5) Derek Bramble – recording (6) Guy DeFazio – recording (6) Craig Burbidge – mixing (6) Alec Head – engineer (7, 9, 10), mixing (7, 9, 10) Michael Bearden – mixing (7, 9, 10) Marion Meadows – mixing (7, 9, 10) Barney Perkins – recording (8), string recording (8) Elliot Peters – overdub recording (8) John Jackson – assistant engineer (2) Tom Bender – assistant engineer (7, 9, 10) Kate Broudy – assistant engineer (7, 9, 10) Phil Magnotti – assistant engineer (7, 9, 10) Ron London – mix assistant (7, 9, 10) Milton Chan – recording assistant (8) Tim Nitz – string recording assistant (8), overdub assistant (8)
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