Bang!Zoom
{{Infobox album
| name = Bang!Zoom
| type = studio
| artist = Bobby McFerrin
| cover = BobbyMcFerrinBangZoomCDCover.jpg
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| released = 1995
| recorded =
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| studio = * Ocean Way Recording (Hollywood, California)
- Fantasy Studios (Berkeley, California)
- Skyline Studios (Oakland, California)
| genre = Vocal jazz
| length = {{Duration|m=45|s=56}}
| label = Blue Note
| producer = Russell Ferrante, Bobby McFerrin
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Bang!Zoom is a 1995 studio album by American vocalist and jazz/folk musician Bobby McFerrin, released by Blue Note Records. The line-up includes several members of the jazz fusion band Yellowjackets.
The album reached number 10 on Billboard's Top Contemporary Jazz Albums chart.{{cite web|url=http://allmusic.com/artist/bobby-mcferrin-p7090/charts-awards|title=Bobby McFerrin: Charts & Awards|accessdate=May 14, 2011|publisher=Allmusic}}
Track listing
{{Tracklist
| all_writing = Bobby McFerrin, except where noted
| title1 = Bang!Zoom
| writer1 = Bobby McFerrin, Russell Ferrante
| length1 = 5:33
| title2 = Remembrance
| writer2 = Bobby McFerrin, Russell Ferrante
| length2 = 5:17
| title3 = Friends
| writer3 =
| length3 = 4:28
| title4 = Selim
| writer4 = Miles Davis
| length4 = 5:19
| title5 = Freedom Is a Voice
| writer5 = Bobby McFerrin, Russell Ferrante
| length5 = 4:54
| title6 = Heaven's Design
| writer6 =
| length6 = 5:57
| title7 = My Better Half
| writer7 =
| length7 = 4:43
| title8 = Kids' Toys
| writer8 =
| length8 = 5:17
| title9 = Mere Words
| writer9 =
| length9 = 4:25
}}
Personnel
- Bobby McFerrin – vocals
Musicians
- Russell Ferrante – pianos, synthesizers
- Judd Miller – synthesizer programming
- Paul Nagel – Fender Rhodes (6)
- Paul Jackson Jr. – guitars
- Jimmy Haslip – bass
- Will Kennedy – drums
- Paulinho da Costa – percussion
- Bob Mintzer – saxophones, bass clarinet, EWI
- Scott Wendholt – trumpet (4)
- Tower of Power horn section (7)
- Stephen "Doc" Kupka
- Emilio Castillo
- David Mann
- Greg Adams (also horn arrangements)
- Lee Thornburg
= Production =
- Russell Ferrante – producer
- Bobby McFerrin – producer
- Bill Gable – engineer
- David Luke – engineer
- Chris Tergeson – engineer
- Jeff DeMorris – assistant engineer
- Sheree Draft – assistant engineer
- Roman Foods – assistant engineer
- Rich Lamb – assistant engineer
- Michael Semanick – assistant engineer
- Malcolm Pollack – mixing
- P.R. Brown – art direction, design
- Mark Seliger – photography
Critical reception
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|rev1Score={{rating|2|5}}{{AllMusic |class=album |id=r229756 |tab=review |label="Bobby McFerrin: Bang! Zoom > Review" |first=Scott |last=Yanow |accessdate=7 January 2012}}
}}
In terms of critical reception, the album was met with only a 2 star-review on behalf of Allmusic.
References
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