Magic Touch (album)

Magic Touch
Studio album by Stanley Jordan
Released	1985
Genre	Smooth Jazz, Jazz fusion
Label	Blue Note Records
Producer	Al Di Meola
Stanley Jordan chronology
Magic Touch (1985) Standards, Vol. 1 (1986)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Magic Touch is the Blue Note Records debut album by jazz musician Stanley Jordan.^[2] Allmusic critic Daniel Gioffre has described the album as "[a]n instant classic, and one of the definitive moments of modern jazz guitar."^[3]

Track listing

1. "Eleanor Rigby" (Lennon & McCartney)
2. "Freddie Freeloader" (Miles Davis)
3. "Round Midnight" (Thelonious Monk)
4. "All The Children"
5. "The Lady In My Life" (Rod Temperton)
6. "Angel" (Jimi Hendrix)
7. "Fundance"
8. "Return Expedition"
9. "A Child Is Born" (Thad Jones)

Production

• Digitally Recorded at: Songshop Studios (New York City)
• Mastered at: Sterling Sound

Personnel

• Stanley Jordan - Guitar
• Wayne Brathwaite - Electric Bass (The Lady In My Life)
• Peter Erskine - Drums (Freddie Freeloader)
• Sammy Figueroa - percussion (Eleanor Rigby, Return Expedition)
• Onaje Allan Gumbs - keyboards (The Lady In My Life)
• Omar Hakim - drums (The Lady In My Life)
• Charnett Moffett - Acoustic Bass (Freedie Freeloader, Return Expedition)
• Bugsy Moore - percussion (Return Expedition)
• Al Di Meola - cymbals (Return Expedition)

References

1. ^ Allmusic review
2. ^ "Jordan, Stanley Biography". Bluenote.com. Blue Note Records. http://www.bluenote.com/ArtistBiography.aspx?ArtistId=903809. Retrieved November 13, 2009. "After releasing a solo album on his own, he signed with Blue Note and made his major label debut in 1985 on Magic Touch…." 
3. ^ Gioffre, Daniel. "Magic Touch (review)". Allmusic.com. Rovi Corporation. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r41966. Retrieved November 13, 2009.