On Forbidden Fruit, Marion Meadows chooses tight, infectious material and surrounds his soprano sax with slick production, towering arrangements and brisk, exotic rhythms that generally keep the listener attentive, if not consistently enthralled. His problem? He only reallly lets loose on a few cuts ("Back 2 Back," "Comin' Home To You"). The rest of the time, he plays it strictly by the book, cruising demurely rather than generating explosive spark. More tonal variety would be appreciated. Meadows is a fine player who knows how to please and enchant at will, but too often he lets himself lose his way in what is essentially a top notch producer's project. ~ Jonathan Widran, All Music Guide
Forbidden Fruit
04/25/1994
All Music Guide Review
Forbidden Fruit Track Listing
Credits of Forbidden Fruit
- Leanne Lyons
- Vocals (Background)
- Phil Magnotti
- Assistant Engineer
- Joe Melotti
- Synthesizer, Arranger, Producer, Keyboards, Drums
- Skip Miller
- Executive Producer
- Brian Alexander Morgan
- Synthesizer, Vocals (Background), Producer, Drum Programming, Keyboards, Drums
- Barney Perkins
- Engineer
- Jerry Peters
- Arranger, Keyboards
- Morris Pleasure
- Trumpet, Keyboards
- Michael Shapiro
- Drums
- John T. Smith
- Guitar
- Stan Smith
- Percussion, Drums
- Yutaka Yokohura
- Arranger, Producer, Koto, Keyboards
- Greg Barrett
- Second Engineer
- Ron London
- Assistant Engineer
- Joe Wolf
- Programming
- Jacqueline Murphy
- Art Direction
- John Jackson
- Mixing Assistant
- Ria Lewerke
- Art Direction
- Tony Dawsey
- Mastering
- Kate Broudy
- Assistant Engineer
- Amy Wenzler
- Design
- Tim Nitz
- Assistant Engineer
- Georgina Quida
- Hair Stylist
- Yutaka Yokokura
- Arranger, Koto, Engineer, Mixing, Producer, Keyboards
- Jimmy Johnson
- Bass
- Don Grusin
- Piano
- SWV
- Vocals (Background), Ensemble
- Steve Backer
- Director
- Bashiri Johnson
- Percussion
- Michael Bearden
- Synthesizer, Producer, Mixing, Programming, Piano, Keyboards
- Hilary Bercovici
- Engineer, Mixing, Associate Producer
- Derek Bramble
- Synthesizer, Multi Instruments, Engineer, Producer, Programming, Percussion, Arranger, Drums
- Johnny Britt
- Trumpet
- Milton Chan
- Assistant Engineer
- Charles Veal
- Conductor, Concert Master
- Christian
- Multi Instruments, Producer, Engineer
- Norman Connors
- Producer
- Luis Conte
- Percussion
- Lionel Cordew
- Drums
- Guy DeFazio
- Engineer
- Larry Funk
- Engineer, Mixing
- Cheryl Gamble
- Vocals (Background)
- Werner Vana Gierig
- Synthesizer, Producer, Keyboard Programming, Keyboards, Piano
- Geoff Gillette
- Engineer, Mixing
- Alec Head
- Engineer, Mixing
- Munyungo Jackson
- Percussion, African Percussion
- Jilien
- Vocals (Background)
- Jef Lee Johnson
- Guitar
- Tamara Johnson
- Vocals (Background)
- Eric Benet Jordan
- Vocals, Vocals (Background)
- Larry Kimpel
- Bass
- Ricky Lawson
- Drums
- Victor Bailey
- Bass
- Dori Caymmi
- Guitar
- Bobby Lyle
- Piano
- Marion Meadows
- Sax (Soprano), Sax (Tenor), Producer, Main Performer, Mixing
- Ricardo Silveira
- Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar

















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