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Magic Touch (Stanley Jordan album)

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Released
  
1985 (1985)

Artist
  
Stanley Jordan

Producer
  
Al Di Meola

Genres
  
Jazz fusion, Smooth jazz

Length
  
53:52

Release date
  
1985

Label
  
Blue Note Records

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Recorded
  
Song Shop Studio in New York City

Magic Touch (1985)
  
Standards Volume 1 (1986)

Similar
  
Stanley Jordan albums, Jazz fusion albums

Magic Touch is the first studio album by guitarist Stanley Jordan, released in 1985 through Blue Note Records originally on vinyl; a CD edition was reissued in 1990.

Contents

Critical reception

Daniel Gioffre at AllMusic gave Magic Touch 4.5 stars out of 5, calling it "An instant classic, and one of the definitive moments of modern jazz guitar." He listed "Eleanor Rigby", "The Lady in My Life", "Freddie Freeloader" "'Round Midnight" and "A Child Is Born" as highlights.

Personnel

  • Stanley Jordan – guitar
  • Onaje Allan Gumbs – keyboard
  • Peter Erskine – drums (track 2)
  • Omar Hakim – drums (track 5)
  • Sammy Figueroa – percussion (tracks 1, 9)
  • Bugsy Moore – percussion (track 9)
  • Al Di Meola – cymbals (track 9)
  • Charnett Moffett – bass (tracks 2, 9)
  • Wayne Brathwaite – bass (track 5)
  • James Farber – engineering
  • Kenny Florendo – engineering assistance
  • Al Di Meola – production
  • Christine Martin – production

    • Songs

    1Eleanor Rigby7:02
    2Freddie Freeloader6:10
    3'Round Midnight5:09

    References

    Magic Touch (Stanley Jordan album) Wikipedia
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