Heaven and Earth is a studio album by Al Jarreau. It was produced by Narada Michael Walden and Louis Biancaniello. The album won Jarreau the Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male, in 1993. Essentially a collection of R&B songs produced with the artist's jazz and pop sensibilities in mind, Heaven and Earth contains a two-part cover of the Miles Davis tune "Blue in Green", from Davis's Kind of Blue, that demonstrates Jarreau's considerable prowess as a vocal interpreter and scat singer.
Contents
Track listing
"What You Do to Me" – 4:35 (Larry Batiste, Louis Biancaniello, Claytoven Richardson, Narada Michael Walden)
"It's Not Hard to Love You" – 6:11 (Sally Jo Dakota, Skyler Jett, Kevin Walden, Narada Michael Walden)
"Blue Angel" – 5:08 (Jett, Jennifer Miro, Narada Michael Walden)
"Heaven and Earth" – 4:27 (Louis Biancaniello, Linda Biancaniello)
"Superfine Love" – 5:24 (Louis Biancaniello, Jeffrey Cohen, Narada Michael Walden)
"Whenever I Hear Your Name" – 5:28 (Cohen, Walden)
"Love of My Life" – 4:01 (Jarreau, Jett, Miro, Walden)
"If I Break" – 5:47 (Jarreau, Mike Mani, Walden)
"(Blue in Green) Tapestry; The Dedication" – 2:53 (Miles Davis, Jarreau)
"(Blue in Green) Tapestry; The Dance" – 3:27 (Davis, Jarreau)
Personnel
Al Jarreau – lead vocals, backing vocals (5, 6, 8), vocal percussion (10)
Louis "King Pin" Biancaniello – keyboards (1–4, 7), programming (1–4, 7), sampling (1), synthesizers (2, 4, 7), organ (3), horns (3), bass (3), synth solo (4), synth bass (5), additional keyboards (8), additional programming (8)
Frank "Killer Bee" Martin – acoustic piano (5, 9, 10), acoustic piano solo (5), keyboards (6), synthesizers (6), flute (6)
Mike Mani – keyboards (8), programming (8), "spooky elements" (8)
Vernon "Ice" Black – guitars (1)
Corrado Rustici – guitars (5)
Myron Dove – electric bass (1)
Joel Smith – electric bass (2, 7, 10)
Jeff Chambers – acoustic bass (9)
Narada Michael Walden – drums, synthesizers (5)
Marquinho Brazil – percussion (5)
Dan Higgins – saxophones (1)
Jerry Hey – trumpet (1)
Robbie Kwock – trumpet (5)
Paul McCandless – oboe (8)
Kitty Beethoven – backing vocals (1, 2)
Nikita Germaine – backing vocals (1, 7)
Sandy Griffith – backing vocals (1, 2, 7), spoken parts (2)
Production
Narada Michael Walden – producer
Louis Biancaniello – co-producer (1, 4)
Frank Martin – associate producer (6), co-producer (9, 10)
David Frazer – recording, mixing
Jeff Gray – assistant engineer
Marc Reyburn – additional engineer
Janice Lee – production coordinator
Kelly McRae – production coordinator
Cynthia Shiloh – production coordinator
Kevin Walden – production coordinator
Robby Scharf – project coordinator
Deborah Norcross – art direction
Hard Werken (Los Angeles, California) – design
Merlyn Rosenberg – photography
Patrick Rains & Associates – management