In the Zone is the second studio album by Wayman Tisdale released in 1996 on Motown Records. The album reached No. 7 on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz Albums chart and No. 9 on the Billboard Jazz Albums chart.
Contents
Personnel
Wayman Tisdale – bass, vocals (3, 10, 14), arrangements (3, 7, 8, 10, 14), vocal arrangements (10, 14)
Robert Brookins – keyboards (2, 12), drums (2), arrangements (2), lead vocals (11)
Raymond McKinley – Rhodes electric piano (2)
Jerry Harris Jr. – keyboards (3, 4, 7, 14), organ (3, 4, 14), drums (4), arrangements (4), additional keyboards (11)
Art Dixie – arrangements (3, 8), keyboards (8, 10), organ (10)
Alex Alessandroni – acoustic piano (4), strings (15)
J.R. Swinga – keyboards (5), vocoder (5), sound programming (5), drum programming (5), vocals (5), arrangements (5)
David Cochrane – instruments (11), vocals (11), arrangements (11)
Bobby Gonzales – guitars (3, 7), instruments (15), arrangements (15)
Thano Sahnas – acoustic guitar (8)
Eric Brown – drums (3, 7, 14)
Arthur Thompson – drums (8, 10), percussion (10)
Joseph "Butch Whip" Jackson – drum programming (16)
Eddie Mininfield – alto saxophone (3, 7, 14), tenor saxophone (3, 7), horn arrangements (3, 7)
Brian King Nelson – saxophone (12)
Derek "DOA" Allen – vocals (2, 4, 10), vocal arrangements (4), keyboards (12), drums (12), arrangements (12)
Sue Ann Carwell – backing vocals (11)
Lalah Hathaway – vocals (16)
Big Bub – vocals (16)
Production
Eric Talbert – A&R direction
Frankie Ross – executive producer
Bruce Walker – executive producer
Wayman Tisdale – executive producer, producer (2-4, 7, 8, 10-12, 14, 16)
Robert Brookins – producer (2), recording
Art Dixie – producer (3, 8)
Jerry Harris Jr. – additional producer (3, 7, 14), producer (4, 16)
Derek "DOA" Allen – co-producer (4, 16), producer (12)
J.R. Swinga – producer (5)
David Cochrane – producer (11)
Bobby Gonzales – producer (15)
Otto D'Agnolo – recording, mixing
Jean-Marie Horvat – recording, mixing
Vernie Vern – recording
Lee "Big Bub" Drakeford – remixing (16)
Roger Seibel – mastering at SAE Mastering (Phoenix, Arizona)
Crystal Chambers – production coordinator
Carol Friedman – art direction, photography
David Harley – design
David Irvin – design