Browne Sugar is the debut album by Tom Browne. It was released in 1979 on GRP Records and reached number six on the Jazz Albums chart in 1979.

Browne Sugar
Studio album by
Released1979
Recorded1979
Studio
GenreJazz-funk, funk, soul, jazz
Length37:39
LabelGRP
Producer
Tom Browne chronology
Browne Sugar
(1979)
Love Approach
(1980)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Track listing

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  1. "Throw Down" (Tom Browne) – 3:56
  2. "I Never Was a Cowboy" (Dave Grusin) – 4:24
  3. "Herbal Scent" (Marcus Miller) – 5:22
  4. "Brother, Brother" (Marcus Miller) – 5:36
  5. "The Closer I Get to You" (James Mtume, Reggie Lucas) – 4:38
  6. "What's Going On" (Marvin Gaye, Renaldo Benson, Al Cleveland) – 5:13
  7. "Promises for Spring" (Tom Browne) – 4:50
  8. "Antoinette Like" (Bernard Wright) – 3:40

Personnel

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Horn and String section

  • Dave Grusin – arrangements and conductor
  • David Nadien – string concertmaster
  • Phil Bodner, Eddie Daniels, Wally Kane and Dave Tofani – horns
  • Jonathan Abramowitz, Alfred Brown, Harry Cykman, Max Ellen, Barry Finclair, Louis Gabowitz, Paul Gershman, Harry Glickman, Diana Halprin, Theodore Israel, Charles Libove, Harry Lookofsky, Charles McCraken, David Nadien, Max Pollikoff, Joseph Rabushka, Matthew Raimondi, Herbert Sorkin, Lenore Weinstock and Masako Yanagita – string players

Production

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  • Dave Grusin – producer, liner notes
  • Larry Rosen – producer, recording, mixing, liner notes
  • Jim Boyer – recording, mixing
  • Bradshaw Leigh – recording assistant, mix assistant
  • Peter Lewis – recording assistant
  • Ted Jensen – mastering at Sterling Sound (New York, NY)
  • Donna Putney – GRP production coordinator
  • Donn Davenport – art direction
  • Maude Gilman – design
  • Mario Astorga – photography

Charts

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Year Album Chart positions[2]
US US
R&B
Jazz Albums
1979 Browne Sugar 147 50 6

References

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  1. ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r135945/review
  2. ^ "Tom Browne US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-06-23.
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