Tenderness (Al Jarreau album)

Track listing

Personnel

• Al Jarreau – lead vocals, vocal percussion, backing vocals, vocal arrangements
• Joe Sample – acoustic piano, Fender Rhodes
• Philippe Saisse – synthesizers
• Neil Larsen – Hammond organ, Fender Rhodes
• Jason Miles – additional synthesizer, synthesizer programming
• Eric Gale – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Paul Jackson, Jr. – additional guitar
• Marcus Miller – bass guitar, arrangements
• Steve Gadd – drums
• Paulinho da Costa – percussion
• Bashiri Johnson – percussion
• Don Alias – percussion
• Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone
• David Sanborn – alto saxophone
• Kenny Garrett – alto saxophone
• Michael "Patches" Stewart – trumpet
• Jeffrey Ramsey – backing vocals, BGV arrangements
• Sharon Young – backing vocals, lead vocals
• Kathleen Battle – lead vocals
• Stacy Campbell – backing vocals

  Production

• Producer – Marcus Miller
• Production Coordinator – Robby Scharf
• Production Supervisor – Bibi Green
• Engineers – Guy Charbonneau ; Bruce Miller ; James Farber.
• Additional Engineers – Jeff DeMoris, Charles Essers, Joe Feria, Tim Jaquette, Tom Mahn, Marcus Miller, Brian Scheuble and Christian Wicht.
• Assistant Engineers – Charlie Bouis, Bino Espinoza, John Hendrickson, Aaron Kropf, Tanya McGinnis, Luis Quine, Andy Smith, Brian Vibberts, Michael White, Dann Wojnar and Bruno Young.
• Mixed by Bill Schnee at Schnee Studios, Andora Studios and Ocean Way Recording.
• Mastered by Doug Sax at The Mastering Lab.
• Art Direction and Design – Greg Ross
• Photography – Henry Diltz, Gene Kirkland and Michael Wilson.
• Management – Patrick Rains & Associates