Don Grusin - Banana Fish (1994) 320 kbps

Tracklist

01 - Pacific Lights
02 - Baby's Comin' Home Tonight
03 - Banana Fish
04 - Green Diamonds
05 - Island Cowboy
06 - Beach Dogs
07 - Goodbye
08 - Home On The range
09 - Deep Water
10 - Betty's Petty

Personnel:

Don Grusin - piano, synthesizer, guitar, background vocals
Tollak Ollestad - vocals, harmonica
Brenda Russell - vocals
Frank Quintero - vocals
Gary Herbig - soprano & baritone saxophones
Charlie Bisharat - violin
John Patitucci - bass
Armand Sabal-Lecco - bass
Harvey Mason - drums
Carlos Vega - drums
Shem Shroek - background vocals
Michael Now - background vocals

Banana Fish is one of keyboardist Don Grusin's weaker efforts. Two songs (Brenda Russell's "Baby's Comin' Home Tonight" and Frank Quintero's "Green Diamonds") are throwaway R&B tunes. The instrumentals are at their best when used as slightly funky background music. There is little development beyond the melody statements, and nothing occurs that will be remembered five minutes after the CD ends except one of the dullest versions of "Home on the Range" ever recorded. Don Grusin has always been capable of much better than this type of commercial project.