Wizard Island (album) explained

Wizard Island
Type:	Album
Artist:	The Jeff Lorber Fusion
Cover:	Jeff Lorber Wizard Island album.jpg
Released:	1980
Recorded:	February 5–22, 1980
Studio:	Hollywood Sound, Hollywood, California
Genre:	Jazz fusion Smooth jazz Funk
Length:	36:57
Label:	Arista
Producer:	Jeff Lorber
Prev Title:	Water Sign
Prev Year:	1979
Next Title:	Galaxian
Next Year:	1981

Wizard Island is the fourth album by The Jeff Lorber Fusion, released in 1980. The album was both Lorber's and the group's first to reach number one on the US Jazz Album chart.

Track listing

All tracks written by Jeff Lorber, except "Fusion Juice", written by Kenny G.

Personnel

The Jeff Lorber Fusion

Jeff Lorber – acoustic piano, Yamaha electric grand piano, Fender Rhodes, Minimoog, Moog Modular System, Oberheim OB-X, Prophet-5
Danny Wilson – electric bass
Dennis Bradford – drums
Kenny Gorelick – flute, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone

Guest Musicians

Chick Corea – Minimoog (9)
Jay Koder – guitars
Paulinho da Costa – percussion

Production

Jeff Lorber – producer
Rik Pekkonen – engineer, mixing
Jeffrey Ross – album coordinator, management
Ria Lewerke-Shapiro – art direction, design
Mathew Cohen – front and back cover artwork
Gary Regester – photography

Charts

Chart (1980)	Peak position
Billboard Pop Albums^[1]	123
Billboard Top Jazz Albums	1

External links

Jeff Lorber-Wizard Island at Discogs

Notes and References

Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p9066/charts-awards/billboard-albums|pure_url=yes}} Jeff Lorber US albums chart history]. allmusic.com. 2011-09-07.