Dragonfly Summer

1993 studio album by Michael Franks

Dragonfly Summer

Studio album by

Michael Franks

Released

April 13, 1993 (1993-04-13)

Recorded

1992–1993

Genre

Smooth jazz
vocal jazz

Length

57:28

Label

Reprise

Producer

Michael Franks (executive)
Jeff Lorber
The Yellowjackets
Gil Goldstein
Ben Sidran

Michael Franks chronology

Blue Pacific
(1990)

Dragonfly Summer
(1993)

Abandoned Garden
(1995)

Dragonfly Summer is a smooth vocal jazz studio album by American singer-songwriter and musician Michael Franks.^[1] It was released in 1993 with Reprise.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Michael Franks, except where noted

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Coming to Life"		4:34
2.	"Soul Mate"		4:26
3.	"Dragonfly Summer"		5:00
4.	"Monk's New Tune"		5:42
5.	"Learning What Love Means"		4:14
6.	"I Love Lucy"	Harold Adamson, William Bell, Eliot Daniel, Booker T. Jones	4:37
7.	"Practice Makes Perfect"		4:55
8.	"String of Pearls"		4:32
9.	"Keeping My Eye on You"		4:23
10.	"The Dream"	Russell Ferrante, Franks, Jimmy Haslip, Marc Russo	5:14
11.	"You Were Meant for Me"		4:40
12.	"How I Remember You"		5:11

Personnel

Musicians

Michael Franks – vocals, guitar, banjo
Marvin Stamm – trumpet, flugelhorn
Bob Mintzer – soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
Dave Koz – alto saxophone
Lawrence Feldman, Harvey Estrin – flute, recorder
Paul Jackson Jr., Steve Khan, Toninho Horta – guitar
Jeff Lorber, Russell Ferrante, Gil Goldstein – keyboards
Jimmy Haslip – bass
John Robinson, William Kennedy – drums
Mino Cinelu, Paulinho Da Costa – percussion
Olivia Koppell, Karen Krefus, Ronald Carbone, Harold Coletta – viola
Nathan Stutch, Jesse Levy, Richard Locker, Charles McCracken – cello
Peggy Lee – guest vocals
Dan Hicks – guest vocals "Keeping My Eye On You"
Lamar Alsop, Amanuel Vardi, Lance Hoppen, Eric Benet Jordan, John Hall – background vocals

Support

Jeff Lorber, James Farber, Thomas Mark – engineers
Jeff Lorber, Gil Goldstein – arrangement
Recorded at Bearsville Studios, JHL Studio, Oceanway Studios, Skyline Studios Soundcheck Studio.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]

Music critic Alex Henderson had mixed feelings for the album, writing in AllMusic that it "isn't one of the pop/jazz singer's better albums, but it has its moments." He was critical of Peggy Lee's duet in "You Were Meant for Me", but thought highly of the "String of Pearls" and "Monk's New Tune" tracks produced by The Yellowjackets.^[2]

Stanton was more positive for his review on Audioholics, commenting that "Michael Franks was in top form for this release: catchy, cynical lyrics and great music from great musicians."^[3]

References

^ "Discography in Order of Release". MichaelFranks.com. Retrieved February 11, 2012.
^ ^a ^b Henderson, Alex. Dragonfly Summer – Michael Franls at AllMusic. Retrieved February 11, 2012.
^ Stanton (December 7, 2006). "Michael Franks: Dragonfly Summer (1993)". Audioholics. Retrieved September 4, 2018.

Bibliography

Dragonfly Summer (CD booklet). Michael Franks. United States: Reprise. 1993. p. 6. 45227.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

Michael Franks

Studio albums