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Promise Me the Moon is an album by the David Sanborn Band, released in December 1977 through Warner Bros. Records and reissued by Wounded Bird Records many years later. The album reached number 27 on Billboard’s Jazz Albums chart.

Reception.

The AllMusic review by Michael G. Nastos gave the album 3 stars stating “While not as much a breakthrough as the two previous albums, Taking Off and Sanborn, Promise Me the Moon laid the groundwork for Sanborn to become a successful commercial money-maker and reliable production musician or soloist.”

Track listing:
“Promise Me the Moon” (Danny Kortchmar) – 3:58
“Benjamin” (James Taylor) – 1:29
“Stranger’s Arms” (Kortchmar) – 4:20
“Heart Lake” (Mark Egan) – 5:19
“The Rev” (Hiram Bullock) – 3:54
“We Fool Ourselves” (Bullock) – 5:12
“Morning Salsa” (Herb Bushler, Rosalinda De Leon) – 6:05
“The Legend of Cheops” (Victor Lewis) – 6:34

Personnel:
David Sanborn – alto saxophone, sopranino saxophone, lyricon, vocals (3)
Rosalinda de Leon – keyboards
Dale Oehler – electric piano (2)
Hiram Bullock – guitars, vocals (1, 6)
Mark Egan – electric bass
Victor Lewis – drums
Jumma Santos – percussion
Christine Faith – additional vocals
Lani Groves – additional vocals
Kat McCord – additional vocals
Hamish Stuart – additional vocals

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Released: December 1977
Studio:
Criteria (Miami, Florida)
A&M (Hollywood, California)
Length: 37:08
Label: Warner Bros.
Producer: Dale Oehler