Sleeping Gypsy (album)

Sleeping Gypsy
Sleeping Gypsy
Studio album by Michael Franks
Released	22 January 1977 on vinyl; 1990 on CD;
Genre	Jazz
Length	38:49
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Tommy LiPuma
Michael Franks chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	B^[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[3]

Sleeping Gypsy is a jazz vocal album by Michael Franks, released in 1977 with Warner Bros. Records.^[4] It was Franks' third studio album after The Art of Tea and prior to Burchfield Nines.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Michael Franks, unless otherwise stated

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Don't Be Blue"	Michael Franks, John Guerin	3:28
2.	"Antonio's Song (The Rainbow)"		5:03
3.	"Chain Reaction"	Michael Franks, Joe Sample	5:14
4.	"Down in Brazil"		4:33

Michael Franks - vocals
Joe Sample - keyboards (all tracks but "B'wana-He No Home" and "Down In Brazil")
Wilton Felder - bass guitar
John Guerin - drums (all tracks but "B'wana-He No Home" and "Down In Brazil")
Larry Carlton - guitar, lead guitar on "Down In Brazil"
David Sanborn - saxophone (3, 5–7)
Michael Brecker - saxophone (1, 2, 4)
Larry Bunker - percussion
Ray Armando - percussion (1, 3, 4, 6, 8)
João Palma - drums on "B'wana-He No Home" and "Down In Brazil"
João Donato - piano on "B'wana-He No Home" and "Down In Brazil"
Hélio Delmiro - rhythm guitar on "B'wana-He No Home" and "Down In Brazil"
Claus Ogerman - strings arrangements, conductor
Israel Baker - concertmaster

Sleeping Gypsy (Vinyl back cover). Michael Franks. United States: Warner Bros. 1977. BS 3004.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)