Dragonfly Summer

Released

1993

Length

57:28

Language

English

Blue Pacific
(1990)

Dragonfly Summer
(1993)

Abandoned Garden
(1995)

Dragonfly Summer is a smooth vocal jazz album by American singer-songwriter and musician Michael Franks.^[2] Released in 1993 with Reprise, it was Franks' twelfth studio album, and had no less than five producers.

Track listing

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

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

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

Dragonfly Summer (CD booklet). Michael Franks. United States: Reprise. 1993. p. 6. 45227.

Michael Franks

Studio albums	Michael Franks (1973) The Art of Tea (1976) Sleeping Gypsy (1977) Burchfield Nines (1978) Tiger in the Rain (1979) One Bad Habit (1980) Objects of Desire (1982) Passionfruit (1983) Skin Dive (1985) The Camera Never Lies (1987) Blue Pacific (1990) Dragonfly Summer (1993) Abandoned Garden (1995) Barefoot on the Beach (1999) Watching the Snow (2003) Rendezvous in Rio (2006)

Independent albums	Time Together (2011)

Live albums	Michael Franks with Crossfire Live (1980)

Compilations	Indispensable: The Best of Michael Franks (1988) The Best of Michael Franks: A Backward Glance (1998) The Michael Franks Anthology: The Art of Love (2003) Love Songs (2004) The Dream 1973-2011 (2012)

Notable producers	Tommy LiPuma (1976–78, 1980, 1990) Rob Mounsey (1983–87) Jeff Lorber (1990–93) Gil Goldstein (1993–95, 2011) Ben Sidran (1993)

See also	Albums category Compilations category Smooth jazz list Vocal jazz list

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