Secret Island

Secret Island
Studio album by Bobby Lyle
Released	September 24, 1992
Studios	Ocean Way Recording (Hollywood, California) Castle Oaks Studios (Los Angeles, California)
Genres	Jazz R&B
Length	46:49
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Bobby Lyle
Bobby Lyle chronology
Pianomagic (1991) Secret Island (1992) Rhythm Stories (1994)

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Secret Island is a studio album by jazz keyboardist Bobby Lyle, released in September 1992 on Atlantic Records. The album peaked at No. 8 on the US Billboard Top Contemporary Jazz Albums chart.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Secret Island"	Bobby Lyle	4:54
2.	"Spirit Song (Come Together)"	Bobby Lyle	5:24
3.	"Sandance"	Bobby Lyle	5:31
4.	"Paradise Cove"	Bobby Lyle	5:10
5.	"Rain Forest"	Bobby Lyle	3:08
6.	"Jamming"	Bob Marley	5:19
7.	"Flight to Rio"	Bobby Lyle	5:09
8.	"Heart of a Woman"	Bobby Lyle	6:07
9.	"St. Thomas"	Sonny Rollins	3:42
10.	"Rain Forest" (Reprise)	Bobby Lyle	2:37

Personnel

• Bobby Lyle – keyboards (1–4, 6–9), acoustic piano (5, 10), synthesizers (5, 10)
• Joe Wolfe – synthesizer programming (2)
• Ricardo Silveira – guitars (1, 7)
• Dwight Sills – guitars (2, 3)
• Darrell Crooks – guitars (3, 8)
• Paul Jackson Jr. – guitars (4, 6)
• John Patitucci – bass (1, 7)
• Larry Kimpel – bass (2–4, 6, 8)
• Gerald Albright – bass fills (2)
• Michael Baker – drums (1–3, 7, 8)
• Leon "Ndugu" Chancler – drums (4, 6), timbales (6)
• Paulinho da Costa – percussion (1, 9)
• Stanley Benders – percussion (2–4, 6, 7)
• James Perkins – saxophone (1, 3, 8), tenor saxophone (2)
• Kirk Whalum – soprano saxophone (2), saxophone (6)
• Tanya Boyd – vocals (2, 6)
• Alexandra Brown – vocals (2, 6)
• Tony Novell – vocals (2, 6)
• Tony Warren – vocals (2, 6)

Production

• Bobby Lyle – producer, arrangements
• Mike Aarvold – recording
• Danny Leake – recording, mixing
• Michael C. Ross – recording
• Noel Hazen – assistant engineer
• Frankie Jones – assistant engineer
• Paul Scriver – assistant engineer
• Chris Zerbe – assistant engineer
• Bernie Grundman – mastering at Bernie Grundman Mastering (Hollywood, California)
• Melanie Nissen – art direction
• Lynn Kowalewski – design
• Darren Keith – photography
• David K – wardrobe stylist
• Douglas Gibson – wardrobe stylist
• Billian Entertainment – management