In the Zone

Released

1996

Length

1:02:23

Power Forward
(1995)

In the Zone
(1996)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

In the Zone is the second studio album by Wayman Tisdale released in 1996 on Motown Records.^[2] The album reached No. 7 on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz Albums chart and No. 9 on the Billboard Jazz Albums chart.^[3]^[4]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"In the Zone Interlude"	Derek Allen, George Duke, Wayman Tisdale	01:12
2.	"Watch Me Play"	Derek Allen, Robert Brookins, Wayman Tisdale	05:04
3.	"In the Zone"	Art Dixie, Wayman Tisdale	05:01
4.	"Summer Breeze"	Dash Crofts, Jim Seals	06:39
5.	"These Feelings"	Robert Brookins, J.R. Swinga, Wayman Tisdale	04:18
6.	"High School Interlude"	Derek Allen, George Duke, Wayman Tisdale	00:42
7.	"Day Road Trip"	Art Dixie, Wayman Tisdale	05:34
8.	"Don't Take Your Love Away"	Art Dixie, Wayman Tisdale	00:03
9.	"College Interlude"	Derek Allen, George Duke, Wayman Tisdale	00:51
10.	"Washington High"	Wayman Tisdale	04:20
11.	"Starship"	Michael Henderson	05:43
12.	"Early Morning Drive"	Derek Allen, Wayman Tisdale	05:38
13.	"Pro Interlude"	Derek Allen, George Duke, Wayman Tisdale	01:04
14.	"Thinking of You"	Mike Broening, Wayman Tisdale	06:35
15.	"No Me Without You"	Bobby Gonzales	05:09
16.	"Summer Breeze Remix"	Dash Crofts, Jim Seals	04:30

Personnel

Wayman Tisdale – bass, vocals (3, 10, 14), arrangements (3, 7, 8, 10, 14), vocal arrangements (10, 14)
Robert Brookins – keyboards (2, 12), drums (2), arrangements (2), lead vocals (11)
Raymond McKinley – Rhodes electric piano (2)
Jerry Harris Jr. – keyboards (3, 4, 7, 14), organ (3, 4, 14), drums (4), arrangements (4), additional keyboards (11)
Art Dixie – arrangements (3, 8), keyboards (8, 10), organ (10)
Alex Alessandroni – acoustic piano (4), strings (15)
J.R. Swinga – keyboards (5), vocoder (5), sound programming (5), drum programming (5), vocals (5), arrangements (5)
David Cochrane – instruments (11), vocals (11), arrangements (11)
Bobby Gonzales – guitars (3, 7), instruments (15), arrangements (15)
Thano Sahnas – acoustic guitar (8)
Eric Brown – drums (3, 7, 14)
Arthur Thompson – drums (8, 10), percussion (10)
Joseph "Butch Whip" Jackson – drum programming (16)
Eddie Mininfield – alto saxophone (3, 7, 14), tenor saxophone (3, 7), horn arrangements (3, 7)
Brian King Nelson – saxophone (12)
Derek "DOA" Allen – vocals (2, 4, 10), vocal arrangements (4), keyboards (12), drums (12), arrangements (12)
Sue Ann Carwell – backing vocals (11)
Lalah Hathaway – vocals (16)
Big Bub – vocals (16)