# Caché (album)

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Caché is an album by saxophonist Kirk Whalum issued in 1993 on Columbia Records. The album reached No. 1 on the Billboard Top Contemporary Jazz Albums chart and No. 39 on the Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart.

## Overview

Artists such as Gerald Albright, Brenda Russell, Angela Bofill, Jevetta Steele and Nile Rodgers guest on the album.

## Covers

Whalum covered "Fragile" by Sting, Karyn White's "Love Saw It", "Over the Rainbow" by Judy Garland and Everything but the Girl's "The Language of Life".

## Personnel

* Kirk Whalum – tenor saxophone (1, 3, 5, 7-10), saxophone (2, 4, 6), Akai MPC-60 programming (3), backing vocals (5, 8)
* Philippe Saisse – keyboards (1, 7), programming (1, 7), arrangements (1, 7), backing vocals (7)
* Christian "Wicked" Wicht – additional programming (1, 7)
* Robbie Buchanan – keyboards (2), drum programming (2), arrangements (2)
* Brad Cole – keyboards (4), programming (4), arrangements (4)
* Greg Phillinganes – keyboards (5, 8), acoustic piano solo (8)
* Jerry Peters – additional keyboards (5, 8), organ (5, 8), string arrangements (5)
* Rob Mullins – keyboards (6)
* Preston Glass – additional keyboards (6), percussion (6), arrangements (6)
* Steve Birch – programming (6)
* Bob James – acoustic piano (7)
* Bill Cantos – keyboards (9), acoustic piano (9), Akai MPC-60 programming (9)
* Rick Jackson – acoustic piano (10)
* Dean Brown – lead guitar (1), electric guitar (7)
* Nile Rodgers – rhythm guitar (1)
* Paul Jackson, Jr. – guitars (3, 8)
* Ray Fuller – guitars (5)
* L. Carl Burnett – guitars (6)
* Carlos Rios – guitars (9)
* Marcus Miller – bass guitar (1)
* Freddie Washington – bass (3)
* Chris Walker – bass (5, 8)
* Wilton Felder – bass (6)
* Charles "Poogie" Bell – drums (1, 7)
* Ricky Lawson – drums (3, 5, 8, 9), drum programming (3, 9), Akai MPC-60 programming (3, 9), synth bass (9)
* Tyrone Griffen – Akai MPC-60 programming (3)
* David Willis – Akai MPC-60 programming (3, 9)
* Joe Wolfe – Akai MPC-60 programming (3), synthesizer programming (5, 8)
* Kenny MacDougald – drums (6)
* Brian Kilgore – percussion (5, 8)
* Andy Snitzer – alto saxophone (1, 7)
* Gary Bias – alto saxophone (5, 8)
* Gerald Albright – alto sax solo (5)
* Roger Rosenberg – baritone saxophone (1, 7)
* Ernie Fields Jr. – baritone saxophone (5, 8)
* Darryl Richards – tenor saxophone (5, 8)
* Michael Davis – trombone (1, 7)
* Maurice Spears – bass trombone (5, 8)
* Reggie Young – trombone (5, 8)
* Kent Smith – trumpet (1, 7)
* Ray Brown – trumpet (5, 8), horn contractor (5, 8)
* The Charles Veal Strings – strings (5)
* André Fischer – arrangements (4)
* Bill Murrell – music copyist (5)
* Vaneese Thomas – backing vocals (1)
* Lori Ann Velez – backing vocals (1, 7)
* James "D-Train" Williams – backing vocals (1, 7)
* Jevetta Steele – lead vocals (2), backing vocals (2)
* Jearlyn Steele-Battle – backing vocals (2)
* Olivia McClurken – backing vocals (3)
* Alfie Silas – backing vocals (3)
* Rose Stone – additional vocals (3), backing vocals (3)
* Brenda Russell – lead vocals (4), backing vocals (4)
* Julie Delgado – backing vocals (4)
* Lynne Fiddmont – backing vocals (5, 8)
* Kevin Guillaume – backing vocals (5, 8)
* Natalie Jackson – backing vocals (5, 8)
* Fred White – backing vocals (5, 8), vocal contractor (5, 8)
* Angela Bofill – lead vocals (6)
* Amy Keys – backing vocals (6)

## Production

* Philippe Saisse – producer (1, 7)
* Christian "Wicked" Wicht – assistant producer (1, 7)
* Robbie Buchanan – producer (2)
* Jay Landers – producer (2)
* Ricky Lawson – producer (3, 9)
* André Fischer – producer (4)
* Jerry Peters – producer (5, 8)
* Kirk Whalum – producer (5, 8-10)
* Preston Glass – producer (6)
* Hal Sacks – producer (9, 10)
* Bibi Green – production coordinator (1, 7)
* Joel Zimmerman – art direction, design
* Deborah Samuel – photography
Technical
* Eric Calvi – recording (1, 7), mixing (1, 7)
* Patrick McDougal – recording (2)
* Jeremy Smith – recording (2)
* Brian Malouf – mixing (2)
* Khaliq Glover – recording (3)
* Hal Sacks – recording (3, 5, 8-10), mixing (3, 5, 8-10)
* Jeffrey "Woody" Woodruff – recording (4)
* Don Tittle – recording (6), mixing (6)
* Malcolm Pollack – remixing (6)
* Vittorio Zammarano – additional engineer (1, 7)
* Brett Perry – additional engineer (2)
* Peter Beckerman – assistant engineer (1, 7)
* Chrystin Nevarez – assistant engineer (1, 7)
* John Siket – assistant engineer (1, 7)
* Darren Mora – assistant engineer (3), mix assistant (5, 8, 9)
* Robert Read – assistant engineer (3), mix assistant (5, 8, 9)
* Michael Annas Allaf – assistant engineer (4)
* Randy Long – assistant engineer (4)
* Noel Hazen – recording assistant (5, 8, 9)
* Charlie Paakkari – recording assistant (5, 8)
* Chris Rich – recording assistant (5, 8)
* Michael Dumas – recording assistant (6)
* Dwane Sexton – mix assistant (6)