It's a Fact

1982 studio album by Jeff Lorber

It's a Fact

Studio album by

Jeff Lorber

Released

May 21, 1982

Recorded

September 27, 1981, - January 10, 1982

Studio

Indigo Ranch Studios, Malibu, California

Genre

Smooth Jazz, jazz fusion

Length

37:40

Label

Arista

Producer

Jeff Lorber

Jeff Lorber chronology

Galaxian
(1981)

It's a Fact
(1982)

In the Heat of the Night
(1984)

Singles from It's a Fact

It's a Fact is the first solo album by jazz musician Jeff Lorber.^[1]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[3]

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Vocalist	Length
1.	"Tierra Verde"	Lorber, Gorelick		4:35
2.	"Full Moon"	Lorber, McClain, Browne	Arnold McCuller, Greg Walker	4:54
3.	"Warm Springs"	Lorber		4:28
4.	"It's a Fact"	Lorber, Ericksen	Greg Walker	4:12

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Vocalist	Length
5.	"The Magician"	Lorber, Gorelick		3:59
6.	"Your Love Has Got Me"	Lorber, Ericksen	Arnold McCuller, Sylvia St. James	4:00
7.	"Delevans"	Lorber		4:04
8.	"Always There"	Laws, Jeffrey		4:30
9.	"Above the Clouds"	Lorber		2:57

Jeff Lorber – keyboards, Steinway grand piano, Fender Rhodes, Rhodes EK-10, clavinet, Oberheim OB-X, Prophet-10, Minimoog, Moog Modular System, Moog Liberation, Linn LM-1, string arrangements (1)
Marlon McClain – guitar solo (5, 8)
Pat Kelly – guitar solo (7)
Nathan East – electric bass
John Robinson – drums (1)
Paulinho da Costa – percussion
Kenny Gorelick – soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, flute, sax solos
Tom Browne – trumpet (2, 5), flugelhorn (2, 5)
George Del Barrio – horn and string arrangements (4, 6)
Pete Christlieb – horn conductor (4, 6)
Lynn Davis – backing vocals
Sylvia St. James – backing vocals, lead vocals (6)
Arnold McCuller – lead vocals (2, 6)
Greg Walker – lead vocals (2)

^ "Top Album Picks". Billboard. Vol. 94, no. 12. Nielsen Business Media. March 27, 1982. p. 98. Retrieved June 11, 2020 – via Google Books.
^ Music, All. Jeff Lorber: It's a Fact > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved September 7, 2011.
^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 127. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
^ "It's a Fact (200)". Billboard. Retrieved June 11, 2020.
^ "It's a Fact (R&B)". Billboard. Retrieved June 11, 2020.

Studio albums

It's a Fact (1982) In the Heat of the Night (1984) Step by Step (1985) Private Passion (1986) Worth Waiting For (1993) West Side Stories (1994) State of Grace (1996) Midnight (1998) Kickin' It (2001) Philly Style (2003) Flipside (2005) He Had a Hat (2007) Heard That (2008)
with The Fusion	The Jeff Lorber Fusion (1977) Soft Space (1978) Water Sign (1979) Wizard Island (1980) Galaxian (1981) Now Is the Time (2010) Galaxy (2011) Hacienda (2013) Step It Up (2015) Prototype (2017) Impact (2018) Eleven (2019)