Saturday Night Special (album)
# Saturday Night Special (album)

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Saturday Night Special is an album by the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania jazz drummer Norman Connors.

## Track listing

* "Saturday Night Special" (Reggie Lucas) 5:10
* "Dindi" (Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes) 6:00 Lead Vocals – Jean Carn
* "Maiden Voyage" (Herbie Hancock) 6:30
* "Valentine Love" (Michael Henderson) 3:45 Lead Vocals – Michael Henderson & Jean Carn
* "Akia" (Kevin Nance, Onaje Allan Gumbs) 3:45
* "Skin Diver" (Dwight Carson, Harry Whitaker) 6:55 Lead Vocals – Jean Carn
* "Kwasi" (Norman Connors, Onaje Allan Gumbs) 4:30

## Personnel

* Norman Connors - drums
* Michael Henderson - bass, vocals
* Reggie Lucas - electric guitar
* Herbie Hancock - piano
* Buster Williams - double bass
* Robert King - acoustic guitar
* Bernie Krause - Moog synthesizer
* Hubert Eaves III - electric piano, organ, piano, Clavinet
* Onaje Allan Gumbs - piano, electric piano, organ, synthesizer
* Eddie Henderson - trumpet, flugelhorn
* David Subke, William O. Murphy, Jr. - flute
* Gary Bartz - alto saxophone, soprano saxophone
* Carlos Garnett - tenor saxophone
* Myra Bucky, Nathan Rubin - violin
* Nancy Ellis - viola
* Terry Adams - cello
* Bill Summers - additional percussion
* Ken Nash - congas, cuica (quica), percussion (Indonesian temple shakers, African, Asian and Latin American hand percussion)
* Jean Carn - vocals

## Charts

| Year | Album | Chart positions | Chart positions | Chart positions |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Year | Album | US | US R&B | Jazz Albums |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Special | 150 | 35 | 18 |

### Singles

| Year | Single | Chart positions | Chart positions | Chart positions |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Year | Single | US | US R&B |
| 1976 | "Valentine Love" | 97 | 10 |
