Secret Island

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

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic

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

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)

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

↑ "Bobby Lyle - Secret Island". Allmusic. Retrieved August 13, 2025.
↑ Bobby Lyle - Secret Island. Atlantic Records. September 24, 1992.
↑ "Top Contemporary Jazz Albums" (PDF). Billboard. January 30, 1993. p. 37. Retrieved August 13, 2025 – via worldradiohistory.com.

This 1990s jazz album-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information.