title: Saturday Night Special (album)
text: # 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 |
  