Only You (2003)

Product Summary Label: Cbs/epic/wtg Records UPC: 00827969055120 Release Date: 2/3/2004 Buy.com Sku: 60625214 Item#: MKT9TH Buy.com Sales Rank: 1804 Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. More ~ Harry Connick Jr. 2. Very Thought Of You, The ~ Harry Connick Jr. 3. Save The Last Dance For Me ~ Harry Connick Jr. 4. My Blue Heaven ~ Harry Connick Jr. 5. You Don't Know Me ~ Harry Connick Jr. 6. All These Things ~ Harry Connick Jr. 7. For Once In My Life ~ Harry Connick Jr. 8. Only You ~ Harry Connick Jr. 9. My Prayer ~ Harry Connick Jr. 10. Other Hours ~ Harry Connick Jr. 11. I Only Have Eyes For You ~ Harry Connick Jr. 12. Good Night My Love (Pleasant Dreams) ~ Harry Connick Jr. (C) (P) 2004 Sony Music Entertainment Inc. Only You includes a few durable tunes that have lost none of their luster over the ensuing decades: “My Blue Heaven,” “I Only Have Eyes for You,” and “The Very Thought of You.” Unsurprisingly, Connick handles these with taste and enthusiasm -- again, songs of this grand tradition have long been the foundation of his art, and he knows how to put them across.   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Personnel: Harry Connick, Jr. (vocals, conductor, piano); James Greene, Charles Goold (alto saxophone); Jerry Weldon, Mike Karn (tenor saxophone); Dave Schumacher (baritone saxophone); Roger Ingram, Derrick Gardner, Leroy Jones, Joe Magnarelli (trumpet); Mark Mullins, Joe Barati, Craig Klein, John Allred (trombone); Neal Caine (bass); Arthur latin II (drums); Paulinho Da Costa, Alex Acuna (percussion). Recorded at Capitol Studios, Hollywood, California in 2003. In the liner notes of ONLY YOU, crooner Harry Connick tells how the impetus for the album was Columbia honcho Donny Ienner's request for the singer to record some songs from Ienner's youth (1950s/'60s hits). Whether this was an entreaty or an ultimatum, Connick sagely turned it to his advantage, inching up a decade or two from his usual selection process and cherry-picking some of the finest tunes from that era (even if a couple were originally written decades earlier). Connick breaks some new stylistic ground too, dipping into the country songbook ("You Don't Know Me") and even slipping into doo-wop territory ("I Only Have Eyes for You" and the title track"). The most impressive thing about ONLY YOU is that instead of twisting himself into a stylistic pretzel in order to accommodate these varied modes, Connick artfully reinvents these tunes (not only as vocalist, but as arranger/conductor) to suit his own Sinatra-influenced pop/jazz style. His treatment of the aforementioned "I Only Have Eyes for You," for example, brings out the inherent spectral qualities of the song, turning it into an ethereal tour de force for his moody arrangement and cool vocal. Throughout the album, Connick manages to turn such tricks consistently, proving himself an able interpreter of more than one chapter in the Great American Songbook. Producer: Tracey Freeman Engineer: Gregg Rubin Musical Guests Paulinho Da Costa Alex Acuna   Compilation Appearances Jazzy Wonderland 1291 Sleepless In Seattle There Is Always One More Time Now That's What I Call Christmas! Season For Romance Martha Stewart Living Music: Traditional Songs for the Holidays Martha Stewart Living Music: Jazz For the Holidays Martha Stewart Living Music: The Holiday Collection A Celebration of New Orleans Music to Benefit MusiCares Hurricane Relief 2005 Wmjx Holiday Hits 2007   Associated Artists and Works When Harry Met Sally ~ Original Soundtrack Pianostrings Tribute To Harry Connick ~ Various Artists   Technical Info Release Date : 02/03/2004 Original Release Date : 2003 Catalog ID : 90551 Label : Columbia (USA) Number of Discs : 1 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00827969055120    Product Image