Some Of My Best Friends Are Singers (1998) (Feat. Bridgewater/Krall/Jones )

Artist: Ray Brown Trio
List Price:  See Details$10.98
Price: $6.52
Shipping: $2.95

                Total Price: $9.47

Ships from and sold by MovieMars
What's this?
Format:  CD
Permalink
Marketplace Buying Choices
Buy.com
Price: $8.99
+ $1.90 shipping
On Order
Supermart
Price: $7.77
+ $2.99 shipping
In Stock
See all 7 New from $6.52 + $2.95 shipping
What's this?
Product Summary
Label: Telarc
UPC: 00089408344121
Release Date: 9/29/1998
Buy.com Sku: 60158893
Item#: M2WM7N
Format:  CD

Song Listing

Disc 1
Song TitleSample
1. I Thought About You - (with Diana Krall) ~ Ray Brown Trio
2. Poor Butterfly - (with Etta Jones) ~ Ray Brown Trio
3. More Than You Know - (with Dee Dee Bridgewater) ~ Ray Brown Trio
4. Little Boy - (with Diana Krall) ~ Ray Brown Trio
5. But Beautiful - (with Nancy King/Antonio Hart) ~ Ray Brown Trio
6. At Long Last Love - (with Marlena Shaw) ~ Ray Brown Trio
7. Skylark - (with Kevin Mahogany/Russell Malone) ~ Ray Brown Trio
8. Cherokee - (with Dee Dee Bridgewater/Ralph Moore) ~ Ray Brown Trio
9. No Greater Love, (There Is) - (with Etta Jones/Russell Malone) ~ Ray Brown Trio
10. Imagination - (with Marlena Shaw) ~ Ray Brown Trio
11. Party's Over, The - (with Kevin Mahogany) ~ Ray Brown Trio
12. Perfect Blues, The - (with Nancy King/Antonio Hart) ~ Ray Brown Trio



 
Album Notes and Credits

Notes & Personnel Info
Ray Brown Trio: Ray Brown (bass); Geoff Keezer (piano); Gregory Hutchinson (drums).
Additional personnel: Dee Dee Bridgewater, Etta Jones, Nancy King, Diana Krall, Kevin Mahogany, Marlena Shaw (vocals); Antonio Hart (alto saxophone); Ralph Moore (tenor saxophone); Russell Malone (guitar).
Recorded at O'Henry Studios, Studio A, Burbank, California on December 15-17, 1997 and Sony Music Studio D, New York, New York on April 27-29, 1998. Includes liner notes by Jon W. Poses.
What does a bass player do when he's recording an album as a leader? Surely not an hour's worth of bass solos! Ray Brown solved the bass player's dilemma with a series of recordings under the Some of My Best Friends Are... heading. This 1998 release is the third in the series, following the earlier Some of My Best Friends Are...Piano Players and Some of My Best Friends Are...Sax Players, and it's a gem. Featuring a sextet of fine vocalists, ranging from the well-established to the unknown, this CD is a class act from beginning to end. The rising jazz vocal superstar of the late '90s, Diana Krall, is showcased to great effect on "I Thought About You" and "Little Boy." Well-established female vocal veterans Etta Jones, Dee Dee Bridgewater, and Marlena Shaw deliver superb performances, soulfully giving master lessons in the art of singing. The lone male singer spotlighted here, Kevin Mahogany, wraps his smooth baritone around the ballad "Skylark," and swings gently on "The Party's Over."
The one unknown in this collection is Oregonian Nancy King. This veteran of the San Francisco and Pacific Northwest scenes shows she has a fine way with a ballad on "But Beautiful," and scats her way across the upbeat Brown original "The Perfect Blues," that closes this set. Both of these songs also feature Antonio Hart's alto saxophone. In addition to Brown's trio mates Geoff Keezer and Gregory Hutchinson, musical support includes guitarist Russell Malone on two tracks and tenor saxman Ralph Moore cooking alongside Bridgewater on "Cherokee." ~ Jim Newsom

Producer: Ray Brown; Elaine Martone

Engineer: Michael Bishop

Musical Guests
Dee Dee Bridgewater
Etta Jones
Russell Malone
Diana Krall
Kevin Mahogany
Marlena Shaw
Antonio Hart

 
Compilation Appearances
Concord Jazz Heritage Series S
Usa All Stars In Berlin 1955
Jazz At Night's End
Duke Ellington Swings
Groovin' The Blues
Intimate Evening
Jazz For Dads
Jazz Moods
Jazz Live From New York
Party Mix
Celebrating 25 Years Jazz Collection
Concord Records 30th Anniversary Box
SACD Sampler 3: Telarc Jazz (SACD)
Contemporary Records Story
Harold Arlen Centennial Celebration
Jazz Moods: sounds Of Spring
Cafe Jazz
Music To Make The Impossible Possible
Friends And Family
Surround Sounds 2

 
Associated Artists and Works
Alexander, Monty
Almeida, Laurindo
This One's for Blanton ~ Ellington, Duke
Ellington, Duke
Arrival: Jazz/Concord/Seven, Come Eleven ~ Ellis, Herb
Gillespie, Dizzy
Gillespie, Dizzy
Gillespie, Dizzy
Johnson & Johnson & Brown
Jackson, Johnson, Brown & Company ~ Johnson & Johnson & Brown
Johnson & Johnson & Brown
Johnson & Johnson & Brown
Jones, Hank (Jazz)
Manne
The Very Tall Band: Live at the Blue Note ~ Peterson, Oscar
Peterson, Oscar
Old Friends ~ Previn, Andre
Basic Reeding ~ Reed, Lucy
Various Artists

 
Technical Info
Release Date : 09/15/1998
Original Release Date : 1998
Catalog ID : 83441
Label : Telarc Distribution
Number of Discs : 1
Runtime : 59m : 0s
Studio/Live : Studio
Mono/Stereo : Stereo
SPAR Code : n/a
UPC : 00089408344121

  
Related Videos
Randy Jackson: Randy Jack...


Copyright 2009 Muze ®. For personal non-commercial use only. All rights reserved.
Suggestion Box
Every voice counts, so stand up and be heard! Your opinion is important to us. If you have spotted a typo, discovered an incorrect price, or encountered a technical issue on this page, we want to hear about it. Thanks again for your feedback, and happy shopping! Please note: we are unable to reply directly to suggestions.
For additional information, click here to visit our Help Center.
Quick Help My Account What are you looking for? Country