Born 2 B Blue
1988 studio album by Steve Miller
Born 2 B Blue | ||||
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Studio album by Steve Miller | ||||
Released | September 1988[1] | |||
Recorded | in Seattle, Minneapolis, Los Angeles and New York | |||
Genre | Easy listening, jazz | |||
Length | 42:22 | |||
Label | Capitol | |||
Producer | Steve Miller | |||
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Born 2 B Blue is a studio album by Steve Miller, released in 1988 by Capitol Records. This is the only solo album that Miller has released, making it his only album not to be credited under the name Steve Miller Band. It consists primarily of jazz standards reinterpreted in a more modern context. It represented a departure from Miller's work with the Steve Miller Band. The album was Miller's final release for Capitol Records, after 20 years with the label.
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" | Allie Wrubel, Ray Gilbert | 4:13 |
2. | "Ya Ya" | Lee Dorsey, Morris Levy, Clarence Lewis, Morgan Robinson | 3:37 |
3. | "God Bless the Child" | Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog Jr. | 5:00 |
4. | "Filthy McNasty" | Horace Silver | 2:50 |
5. | "Born to Be Blue" | Mel Tormé, Robert Wells | 5:25 |
6. | "Mary Ann" | Ray Charles | 4:49 |
7. | "Just a Little Bit" | Buster Brown, Ralph Bass, Fats Washington, John Thornton | 4:04 |
8. | "When Sunny Gets Blue" | Marvin Fisher, Jack Segal | 4:36 |
9. | "Willow Weep for Me" | Ann Ronell | 5:12 |
10. | "Red Top" | Lionel Hampton, Ben Kynard | 2:31 |
Personnel
- Steve Miller – guitar, vocals
- Billy Peterson – bass
- Ben Sidran – keyboards
- Gordy Knudtson – drums
- Additional personnel
- Milt Jackson – vibraphone on "Born to be Blue"
- Phil Woods – alto saxophone on "When Sonny Gets Blue" & "Red Top"
- Bobby Malach – tenor saxophone on "Mary Ann," "God Bless the Child," "Filthy McNasty," & "Just a Little Bit"
- Ricky Peterson – all programming on "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah," additional synthesizers on "Ya Ya" & "Just a Little Bit"
- Bruce Paulson – trombone on "God Bless the Child"
- Steve Faison – percussion on "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah"
- Steve Wiese (engineer) – recorded and mixed at Creation Audio, Minneapolis
References
- ^ "Great Rock Discography". p. 548.
- ^ Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "Born 2B Blue – Steve Miller". AllMusic. Retrieved 2018-08-14.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
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