Some of My Best Friends Are...Singers
1998 studio album by Ray Brown
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Studio album by Ray Brown | ||||
Released | 29 September 1998 | |||
Recorded | 1998 | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 59:00 | |||
Label | Telarc | |||
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Some of My Best Friends Are...Singers is a 1998 album by double bassist Ray Brown, accompanied by his trio, pianist Geoffrey Keezer and drummer Gregory Hutchinson, with singers Diana Krall, Etta Jones, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Nancy King, Marlena Shaw, and Kevin Mahogany.[2] Guitarist Russell Malone and saxophonists Antonio Hart and Ralph Moore also played.
Track listing
- "I Thought About You" (James Van Heusen) feat. Diana Krall – 5:22
- "Poor Butterfly" (Raymond Hubbell) feat. Etta Jones – 3:38
- "More Than You Know" (Vincent Youmans) feat. Dee Dee Bridgewater – 5:34
- "Little Boy" (Madeline Hyde and Francis Henry) feat. Diana Krall – 2:27
- "But Beautiful" (James Van Heusen) feat. Antonio Hart / Nancy King – 5:41
- "At Long Last Love" (Cole Porter) feat. Marlena Shaw – 3:23
- "Skylark" (Hoagy Carmichael) feat. Kevin Mahogany / Russell Malone – 6:01
- "Cherokee" (Ray Noble) feat. Dee Dee Bridgewater / Ralph Moore – 6:20
- "No Greater Love" (Isham Jones, Marty Symes) feat. Etta Jones / Russell Malone – 4:21
- "Imagination" (James Van Heusen) feat. Marlena Shaw – 7:21
- "The Party's Over (Jule Styne feat. Kevin Mahogany – 3:40
- "The Perfect Blues (Ray Brown) feat. Antonio Hart / Nancy King – 5:15
Personnel
Performance
- Ray Brown – double bass
- Geoff Keezer – piano
- Gregory Hutchinson – drums
- Antonio Hart – alto saxophone
- Russell Malone – guitar
References
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 185. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ Some of My Best Friends Are...Singers at AllMusic
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Years listed are the years the album was recorded, not released
- Bass Hit! (1956)
- This Is Ray Brown (1958)
- Jazz Cello (1960)
- Ray Brown with the All-Star Big Band (1962)
- Much in Common (with Milt Jackson, 1964)
- Ray Brown / Milt Jackson (1965)
- This One's for Blanton! (with Duke Ellington, 1972)
- The Big 3 (with Milt Jackson and Joe Pass, 1975)
- Jones-Brown-Smith (with Hank Jones and Jimmie Smith, 1976)
- Quadrant (with Joe Pass, Milt Jackson, and Mickey Roker, 1977)
- Something for Lester (1977)
- Live at the Concord Jazz Festival (1979)
- Breakin' Out (with George Shearing and Marvin Smith, 1987)
- After Hours (with André Previn and Joe Pass, 1989)
- Uptown (with André Previn and Mundell Lowe, 1990)
- Old Friends (with André Previn and Mundell Lowe, 1991)
- Kiri Sidetracks: The Jazz Album (with André Previn, Mundell Lowe, and Kiri Te Kanawa, 1991)
- Don't Get Sassy (1994)
- Some of My Best Friends Are...The Piano Players (1994)
- SuperBass (1997)
- Some of My Best Friends Are...Singers (1998)
- Live at Starbucks (2001)