- Close Enough for Love (Shirley Horn album)
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Close Enough for Love Studio album by Shirley Horn Released 1989 Recorded November 14–16, 1988 A&R Recording, New York City Genre Vocal jazz Length 52:54 Label Verve Producer Ron Berinstein, Richard Seidel Shirley Horn chronology I Thought About You
(1987)Close Enough for Love
(1989)You Won't Forget Me
(1991)Close Enough for Love is a 1989 studio album by Shirley Horn, her second album for Verve Records. [1]
Contents
Reception
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic [1] The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album four and a half stars and said that "Performing with her usual trio...and guest tenor Buck Hill on five of the 13 tracks, Horn is heard in definitive form throughout these studio sessions". [1]
Track listing
- "A Beautiful Friendship" (Donald Kahn, Stanley Styne) – 3:42
- "I Got Lost in His Arms" (Irving Berlin) – 4:15
- "Baby, Baby All the Time" (Bobby Troup) – 2:40
- "Close Enough for Love" (Johnny Mandel, Paul Williams) – 4:44
- "This Can't Be Love" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 2:45
- "I Wanna Be Loved" (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Billy Rose) – 4:29
- "Come Fly with Me" (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 4:00
- "Once I Loved (O Amor en Paz)" (Vinícius de Moraes, Ray Gilbert, Antonio Carlos Jobim) – 6:50
- "But Beautiful" (Johnny Burke, Van Heusen) – 4:32
- "Get Out of Town" (Cole Porter) – 2:42
- "Memories of You" (Eubie Blake, Andy Razaf) – 7:23
- "It Could Happen to You" (Burke, Van Heusen) – 2:48
- "So I Love You" (Carroll Coates) – 3:15
Personnel
- Performance
- Shirley Horn – piano, vocals
- Buck Hill - tenor saxophone (tracks 1, 6-7, 11-12)
- Charles Ables – double bass
- Steve Williams – drums, percussion
- Production
- Seth Rothstein – production manager
- Mitchell Kanner – art direction
- Blaise Sires – assistant engineer
- Dave Baker – engineer
- Ron Berinstein – executive producer
- Joel E. Siegel – liner notes
- Joe Brescio – mastering
- David Conrad – photography
- Jeffrey Krein
- Richard Seidel – producer
- Pierre M. Sprey – technical assistance
References
- ^ a b c "Close Enough for Love". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/close-enough-for-love-r141055. Retrieved October 3, 2011.
Categories:- 1989 albums
- Shirley Horn albums
- Verve Records albums
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