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Close Enough for Love (Shirley Horn album)

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Released
  
1989

Artist
  
Shirley Horn

Producer
  
Richard Seidel

Genre
  
Vocal jazz

Length
  
52:54

Release date
  
1989

Label
  
Verve Records

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Recorded
  
November 14–16, 1988 A&R Recording, New York City

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Shirley horn close enough for love


Close Enough for Love is a 1989 studio album by Shirley Horn, her second album, but her first studio album for Verve Records.

Contents

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Reception

Scott Yanow, in his review for Allmusic, 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".

Track listing

  1. "A Beautiful Friendship" (Donald Kahn, Stanley Styne) – 3:42
  2. "I Got Lost in His Arms" (Irving Berlin) – 4:15
  3. "Baby, Baby All the Time" (Bobby Troup) – 2:40
  4. "Close Enough for Love" (Johnny Mandel, Paul Williams) – 4:44
  5. "This Can't Be Love" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 2:45
  6. "I Wanna Be Loved" (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Billy Rose) – 4:29
  7. "Come Fly with Me" (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 4:00
  8. "Once I Loved (O Amor en Paz)" (Vinícius de Moraes, Ray Gilbert, Antonio Carlos Jobim) – 6:50
  9. "But Beautiful" (Johnny Burke, Van Heusen) – 4:32
  10. "Get Out of Town" (Cole Porter) – 2:42
  11. "Memories of You" (Eubie Blake, Andy Razaf) – 7:23
  12. "It Could Happen to You" (Burke, Van Heusen) – 2:48
  13. "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

    • Songs

    1Beautiful Friendship3:49
    2I Got Lost in His Arms4:15
    3Baby - Baby All The Time2:47

    References

    Close Enough for Love (Shirley Horn album) Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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