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Playin' with My Friends: Bennett Sings the Blues

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Label
  
Sony Records

Release date
  
6 November 2001

Genre
  
Jazz

Artist
  
Tony Bennett

Producer
  
Phil Ramone

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Released
  
November 6, 2001 (2001-11-06)

Playing with my friends Bennett Sings The Blues (2001)
  
The Essential Tony Bennett (2001)

Awards
  
Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

Similar
  
Tony Bennett albums, Jazz albums

Playin' with My Friends: Bennett Sings the Blues is a 2001 album by Tony Bennett, featuring duets with notable vocalists.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Alright, Okay, You Win" (Mayme Watts, Sidney Wyche) - 3:31 (duet with Diana Krall)
  2. "Everyday (I Have the Blues)" (Peter Chatman) - 3:38 (duet with Stevie Wonder)
  3. "Don't Cry Baby" (Saul Bernie, James P. Johnson, Stella Unger) - 2:43
  4. "Good Morning Heartache" (Ervin Drake, Dan Fisher, Irene Higginbotham) - 4:56 (duet with Sheryl Crow)
  5. "Let the Good Times Roll" (Fleecie Moore, Lovin' Sam Theard) - 3:14 (duet with B.B. King)
  6. "Evenin'" (Mitchell Parish, Harry White) - 4:14 (duet with Ray Charles)
  7. "I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) - 3:55 (duet with Bonnie Raitt)
  8. "Keep the Faith, Baby" (Luchi de Jesus, Lila Lerner, Watts) - 3:51 (duet with k.d. lang)
  9. "Old Count Basie Is Gone (Old Piney Brown Is Gone)" (Joe Turner) - 3:24
  10. "Blue and Sentimental" (Count Basie, Mack David, Jerry Livingston) - 3:20 (duet with Kay Starr)
  11. "New York State of Mind" (Billy Joel) - 4:30 (duet with Billy Joel)
  12. "Undecided Blues" (Jimmy Rushing) - 3:17
  13. "Blues in the Night" (Arlen, Johnny Mercer) - 3:33
  14. "Stormy Weather" (Arlen, Koehler) - 4:34 (duet with Natalie Cole)
  15. "Playin' With My Friends" (Robert Cray, Dennis Walker) - 4:47

Performers

  • Tony Bennett - vocals
  • Ray Charles
  • Natalie Cole
  • Sheryl Crow
  • Billy Joel
  • B.B. King
  • Diana Krall
  • k.d. lang
  • Bonnie Raitt
  • Kay Starr
  • Stevie Wonder
  • Harry Allen - saxophone
  • Ralph Sharon - piano
  • Mike Melvoin - hammond organ
  • Gray Sargent - guitar
  • Clayton Cameron - drums
  • Paul Langosch - double bass

    • Production credits

  • Phil Ramone - producer
  • Danny Bennett - executive producer
  • Vance Anderson - production coordination
  • Joseph d'Ambrosio
  • Jill Dell'Abate
  • Rob Mathes - vocal arrangements
  • Charles Paakkari - engineer
  • James Duncan
  • Steve Genewick
  • Joel Moss - engineer, mixing
  • Claudius Mittendorfer - engineer, mixing assistant
  • Tom Young - engineer, design, monitor engineer, studio monitor mix
  • Dae Bennett - mixing
  • Brian Dozoretz
  • Ted Jensen - mastering
  • Darcy Proper
  • Christy Bush - photography
  • Mark Seliger
  • Josh Cheuse - art direction
  • Arnold Levine
  • Don DeVito - A&R
  • Woody Pornpitaksuk - authoring

    • Songs

    1Alright - Okay You WinDiana Krall3:31
    2Everyday (I Have the Blues)Stevie Wonder3:39
    3Don't Cry Now2:43

    References

    Playin' with My Friends: Bennett Sings the Blues Wikipedia
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