Playin' with My Friends: Bennett Sings the Blues
Playin' with My Friends: Bennett Sings the Blues is a 2001 album by Tony Bennett featuring duets with notable vocalists.
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| Released | November 6, 2001 | |||
| Recorded | May - June 2001 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Label | Sony | |||
| Producer | Phil Ramone | |||
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| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Q | [2] |
Track listing
- "Alright, Okay, You Win" (Mayme Watts, Sidney Wyche) – 3:31 (duet with Diana Krall)
- "Everyday (I Have the Blues)" (Peter Chatman) – 3:38 (duet with Stevie Wonder)
- "Don't Cry Baby" (Saul Bernie, James P. Johnson, Stella Unger) – 2:43
- "Good Morning Heartache" (Ervin Drake, Dan Fisher, Irene Higginbotham) – 4:56 (duet with Sheryl Crow)
- "Let the Good Times Roll" (Fleecie Moore, Lovin' Sam Theard) – 3:14 (duet with B.B. King)
- "Evenin'" (Mitchell Parish, Harry White) – 4:14 (duet with Ray Charles)
- "I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) – 3:55 (duet with Bonnie Raitt)
- "Keep the Faith, Baby" (Luchi de Jesus, Lila Lerner, Watts) – 3:51 (duet with k.d. lang)
- "Old Count Basie Is Gone (Old Piney Brown Is Gone)" (Joe Turner) – 3:24
- "Blue and Sentimental" (Count Basie, Mack David, Jerry Livingston) – 3:20 (duet with Kay Starr)
- "New York State of Mind" (Billy Joel) – 4:30 (duet with Billy Joel)
- "Undecided Blues" (Jimmy Rushing) – 3:17
- "Blues in the Night" (Arlen, Johnny Mercer) – 3:33
- "Stormy Weather" (Arlen, Koehler) – 4:34 (duet with Natalie Cole)
- "Playin' with My Friends" (Robert Cray, Dennis Walker) – 4:47
Personnel
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
- Paul Langosch – double bass
- Clayton Cameron – drums
Production credits
- Phil Ramone – producer
- Danny Bennett – executive producer
- Vance Anderson – production coordination
- Rob Mathes – vocal arrangements
- Charles Paakkari – engineer
- Joel Moss – engineer, mixing
- Claudius Mittendorfer – engineer, mixing assistant
- Tom Young – engineer, design, monitor engineer, studio monitor mix
- Dae Bennett – mixing
- Ted Jensen – mastering
Year-end charts
| Chart (2001) | Position |
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| Canadian Jazz Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[3] | 4 |
References
- Playin' with My Friends: Bennett Sings the Blues at AllMusic
- Dellar, Fred (December 2001). "Tony Bennett - Playin' with My Friends". Q (185): 118.
- "Top 50 jazz albums of 2001 in Canada". Jam!. Archived from the original on November 21, 2002. Retrieved March 27, 2022.
External links
- Ruhlmann, William. Tony Bennett: Playin' with My Friends: Bennett Sings the Blues at AllMusic
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