Some of My Best Friends Are...Singers

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{{Infobox album

| name = Some of My Best Friends Are...singers

| type = studio

| artist = Ray Brown

| cover = Some of My Best Friends Are...Singers.jpg

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| released = 29 September 1998

| recorded = 1998

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| studio =

| genre = Jazz

| length = 59:00

| label = Telarc

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| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title = Triple Play

| next_year = 1998

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{{Album ratings

|rev1 = Allmusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}

|rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings

|rev2score = {{Rating|3|4}} {{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=185}}

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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.{{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000042710|label=Some of My Best Friends Are...Singers}} Guitarist Russell Malone and saxophonists Antonio Hart and Ralph Moore also played.

Track listing

  1. "I Thought About You" (James Van Heusen) feat. Diana Krall – 5:22
  2. "Poor Butterfly" (Raymond Hubbell) feat. Etta Jones – 3:38
  3. "More Than You Know" (Vincent Youmans) feat. Dee Dee Bridgewater – 5:34
  4. "Little Boy" (Madeline Hyde and Francis Henry) feat. Diana Krall – 2:27
  5. "But Beautiful" (James Van Heusen) feat. Antonio Hart / Nancy King – 5:41
  6. "At Long Last Love" (Cole Porter) feat. Marlena Shaw – 3:23
  7. "Skylark" (Hoagy Carmichael) feat. Kevin Mahogany / Russell Malone – 6:01
  8. "Cherokee" (Ray Noble) feat. Dee Dee Bridgewater / Ralph Moore – 6:20
  9. "No Greater Love" (Isham Jones, Marty Symes) feat. Etta Jones / Russell Malone – 4:21
  10. "Imagination" (James Van Heusen) feat. Marlena Shaw – 7:21
  11. "The Party's Over (Jule Styne feat. Kevin Mahogany – 3:40
  12. "The Perfect Blues (Ray Brown) feat. Antonio Hart / Nancy King – 5:15

Personnel

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Category:1998 albums

Category:Ray Brown (musician) albums

Category:Telarc Records albums