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by Ann Hampton Callaway

Overview

On her seventh album, a varied collection of standards and novelty numbers, Ann Hampton Callaway is joined once again by jazz heavyweights: Kenny Barron on piano, Rodney Jones on guitar, Ben Wolfe on bass, and Lewis Nash (or Neal Smith) on drums. Callaway's voice falls somewhere between jazz and Broadway, which can be a liability on weighty ballads like "Good Morning, Heartache" and "For All We Know" (Freddy Cole joins her on the latter). But her feel for swing is convincing ("You Turned the Tables on Me," "A Kiss to Build a Dream On," "The Best Is Yet to Come") and her scatting is seasoned and adroit ("Mr. Paganini," the elaborate "Pick Yourself Up"). Wynton Marsalis and Frank Wess turn in a number of understated solos; the vocal group New York Voices does some nice horn-section simulation on "Route 66" and "Twisted." ~ David R. Adler

Product Details

Release Date:	03/22/2005
Label:	Shanachie
UPC:	0016351512727
Rank:	84857

Tracks

1. Tenderly
2. You Turned the Tables on Me
3. Route 66
4. A Kiss to Build a Dream On
5. The Best Is Yet to Come
6. For All We Know
7. Mr. Paganini
8. In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning
9. Is That All There Is
10. Twisted
11. Good Morning Heartache
12. Pick Yourself Up

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Ann Hampton Callaway   Primary Artist,Piano
Freddy Cole   Primary Artist,Guest Artist,Vocals
New York Voices   Primary Artist,Vocals,Guest Artist
Daniel Block   Guest Artist,Clarinet
Ben Wolfe   Guest Artist,Bass
Frank Wess   Guest Artist,Sax (Alto)
Kenny Barron   Guest Artist,Piano
Rodney Jones   Guest Artist,Guitar
Lewis Nash   Guest Artist,Drums
Wynton Marsalis   Guest Artist,Trumpet
Teodross Avery   Saxophone
Terry Silverlight   Drums
Deodato   Conductor
Lauren Kinhan   Vocals
Peter Eldridge   Vocals
Paul Gill   Bass
Darmon Meader   Vocals
Kim Nazarian   Vocals

Technical Credits

Ann Hampton Callaway   Producer,Composer
Annie Ross   Composer
Greg Thompson   Assistant Engineer
Alan Ford   Assistant Engineer
Dan Fisher   Composer
Danny Weiss   Producer
Harry Ruby   Composer
Bert Kalmar   Composer
Paul Wickliffe   Mixing,Editing,Engineer,Mastering
Sam Coslow   Composer
Simon Lee   Project Coordinator
David Mann   Composer
Jerome Kern   Composer
Sidney Mitchell   Composer
Bob Hilliard   Composer
Kenny Barron   Arranger,Vocal Arrangement
J. Fred Coots   Composer
Irene Higginbotham   Composer
Jack Lawrence   Composer
Elliot   Composer
Cy Coleman   Composer
Deodato   Arranger,Producer
Walter Gross   Composer
Wardell Gray   Composer
Bobby Troup   Composer
Sam M. Lewis   Composer
Lauren Kinhan   Group Member
Carolyn Leigh   Composer
Dorothy Fields   Composer
Oscar Hammerstein II   Composer
Ervin Drake   Composer
Louis Alter   Composer
Peter Eldridge   Group Member
James   Composer
Bill Westmoreland   Photography,Art Direction
Anna M. Sala   Management
Lisa Schiff   Executive Producer
Darmon Meader   Arranger,Group Member,Vocal Arrangement
Jerry Leiber   Composer
Kim Nazarian   Group Member
Mike Stoller   Composer
Butch Jones   Engineer