Close Enough for Love (Shirley Horn album) explained

Close Enough for Love
Type:studio
Artist:Shirley Horn
Cover:shirleyclose.jpg
Released:1989
Recorded:November 14–16, 1988 A&R Recording, New York City
Genre:Vocal jazz
Length:52:54
Label:Verve
Producer:Ron Berinstein, Richard Seidel
Prev Title:I Thought About You
Prev Year:1987
Next Title:You Won't Forget Me
Next Year:1991

Close Enough for Love is a 1989 studio album by Shirley Horn. It was her second album; her first studio album, was on the Verve Records label.[1]

Reception

In his review for Allmusic, Scott Yanow wrote: "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."[1]

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
Production

Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=close-enough-for-love-r141055|pure_url=yes}} Close Enough for Love]. Allmusic. October 3, 2011.

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