Playin' with My Friends: Bennett Sings the Blues explained

Playin' with My Friends: Bennett Sings the Blues
Type:	studio
Artist:	Tony Bennett
Cover:	playingwithmyfriends.jpg
Recorded:	May – June 2001
Genre:	Jazz
Label:	Sony
Producer:	Phil Ramone
Prev Year:	1999
Next Title:	The Essential Tony Bennett
Next Year:	2002

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

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

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20021121234346/http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2001_jazz.html. November 21, 2002. Top 50 jazz albums of 2001 in Canada. Jam!. March 27, 2022.