The Fabulous Baker Boys (Motion Picture Soundtrack) Explained

The Fabulous Baker Boys
Type:	soundtrack
Artist:	Dave Grusin
Cover:	Dave_Grusin_Baker_Boys_1989_Album.jpg
Recorded:	1989
Studio:	Sunset Sound, Los Angeles, California
Genre:	Jazz
Label:	GRP
Producer:	Dave Grusin, Joel Sill
Prev Title:	Collection
Prev Year:	1989
Next Title:	Migration
Next Year:	1989

The Fabulous Baker Boys is an album by American pianist Dave Grusin released in 1989, recorded for the GRP label. This album is the soundtrack to the motion picture The Fabulous Baker Boys directed by Steve Kloves. The album reached No. 3 on Billboard's Jazz chart.

Grusin's score received numerous accolades, including an 1989 Academy Award nomination for Best Original Score, a 1990 Golden Globe nomination for Best Original Score, a 1990 nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Film Music, and was the 1990 Grammy winner for the best score soundtrack for visual media. Grusin's arrangement of "My Funny Valentine," sung by Michelle Pfeiffer, won the 1990 Grammy for Best Arrangement, Instrumental and Vocals.

Track listing

All tracks written by Dave Grusin except where noted

1. "Main Title – Jack's Theme" - 6:40
2. "Welcome to the Road" - 5:33
3. "Makin' Whoopee" (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) - 3:09
4. "Suzie and Jack" - 5:00
5. "Shop Till You Bop" - 4:35
6. "Soft on Me" - 2:30
7. "Do Nothing till You Hear from Me" (Duke Ellington, Bob Russell) - 3:26
8. "The Moment of Truth" - 3:55
9. "Moonglow" (Irving Mills, Eddie DeLange) - 3:25
10. "Lullaby of Birdland" (George Shearing, George David Weiss) - 2:32
11. "My Funny Valentine" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 3:02

Personnel

• Dave Grusin – Fender Rhodes electric piano, piano, synthesizer, conductor
• Ernie Watts – saxophone
• Sal Marquez – trumpet
• Lee Ritenour – guitar
• Brian Bromberg, J. J. Wiggins, Ernie McDaniel – bass
• Harvey Mason, Rocky White, Gene Krupa, Earl Palmer – drums
• Michelle Pfeiffer – vocals
• Norris Turney, The Mariano-Dodgion Sextet - alto saxophone
• The Mariano-Dodgion Sextet, Charles Owens, Eddie Daniels, Herman Riley, Benny Goodman - clarinet
• Charles Owens - bass clarinet
• Mercer Ellington - conductor
• Roland Hanna, Teddy Wilson, Karen Hernandez - piano
• Eddie Daniels, Herman Riley - tenor saxophone
• Al Grey, Britt Woodman - trombone
• Chuck Connors - bass trombone
• Barry Lee Hall, Clark Terry, Lew Soloff, Ron Tooley - trumpet, flugelhorn
• Lionel Hampton - vibraphone, vocals

Charts

Chart (1989/90)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA Charts)^[1]	90
Billboard Jazz Albums^[2]	3

External links

• Dave Grusin-The Fabulous Baker Boys at Discogs
• The Fabulous Baker Boys Soundtrack Reviewed
• The Fabulous Baker Boys at AllMusic

Notes and References

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2. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=dave-grusin-mn0000684920/awards|pure_url=yes}} Dave Grusin US albums chart history]. allmusic.com. 2013-03-09.