Can’t We Be Friends?

~ Recording by Thomas Quasthoff

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.7Can't We Be Friends?2:43Thomas QuasthoffThe Jazz Album: Watch What HappensThomas QuasthoffAlbum
  • XW2007-03-02
Deutsche Grammophon
1.7Can’t We Be Friends?2:47Thomas QuasthoffThe Jazz Album: Watch What HappensThomas QuasthoffAlbum
  • DE2007-03-02
Deutsche Grammophon477 6644

Relationships

recording engineer:Tobias Lehmann
Adrian von Ripka
producer:Till Brönner (German trumpet player)
mixer:Arne Schumann
alto saxophone:Fiete Felsch (from 2006-09 until 2006-10)
bass:Dieter Ilg (from 2006-09 until 2006-10)
drums (drum set):Peter Erskine (US jazz drummer) (from 2006-09 until 2006-10)
guitar:Chuck Loeb (from 2006-09 until 2006-10)
Karl Schloz (from 2006-09 until 2006-10)
piano:Alan Broadbent (from 2006-09 until 2006-10)
solo trumpet:Till Brönner (German trumpet player) (from 2006-09 until 2006-10)
trumpet:Ruud Breuls (from 2006-09 until 2006-10)
Axel Schlosser (from 2006-09 until 2006-10)
vocals:Thomas Quasthoff (bass-baritone) (from 2006-09 until 2006-10)
orchestra:Deutsches Symphonie‐Orchester Berlin (aka RIAS‐Symphonie‐Orchester, 1946–1956 / Radio‐Symphonie‐Orchester Berlin, 1956–1993)
arranger:Alan Broadbent (from 2006-09 until 2006-10)
recording of:Can’t We Be Friends? (from 2006-09 until 2006-10: cover)

Can’t We Be Friends?

lyricist:Paul James (Lyricist, aka James Warburg)
composer:Kay Swift
publisher:Warner Bros. Music Corp.
later parody versions:Can’t We Be Friends (Sinatra / Fitzgerald parody)