The Best Jazz Is Played With Verve

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Tracklist

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1Here's to Life
recording engineer and mixer:
Al Schmitt
producer:
Johnny Mandel (American composer and arranger)
bass:
Chuck Domanico (American bassist)
percussion:
Harvey Mason (jazz drummer)
piano:
Alan Broadbent
solo French horn:
Richard Todd (American hornist)
vocals:
Shirley Horn
arranger:
Johnny Mandel (American composer and arranger)
recorded at:
Group IV Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
mixed at:
Lion Share Recording Studios in Los Angeles, California, United States
cover recording of:
Here’s to Life
lyricist:
Phyllis Molinary
composer:
Artie Butler
publisher:
Artie Butler Music (Podisuha Music Division) and Dominant Jeans Music
Shirley Horn5:39
2You Won't Forget Me
recording of:
You Won’t Forget Me
composer:
Kermit Goell and Fred Spielman (songwriter)
Shirley Horn7:14
3Johnny Come Lately
recording engineer:
Rudy van Gelder (from 1991-09-03 until 1991-09-08)
assistant engineer:
Maureen Sickler
assistant producer:
Camille Tominaro
producer:
Richard Seidel and Don Sickler
mixer:
Rudy van Gelder
bass:
Christian McBride (American jazz bassist) (from 1991-09-03 until 1991-09-08)
drums (drum set):
Gregory Hutchinson (from 1991-09-03 until 1991-09-08)
piano:
Stephen Scott (jazz pianist) (from 1991-09-03 until 1991-09-08)
tenor saxophone:
Joe Henderson (US jazz tenor saxophonist) (from 1991-09-03 until 1991-09-08)
trumpet:
Wynton Marsalis (from 1991-09-03 until 1991-09-08)
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Englewood Cliffs, July 20, 1959 –) in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, United States (from 1991-09-03 until 1991-09-08)
cover recording of:
Stomp (Johnny Come Lately) (from 1991-09-03 until 1991-09-08)
composer:
Billy Strayhorn
Joe Henderson6:29
4Lush Life
Joe Henderson4:58
5Bird Alone
assistant engineer:
Jay Newland (producer, engineer and mixer)
producer:
Jean-Philippe Allard
recorded at:
BMG Studios in Theater District, New York, New York, United States (from 1991-02-25 until 1991-02-26)
mixed at:
BMG Studios in Theater District, New York, New York, United States (from 1991-02-27 until 1991-02-28)
recording of:
Bird Alone
lyricist and composer:
Abbey Lincoln
Abbey Lincoln8:36
6Music Is the Magic
recording of:
Music Is the Magic
lyricist and composer:
Abbey Lincoln
Abbey Lincoln5:52
7Look What I Got
recorded in:
New York, United States (in 1988)
assistant engineer:
Jackie Brown (engineer, seems to have worked at the older Clinton Recording Studios)
engineer:
Joe Ferla
producer:
Betty Carter
bass:
Michael Bowie (in 1988)
drums (drum set):
Winard Harper (in 1988)
piano:
Benny Green (jazz pianist) (in 1988)
saxophone:
Don Braden (in 1988)
vocals:
Betty Carter (in 1988)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
PolyGram Records, Inc. (not for release label use! US division of PolyGram)
Betty Carter5:43
8Naima's Love Song
Betty Carter5:12
9Them That Got
producer:
Maceo Parker (US funk/jazz saxophonist)
alto saxophone:
Vincent Henry and Maceo Parker (US funk/jazz saxophonist)
guitar:
Rodney Jones
membranophone:
Bill Stuart (US jazz drummer)
organ:
Don Pullen (pianist)
tenor saxophone:
Pee Wee Ellis
trombone:
Fred Wesley
instrumental cover recording of:
Them That Got
composer:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter)
Maceo Parker3:57
10Addictive Love
Maceo Parker5:05