The Best Smooth Jazz …Ever! Vol. 2

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

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1La Maison
producer and mixer:
Max Bottini and Filippo Clary
arranger:
Max Bottini and Filippo Clary
recording of:
La Maison
composer:
Max Bottini and Filippo Clary
Gabin5:58
2If You Leave Me Now
Ive Mendes3:57
3Game
Beady Belle4:26
4Come On Everybody (Get Down)
assistant engineer:
Mark Aubrey and Graham Hogg
engineer:
J.C. Concato
producer:
Jim Hawkins and Geoff Wilkinson
piano:
Gareth Williams (UK jazz pianist and composer, b. 1968)
trumpet:
Alexander Pope Norris
other vocals [rap]:
KCB (Rapper)
mixed at:
Konk Studios in Hornsey, Haringey, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
Us35:49
5Jazz 4 Two
Flabby4:23
6I Just Wanna Make Love to You
producer:
Leonard Chess, Leonard & Phil Chess (legendary US production duo) and Phil Chess
lead vocals:
Etta James
orchestra:
Riley Hampton Orchestra
conductor:
Riley Hampton
arranger:
Riley Hampton
cover recording of:
I Just Wanna Make Love to You (in 1960-05)
lyricist and composer:
Willie Dixon
publisher:
Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships) and Hoochie Coochie Music
Etta James33:06
7At Last
Dianne Reeves & Lou Rawls3:38
8All Night Long
cover recording of:
All Night Long
writer:
Curtis Reginald Lewis (US songwriter)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), Six Continents Music Publishing and Warner/Chappell Music, Hong Kong Limited (華納音樂版權香港有限公司, 1995–2019)
Nancy Wilson3:07
9Make It Go Away
bass:
David Piltch
drums (drum set):
Mark Kelso (drums)
guest electric piano:
Jim Cox (US keyboard player, composer)
guest pedal steel guitar:
Greg Leisz
guitar:
Kevin Breit
Hammond organ:
Aaron Davis
mixed at:
Westlake Recording Studios (founded as Westlake Audio in the early 1970s) in West Hollywood, California, United States
recording of:
Make It Go Away
composer:
Aaron Davis and Laura Harding
part of:
East Coast Music Association Song of the Year Nominees (number: 2001)
Holly Cole43:59
10I Can’t Make You Love Me
recording engineer and mixer:
Ed Cherney
assistant engineer:
Bryant Arnett, Ray Blair, Dan Bosworth (engineer) and Christina Paakkari
producer:
Bonnie Raitt and Don Was
additional keyboard and piano:
Bruce Hornsby (in 1991)
bass guitar:
James "Hutch" Hutchinson (in 1991)
drums (drum set):
Tony Braunagel (in 1991)
Hammond organ [C3]:
Benmont Tench (in 1991)
percussion:
Paulinho da Costa (Brazilian percussionist) (in 1991)
background vocals:
Bonnie (in 1991), David Lasley (in 1991) and Arnold McCuller (in 1991)
vocals:
Bonnie (in 1991)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Capitol Records, Inc. (not for release label use; US company behind the “Capitol Records” imprint) (in 1991, in 2005)
mixed at:
Conway Recording Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1991)
part of:
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 331) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 372)
recording of:
I Can’t Make You Love Me (in 1991)
writer:
Mike Reid (US country artist & former football player) and Allen Shamblin
publisher:
Universal Music–MGB Songs, Almo Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP) (in 1991), Brio Blues Music (in 1991) and Hayes Street Music, Inc. (in 1991)
sub-publisher:
環球音樂出版股份有限公司 (Universal Music Publishing Co., Ltd.)
Bonnie Raitt55:34
11Drinkin’ Again
cover recording of:
Drinking Again
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer (in 1962)
composer:
Doris Tauber (in 1962)
publisher:
M. Witmark & Sons, The Johnny Mercer Foundation, Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
Dinah Washington3:32
12Wild Is the Wind
producer:
Bob Blake (co-producer of Nina Simone's live 1959 album "At Town Hall") and Jack Gold
bass:
Jimmy Bond (in 1959-10)
drums (drum set):
Albert “Tootie” Heath (in 1959-10)
piano and lead vocals:
Nina Simone (in 1959-10)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1959)
cover recording of:
Wild Is the Wind (theme song from the Paramount movie “Wild Is the Wind”) (in 1959-10)
lyricist:
Ned Washington
composer:
Dimitri Tiomkin
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd., Carlin Music Corporation, Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc., Universal Music Publishing MGB Ltd., Anne-Rachel Music Corp. (in 1957, in 1985), Catharine Hinen Music (in 1957, in 1985), Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA) (in 1957), Largo Music Inc. (in 1957, in 1985) and Patti Washington Music (in 1957, in 1985)
part of:
The 30th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
Nina Simone3:27
13As Time Goes By
alto saxophone:
Benny Carter (on 1961-06-22)
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist) (on 1961-06-22)
arranger:
Quincy Jones (on 1961-06-22)
cover recording of:
As Time Goes By (the song from “Casablanca”) (on 1961-06-22)
lyricist and composer:
Herman Hupfeld
publisher:
WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (ended), Chappell (library/production music), Redwood Music, Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin), Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division) and Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) (in 1931)
sub-publisher:
香港商華納音樂出版有限公司台灣分公司 (Warner Chappell Music, Hong Kong Limited Taiwan Branch)
part of:
Casablanca (original soundtrack of the 1942 American film)
Peggy Lee2:52
14The Thrill Is Gone
engineer:
John Kraus (1950s US engineer)
producer:
Si Waronker
vocals:
Julie London
orchestra:
The Jimmy Rowles Orchestra
recorded at:
Julie London’s living room
cover recording of:
The Thrill Is Gone (Henderson/Brown song, first performed in 1931)
lyricist:
Lew Brown
composer:
Ray Henderson
publisher:
DeSylva, Brown and Henderson, Inc. and Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin)
Julie London3:20
15Summertime
instrumental recording of:
Summertime (American songbook standard from 1935 opera Porgy and Bess) (on 1957-02-12)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1934), Dorothy Heyward (playwright) (in 1934) and DuBose Heyward (in 1934)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1934)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd., Dubose and Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund Publishing, George Gershwin Music, New Dawn Music, Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.), Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV, Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09), Ira Gershwin Music (in 1935), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (from 1935 until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
version of:
Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “Summertime” (Clara)
recording of:
Summertime (American songbook standard from 1935 opera Porgy and Bess)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1934), Dorothy Heyward (playwright) (in 1934) and DuBose Heyward (in 1934)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1934)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd., Dubose and Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund Publishing, George Gershwin Music, New Dawn Music, Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.), Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV, Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09), Ira Gershwin Music (in 1935), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (from 1935 until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
version of:
Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “Summertime” (Clara)
Jimmy Smith4:31