1999 Diane Schuur – Music Is My Life
Music Is My Life is an album by Diane Schuur, released in 1999 on Atlantic/Wea.
Diane Joan Schuur (born December 10, 1953), nicknamed “Deedles”, is an American jazz singer and pianist. As of 2015, Schuur had released 23 albums, and had extended her jazz repertoire to include essences of Latin, gospel, pop and country music. Her most successful album is Diane Schuur & the Count Basie Orchestra, which remained number one on the Billboard Jazz Charts for 33 weeks. She won Grammy Awards for best female jazz vocal performance in both 1986 and 1987 and has had three other Grammy nominations.
Tracks
1 Invitation (Bronislaw Kaper) 08:01
2 You’d Be So Nice To Come Home To (Cole Porter) 03:13
3 That Old Devil Called Love (Allan Roberts; Doris Fisher) 04:36
4 Bewitched, Bothered And Bewildered (Richard Rodgers; Lorenz Hart) 09:06
5 Keepin’ Out Of Mischief Now (Andy Razaf; Fats Waller) 03:14
6 Good Morning Heartache (Dan Fisher; Ervin Drake; Irene Higginbotham) 05:18
7 I Only Have Eyes For You (Al Rubin; Harry Warren) 03:58
8 Nardis (Miles Davis) 05:43
9 Music Is My Life (Caroll Coates) 04:12
10 If You Could See Me Now (Tadd Dameron) 06:17
11 Somewhere Over The Rainbow (Harold Arlen) 03:20
Media
Musicians
1 Invitation
| Bass | Roger Hines |
| Drums | David Gibson |
| Piano | Diane Schuur |
| Vocals | Diane Schuur |
2 You’d Be So Nice To Come Home To
| Bass | Chuck Berghofer |
| Drums | Lawrence Marable |
| Piano | Alan Broadbent |
| Sax | Nino Tempo |
| Vibraphone | Emil Richards |
| Vocals | Diane Schuur |
3 That Old Devil Called Love
| Bass | Chuck Berghofer |
| Drums | Lawrence Marable |
| Piano | Alan Broadbent |
| Sax | Nino Tempo |
| Vibraphone | Emil Richards |
| Vocals | Diane Schuur |
4 Bewitched, Bothered And Bewildered
| Bass | Chuck Berghofer |
| Drums | Lawrence Marable |
| Piano | Alan Broadbent |
| Sax | Nino Tempo |
| Vibraphone | Emil Richards |
| Vocals | Diane Schuur |
5 Keepin’ Out Of Mischief Now
| Bass | Chuck Berghofer |
| Drums | John Guerin |
| Guitar | Dean Parks |
| Piano | Alan Broadbent |
| Vocals | Diane Schuur |
6 Good Morning Heartache
| Bass | Chuck Berghofer |
| Drums | John Guerin |
| Guitar | Dean Parks |
| Piano | Alan Broadbent |
| Sax | Nino Tempo |
| Sax | Jeff Clayton |
| Trombone | Ira Nepus |
| Trumpet | Marcus Printup |
| Vibraphone | Emil Richards |
| Vocals | Diane Schuur |
7 I Only Have Eyes For You
| Bass | Chuck Berghofer |
| Drums | John Guerin |
| Guitar | Dean Parks |
| Piano | Alan Broadbent |
| Sax | Nino Tempo |
| Vocals | Diane Schuur |
8 Nardis
| Bass | Roger Hines |
| Drums | David Gibson |
| Piano | Diane Schuur |
9 Music Is My Life
| Bass | Chuck Berghofer |
| Drums | John Guerin |
| Guitar | Dean Parks |
| Electric Piano | Diane Schuur |
| Sax | Nino Tempo |
| Vocals | Diane Schuur |
10 If You Could See Me Now
| Bass | Roger Hines |
| Drums | David Gibson |
| Piano | Alan Broadbent |
| Vocals | Diane Schuur |
11 Somewhere Over The Rainbow
| Vocals | Diane Schuur |
Liner Notes
Producer – Ahmet Ertegun, Shane Keister, Yves Beauvais
Arranged By – Diane Schuur (Tracks 1, 8, 10, 11)
Arranged By – Shane Keister (Tracks 2, 3 4, 5, 6, 7, 9)
Engineer (Assistant) – Brian Harding, John Hendrickson, Steve Genewick, Todd Parker
Mastered By – Ted Jensen
Mixed By – Tom Schick
Recorded By – Steve Sykes
Recorded By (Additional) – Thomas Yezzi
Art Direction, Design – Thomas Bricker
Photography By – Diego Uchitel
Phonographic Copyright (p) – WEA International Inc.
Copyright (c) – WEA International Inc.
Made By – Warner Music Manufacturing Europe
Recorded At – Capitol Studios
Recorded At – Cove City Sound Studios
Mixed At – Sear Sound
Mastered At – Sterling Sound