2000 Diane Schuur – Friends For Schuur
Friends For Schuur is a 2000 album by Diane Schuur, featuring duets with Ray Charles and Stevie Wonder. It was Schuur’s debut album for Concord Records.
Tracks
1 Easy Living (Leo Robin; Ralph Rainger) 04:26
2 I’d Fly (Jean Paul Dreau; Riccardo Cocciante; Roxanne Seeman) 05:07
3 For The First Time (Gerry Goffin; Ken Hirsch) 04:44
4 It Might Be You (theme from “Tootsie”) (Alan Bergman; Marilyn Bergman) 04:58
5 Love Like Ours (Alan Bergman; Marilyn Bergman) 04:20
6 Red Cab To Manhattan (Stephen Bishop) 06:01
7 The Heart Never Learns (Joe Galdo; Lawrence Dermer) 04:19
8 Never Take That Chance Again (Burt Bacharach; Tonio K) 04:41
9 It Had To Be You (Gus Kahn; Isham Jones) 05:29
10 I Just Called To Say I Love You (Stevie Wonder) 04:35
11 Finally (Stephanie Andrews; Stevie Wonder) 06:55
Biography
Musicians
1 Easy Living
| Acoustic Bass | Chuck Berghofer |
| Drums | Gregg Field |
| Guitar | Mike Landau |
| Piano | Alan Broadbent |
| Synthesizer | Randy Waldman |
| Sax | Stan Getz |
| Vocals | Diane Schuur |
2 I’d Fly
| Acoustic Bass | Jim Hughart |
| Drums | Gregg Field |
| Guitar | Michael Thompson |
| Piano | Alan Broadbent |
| Synthesizer | Randy Waldman |
| Percussion | Paulinho Da Costa |
| Vocals | Riccardo Cocciante |
| Vocals | Diane Schuur |
3 For The First Time
| Acoustic Bass | Chuck Berghofer |
| Drums | Gregg Field |
| Guitar | Michael Thompson |
| Piano | Alan Broadbent |
| Synthesizer | Randy Waldman |
| Vocals | Diane Schuur |
4 It Might Be You
| Acoustic Bass | Chuck Berghofer |
| Drums | Harvey Mason Sr |
| Guitar | Dean Parks |
| Piano | Dave Grusin |
| Synthesizer | Randy Waldman |
| Background Vocals | Curtis King Jr |
| Background Vocals | Vaneese Thomas |
| Vocals | Alan Bergman |
| Vocals | Diane Schuur |
5 Love Like Ours
| Acoustic Bass | Chuck Berghofer |
| Drums | Harvey Mason Sr |
| Guitar | Dean Parks |
| Piano | Dave Grusin |
| Synthesizer | Randy Waldman |
| Vocals | Diane Schuur |
6 Red Cab To Manhattan
| Acoustic Bass | Chuck Berghofer |
| Drums | Gregg Field |
| Guitar | Dean Parks |
| Guitar | Mike Landau |
| Piano | Alan Broadbent |
| Synthesizer | Randy Waldman |
| Vocals | Stephen Bishop |
| Vocals | Diane Schuur |
7 The Heart Never Learns
| Acoustic Bass | Chuck Berghofer |
| Drums | Gregg Field |
| Guitar | Mike Landau |
| Piano | Alan Broadbent |
| Synthesizer | Randy Waldman |
| Vocals | Diane Schuur |
8 Never Take That Chance Again
| Acoustic Bass | Chuck Berghofer |
| Drums | Gregg Field |
| Guitar | Mike Landau |
| Piano | Alan Broadbent |
| Synthesizer | Randy Waldman |
| Percussion | Paulinho Da Costa |
| Background Vocals | Curtis King Jr |
| Background Vocals | Vaneese Thomas |
| Vocals | Diane Schuur |
9 It Had To Be You
| Bass | Tom Fowler |
| Drums | Peter Turre |
| Piano | Diane Schuur |
| Synthesizer | Ray Charles |
| Vocals | Ray Charles |
| Vocals | Diane Schuur |
10 I Just Called To Say I Love You
| Bass | Alex Al |
| Drums | Terry Lyne Carrington |
| Guitar | Randy Jacobs |
| Piano | Herbie Hancock |
| Synthesizer | Greg Phillinganes |
| Background Vocals | Rob Mathes |
| Vocals | Diane Schuur |
11 Finally
| Acoustic Bass | Chuck Berghofer |
| Drums | Gregg Field |
| Guitar | Dean Parks |
| Synthesizer | Randy Waldman |
| Harmonica | Stevie Wonder |
| Vocals | Stevie Woods |
| Vocals | Diane Schuur |
Other Musicians
Vocals – The Rob Mathes Voices (Track 10)
Liner Notes
Producer – Phil Ramone
Producer (Executive) – John Burk, Glen Barros
Arranged By – Randy Waldman (Tracks 1, 5, 6, 7, 11)
Arranged By – Alan Broadbent (Tracks 2, 3, 4, 8)
Arranged By – Diane Schuur (Track 9)
Arranged By – Greg Phillinganes, Herbie Hancock (Track 10)
Engineer (Recording) – Don Hahn
Mixed By – Eric Schilling
Art Direction – Add To The Noise
Photography – Jeff Sedlik, Annabelle Johnson
Mastered At Sony Music
Recorded At Ocean Way Recording
Recorded At Capitol Studios
Recorded At Right Track Recording
Recorded At Sony Music Studios, Los Angeles
Phonographic Copyright Concord Records Inc
Copyright Concord Records Inc