2005 Chris Botti – To Love Again (The Duets)
To Love Again: The Duets is the eighth studio album by Chris Botti, released on October 18, 2005. It consists of cover versions of pop and jazz standards, except for the title track “To Love Again”.
Tracks
1 Embraceable You (George Gershwin; Ira Gershwin) 04:26
2 What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life? (Alan Bergman; Marilyn Bergman; Michel LeGrand) 05:05
3 My One And Only Love (Guy Wood; Robert Mellin) 05:41
4 Let There Be Love (Ian Grant) 03:12
5 What’s New? (Johnny Burke; Bob Haggart) 03:59
6 Good Morning Heartache (Irene Higginbotham; Dan Fisher; Ervin Drake) 06:13
7 To Love Again (Chris Botti; Frederico Gonzalez Pena) 04:38
8 Are You Lonesome Tonight? (Roy Turk; Lou Handman) 04:01
9 Lover Man (Jimmy Davis; Roger Ramirez; James Sherman) 04:50
10 I’ll Be Seeing You (Sammy Fain; Irving Kahal) 04:18
11 Pennies From Heaven (Johnny Burke; Arthur Johnston) 03:46
12 Here’s That Rainy Day (Johnny Burke; Jimmy Van Heusen) 05:07
13 Smile (Charlie Chaplin; John Turner; Geoffrey Parsons) 04:22
Biography
Musicians
1 Embraceable You
| Bass | Arnie Somogyi |
| Drums | Billy Kilson |
| Piano | Billy Childs |
| Trumpet | Chris Botti |
2 What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life?
| Bass | Christian McBride |
| Drums | Vinnie Colaiuta |
| Guitar | Heitor Pereira |
| Fender Rhodes | Billy Childs |
| Piano | Billy Childs |
| Trumpet | Chris Botti |
| Percussion | Paulinho Da Costa |
| Vocals | Sting |
3 My One And Only Love
| Bass | Robert Hurst |
| Drums | Billy Kilson |
| Guitar | Anthony Wilson |
| Piano | Billy Childs |
| Trumpet | Chris Botti |
| Vocals | Paula Cole |
4 Let There Be Love
| Bass | Christian McBride |
| Drums | Vinnie Colaiuta |
| Guitar | Anthony Wilson |
| Piano | Billy Childs |
| Trumpet | Chris Botti |
| Percussion | Paulinho Da Costa |
| Vocals | Michael Bublé |
5 What’s New?
| Bass | Arnie Somogyi |
| Drums | Billy Kilson |
| Piano | Billy Childs |
| Trumpet | Chris Botti |
6 Good Morning Heartache
| Bass | Robert Hurst |
| Drums | Billy Kilson |
| Guitar | Anthony Wilson |
| Fender Rhodes | Greg Phillinganes |
| Piano | Billy Childs |
| Trumpet | Chris Botti |
| Vocals | Jill Scott |
7 To Love Again
| Bass | Robert Hurst |
| Drums | Billy Kilson |
| Guitar | Anthony Wilson |
| Piano | Billy Childs |
| Trumpet | Chris Botti |
8 Are You Lonesome Tonight?
| Bass | Christian McBride |
| Drums | Vinnie Colaiuta |
| Guitar | Anthony Wilson |
| Piano | Billy Childs |
| Trumpet | Chris Botti |
9 Lover Man
| Bass | Robert Hurst |
| Drums | Peter Erskine |
| Guitar | Anthony Wilson |
| Hammond Organ | Richard Cottle |
| Piano | Billy Childs |
| Trumpet | Chris Botti |
10 I’ll Be Seeing You
| Bass | Robert Hurst |
| Drums | Billy Kilson |
| Guitar | Anthony Wilson |
| Piano | Billy Childs |
| Trumpet | Chris Botti |
11 Pennies From Heaven
| Bass | Christian McBride |
| Drums | Vinnie Colaiuta |
| Guitar | Anthony Wilson |
| Piano | Billy Childs |
| Trumpet | Chris Botti |
12 Here’s That Rainy Day
| Bass | Robert Hurst |
| Drums | Billy Kilson |
| Guitar | Anthony Wilson |
| Guitar | Dean Parks |
| Piano | Billy Childs |
| Trumpet | Chris Botti |
13 Smile
| Bass | Arnie Somogyi |
| Bass | Brian Bromberg |
| Drums | Billy Kilson |
| Piano | Billy Childs |
| Trumpet | Chris Botti |
Horns
| Clarinet | Nick Rodwell |
| Clarinet | Anthony Pike |
| Flugelhorn | Derek Watkins |
| Flugelhorn | Steve Sidwell |
| Flugelhorn | Guy Barker |
| Flugelhorn | John Barclay |
| Flute | Andrew Findon |
| Flute | Phil Todd |
| French Horn | Nigel Black |
| French Horn | Martin Owen |
| French Horn | Richard Berry |
| Oboe | David Theodore |
| Sax | Dave Bishop |
| Sax | Nigel Hitchcock |
| Sax | Andy Mackintosh |
| Sax | Jamie Talbot |
| Sax | Ben Castle |
| Trombone | Adrian Hallowell |
| Trombone | Andy Wood |
| Trombone | Roger Argente |
| Trombone | Pete Beachill |
| Trombone | Neil Sidwell |
| Trumpet | Derek Watkins |
| Trumpet | Steve Sidwell |
| Trumpet | Guy Barker |
| Trumpet | John Barclay |
Strings
Cello – Jonathan Williams, Caroline Dearnley, Dave Daniels, Martin Loveday, Melissa Phelps, Paul Kegg, Anthony Lewis
Double Bass – Chris Laurence, Allen Walley, Mary Scully, Patrick Lannigan
Harp – Helen Tunstall, Skaila Kanga
Viola – Peter Lale, Andy Parker, Bruce White, George Robertson, Ivo Van Der Werff, Nick Barr, Rachel Bolt, Richard Cookson
Violin – Marcia Crayford, Roger Garland, Boguslaw Kostecki, Dave Woodcock, Debbie Widdup, Gaby Lester, Jonathan Rees, Julian Leaper, Mark Berrow, Patrick Kiernan, Paul Willey, Rita Manning, Rolf Wilson, Sonia Slany, Steve Morris
Liner Notes
Producer – Bobby Colomby
Arranged By – Jeremy Lubbock (Tracks 1, 3, 5, 13)
Arranged By – Gil Goldstein (Tracks 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 12)
Arranged By – Billy Childs (Tracks 2, 9, 10, 11)
Arranged By – Heitor Pereira (Track 2)
Arranged By – Greg Phillinganes (Track 6)
Conductor – Billy Childs, Gil Goldstein, Jeremy Lubbock
Edited By – Andy Snitzer
Engineer – Al Schmitt, Haydn Bendall, Irecyr Franco, Jake Jackson, Kevin Killen, Pablo Munguia, Paul Santo, Steve Genewick
Mastered By – Doug Sax, Robert Hadley
Mixed By – Al Schmitt
Art Direction, Design – Mary Maurer
Photography – Fabrizio Ferri
Mastered At The Mastering Lab
Mixed At Capitol Studios
Recorded At Capitol Studios, LA, CA
Recorded At Air Lyndhurst Hall, London, England
Recorded At The Warehouse Studio, Vancouver, BC
Recorded At Lamirada Studio, Las Vegas, NV
Recorded At The Studio, Philadelphia, PA
Recorded At Studio 57, Brasilia, DF
Recorded At Pandora’s Box, Hanover, MA
Phonographic Copyright Sony Music Entertainment Inc
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