Friends for Schuur

Friends for Schuur
Studio album by
Diane Schuur
ReleasedSeptember 26, 2000
Recorded2000
GenreJazz
Length48:28
LabelConcord Records
ProducerPhil Ramone
Diane Schuur chronology
Music Is My Life
(1999)		 Friends for Schuur
(2000)		 Swingin' for Schuur
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllmusicStarStarStarStar[1]

Friends for Schuur is a 2000 album by Diane Schuur, produced by Phil Ramone,[2] featuring duets with Ray Charles and Stevie Wonder. It was Schuur's debut album for Concord Records.[3] The album peaked at #22 on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz Albums chart.[4][5]

Track listing

  1. "Easy Living" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) – 4:26
  2. "I'd Fly" (Riccardo Cocciante, Jean Paul Drean, Roxanne Seeman) – 5:07
  3. "For the First Time" (Gerry Goffin, Ken Hirsch) – 4:44
  4. "It Might Be You" (Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Dave Grusin) – 4:58
  5. "Love Like Ours" (A. Bergman, M. Bergman, Grusin) – 4:20
  6. "Red Cab to Manhattan" (Steven Bishop) – 6:01
  7. "The Heart Never Learns" (Jorge Casas, Lawrence Dermer) – 4:19
  8. "Never Take That Chance Again" (Burt Bacharach, Tonio K) – 4:41
  9. "It Had to Be You" (Isham Jones, Gus Kahn) – 5:29
  10. "I Just Called to Say I Love You" (Stevie Wonder) – 4:35
  11. "Finally" (Stephanie Andrews, Wonder) – 6:55

Personnel

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 Wonder
Vocals Diane Schuur

Other Musicians

Vocals – The Rob Mathes Voices (Track 10)

References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. October 7, 2000.
  3. ↑ Friends for Schuur at AllMusic
  4. ↑ Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. November 11, 2000.
  5. ↑ "Diane Schuur". Billboard. Retrieved February 1, 2023.

5. https://www.sessiondays.com/2021/11/2000-diane-schuur-friends-for-schuur/

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