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Close Enough For Love (Shirley Horn Album)
''Close Enough for Love'' is a 1989 studio album by Shirley Horn. It was her second album; her first studio album, was on the Verve Records label. Reception In his review for Allmusic, Scott Yanow wrote: "Performing with her usual trio...and guest tenor Buck Hill on five of the 13 tracks, Horn is heard in definitive form throughout these studio sessions." Track listing # "A Beautiful Friendship" (Donald Kahn, Stanley Styne) – 3:42 # " I Got Lost in His Arms" ( Irving Berlin) – 4:15 # "Baby, Baby All the Time" ( Bobby Troup) – 2:40 # " Close Enough for Love" (Johnny Mandel, Paul Williams) – 4:44 # " This Can't Be Love" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 2:45 # "I Wanna Be Loved" (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Billy Rose) – 4:29 # " Come Fly with Me" ( Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 4:00 # " Once I Loved (O Amor en Paz)" (Vinícius de Moraes, Ray Gilbert, Antonio Carlos Jobim) – 6:50 # " But Beautiful" ( Johnny Burke, Van Heusen) – 4:32 # "Get Out of Town" (Cole ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shirley Horn
Shirley Valerie Horn (May 1, 1934 – October 20, 2005) was an American jazz singer and pianist. She collaborated with many jazz musicians including Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Toots Thielemans, Ron Carter, Carmen McRae, Wynton Marsalis and others. She was most noted for her ability to accompany herself with nearly incomparable independence and ability on the piano while singing, something described by arranger Johnny Mandel as "like having two heads", and for her rich, lush voice, a smoky contralto, which was described by noted producer and arranger Quincy Jones as "like clothing, as she seduces you with her voice". Biography Shirley Horn was born and raised in Washington, D.C. Encouraged by her grandmother, an amateur organist, Horn began piano lessons at the age of four. Aged 12, she studied piano and composition at Howard University, later graduating from there in classical music. Horn was offered a place at the Juilliard School, but her family could not afford to send her th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |