Close Enough for Love (Shirley Horn album)

Close Enough for Love
Studio album by
Shirley Horn
Released1989
RecordedNovember 14–16, 1988 A&R Recording, New York City
GenreVocal jazz
Length52:54
LabelVerve
ProducerRon Berinstein, Richard Seidel
Shirley Horn chronology
I Thought About You
(1987) 		Close Enough for Love
(1989) 		You Won't Forget Me
(1991)

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.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[2]

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."[1]

Track listing

  1. "A Beautiful Friendship" (Donald Kahn, Stanley Styne) – 3:42
  2. "I Got Lost in His Arms" (Irving Berlin) – 4:15
  3. "Baby, Baby All the Time" (Bobby Troup) – 2:40
  4. "Close Enough for Love" (Johnny Mandel, Paul Williams) – 4:44
  5. "This Can't Be Love" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 2:45
  6. "I Wanna Be Loved" (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Billy Rose) – 4:29
  7. "Come Fly with Me" (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 4:00
  8. "Once I Loved (O Amor en Paz)" (Vinícius de Moraes, Ray Gilbert, Antonio Carlos Jobim) – 6:50
  9. "But Beautiful" (Johnny Burke, Van Heusen) – 4:32
  10. "Get Out of Town" (Cole Porter) – 2:42
  11. "Memories of You" (Eubie Blake, Andy Razaf) – 7:23
  12. "It Could Happen to You" (Burke, Van Heusen) – 2:48
  13. "So I Love You" (Carroll Coates) – 3:15

Personnel

Performance
Production
  • Seth Rothstein – production manager
  • Mitchell Kanner – art direction
  • Blaise Sires – assistant engineer
  • Dave Baker – engineer
  • Ron Berinstein – executive producer
  • Joel E. Siegel – liner notes
  • Joe Brescio – mastering
  • David Conrad – photography
  • Jeffrey Krein
  • Richard Seidel – producer
  • Pierre M. Sprey – technical assistance

References

  1. ^ a b c "Close Enough for Love". Allmusic. Retrieved October 3, 2011.
  2. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 726. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.