We Belong Together

by Linda Tate

Overview

Southport Records has often been great about turning the spotlight on talented Chicago jazz artists who were little known outside of their city. In 1996, one such artist was Linda Tate, an expressive and charming singer whose main influences include Sarah Vaughan and Dianne Reeves. Although Tate hasn't escaped the influence of R&B and pop, We Belong Together is a jazz CD first and foremost. This CD contains a few warhorses that have been recorded countless times (including "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To" and "I'm Beginning to See the Light"), but on the whole, Tate is insightful enough to make less obvious selections. Milton Nascimento's "Bridges" (for which she embraces Gene Lees' thoughtful lyrics), Chick Corea's "Sea Journey" and Stevie Wonder's "Ribbon in the Sky" are hardly songs that have been done to death by jazz singers, and one has to admire Tate for have the guts to tackle "Somewhere," a gem by Stephen Sondheim and Leonard Bernstein (whose challenging songbook has scared away more than a few jazz artists). Not fantastic, but decent and sometimes risk-taking, We Belong Together indicated that Tate was someone to be aware of. ~ Alex Henderson

Product Details

Release Date:	05/14/1996
Label:	Southport Records
UPC:	0700797003825
Rank:	282478

Tracks

1. You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To
2. Bittersweet
3. How I Remember You
4. You're Everything
5. Lazy Afternoon
6. Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries
7. Get Here
8. Mystic Dreams
9. Love Tastes Like Strawberries
10. Sea Journey
11. Ribbon in the Sky
12. We Belong Together
13. I Feel So Smoochie
14. Somewhere
15. Bridges
16. I'm Beginning to See the Light

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Linda Tate   Primary Artist
John Whitfield   Bass
Deanna Witkowski   Piano
Sal Vito   Radio
Steve Eisen   Sax (Soprano)
Mark Walker   Percussion
Jim Cox   Bass
Michael Zerang   Drums,Percussion
David Onderdonk   Guitar (Electric),Guitar (Classical)
John Watson   Trombone
Greg Sergo   Drums
Tim Pennington   Duplication
James Ward   Drums
Tom Van Gessel   Duplication
Bradley Williams   Piano

Technical Credits

John Latouche   Composer
Patrick Halliwell   Engineer,Digital Mastering
Connie Bryson   Composer
Cole Porter   Composer
Chick Corea   Composer
Duke Ellington   Composer
Joanie Pallatto   Mixing,Engineer,Project Producer
Janet Lawson   Liner Notes
Don George   Composer
Dianne Reeves   Composer
Lew Brown   Composer
Leonard Bernstein   Composer
Phil Moore   Composer
Sal Vito   Promotions Director
Michael Franks   Composer
Ray Henderson   Composer
Milton Nascimento   Composer
Johnny Hodges   Composer
Bradley Parker-Sparrow   Composer,Engineer,Project Producer
Brenda Russell   Composer
Stevie Wonder   Composer
Stephen Sondheim   Composer
Fernando Brant   Composer
Gene Lees   Composer
Diane Louie   Composer
Linda Tate   Composer,Artistic Producer
Jerome Moross   Composer
Harry James   Composer
Tammy McGowan   Production Assistant
Charles Terr   Piano Technician
Rick Tuttle   Logo Design
Neville Potter   Composer
S.T. Jones   Composer
Joel Baun   Production Assistant
Al Brandtner   Graphic Design
Dan Strack   Production Assistant
John Bianculli   Composer