Your Songs

by Harry Connick, Jr.

Overview

Much like 2001's Songs I Heard and 2004's Only You, 2009's Your Songs finds vocalist/pianist Harry Connick, Jr. coming up with an urbane and passionate set of American popular songs and contemporary pop classics that he both performs and orchestrates. While his previous recordings leaned toward the classicist side -- Only You featured songs of the '50s and '60s -- Your Songs features a more eclectic mix of standards and pop songs with Connick's own lush orchestration lending an overall aesthetic of languid romanticism. To this end, Connick turns Billy Joel's "Just the Way You Are" into a kind of Herb Alpert-inspired '60s pop nugget and, conversely, the Beatles' 1964 classic "And I Love Her" gets a kind of '70s Latin lounge feel with classical guitar flourishes. However, Connick isn't only concerned with reworking tunes in unexpected ways; on the contrary, longtime fans of Connick's swinging neo-crooner work will be pleasantly surprised by his straightforward takes on "Just the Way You Look Tonight" and "Some Enchanted Evening." Similarly engaging are his renditions of such rock-oriented tunes the album's Elton John title track, his low-key version of Don McLean's "And I Love You So," and the Carpenters' "(They Long to Be) Close to You." Ultimately, Your Songs is a classy and feel-good stroll of an album. ~ Matt Collar

Product Details

Release Date:	09/22/2009
Label:	Sony Music Distribution / Sony Music Entertainment
UPC:	0886974722823
Rank:	187773

Tracks

1. All the Way
2. Just the Way You Are
3. Can't Help Falling in Love with You
4. And I Love Her
5. (They Long to Be) Close to You
6. B¿¿same Mucho
7. The Way You Look Tonight
8. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
9. Your Song
10. Some Enchanted Evening
11. And I Love You So
12. Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)
13. Smile
14. Mona Lisa

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Harry Connick, Jr.   Primary Artist,Piano,Vocals,Conductor
Bill Liston   Sax (Alto)
Joe Magnarelli   Trumpet
Greg Huckins   Sax (Baritone)
Leroy Jones   Trumpet
Bryan Sutton   Guitar
John Fumo   Trumpet
Dave Smith   Trumpet
Wynton Marsalis   Soloist,Trumpet
Jerry Weldon   Soloist,Sax (Tenor)
Andrew Martin   Trombone
Ned Goold   Sax (Alto)
Joe Barati   Trombone (Bass)
Geoff Burke   Sax (Alto)
Steven Holtman   Trombone
Branford Marsalis   Soloist,Sax (Tenor)
Roger Ingram   Trumpet
Dion Tucker   Trombone
John Eckert   Trumpet
Warren Luening   Trumpet
William Frank "Bill" Reichenbach Jr.   Trombone
Ernie Watts   Sax (Tenor)
Wayne Bergeron   Trumpet
Mike Karn   Sax (Tenor)
Neal Caine   Bass
Arthur Latin   Bass
Dan Higgins   Drums,Percussion
George Doering   Guitar
Jeff Bush   Trombone
Tony Kadleck   Trumpet

Technical Credits

Anthony Newley   Composer
Steve Genewick   Digital Editing
Hal David   Composer
Clive Davis   Producer
Dorothy Fields   Composer
Oscar Hammerstein II   Composer
Jay Livingston   Composer
Richard Rodgers   Composer
Sunny Skylar   Composer
Harry Connick, Jr.   Arranger,Producer,Orchestration
Vlado Meller   Mastering
Sammy Cahn   Composer
David Bett   Design,Art Direction
Palma Kolansky   Photography
John David Miller   Orchestra Contractor
Geoff Burke   Copyist,Music Preparation
Maria S. Betro   Production Coordination
Maria P. Marulanda   Design,Art Direction
Tracey Freeman   Producer
Paul McCartney   Composer
Billy Joel   Composer
Chris Finney   Engineer
Ewan MacColl   Composer
Vincent Caro   Mixing,Engineer
Don McLean   Composer
John Lennon   Composer
Hugo Peretti   Composer
Leslie Bricusse   Composer
James Van Heusen   Composer
Luigi Creatore   Composer
Justin Gerrish   Assistant Engineer
Burt Bacharach   Composer
George David Weiss   Composer