Playin' with My Friends: Bennett Sings the Blues

Playin' with My Friends: Bennett Sings the Blues
Studio album by Tony Bennett
Released	November 6, 2001 (2001-11-06)[1]
Genre	Jazz
Label	Sony Records
Producer	Phil Ramone
Tony Bennett chronology
The Ultimate Tony Bennett (2000) Playing with my friends: Bennett Sings The Blues (2001) The Essential Tony Bennett (2001)

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Playin' with My Friends: Bennett Sings the Blues is a 2001 album by Tony Bennett, featuring duets with notable vocalists.

Track listing

1. "Alright, Okay, You Win" (Mayme Watts, Sidney Wyche) - 3:31 (duet with Diana Krall)
2. "Everyday (I Have the Blues)" (Peter Chatman) - 3:38 (duet with Stevie Wonder)
3. "Don't Cry Baby" (Saul Bernie, James P. Johnson, Stella Unger) - 2:43
4. "Good Morning Heartache" (Ervin Drake, Dan Fisher, Irene Higginbotham) - 4:56 (duet with Sheryl Crow)
5. "Let the Good Times Roll" (Fleecie Moore, Lovin' Sam Theard) - 3:14 (duet with B.B. King)
6. "Evenin'" (Mitchell Parish, Harry White) - 4:14 (duet with Ray Charles)
7. "I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) - 3:55 (duet with Bonnie Raitt)
8. "Keep the Faith, Baby" (Luchi de Jesus, Lila Lerner, Watts) - 3:51 (duet with k.d. lang)
9. "Old Count Basie Is Gone (Old Piney Brown Is Gone)" (Joe Turner) - 3:24
10. "Blue and Sentimental" (Count Basie, Mack David, Jerry Livingston) - 3:20 (duet with Kay Starr)
11. "New York State of Mind" (Billy Joel) - 4:30 (duet with Billy Joel)
12. "Undecided Blues" (Jimmy Rushing) - 3:17
13. "Blues in the Night" (Arlen, Johnny Mercer) - 3:33
14. "Stormy Weather" (Arlen, Koehler) - 4:34 (duet with Natalie Cole)
15. "Playin' With My Friends" (Robert Cray, Dennis Walker) - 4:47

Personnel

Performers

• Tony Bennett - vocals
• Ray Charles
• Natalie Cole
• Sheryl Crow
• Billy Joel
• B.B. King
• Diana Krall
• k.d. lang
• Bonnie Raitt
• Kay Starr
• Stevie Wonder
• Harry Allen - saxophone
• Ralph Sharon - piano
• Mike Melvoin - hammond organ
• Gray Sargent - guitar
• Clayton Cameron - drums
• Paul Langosch - double bass

Production credits

• Phil Ramone - producer
• Danny Bennett - executive producer
• Vance Anderson - production coordination
• Joseph d'Ambrosio
• Jill Dell'Abate
• Rob Mathes - vocal arrangements
• Charles Paakkari - engineer
• James Duncan
• Steve Genewick
• Joel Moss - engineer, mixing
• Claudius Mittendorfer - engineer, mixing assistant
• Tom Young - engineer, design, monitor engineer, studio monitor mix
• Dae Bennett - mixing
• Brian Dozoretz
• Ted Jensen - mastering
• Darcy Proper
• Christy Bush - photography
• Mark Seliger
• Josh Cheuse - art direction
• Arnold Levine
• Don DeVito - A&R
• Woody Pornpitaksuk - authoring

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