Time Together
Time Together is a jazz vocal album released in 2011 by Michael Franks with Shanachie Records. It is Franks' seventeenth album and marked a departure from his previous recordings by being his first with an independent record label.
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| Released | June 14, 2011 | |||
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| Length | 56:51 | |||
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Time Together is a jazz vocal album released in 2011 by Michael Franks with Shanachie Records.[1] It is Franks' seventeenth album and marked a departure from his previous recordings by being his first with an independent record label.
Track listing
[edit]All tracks are written by Michael Franks.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Now That the Summer's Here" | 5:27 |
| 2. | "One Day in St. Tropez" | 5:19 |
| 3. | "Summer in New York" | 5:57 |
| 4. | "Mice" | 5:26 |
| 5. | "Charlie Chan in Egypt" | 5:29 |
| 6. | "I'd Rather Be Happy Than Right" | 4:41 |
| 7. | "Time Together" | 3:37 |
| 8. | "Samba Blue" | 4:45 |
| 9. | "My Heart Said Wow" | 2:47 |
| 10. | "If I Could Make September Stay" | 5:23 |
| 11. | "Feathers from an Angel's Wing" | 8:00 |
Personnel
[edit]- Michael Franks – vocals
- Chuck Loeb – keyboards (1, 3, 6, 8), guitars (1, 3, 6, 8, 11), drum and percussion programming (1, 3, 8)
- Gil Goldstein – acoustic piano (2, 7, 10)
- Charles Blenzig – acoustic piano (5, 9), keyboards (5, 9)
- Clifford Carter – keyboards (11)
- Romero Lubambo – guitars (2, 7, 10)
- David Spinozza – guitars (4)
- Will Lee – bass (1), backing vocals (1)
- Greg Cohen – bass (2, 7, 10)
- Mark Egan – bass (3, 8), fretted and fretless basses (11)
- Scott Petito – bass (4)
- Jay Anderson – bass (5, 9)
- Tim Lefebvre – bass (6)
- Wolfgang Haffner – drums (1, 6, 8), percussion (6, 8)
- Shawn Pelton – drums (3), percussion (3)
- Jerry Marotta – drums (4)
- Billy Kilson – drums (5, 9)
- Joe Bonadio – drums (11), percussion (11)
- Rogerio Boccato – percussion (2, 7, 10)
- Mike Mainieri – vibraphone (4)
- Eric Marienthal – alto saxophone (1, 8)
- David Mann – saxophone (5, 9)
- Till Brönner – trumpet (1, 3)
- Alex Sipiagin – trumpet (5, 9)
- Carmen Cuesta – backing vocals (1, 8)
- Lizzy Loeb – backing vocals (3)
- Veronica Nunn – backing vocals (3, 5, 9), vocals (9)
- Beth Nielsen Chapman – backing vocals (4)
Production
[edit]- Scott Petito – executive producer, vocal recording, mastering, assembling recording (2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10), mixing (2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10), producer (4), arrangements (4)
- Danny Weiss – A&R
- Chuck Loeb – producer (1, 3, 6, 8), arrangements (1, 3, 6, 8), recording (1, 3, 6, 8)
- Gil Goldstein – producer (2, 7, 10), arrangements (2, 7, 10)
- Charles Blenzig – producer (5, 9), arrangements (5, 9)
- Mark Egan – producer (11), arrangements (11), mixing (11)
- Dennis Wall – mixing (1, 3, 6, 8)
- Hal Winer – recording (11)
- Phil Magnotti – mixing (11)
- Jeremy Knoll – recording assistant (11)
- Beth Reineke – assistant (vocal recording, mixing, mastering, assembling)
- Alysabeth Beesmer – art direction, design
- Kristina Swarner – cover painting
- Michael Franks – back cover photography
- Dion Ogust – additional photography
- John Rosenberg – tour management
Reception
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
Writing for the Urban Music Scene website, A. Scott Galloway ended his review by commenting "[f]ile under highly recommended... and sublime."[3]
Comparing the album to Franks' other recent works such as Rendezvous in Rio, Thom Jurek commented on AllMusic that "[w]hile his framework may be contemporary, his execution is timeless, making Time Together Franks' most consistent, graceful collection of songs in the 21st century."[2]
John Beaudin praised Now That the Summer's Here on SmoothJazzNow.com, claiming it to be "one of his strongest tunes in twenty years" and that "it's not everyday that someone's art shows so much peace and a transparent look at such an interesting perspective of life."[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Discography in Order of Release". MichaelFranks.com. Retrieved February 19, 2012.
- ^ a b Jurek, Thom. Time Together – Michael Franks at AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-02-19.
- ^ Galloway, A. Scott (June 15, 2011). "Reviews: Michael Franks – Time Together". The Urban Music Scene. Retrieved February 21, 2012.
- ^ Beaudin, John (July 19, 2011). "REVIEW - Michael Franks – Time Together – Shanachie Records". SmoothJazzNow.com. Retrieved February 21, 2012.
Bibliography
[edit]- Time Together (CD cover). Michael Franks. United States: Shanachie Records. 2011. SHANCD 5189.
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