The Great American Songbook

Original Release Date:  February 1, 2011

Track Listing

• 1. Little Brown Book
• 2. Trouble in Mind [#]
• 3. Try a Little Tenderness
• 4. It Ain't Necessarily So
• 5. How Deep Is the Ocean
• 6. Cold, Cold Heart
• 7. Love for Sale [#]
• 8. How Glad I Am
• 9. Skylark
• 10. This Bitter Earth
• 11. Ac-cent-tchu-ate the Positive
• 12. What a Diff'rence a Day Made
• 13. Only the Lonely
• 14. Rock-A-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody
• 15. God Bless the Child
• 16. Say It Isn't So
• 17. Are You Sure
• 18. That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day)

Credits

• George Gershwin: Composer
• Irving Berlin: Composer
• Aretha Franklin: Piano
• Ray Bryant: Piano
• Tommy Flanagan: Piano
• Al Grey: Trombone
• Al Sears: Sax (Tenor)
• John Hammond, Sr.: Producer, Original Recording Producer
• Ernie Royal: Trumpet
• Harold Arlen: Composer
• Gary Chester: Drums
• Jimmy Cobb: Drums
• George Duvivier: Bass
• Sammy Cahn: Composer
• Sticks Evans: Drums
• Ira Gershwin: Composer
• Roy Halee: Engineer
• Ernie Hayes: Organ, Piano
• Anthony Heilbut: Producer, Liner Notes, Compilation
• Milt Hinton: Bass
• Al Kasha: Producer, Original Recording Producer
• Frank Laico: Engineer
• Bill Lee: Bass
• S. Lewis: Composer
• Buddy Lucas: Sax (Tenor)
• Johnny Mercer: Composer
• Robert Mersey: Arranger, Producer, Original Recording Producer
• Cliff Morris: Engineer
• Clyde Otis: Producer, Original Recording Producer
• Fred Plaut: Engineer
• Cole Porter: Composer
• Richard Wess: Arranger
• B. Smith: Composer
• Vernon Smith: Photography
• Billy Strayhorn: Composer
• James Van Heusen: Composer
• Chauncey Westbrook: Guitar
• Mark Wilder: Mastering
• Leo Sacks: Producer, Compilation
• Robert Waller: Engineer
• Don Hunstein: Photography
• Harold Chapman: Engineer
• Hank Parker: Photography
• Ted Brosnan: Engineer
• Sandy Speiser: Photography
• Warren Lucky: Sax (Tenor)
• M. Wilson: Composer
• J. Leslie McFarland: Arranger
• Bobby Scott: Arranger, Producer, Original Recording Producer
• Adam Farber: Project Director
• Maria Triana: Digital Editing
• R.M. Jones: Composer
• Michael Boland: Design
• Stanley Tonkel: Engineer
• Robert Ascher: Trombone
• J. Schwartz: Composer
• R. Connelly: Composer
• B. Holiday: Composer
• H. Woods: Composer
• J. Campbell: Composer
• Belford C. Hendricks: Arranger
• Mandy Eidgah: Project Director
• James "Beans" Richardson: Bass
• Hindel Butts: Drums
• Teddy Harris: Piano
• George Knoor: Engineer