A Good Day (Jessica Molaskey album)

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A Good Day
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ReleasedMay 20, 2003 (2003-05-20)
Genre Swing
Label PS Classics
Producer
Jessica Molaskey chronology
Pentimento
(2002)
A Good Day
(2003)
Make Believe
(2004)
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A Good Day is an album by singer Jessica Molaskey. She is accompanied by her husband John Pizzarelli (a jazz guitarist); her father-in-law, Bucky Pizzarelli, also played guitar on this recording. [1]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."All the Cats Join In"4:15
2."Everything Is Moving Too Fast"2:51
3."Somebody Loves Me"3:44
4."How Come You Ain't Got Me?"2:40
5."Small World"4:11
6."It's a Good Day"2:30
7."I Love the Way You're Breaking My Heart"2:47
8."I Don't Know Enough About You"3:32
9."Adam & Eve"2:49
10."Girl With His Smile and My Eyes"3:04
11."It's the Bluest Kind of Blues"5:28
12."I Wouldn't Trade You"2:42
13."Side by Side"3:10
14."Lifetime or Two"2:47

Personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 Dryden, Ken. A Good Day Jessica Molaskey at AllMusic. Retrieved 2007-07-08.