Loved Ones (album)

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Loved Ones
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Studio album by
Ellis Marsalis and Branford Marsalis
ReleasedFebruary 1996
RecordedAugust & September 1995
Genre Jazz
Length73:35
Label Sony Music
Producer Delfeayo Marsalis
Branford Marsalis chronology
Buckshot LeFonque
(1994)		Loved Ones
(1996)		 The Dark Keys
(1996)
Professional ratings
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Loved Ones is a jazz duo album by Ellis Marsalis and Branford Marsalis. Originally conceived as Ellis's solo record of songs about "unforgettable women," it became a duo project based on his realization that "Branford would sound really good on some of (the songs).". [3] The album reached Number 5 on the Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart. [1]

Contents

In his AllMusic review, Scott Yanow calls the set "pleasing and thoughtful if not quite essential," noting that Branford's contributions "sometimes (liven) up the selections although mostly playing a subsidiary role to his father." [1] Don Heckman, writing in the Los Angeles Times , called the recording "one of the most appealing CDs of the year," citing "the warm camaraderie of the father-son musical connection." [2]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Delilah (Delilah's Theme)" (Victor Young)5:26
2."Maria" (Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim)6:09
3."Lulu's Back in Town Lulu's Back In Town" (Al Dubin, Harry Warren)4:55
4."Miss Otis Regrets" (Cole Porter)4:41
5."Angelica" (Duke Ellington)4:41
6."Stella by Starlight" (Ned Washington, Young)7:00
7."Louise" (John Lee Hooker, Leo Robin, Richard A. Whiting)4:14
8."Bess, You Is My Woman Now" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward)8:02
9."Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away)" (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin, Gus Kahn)2:35
10."Nancy With the Laughing Face" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Phil Silvers)2:11
11."Laura" (Johnny Mercer, David Raksin)6:19
12."Alice in Wonderland" (Sammy Fain, Bob Hilliard)6:22
13."Sweet Lorraine" (Cliff Burwell, Mitchell Parish)4:21
14."Dear Dolores" (Ellis Marsalis)6:39

Personnel

References

  1. 1 2 3 Yanow, Scott. "Loved Ones". AllMusic. Retrieved November 10, 2014.
  2. 1 2 Heckman, Don (March 17, 1996). "Jazz Spotlight: Ellis and Branford Marsalis, Loved Ones". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved November 10, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Loved Ones". BranfordMarsalis.com. Retrieved November 10, 2014.
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