Yours Truly (Rick Braun album)

Yours Truly
Studio album by Rick Braun
Released	2005
Recorded	2004–2005
Studio	Brauntosoarus Studio (Woodland Hills, California)
Genre	Smooth jazz
Length	41:19
Label	ARTizen Music Group, Artistry Music
Producer	Rick Braun
Rick Braun chronology
Sessions: Volume 1 (2004-2006) Yours Truly (2005) R n R (with Richard Elliot) (2007)

Yours Truly is the twelfth studio album from jazz trumpeter Rick Braun. It was released in 2005 on ARTizen Music, the label he co-founded with Richard Elliot (with whom Braun would also collaborate the following year).

The nine-track disc contains no original material. Instead, Braun has chosen to cover hit pop songs by bands as diverse as Sade, Simply Red and Earth, Wind & Fire. He also covers songs by John Mayer, Lisa Stansfield and Lou Reed.

Allmusic's Paula Edelstein gave the release a rating of four stars (of a possible five), stating, "this is classic Rick Braun in a mellow, melodic mood, transporting listeners with the rich tones of his muted trumpet voice through the musical landscape of his life." ^[1]

Track listing

1. "Shining Star" (originally by Earth, Wind & Fire; written by Phillip Bailey, Lorenzo Dunn & Maurice White) - 3:30
2. "Holding Back the Years" (originally by Simply Red; written by Mick Hucknall & Neil Moss) - 4:41
3. "Love's Theme" (originally by Barry White; written by White) - 4:36
4. "All Around The World" (originally by Lisa Stansfield; written by Stansfield, Ian Devaney & Andrew Morris) - 4:59
5. "Walk on the Wild Side" (originally by Lou Reed; written by Reed) - 4:05
6. "Daughters" (originally by John Mayer; written by Mayer) - 5:10
7. "Groove is in the Heart (originally by Deee-Lite; written by Dmitry Brill, Herbie Hancock & Kamaal Fareed) - 4:37
8. "Kiss of Life" (originally by Sade; written by Sade Adu, Paul S. Denman & Andrew Hale) - 4:48
9. "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?" (originally by Michael Dees for the movie The Happy Ending; written by Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman & Michel Legrand) - 4:53

Personnel

• Rick Braun – trumpet, flugelhorn
• Mitchel Forman – keyboards (1, 6), string arrangements (6)
• David Benoit – acoustic piano (9), string arrangements (9)
• John Pondel – guitars (1)
• Todd Sharp – guitars (2, 5)
• Ross Bolton – guitars (3, 4, 7, 8)
• Jeff Golub – guitars (6)
• David Dyson – bass (4)
• Stan Sargeant – bass (5, 6)
• Lenny Castro – percussion (1, 3, 4, 7-9)
• Bud Harner – drum brushes (5)
• Steve Kujala – flute (1)
• Craig Sharmat – orchestra arrangements (3), programming (9)
• Naughty Heidi – vocals (7)

Production

• Rick Braun – producer, recording, mixing
• Steve Hall – mastering at Future Disc (Hollywood, California)
• Michelle Laurençot – art direction, design
• Shawn Peterson – digital image assistant
• Lori Stoll – photography
• Steve Chapman – management

References

1. Allmusic review