Willie Nelson - American Classic

Title: American Classic Artist: Willie Nelson Release Date: 8/25/2009 Label: Blue Note, Blue Note Records UPCs: 400000016436, 5099926719726, 5099968710224 Genre: Country Styles: Progressive Country, Vocal Pop Moods: Amiable/Good-Natured, Laid-Back/Mellow, Meandering, Organic, Playful, Bittersweet, Calm/Peaceful, Earthy, Gentle, Reflective, Sad, Wry, Yearning, Ambitious, Earnest, Freewheeling, Intimate, Poignant, Refined/Mannered, Rollicking, Rousing, Searching, Sentimental, Soothing, Plaintive, Ramshackle, Reserved, Sophisticated, Cheerful, Complex, Detached, Happy, Light, Melancholy, Messy, Party/Celebratory, Relaxed, Restrained, Reverent, Romantic, Warm, Wistful Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 3 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. The Nearness of You
2. Fly Me to the Moon
3. Come Rain or Shine
4. If I Had You
5. Ain't Misbehavin'
6. I Miss You So
7. Because of You
8. Baby, It's Cold Outside
9. Angel Eyes
10. On the Street Where You Live
11. Since I Fell for You
12. Always on My Mind

Year Type Label Catalog # 2009 CD Blue Note 6871022 2009 CD Blue Note Records 67197

American Classic [Barnes & Noble Exclusive]

When Willie Nelson took the unexpected step of releasing Stardust in 1978, many predicted that the album of popular standards would severely derail the outlaw country singer's career. Confounding the critics, the disc became Nelson's best-selling effort, and spawned a whole subgenre of modern singers covering the classics. Nelson revisited the format with 1994's orchestral Healing Hands of Time and to varying degrees on several other records, but it wasn't until 2009's American Classic that the red-headed stranger delivered an album billed as the true follow-up to Stardust. Released on the venerable Blue Note label, the disc features guest appearances by superstar jazz singers Norah Jones and Diana Krall, but the focus is always placed squarely on Nelson's famously idiosyncratic vocals. American Classic does not feature Nelson's veteran band, but rather a core group of first-call studio jazz cats including Christian McBride on bass, Joe Sample on piano, and Lewis Nash on drums. The resultant sound is smooth, classy, and subtle -- a sonic horse of a different color from the exquisitely ramshackle earthiness that made Stardust so appealing and unusual. On tunes such as the jaunty, gently swinging "On the Street Where You Live" and "Since I Fell for You," which features longtime Nelson cohort Mickey Raphael on bluesy harmonica, Nelson sounds comfortable and in command, gliding effortlessly and soulfully over a great set of tunes played by top-notch pros. ~ Pemberton Roach, All Music Guide

Name Credits Aaron Walk Assistant Engineer Al Schmitt Engineer, Mixing Anthony Wilson Guitar Bruce Lundvall A&R Burton Yount Design, Art Direction Christian McBride Bass Danny Clinch Photography Derik Lee Editing Diana Krall Piano, Vocals Doug Sax Mastering Eli Wolf A&R Gordon H Hee Creative Director Heidi Martin Assistant Engineer Jeff Clayton Sax (Alto) Jeff Hamilton Drums Jill Dell'Abate Contractor, Production Coordination Jim Cox Organ (Hammond) Joe Sample Rhythm Arrangements, Piano Johnny Mandel Arranger Lewis Nash Drums Norah Jones Vocals, Harmonica, Piano Perry Greenfield Product Manager Robert Hurst Bass Shari Sutcliffe Contractor, Production Coordination Steve Genewick Engineer, Assistant Engineer, Editing, Digital Editing Tommy LiPuma Producer Willie Nelson Vocals, Guitar