Close Enough for Love (1988)

About this title: Shirley Horn's second Verve recording consolidated the success that she had had with her previous release, I Thought About You, and resulted in her gaining a large audience for her ballad vocals and solid jazz piano playing. Performing with her usual trio (which includes bassist Charles Ables and drummer Steve Williams) and guest tenor Buck Hill on five of the 13 tracks, Horn is heard in definitive form throughout these studio sessions. Highlights include "Beautiful Friendship," "Baby, Baby All the Time," "This Can't Be Love," "I Wanna Be Loved," "But Beautiful," "Get out of Town," and "It ... read more

Tracks:

1. A Beautiful Friendship [Kahn/Styne]
2. I Got Lost in His Arms [Berlin]
3. Baby, Baby All the Time [Troup]
4. Close Enough for Love [Mandel/Williams]
5. This Can't Be Love [Hart/Rodgers]
6. I Wanna Be Loved [Green/Heyman/Rose]
7. Come Fly With Me [Cahn/Van Heusen]
8. Once I Loved (O Amor en Paz) [DeMoraes/Gilbert/Jo]
9. But Beautiful [Burke/VanHeusen]
10. Get Out of Town [Porter]
11. Memories of You [Blake/Razaf]
12. It Could Happen to You [Burke/VanHeusen]
13. So I Love You [Coates]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.