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Track Listing
1. Let Me Love Tonight
2. To See You
3. Let's Just Kiss
4. Heart Beyond Repair
5. Once
6. Learn to Love
7. Love Me Some You
8. Much Love
9. In Love Again
10. Loved by Me
| Details | | Contributing artists: | Reginald Veal | | Producer: | Tracey Freeman | | Distributor: | Sony Music Distribution ( | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Harry Connick, Jr. Quartet: Harry Connick, Jr. (vocals, piano); Charles Goold (tenor saxophone); Reginald Veal (bass); Arthur "Bam Bam" Latin (drums).
Additional personnel includes: David Boruff (alto saxophone); Joel C. Peskin (tenor saxophone); David Schumacher (baritone saxophone, flute); David Washburn (trumpet); Terry Cravens, Bruce Fowler (trombone); James M. Kanter (clarinet); Philip Ayling (oboe); Charles Coker (bassoon); Sid Page (violin, concertmaster); Eun-Mee Ahn, Richard L. Altenbach, Laurence Greenfield, Rene M. Mandel, Polly Sweeney (violin); Janet Lakatos, Robert L. Becker (viola); Dennis Karmazyn, Armen Ksajikian (cello); Gayle Levant (harp); Weldon Dean Parks (guitar); Wade Cullbreath (percussion).
Recorded at Capitol Studios, Los Angeles, California from August 4-10, 1997. Includes liner notes by Harry Connick, Jr.
Harry Connick, Jr. resolved to record an album of all romantic songs after a flight attendant asked him to recommend a CD that she could listen to for "romantic purposes" and he realized that none of his prior recordings were "all romantic." The result is TO SEE YOU, a collection of ten expertly-crafted love songs recorded with Harry's quartet and full orchestra. The smooth, unmistakable Connick voice combines with the quartet's relaxed performance and the lush orchestral background--arranged, orchestrated, and conducted by Harry--making TO SEE YOU an eminently listenable affair.
The ten songs on TO SEE YOU--all penned by Harry--are of a calibre rarely encountered today and hearken back to the golden age of American popular song. The band interprets each tune with a high degree of expressiveness. Of particular note is the interplay between Connick's subtle piano work and Charles Goold's soulful, breathy saxophone.
Industry Reviews
Connick shows unusual restraint on this original set, cooking his voice to a cocktail croon and downplaying his piano for sinewy bass, muted trumpet, and cascading strings. The smoky arrangements shimmer like a freshly poured cosmopolitan, and the romantic sentiment never comes off as corny or forced... - Rating: B+
Entertainment Weekly (11/21/1997)
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