Friends for Schuur is a 2000 album by Diane Schuur, produced by Phil Ramone,[2] featuring duets with Ray Charles and Stevie Wonder. It was Schuur's debut album for Concord Records.[3] The album peaked at #22 on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz Albums chart.[4][5]

Friends for Schuur
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 26, 2000
Recorded2000
GenreJazz
Length48:28
LabelConcord Records
ProducerPhil Ramone
Diane Schuur chronology
Music Is My Life
(1999)
Friends for Schuur
(2000)
Swingin' for Schuur
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Track listing

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  1. "Easy Living" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) – 4:26
  2. "I'd Fly" (Riccardo Cocciante, Jean Paul Drean, Roxanne Seeman) – 5:07
  3. "For the First Time" (Gerry Goffin, Ken Hirsch) – 4:44
  4. "It Might Be You" (Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Dave Grusin) – 4:58
  5. "Love Like Ours" (A. Bergman, M. Bergman, Grusin) – 4:20
  6. "Red Cab to Manhattan" (Steven Bishop) – 6:01
  7. "The Heart Never Learns" (Jorge Casas, Lawrence Dermer) – 4:19
  8. "Never Take That Chance Again" (Burt Bacharach, Tonio K) – 4:41
  9. "It Had to Be You" (Isham Jones, Gus Kahn) – 5:29
  10. "I Just Called to Say I Love You" (Stevie Wonder) – 4:35
  11. "Finally" (Stephanie Andrews, Wonder) – 6:55

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 2000-10-07.
  3. ^ Friends for Schuur at AllMusic
  4. ^ Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 2000-11-11.
  5. ^ "Diane Schuur". Billboard. Retrieved 2023-02-01.