You Won't Forget Me

by Shirley Horn

Overview

With 1991's You Won't Forget Me, Shirley Horn's star continued to rise. While mostly ballads, this recording also includes swinging takes on "I Just Found Out About Love" and "Foolin' Myself." Toots Thielemans stars with his distinctive harmonica sound on "Beautiful Love" and "Soothe Me," and the unmistakable trumpet of Miles Davis weaves around Horn's vocal on the title track. The opening medley moves from the almost-whispered ballad "The Music That Makes Me Dance," to a funkily midtempo "Come Dance with Me." "Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying" is absolutely gorgeous, with Wynton Marsalis stepping in to trade phrases with Horn's voice. The music here is mostly taken at a very leisurely tempo, and the spare arrangements allow plenty of room for the music to breathe, proving that less is often more. The only complaint is that such spaciousness generates is a certain sameness to the material, but this is leavened by the guest appearances of Thielemans, Davis, the brothers Marsalis, and tenorman Buck Hill. ~ Jim Newsom

Product Details

Release Date:	12/29/1990
Label:	Verve / Universal Classics & Jazz
UPC:	0042284748223

Tracks

1. The Music That Makes Me Dance
2. Come Dance With Me
3. Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying
4. Beautiful Love
5. Come Back to Me
6. Too Late Now
7. I Just Found Out About Love
8. It Had to Be You
9. Soothe Me
10. Foolin' Myself
11. If You Go
12. You Stepped Out of a Dream
13. You Won't Forget Me
14. All My Tomorrows

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Shirley Horn   Primary Artist,Vocals,Piano
Billy Hart   Guest Artist,Drums
Buster Williams   Guest Artist,Bass
Toots Thielemans   Guest Artist,Guitar,Harmonica
Branford Marsalis   Guest Artist,Sax (Tenor)
Buck Hill   Guest Artist,Sax (Tenor)
Miles Davis   Guest Artist,Trumpet
Wynton Marsalis   Trumpet
Steve Williams   Drums
Charles Ables   Bass

Technical Credits

Bob Ludwig   Mastering
Isham Jones   Composer
Kermit Goell   Composer
Jack Lawrence   Composer
Alan Jay Lerner   Composer
Joe Greene   Composer
Joe Martin   Assistant Engineer
Fred Spielman   Composer
Egbert VanAlstyne   Composer
Peter Tinturin   Composer
Pierre M. Sprey   Technical Assistance
Richard Seidel   Producer
Jule Styne   Composer
James Van Heusen   Composer
Nacio Herb Brown   Composer
Julio Pena   Assistant Engineer
Michel Emer   Composer
Dave Baker   Mixing,Engineer
Glenn Tinturin   Composer
Victor Young   Composer
Sammy Cahn   Composer
Alli   Design,Art Direction
Frank Ockenfels   Photography
Egbert Anson Van Alstyne   Composer
Geoffrey Parsons   Composer
William Atwell King   Composer
Gus Kahn   Composer
Harold Adamson   Composer
Haven Gillespie   Composer
Bob Merrill   Composer
Jimmy McHugh   Composer
Joel E. Siegel   Producer
The Bays   Art Direction
Shirley Horn   Arranger
Wayne King   Composer
Burton Lane   Composer
Stanley Crouch   Liner Notes