Some of my best friends are singers with guests Dee Dee Bridgewater ; Etta Jones ; Nancy King ; Diana Krall ; Kevin Mahogany ; Marlena Shaw - Van Heusen, Jimmy 1913-1990; Hubbell, Raymond; Youmans, Vincent 1898-1946; Hyde, Madeline; Henry, Francis; Porter, Cole 1891-1964; Carmichael, Hoagy 1899-1981; Noble, Ray 1903-1978; Jones, Isham 1894-1956; Styne, Jule 1905-1994; Brown, Ray 1926-2002 (Telarc, 1998)
Enth.: I thought about you / Johnny Mercer. Jimmy Van Heusen. Interpr.: Ray Brown Trio. Diana Krall [voc]. - Poor butterfly / John Golden. Raymond Hubbell. Interpr.: Ray Brown Trio. Etta Jones [voc]. - More than you know / Billy Rose; Edward Eliscu. Vincent Youmans. Interpr.: Ray Brown Trio. Dee Dee Bridgewater [voc]. - Little boy / "Little girl" Madeline Hyde; Francis Henry. Interpr.: Ray Brown Trio. Diana Krall [voc]. - But beautiful / Johnny Burke. Jimmy Van Heusen. Interpr.: Ray Brown Trio. Nancy King [voc]. Antonio Hart [as]. - At long last love / Cole Porter. Interpr.: Ray Brown Trio. Marlena Shaw [voc]. - Skylark / Johnny Mercer. Hoagy Carmichael. Interpr.: Ray Brown Trio. Kevin Mahogany [voc]. Russell Malone [g]. - Cherokee / Ray Noble. Interpr.: Ray Brown Trio. Dee Dee Bridgewater [voc]. Ralph Moore [ts]. - (There is) No greater love / Marty Symes. Isham Jones. Interpr.: Ray Brown Trio. Etta Jones [voc]. Russell Malone [g]. - Imagination / Johnny Burke. Jimmy Van Heusen. Interpr.: Ray Brown Trio. Marlena Shaw [voc]. - The party's over / Betty Comden; Adolph Green. Jule Styne. Interpr.: Ray Brown Trio. Kevin Mahogany [voc]. - The perfect blues / Ray Brown. Interpr.: Nancy King [voc]. Antonio Hart[as]. - Aufn.: In O'Henry Studios, Studio A, Burbank, California, December 15 - 17, 1997 and Sony Music Studio D, New York City, April 27 - 29, 1998