To Love Again: The Duets is the eighth studio album by Chris Botti, released on October 18, 2005. It consists of cover versions of pop and jazz standards, except for the title track "To Love Again".
Track listing
Personnel Chris Botti – trumpet Billy Childs – acoustic piano (1, 3–13), Fender Rhodes (2), arrangements (2, 9, 10, 11), conductor Greg Phillinganes – Fender Rhodes (6), arrangements (6) Richard Cottle – Hammond organ (9) Heitor Pereira – guitar (2), arrangements (2) Anthony Wilson – guitar (3, 4, 6–12) Arnie Somogyi – bass (1, 5, 13) Christian McBride – bass (2, 4, 8, 11) Robert Hurst – bass (3, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12) Brian Bromberg – bass (13) Billy Kilson – drums (1, 3, 5–7, 10, 12, 13) Vinnie Colaiuta – drums (2, 4, 8, 11) Peter Erskine – drums (9) Paulinho da Costa – percussion (2) Jeremy Lubbock – arrangements (1, 3, 5, 13), conductor Gil Goldstein – arrangements (2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 12), conductor Isobel Griffiths – orchestra contractor The London Session Orchestra 2005 – orchestra Sting – vocals (2) Paula Cole – vocals (3) Michael Bublé – vocals (4) Jill Scott – vocals (6) Paul Buchanan – vocals (8) Gladys Knight – vocals (9) Renee Olstead – vocals (11) Rosa Passos – vocals (12) Steven Tyler – vocals (13)
Production Producer – Bobby Colomby Engineers – Hadyn Bendell, Irecyr Franco, Steve Genewick, Jake Jackson, Kevin Killen, Pablo Munguia, Paul Santo and Al Schmitt. Recorded at Capitol Studios (Hollywood, CA); Lamirada Studios (Las Vegas, NV); The Studio (Philadelphia, PA); Pandora's Box (Hanover, MA): Studio 57 (Brasilia, DF); The Warehouse Studio (Vancouver, BC); Air Lyndhurst (London, UK). Mixed by Al Schmitt Additional Pro Tools Editing – Andy Snitzer Mastered by Robert Hadley and Doug Sax at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California). Creative Consultant – Jeff Ayeroff Art Direction and Design – Mary Maurer Design Assistant – Michael Lau-Robles Photography – Fabrizio Ferri
Charts + Chart (2005–2006) Peakposition Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan) 54
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