Playin' with My Friends: Bennett Sings the Blues is a 2001 album by Tony Bennett featuring duets with notable vocalists.
On November 8, 2011, Sony Music Distribution included the CD in a box set entitled The Complete Collection.
Track listing "Alright, Okay, You Win" (Mayme Watts, Sidney Wyche) – 3:31 (duet with Diana Krall) "Everyday (I Have the Blues)" (Peter Chatman) – 3:38 (duet with Stevie Wonder) "Don't Cry Baby" (Saul Bernie, James P. Johnson, Stella Unger) – 2:43 "Good Morning Heartache" (Ervin Drake, Dan Fisher, Irene Higginbotham) – 4:56 (duet with Sheryl Crow) "Let the Good Times Roll" (Fleecie Moore, Lovin' Sam Theard) – 3:14 (duet with B.B. King) "Evenin'" (Mitchell Parish, Harry White) – 4:14 (duet with Ray Charles) "I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) – 3:55 (duet with Bonnie Raitt) "Keep the Faith, Baby" (Luchi de Jesus, Lila Lerner, Watts) – 3:51 (duet with k.d. lang) "Old Count Basie Is Gone (Old Piney Brown Is Gone)" (Joe Turner) – 3:24 "Blue and Sentimental" (Count Basie, Mack David, Jerry Livingston) – 3:20 (duet with Kay Starr) "New York State of Mind" (Billy Joel) – 4:30 (duet with Billy Joel) "Undecided Blues" (Jimmy Rushing) – 3:17 "Blues in the Night" (Arlen, Johnny Mercer) – 3:33 "Stormy Weather" (Arlen, Koehler) – 4:34 (duet with Natalie Cole) "Playin' with My Friends" (Robert Cray, Dennis Walker) – 4:47
Personnel Performers Tony Bennett – vocals Ray Charles Natalie Cole Sheryl Crow Billy Joel B.B. King Diana Krall k.d. lang Bonnie Raitt Kay Starr Stevie Wonder Harry Allen – saxophone Ralph Sharon – piano Mike Melvoin – Hammond organ Gray Sargent – guitar Paul Langosch – double bass Clayton Cameron – drums
Production credits Phil Ramone – producer Danny Bennett – executive producer Vance Anderson – production coordination Rob Mathes – vocal arrangements Charles Paakkari – engineer Joel Moss – engineer, mixing Claudius Mittendorfer – engineer, mixing assistant Tom Young – engineer, design, monitor engineer, studio monitor mix Dae Bennett – mixing Ted Jensen – mastering
Year-end charts Chart (2001) PositionCanadian Jazz Albums (Nielsen SoundScan) 4
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