On August 21, 2001, “Private Music” label released “Blue Gardenia”, the twenty-fifth Etta James studio album. It was recorded November 2000 – February 2001, and was produced by John Snyder.

Personnel:

• Etta James – vocals
• Dorothy Hawkins – vocals
• Josh Sklair – guitar, arrangements
• Cedar Walton – piano, arrangements
• Tony Dumas – bass
• Ralph Penland – drums
• Ron Powell – percussion
• Red Holloway – saxophone
• George Bohanon – trombone
• Rick Baptist – flugelhorn
• Ronnie Buttacavoli – flugelhorn, trumpet
• John Nelson – engineer
• Jay Newland – engineer
• Charlie Watts – engineer
• Sonny Mediana – art direction, photography
• Lupe DeLeon – executive producer

Track listing:

1. This Bitter Earth – Clyde Otis
2. He’s Funny That Way – Neil Moret, Richard A. Whiting
3. In My Solitude – Eddie DeLange, Duke Ellington, Irving Mills
4. There Is No Greater Love – Isham Jones, Marty Symes
5. Don’t Let the Sun Catch You Crying – Joe Greene
6. Love Letters – Edward Heyman, Victor Young
7. These Foolish Things – Harry Link, Holt Marvell, Jack Strachey
8. Come Rain or Come Shine – Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer
9. Don’t Worry ’bout Me – Rube Bloom, Ted Koehler
10. Cry Me a River – Arthur Hamilton
11. Don’t Blame Me – Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh
12. My Man – Channing Pollack, Yvain-Albert, Maurice Yvain
13. Blue Gardenia – Lester Lee, Bob Russell