On July 19, 2005, “Columbia” label released “Moonlight Serenade”, the fourth Carly Simon album of standards (19th album overall). It was recorded 2004 – 2005, at “Fox Force Five” in Hollywood, “Reagan’s Garage” and “Westlake Recorders” in Los Angeles, “The Cutting Room” in New York City, and was produced by Richard Perry.
Personnel:
- Carly Simon – vocals
- Vin D’Onofrio – guitars, guitar solo
- Michael Thompson – acoustic piano, synth strings, arrangements, additional synthesizers, synth vibraphone, Fender Rhodes
- Jim Cox – acoustic piano
- Andy Chukerman – synth strings, additional synthesizers, arrangements
- Alex Navarro – synth strings, additional synthesizers
- Chris Golden – bass
- John Ferraro – drums
- Sammy Merendino – drum programming, percussion
- Doug Webb – saxophone, clarinet, sax solo, clarinet solo, “stritch” sax solo, flute, arrangements
- Tom Evans – sax
- Lee Thornburg – trombone, trumpet, flugelhorn
- Larry Lunetta – trumpet
- William Galison – harmonica
- Sam Fischer, Samuel Formicola, Alyssa Park, Mark Robertson and Shalini Vijayan – violin
- Danny Seidenberg – viola
- Victor Lawrence – cello
- Richard Perry – arrangements
- Lauren Wild – arrangements
- Michael Thompson – arrangements
- Alex Navarro – arrangements
- Bobby Ginsburg – recording, mixing
- Carter William Humphrey – recording
- Dylan Margerum – recording
- Marcos González – additional engineering, Pro Tools technician
- Jimmy Paar – additional engineering, Pro Tools technician
- Jeff Phurrough – additional engineering, Pro Tools technician
- Nick Sample – additional engineering, Pro Tools technician
- Phil Carbo – engineer assistant
- Anthony Gallo – engineer assistant
- Cesar Ramirez – engineer assistant
- Robert Hadley – mastering
- Lauren Dooreck Camara – art direction, design
- Ben McCarthy – production coordinator
- Shauna Krikorian – production assistant
- Bob Gothard – photography
- Lauren Wild – associate producer
Track listing:
- Moonlight Serenade – Glenn Miller, Mitchell Parish
- I’ve Got You Under My Skin – Cole Porter
- I Only Have Eyes for You – Al Dubin, Harry Warren
- Moonglow – Eddie DeLange, Will Hudson, Irving Mills
- Alone Together – Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz
- In the Still of the Night – Cole Porter
- The More I See You – Mack Gordon, Harry Warren
- Where or When – Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
- My One and Only Love – Robert Mellin, Guy Wood
- All the Things You Are – Frank Loesser, Hoagy Carmichael
- How Long Has This Been Going On? – George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
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