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