Lazy Afternoon (Regina Belle album)
Lazy Afternoon is Regina Belle's seventh studio release and eighth overall. The album is a collection of jazz, soul and pop standards. The album peaked at number 9 on the Billboard Top Contemporary Jazz chart and number 58 on the magazine's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.[2]
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| Released | July 13, 2004 | |||
| Recorded | 2004 | |||
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| Producer | George Duke | |||
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The lead single from the album was "For the Love of You". "Fly Me to the Moon" and "If I Ruled the World" each received some airplay but did not chart.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Version covered | Length |
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| 1. | "Lazy Afternoon" | John La Touche, Jerome Moross | Kaye Ballard | 5:21 |
| 2. | "Fly Me to the Moon" | Bart Howard | Kaye Ballard | 5:24 |
| 3. | "What Are You Afraid Of" | Jack Segal, Robert Wells[3] | Juliet Prowse[4] | 4:49 |
| 4. | "If I Ruled the World" | Leslie Bricusse, Cyril Ornadel | Harry Secombe[5][6] | 4:36 |
| 5. | "Corcovado" | Antônio Carlos Jobim | João Gilberto | 5:56 |
| 6. | "There's a Love" | Regina Belle, George Duke | Original Composition[7] | 4:05 |
| 7. | "Why Do People Fall in Love" | Dennis Lambert, Brian Potter | Dennis Edwards[8] featuring Thelma Houston[9] | 4:53 |
| 8. | "For the Love of You" | Ernie Isley, Marvin Isley, O'Kelly Isley, Ronald Isley | The Isley Brothers | 5:26 |
| 9. | "If I Should Lose You" | Regina Belle | Original Composition | 4:34 |
| 10. | "Moanin'" | Jon Hendricks, Bobby Timmons | Lambert, Hendricks & Ross[10] | 5:51 |
| 11. | "The Man I Love" | George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin | Marion Harris[11] | 5:19 |
| 12. | "Try a Little Tenderness" | Jimmy Campbell, Reginald Connelly, Harry Woods | Ray Noble Orchestra with Val Rosing | 6:19 |
- Note
- ”For the Love of You” is also based on / performed in medley with “The Love I Lost” by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes[7]
Personnel
- Regina Belle – vocal arranger, lead vocals
- Alex Al - electric bass
- Diana Moreira Booker - spoken word voices
- Oscar Brashear – flugelhorn, trumpet
- Gordon Campbell - drums
- Lenny Castro - percussion, tambourine
- Corine Duke - production coordinator
- George Duke – producer, arranger, Organ played by, Fender Rhodes, Wurlitzer, acoustic piano, keyboards
- Ray Fuller - electric guitar
- Everette Harp - alto saxophone solo, tenor saxophone solo
- Christian McBride – electric bass, upright bass
- Dean Parks - electric guitar, acoustic guitar
- Darlene Perry - background vocals
- Lori Perry - background vocals
- Sharon Perry – background vocals, coloratura
- Erik Zobler - audio engineer, audio mixing
Charts
| Chart (2004) | Peak position |
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| US Top Contemporary Jazz (Billboard) | 9 |
| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) | 58 |
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References
- Allmusic review
- "Regina Belle album chart history". Billboard. Retrieved 3 Jan 2009.
- Bennett, Tony. “What Are You Afraid Of”? Columbia. 1986. https://www.allmusic.com/song/what-are-you-afraid-of-mt0008331712
- Prowse, Juliet. “Anyone Can Whistle...”. Columbia. 30 March 1964. http://www.45cat.com/record/443016
- Secombe, Harry. “If I Ruled the World...”. YouTube: Ricardo-2266. 7 October 2011. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uSiednkXCzM
- Secombe, Harry. “If I Ruled the World”. Second Hand Songs. 1963, 2003. https://secondhandsongs.com/performance/368975/originals#nav-entity
- Ruotsalainen, Petteri. “Regina Belle: Lazy Afternoon”. Soul Express: Album of the Month. August 2004. http://www.soulexpress.net/belle.htm
- Edwards, Dennis. “Why Do People Fall in Love”. Motown. 1985. https://www.allmusic.com/song/why-do-people-fall-in-love-mt0011790921
- Dennis Edwards featuring Thelma Houston. “Why Do People...”. YouTube: W. Walter Watson. 1 October 2009. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=r8GZlxl2D7I
- Lambert, Hendricks & Ross. “Moanin’”. Second Hand Songs. 1959, 2003. https://secondhandsongs.com/performance/141849
- Harris, Marion. “The Man I Love”. Second Hand Songs. 1927, 2003. https://secondhandsongs.com/performance/40927/originals#nav-entity
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