All My Friends Are Here is a studio album by Turkish-American record producer, arranger, and composer Arif Mardin, released on June 15, 2010. It is the album that Arif Mardin referred to as his life's work, featuring performances by artists whom he produced over the years of his career, including Bette Midler, Chaka Khan, David Sanborn, Norah Jones, Carly Simon, Phil Collins among them.[1][2][3]
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| Released | 2010 | |||
| Recorded | 2005–2006 | |||
| Studio | Right Track Recording, New York | |||
| Label | NuNoise | |||
| Producer | Arif Mardin, Joe Mardin | |||
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Whereas Arif Mardin's first two albums were instrumental, All My Friends Are Here is an album of his songs. Arif Mardin was a film buff and wrote collages for each song. In the trailer for The Greatest Ears in Town: The Arif Mardin Story, Arif Mardin said the songs were visual, film music in his mind.
Recording sessions of All My Friends Are Here were filmed for the companion documentary The Greatest Ears in Town: The Arif Mardin Story.
Recording
editRecording sessions took place in New York from 2005 to 2006, starting with "So Blue". In producing Chaka Khan's vocal, Khan said "He showed me what it was really like to sing jazz."[4][5][6]
Soundtrack
edit| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Artist | Length |
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| 1. | "The Greatest Ears in Town" | Bette Midler, Marc Shaiman | Arif Mardin feat. Bette Midler & Barry Gibb | 4:40 |
| 2. | "So Blue" | Arif Mardin, Roxanne Seeman | Arif Mardin feat. Chaka Khan & David Sanborn | 4:58 |
| 3. | "No Way Out" | Arif Mardin | Arif Mardin feat. Nicki Parrott | 5:31 |
| 4. | "Goodbye to Rio" | Arif Mardin | Arif Mardin feat. Raul Midon | 4:15 |
| 5. | "No One" | Margo Guryan, Arif Mardin | Arif Mardin feat. Dianne Reeves | 3:21 |
| 6. | "So Many Nights" | Arif Mardin | Arif Mardin feat. Danny O'Keefe | 4:13 |
| 7. | "Calls a Soft Voice" | Arif Mardin | Arif Mardin feat. Carly Simon | 5:41 |
| 8. | "Longing for You" | Arif Mardin, Michael Margulies | Arif Mardin feat. Norah Jones | 6:49 |
| 9. | "Dual Blues" | Arif Mardin | Arif Mardin feat. Amy Kohn | 5:31 |
| 10. | "Chez Twang’s" | Arif Mardin | Arif Mardin feat. Dr. John | 5:38 |
| 11. | "Willie’s After Hours (Lone Star Blues)" | Arif Mardin | Arif Mardin feat. Willie Nelson & Katreese Barnes | 5:58 |
| 12. | "All My Friends Are Here" | Arif Mardin | Arif Mardin feat. Members of the Average White Band, The Bee Gees and the Rascals, Phil Collins, Hall & Oates, Lalah Hathaway, Boy Meets Girl & Randy Brecker | 4:32 |
| 13. | "Wistful" | Arif Mardin | Arif Mardin | 1:25 |
References
edit- ^ Loudon, Christopher. "Mardin Magic: A Tribute to Producer Arif Mardin". JazzTimes. Retrieved 2019-10-23.
- ^ "All My Friends Are Here - Arif Mardin | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2019-10-23.
- ^ Nagy, Evie (2010-04-03). Fond Farewell To A Friend. Billboard.
- ^ The Greatest Ears in Town: The Arif Mardin Story (EPK), retrieved 2019-10-23
- ^ Dawes, Amy (2010-06-30). "The Greatest Ears In Town: The Arif Mardin Story Premieres". IndieWire. Retrieved 2019-10-23.
- ^ "She's written songs for everyone from the Jackson 5 to Jacky Cheung". South China Morning Post. 2024-04-05. Retrieved 2024-04-08.