Nikki

~ Release by Nikki Yanofsky (see all versions of this release, 12 available)

Annotation

℗© 2010 Decca Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. Manufactured & Distributed by Universal Music Canada Inc., 2450 Victoria Park Ave., Suite #1, Toronto, Ontario M2J 5H3.

Track 14 is a bonus track, not on the U.S. release. Its duration is erroneously given as 3:42 in the booklet.

1: Recorded at Les Studios Piccolo, Montreal, Quebec • Additional Recording at Planet Studios, Montreal, Quebec
2, 4, 6, 12: Recorded at Avatar Studios, New York, New York and Planet Studios, Montreal, Quebec
3, 5: Recorded at Les Studios Piccolo, Montreal, Quebec • Vocals Recorded at Planet Studios, Montreal, Quebec
7, 10, 11, 13: Recorded at Planet Studios, Montreal, Quebec
8: Recorded at Avatar Studios, New York, New York
9: Recorded at Les Studios Piccolo, Montreal, Quebec • Vocals & Bass Recorded at Planet Studios, Montreal, Quebec
14: Recorded at Maison de Musique, Toronto, Canada, Fox Newman Scoring Stage, Century City, CA and Avatar Studios, New York, New York

Mixed at Avatar Studios, New York, New York except for tracks 2, 4, 6, and 12 at Barking Doctor Recording, Mount Kisco, New York, tracks 7 and 13 at Planet Studios, Montreal, Quebec and track 14 at Concrete Jungle Productions, Toronto, Ontario • Mastered at Sterling Sound, New York, NY

Other Identifiers
Matrix / Runout (Variant 1): LT36 B001413802 #100330Z10
Matrix / Runout (Variant 2): LT36 B001413802 #100330Z10 11
Mastering SID Code: LT36
Mould SID Code: IFPI 6000
Other (Clear plastic hub, Variant 2): MADE IN CANADA 7

Annotation last modified on 2025-05-02 04:41 UTC.

Tracklist

1CD
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1Take the 'A' Train
additional recording engineer:
Daniel Cinelli
recording engineer:
Lawrence Manchester
producer:
Phil Ramone
mixer:
Tom Schick
alto saxophone:
Patrick Vetter
baritone saxophone and bass clarinet:
Jean Fréchette
bass:
Rob Fahie
bass trombone and trombone:
Dave Grott
cello:
Christine Giguère
drums (drum set):
Geoffrey Lang
piano:
John Sadowy
tenor saxophone:
Richard Beaudet
trumpet:
Jocelyn Couture and Ron Di Lauro
viola:
Véronique Potvin
violin:
Valérie Belzile and Nathalie Bonin
lead vocals:
Nikki Yanofsky (Canadian jazz-pop singer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Decca Label Group (not for release label use! defunct North American label group) (from 2010 to present)
recording of:
Take the “A” Train (Nikki Yanofsky version)
additional lyricist:
Sharada Banman, Elyssa Yanofsky and Nikki Yanofsky (Canadian jazz-pop singer)
composer:
Billy Strayhorn
revision of:
Take the “A” Train (version with lyrics by Sherrill)
3:37
2Never Make It on Time
recording engineer:
Tom Schick
producer:
Phil Ramone
mixer:
Mick Guzauski
acoustic guitar:
Jesse Harris
bass:
Zev Katz
drums (drum set):
Shawn Pelton
electric guitar:
Jim Oblon (LA/Nashville guitarist, drummer)
flugelhorn:
Michael Leonhart
Hammond organ and Wurlitzer electric piano:
Larry Goldings
percussion:
Mauro Refosco (percussionist)
tenor saxophone:
Chris Cheek (American jazz saxophonist)
lead vocals:
Nikki Yanofsky (Canadian jazz-pop singer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Decca Label Group (not for release label use! defunct North American label group) (from 2010 to present)
recording of:
Never Make It on Time
writer:
Jesse Harris, Ron Sexsmith and Nikki Yanofsky (Canadian jazz-pop singer)
2:32
3I Got Rhythm
recording engineer:
Daniel Cinelli and Lawrence Manchester
producer:
Phil Ramone
mixer:
Daniel Cinelli and Tom Schick
alto saxophone:
Patrick Vetter
baritone saxophone and bass clarinet:
Jean Fréchette
bass:
Rob Fahie
bass trombone and trombone:
Dave Grott
drums (drum set):
Geoffrey Lang
piano:
John Sadowy
tenor saxophone:
Richard Beaudet
trumpet:
Jocelyn Couture and Ron Di Lauro
lead vocals:
Nikki Yanofsky (Canadian jazz-pop singer)
arranger:
Sharada Banman and Paul Shrofel
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Decca Label Group (not for release label use! defunct North American label group) (from 2010 to present)
recording of:
I Got Rhythm
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1930)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1930)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV and New World Music Co. (in 1930)
included in:
An American in Paris (2015 Broadway musical)
part of:
Crazy for You (1992 musical)
part of:
Girl Crazy (1930 Musical)
part of:
When the Boys Meet the Girls (1965 film)
3:49
4For Another Day
recording engineer:
Tom Schick
producer:
Phil Ramone
mixer:
Mick Guzauski
acoustic guitar:
Jesse Harris
bass:
Zev Katz
cello:
Dave Eggar
drums (drum set):
Shawn Pelton
electric guitar:
Jim Oblon (LA/Nashville guitarist, drummer)
glockenspiel:
Larry Goldings
marimba and percussion:
Mauro Refosco (percussionist)
piano:
Larry Goldings and Henry Hey
Rhodes piano and Wurlitzer electric piano:
Henry Hey
lead vocals:
Nikki Yanofsky (Canadian jazz-pop singer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Decca Label Group (not for release label use! defunct North American label group) (from 2010 to present)
recording of:
For Another Day
writer:
Jesse Harris, Ron Sexsmith and Nikki Yanofsky (Canadian jazz-pop singer)
2:55
5God Bless the Child
recording engineer:
Daniel Cinelli and Lawrence Manchester
producer:
Phil Ramone
mixer:
Tom Schick
alto saxophone:
Patrick Vetter
baritone saxophone and bass clarinet:
Jean Fréchette
bass:
Rob Fahie
cello:
Christine Giguère
drums (drum set):
Geoffrey Lang
guitar:
Richard White (Canadian guitarist for The Besnard Lakes)
Hammond organ:
Robert Goldfarb
piano:
John Sadowy
tenor saxophone:
Richard Beaudet
trombone:
Dave Grott
trumpet:
Jocelyn Couture and Ron Di Lauro
viola:
Véronique Potvin
violin:
Valérie Belzile and Nathalie Bonin
lead vocals:
Nikki Yanofsky (Canadian jazz-pop singer)
arranger:
Rob Mounsey
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Decca Label Group (not for release label use! defunct North American label group) (from 2010 to present)
recording of:
God Bless the Child
lyricist:
Billie Holiday
composer:
Arthur Herzog, Jr.
publisher:
Basart Editions (ended) and Edward B. Marks Music Co. (founded originally as J. Stern & Co. in 1894, renamed in 1919)
5:07
6Cool My Heels
recording engineer:
Tom Schick
producer:
Phil Ramone
mixer:
Mick Guzauski
acoustic guitar:
Jesse Harris
baritone saxophone and tenor saxophone:
Chris Cheek (American jazz saxophonist)
bass:
Tim Luntzel
drums (drum set):
Shawn Pelton
electric guitar:
Jim Oblon (LA/Nashville guitarist, drummer)
Hammond organ and Rhodes piano:
Larry Goldings
trombone and tuba:
Clark Gayton
trumpet:
Michael Leonhart
lead vocals:
Nikki Yanofsky (Canadian jazz-pop singer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Decca Label Group (not for release label use! defunct North American label group) (from 2010 to present)
recording of:
Cool My Heels
writer:
Jesse Harris, Ron Sexsmith and Nikki Yanofsky (Canadian jazz-pop singer)
3:26
7You’ll Have to Swing It (Mr. Paganini)
recording engineer and mixer:
Daniel Cinelli
bass:
Rob Fahie
drums (drum set):
Richard Irwin
piano:
John Sadowy
lead vocals:
Nikki Yanofsky (Canadian jazz-pop singer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Decca Label Group (not for release label use! defunct North American label group) (from 2010 to present)
recording of:
You'll Have to Swing It (Mr Paganini)
writer:
Sam Coslow
4:22
8Bienvenue dans ma vie
recording engineer and mixer:
Tom Schick
producer:
Rob Fahie (task: mixes) and Phil Ramone
accordion and piano:
Larry Goldings
acoustic guitar:
Jesse Harris and Jim Oblon (LA/Nashville guitarist, drummer)
double bass:
Zev Katz
drums (drum set):
Shawn Pelton
electric guitar:
Jim Oblon (LA/Nashville guitarist, drummer)
lead vocals:
Nikki Yanofsky (Canadian jazz-pop singer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Decca Label Group (not for release label use! defunct North American label group) (from 2010 to present)
recording of:
Bienvenue dans ma vie
writer:
Jesse Harris, Ron Sexsmith and Nikki Yanofsky (Canadian jazz-pop singer)
3:52
9First Lady
recording engineer:
Daniel Cinelli and Lawrence Manchester
producer:
Phil Ramone
mixer:
Tom Schick
bass:
Rob Fahie
drums (drum set):
Geoffrey Lang
piano:
John Sadowy
lead vocals:
Nikki Yanofsky (Canadian jazz-pop singer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Decca Label Group (not for release label use! defunct North American label group) (from 2010 to present)
recording of:
First Lady
writer:
Robi Botos (Hungarian-Canadian jazz pianist) and Nikki Yanofsky (Canadian jazz-pop singer)
3:06
10On the Sunny Side of the Street / Fool in the Rain
recording engineer:
Daniel Cinelli
mixer:
Tom Schick
alto saxophone and tenor saxophone:
Patrick Vetter
baritone saxophone:
Jean Fréchette
bass:
Rob Fahie
drums (drum set):
Richard Irwin
guitar:
Andy Dacoulis
piano:
John Sadowy
trombone:
Serge Arsenault
trumpet:
Ron Di Lauro
lead vocals:
Nikki Yanofsky (Canadian jazz-pop singer)
arranger:
Robert Goldfarb and Geoffrey Lang
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Decca Label Group (not for release label use! defunct North American label group) (from 2010 to present)
partial instrumental cover recording of:
Fool in the Rain
writer:
John Paul Jones (UK rock musician of Led Zeppelin & Them Crooked Vultures), Jimmy Page and Robert Plant (of Led Zeppelin)
cover recording of:
On the Sunny Side of the Street
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (American librettist and lyricist)
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
publisher:
Cotton Club Publishing, EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Lawrence Wright Music Co., Ltd., Memory Lane Music Ltd., Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Ltd. and Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント A事業部 (Shinko Music Entertainment, A Division)
part of:
American Splendor
2:47
11Grey Skies
recording engineer:
Daniel Cinelli
producer:
Sharada Banman, Jesse Harris and Phil Ramone
mixer:
Mick Guzauski and Tom Schick
acoustic guitar and electric guitar:
Andy Dacoulis
bass:
Rob Fahie
cello:
Christine Giguère
drums (drum set):
Richard Irwin
Hammond organ and piano:
Paul Shrofel
lead vocals:
Nikki Yanofsky (Canadian jazz-pop singer)
arranger:
Sharada Banman
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Decca Label Group (not for release label use! defunct North American label group) (from 2010 to present)
recording of:
Grey Skies
writer:
Sharada Banman, Paul Shrofel and Nikki Yanofsky (Canadian jazz-pop singer)
3:24
12Try, Try, Try
recording engineer:
Tom Schick
producer:
Phil Ramone
mixer:
Mick Guzauski
acoustic guitar:
Jesse Harris
bass:
Tim Luntzel
drums (drum set):
Shawn Pelton
electric guitar:
Jim Oblon (LA/Nashville guitarist, drummer)
euphonium, trombone and tuba:
Clark Gayton
flugelhorn, mellophone and trumpet:
Michael Leonhart
Hammond organ and Wurlitzer electric piano:
Larry Goldings
lead vocals:
Nikki Yanofsky (Canadian jazz-pop singer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Decca Label Group (not for release label use! defunct North American label group) (from 2010 to present)
recording of:
Try, Try, Try
lyricist and composer:
Feist (Leslie Feist – American‐Canadian indie pop singer / of Broken Social Scene)
3:16
13Over the Rainbow
recording engineer and mixer:
Daniel Cinelli
producer:
Rob Fahie and Rob Fahie (task: mixes)
piano:
John Sadowy
lead vocals:
Nikki Yanofsky (Canadian jazz-pop singer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Decca Label Group (not for release label use! defunct North American label group) (from 2010 to present)
cover recording of:
Over the Rainbow (The Wizard of Oz)
lyricist:
Yip Harburg (in 1938)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1938)
premiered by:
Judy Garland (in 1939)
publisher:
EMI Feist Catalog Inc., EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), EMI Partnership Ltd., EMI United Partnership Ltd., J. Albert & Son Pty. Ltd., Leo Feist Music, Robbins Music Corp. Ltd., United Partnership Ltd. and Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.)
sub-publisher:
香港商百代音樂股份有限公司台灣分公司 (EMI Music Publishing (S E Asia) Ltd., Taiwan Branch), フジパシフィック音楽出版 SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music Inc. SBK Division) (until 2014-12-31), ヤマハミュージックパブリッシング (Yamaha Music Publishing) (until 2017-03-31), フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music SBK Department) (from 2015-01-01 to present) and ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) (from 2017-04-01 to present)
part of:
The 12th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1939 winner)
part of:
The Wizard of Oz (1942 Arlen/Harburg musical)
part of:
The Wizard of Oz (1939 film soundtrack)
5:11
14I Believe
recording engineer:
Sven Heidinga, Roy Hendrickson (audio engineer), Larry Mah, Christine Sirois and Armin Steiner
additional programming:
Sven Heidinga
programming:
Stephan Moccio
producer:
Jesse Harris, Stephan Moccio and Phil Ramone
mixer:
Vic Florencia
guitar:
Anthony Vanderburgh
percussion and piano:
Stephan Moccio
choir vocals:
Bach Children's Chorus
conductor:
William Ross (composer, orchestrator, arranger, conductor)
orchestrator:
William Ross (composer, orchestrator, arranger, conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Decca Label Group (not for release label use! defunct North American label group) (from 2010 to present)
recording of:
I Believe
writer:
Alan Frew and Stephan Moccio
3:42

Credits

Release

recorded at:Maison de Musique, Toronto in Toronto