Ballad Essentials

Ballad Essentials
Compilation album by Susannah McCorkle
Released	2002
Genre	Vocal jazz, traditional pop
Label	Concord Jazz
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Ballad Essentials is an album by Susannah McCorkle, released in 2002.

Reception

Professional ratings
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Allmusic

Music critic Ronnie D. Lankford of Allmusic praised the album and wrote "For those less familiar with the great vocalist's work, Ballad Essentials serves as an excellent primer. For fans, the album gathers a dozen similarly toned pieces, or an hour's worth of music, in one place. A fine collection."

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"How Long Has This Been Going On?"	George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin	5:18
2.	"You Go to My Head"	J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie	4:07
3.	"For All We Know"	J. Fred Coots, Sam M. Lewis	3:10
4.	"Why Don't We Try Staying Home?"	Cole Porter	4:25
5.	"Skylark"	Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny Mercer	3:32
6.	"Manhã de Carnaval"	Luiz Bonfá, Antônio Maria, Susannah McCorkle	4:48
7.	"Nuages"	Django Reinhardt, Jacques Larue, Susannah McCorkle	5:00
8.	"The People That You Never Get to Love"	Rupert Holmes	5:09
9.	"Let's Face the Music and Dance"	Irving Berlin	5:39
10.	"There's No Business Like Show Business"	Irving Berlin	6:04
11.	"It Never Entered My Mind"	Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart	5:03
12.	"P.S. I Love You"	Gordon Jenkins, Johnny Mercer	4:10

Personnel

• Susannah McCorkle - vocals
• Allen Farnham - piano
• Howard Alden - guitar
• Jerry Dodgion - alto saxophone, flute
• Scott Hamilton – tenor saxophone
• Ken Peplowski - clarinet
• and many others …