Alone Together (Catherine Russell album)

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Alone Together
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Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 1, 2019 [1]
RecordedAugust 20–22, 2018
Studio Sear Sound, New York City
Genre Jazz
Label Dot Time Records [2]
Producer Catherine Russell, Katherine Miller, Paul Kahn
Catherine Russell chronology
Harlem on My Mind
(2016)
Alone Together
(2019)

Alone Together is a studio album by Catherine Russell. [2] [3] It received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Jazz Vocal Album. [4]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Alone Together"
  2. "Early in the Morning"
  3. "You Turned the Tables On Me"
  4. "He May Be Your Dog But He's Wearing My Collar"
  5. "Shake Down the Stars"
  6. "Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby?"
  7. "You Can't Pull the Wool Over My Eyes"
  8. "I Only Have Eyes for You"
  9. "When Did You Leave Heaven?"
  10. "You're Not the Only Oyster in the Show"
CD bonus tracks
  1. "Errand Girl for Rhythm"
  2. "How Deep Is the Ocean?"
  3. "I Wonder"

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