No Strings (album)

No Strings
Studio album by Sheena Easton
Released	August 13, 1993 / reissued July 26, 2013
Recorded	1993
Genre	Jazz / Standards
Length	46 Minutes
Label	MCA Records
Producer	Patrice Rushen
Sheena Easton chronology
What Comes Naturally (1991) No Strings (1993) My Cherie (1995)

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No Strings is Sheena Easton's 11th album and a departure from the Pop and R&B style of her earlier recordings with jazz-tinged production arrangements by Patrice Rushen.

The disc was recorded live as Easton wanted to record the music in a similar fashion to Capitol Records sessions of the 1960s the way Frank Sinatra recorded. The song "The Nearness of You" was featured on the soundtrack of Indecent Proposal. Easton appears in a cameo role singing the song with Herbie Hancock playing the piano during a pivotal moment in the film, and the song was released as a promo single in some European markets.

The album was released August 3, 1993.

In 2007 No Strings was released on iTunes' available for download. The disc was reissued by Universal Distribution on July 26, 2013.

Track listing

1. "Someone to Watch Over Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
2. "Medley: I'm in the Mood for Love / Moody's Mood for Love" (Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields / Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh, James Moody)
3. "The Nearness of You" (Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington)
4. "How Deep Is the Ocean" (Irving Berlin)
5. "If You Go Away" (Ne me quitte pas) (Jacques Brel, Rod McKuen)
6. "Body and Soul" (Edward Heyman, Frank Eyton, Johnny Green, Robert Sour)
7. "Medley: Little Girl Blue / When Sunny Gets Blue" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers / Marvin Fisher, Jack Segal)
8. "The One I Love Belongs to Somebody Else" (Gus Kahn, Isham Jones)
9. "The Man That Got Away" (Harold Arlen, Ira Gershwin)
10. "I Will Say Goodbye" (Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Michel Legrand)
11. "Never Will I Marry" (Frank Loesser)

Production

• Bass – Ken Wild (tracks: 2 to 11), Reggie Hamilton (tracks: 1)
• Cornet – Ray Brown (tracks: 4, 7)
• Drums – John Guerin (tracks: 1), Leon "Ndugu" Chancler (tracks: 2 to 11)
• Guitar – Paul Jackson, Jr. (tracks: 5, 10), Phil Upchurch (tracks: 2, 6, 8)
• Piano – Patrice Rushen
• Flugelhorn – Ray Brown (tracks: 2, 5, 6, 8)
• Flute – Valerie King (tracks: 2, 5, 6, 8, 10)
• French Horn – Marni Johnson (tracks: 2, 5, 6, 8, 10), Richard Todd (tracks: 2, 6, 8)
• Saxophone [Alto & Soprano] – Fred Jackson, Jr. (tracks: 2, 5, 8, 10)
• Saxophone [Alto & Tenor] – Bob Sheppard (tracks: 4, 7), Fred Jackson, Jr. (tracks: 6)
• Saxophone [Tenor Solo] – Bob Sheppard (tracks: 11)
• Saxophone [Tenor], Clarinet – Larry Williams (tracks: 6, 8)
• Trombone – Lew McCreary (tracks: 2, 6, 8), Reggie Young (tracks: 2, 6, 8)
• Trombone [Bass] – Lew McCreary (tracks: 5, 10)
• Trumpet – Ray Brown (tracks: 2, 4, 6, 7, 8)
• Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Rick Baptist (tracks: 2, 6, 8)
• Producer, Arranged By – Patrice Rushen
• Engineer [Assistant] – Dann Thompson, Eric Cowden
• Recorded By, Mixed By – Rick Winquest
• Mastered By – Bernie Grundman
• Recorded and mixed at Group IV Recording, Los Angeles, CA. Mastering, Hollywood, CA.

Editorial reviews

...a warm, assured stylist, whose affection for these American classics is infectious... Rating: B Entertainment Weekly (08/13/1993)

No Strings—Sheena conquers the cabaret scene; the album works. Jazz Times, June 1994

References

• Allmusic.com
• Entertainment Weekly by Josef Woodard on Aug 13, 1993 - 12:00am (08/13/1993)
• Jazz Times 1994