Just a Little Lovin' (Carmen McRae album)

Just a Little Lovin'
Miami, FL & Atlantic Studios, New York City
Genre	Jazz, Pop
Length	35:26
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Arif Mardin
Carmen McRae chronology
Portrait of Carmen (1968) Just a Little Lovin' (1970) The Great American Songbook (1972)

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Just a Little Lovin' is a 1970 studio album by

. There were several singles issued before and alongside the album's release, although the songs chosen for the most part didn't make it on the final album.[2]^[3][4] They were reissued in 1991 as additional tracks on a Japanese digital re-release.^[5] "I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know" and "Just a Dream" were recorded already in September 1969 and Mardin had not thought of a horn section yet, instead the strings are emphasized.^[6]

Track listing

1. "Just a Little Lovin'" (Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil) – 2:15
2. "Something" (George Harrison) – 3:07
3. "I Thought I Knew You Well" (Tony Joe White) – 3:42
4. "I Want You" (Tony Joe White) – 2:10
5. "More Today Than Yesterday" (Patrick Upton) – 2:59
6. "
   John Lennon, Paul McCartney
   ) – 2:32
7. "Carry That Weight" (Lennon, McCartney) – 2:45
8. "Breakfast in Bed" (Donnie Fritts, Eddie Hinton) – 3:12
9. "I Love the Life I Live" (Willie Dixon) – 2:25
10. "What'cha Gonna Do" (Donnie Fritts, John Reid) – 3:35
11. "Didn't We" (Jim Webb) – 3:22
12. "Goodbye Joe" (Laura Nyro) – 2:30

Bonus tracks on 1991 Japanese Atlantic release (AMCY-1079)

13. "I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know" (Al Kooper) – 3:37
14. "Just a Dream" (Bobby Worth) – 3:16
15. "Silent Spring" (Allan Paul Shatkin) – 3:05

All tracks were recorded February 2, 1970, at Atlantic South-Criteria Studio in Miami, Florida, except "Didn't We" recorded May 18, 1970, at Atlantic Studios in New York. The single tracks "I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know" and "Just a Dream" were recorded September 15, 1969, at Regent Sound Studio, NY,^[7] and "Silent Spring" in March 1970 at Atlantic Studios in New York.^[8]

Personnel

• Carmen McRae – vocals
• Arif Mardin – arranger, musical direction
• Horn section (on all tracks except 11, 13–15)
  • King Curtis – alto saxophone, tenor saxophone (soloist)
  • George Dorsey – alto saxophone
  • Pepper Adams – baritone saxophone
  • Joe Newman – trumpet (soloist)
  • Garnett Brown – trombone
  • Wally Kane, George Marge, Romeo Penque – woodwind
  • Joseph DeAngelis, Anthony Miranda, Brooks Tillotson – french horn
• The Dixie Flyers:
  • Mike Utley – electric piano, organ
  • Jim Dickinson – guitar, keyboards
  • Charlie Freeman – lead guitar
  • Tommy McClure – bass
  • Sammy Creason – drums, percussion
• The Sweet Inspirations – backing vocals (2, 3, 7, 12, 13)
• Unknown string section conducted by Gene Orloff (1, 2, 7, 10, 13–15)

"Didn't We" is a duo with

• Al Gafa – guitar

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