In Good Company (Joe Williams album)
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| In Good Company | ||||
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| Released | 1989 | |||
| Genre | Vocal jazz | |||
| Label | Verve | |||
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In Good Company is an album by the American musician Joe Williams, released in 1989.[1][2] It was nominated for a Grammy Award for "Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Male".[3] Williams supported the album with a North American tour.[4] In Good Company peaked in the top five of Billboard's Top Jazz Albums chart.[5]
Williams duetted with Marlena Shaw on Louis Jordan's "Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby" and "Baby You Got What It Takes", the song made famous by Dinah Washington and Brook Benton.[6] "Just Friends" is a version of the John Klenner and Sam M. Lewis song.[7] Shirley Horn sang on "Too Good to Be True" and "Love Without Money".[8] Williams was backed by Supersax on "Embraceable You" and "Just Friends".[9] Henry Johnson played guitar on the album; Norman Simmons contributed on piano.[9][10] Williams was still capable of moving through three vocal octaves.[11]
