Loved Ones is a jazz duo album by Ellis Marsalis and Branford Marsalis. Originally conceived as Ellis's solo record of songs about "unforgettable women," it became a duo project based on his realization that "Branford would sound really good on some of (the songs).".[3] The album reached Number 5 on the Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart.[1]
In his AllMusic review, Scott Yanow calls the set "pleasing and thoughtful if not quite essential," noting that Branford's contributions "sometimes (liven) up the selections although mostly playing a subsidiary role to his father."[1] Don Heckman, writing in the Los Angeles Times, called the recording "one of the most appealing CDs of the year," citing "the warm camaraderie of the father-son musical connection."[2]
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| 1. | "Delilah (Delilah's Theme)" (Victor Young) | 5:26 |
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| 2. | "Maria" (Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim) | 6:09 |
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| 3. | "Lulu's Back in TownLulu's Back In Town" (Al Dubin, Harry Warren) | 4:55 |
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| 4. | "Miss Otis Regrets" (Cole Porter) | 4:41 |
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| 5. | "Angelica" (Duke Ellington) | 4:41 |
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| 6. | "Stella by Starlight" (Ned Washington, Young) | 7:00 |
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| 7. | "Louise" (John Lee Hooker, Leo Robin, Richard A. Whiting) | 4:14 |
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| 8. | "Bess, You Is My Woman Now" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) | 8:02 |
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| 9. | "Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away)" (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin, Gus Kahn) | 2:35 |
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| 10. | "Nancy With the Laughing Face" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Phil Silvers) | 2:11 |
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| 11. | "Laura" (Johnny Mercer, David Raksin) | 6:19 |
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| 12. | "Alice in Wonderland" (Sammy Fain, Bob Hilliard) | 6:22 |
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| 13. | "Sweet Lorraine" (Cliff Burwell, Mitchell Parish) | 4:21 |
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| 14. | "Dear Dolores" (Ellis Marsalis) | 6:39 |
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