My Romance is a timeless and quality body of work that has been a total joy for Simone to create. Highlight tracks include Summertime, You’ve Changed, and You Don’t Know What Love Is; and feature some of Australia’s finest musicians.
Track List
- You’d Be So Nice To Come Home To
- God Bless The Child
- You’ve Changed
- Seven Days
- You Don’t Know What Love Is
- Summertime
- Meditation
- Lover Man
- Love Love Love
- My Romance
- Summertime (piano ballad)
Credits
You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To - Cole Porter, Vocalese: Simone Waddell
Lead Vocals by Simone Waddell
Guitars by Jim Kelly
Drums by Dave Sanders
Double Bass by Jack Thorncraft
God Bless The Child - Billie Holiday & Arthur Herzog, Jnr - J Albert & Son
Lead Vocals by Simone Waddell
Backing Vocals by Simone Waddell and Gervais Koffi
Guitars by Jim Kelly
Keys by Wil Sargisson
Drums by Scott Hills
Electric Bass by Dave Tweedie
You've Changed - Bill Carey & Carl Fischer - Southern Music Publishing
Lead Vocals by Simone Waddell
Guitars by Jim Kelly
Keys by Wil Sargisson
Drums by Scott Hills
Double Bass by Jack Thorncraft
Alto Saxophone by Martha Baartz
Seven Days - Sting - EMI Music Publishing Australia
Lead Vocals by Simone Waddell
Backing Vocals by Simone Waddell
Guitars by Jim Kelly
Keys by Sam McNally
Drums by Dave Sanders
Double Bass by Jack Thorncraft
You Don't Know What Love Is - Gene De Paul & Don Raye - Universal/MCA Music
Lead Vocals by Simone Waddell
Guitars by Jim Kelly
Keys by Sam McNally
Drums by Dave Sanders
Double Bass by Jack Thorncraft
Alto Saxophone by Martha Baartz
Summertime - Verse: Simone Waddell
Chorus: George Gershwin & DuBose Heyward - Warner Chappell Music Australia
Lead Vocals by Simone Waddell
Guitars by Jim Kelly
Keys by Wil Sargisson
Drums by Scott Hills
Electric Bass by Dave Tweedie
Meditation - A.C. Jobim, N. Mendonca & N. Gimbel - Mushroom Music
Lead Vocals by Simone Waddell
Guitars by Jim Kelly
Keys by Wil Sargisson
Drums by Scott Hills
Electric Bass by Dave Tweedie
Flute by Martha Baartz
Backing Vocals by Mary Kiani
Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?) - J. Davis, R. Ramirez & J. Sherman - Universal/MCA Music
Lead Vocals by Simone Waddell
Guitars by Jim Kelly
Keys by Sam McNally
Drums by Dave Sanders
Double Bass by Jack Thorncraft
Trumpet by Shannon Marshall
Love Love Love - J.R. Bailey - J Albert & Son
Lead Vocals by Simone Waddell
Guitars by Jim Kelly
Keys by Sam McNally
Drums by Dave Sanders
Electric Bass by Greg Lyon
Double Bass by Jack Thorncraft
My Romance - Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart - Native Tongue Music Publishing
Lead Vocals by Simone Waddell
Guitars by Jim Kelly
Keys by Wil Sargisson
Drums by Scott Hills
Double Bass by Jack Thorncraft
Summertime (piano ballad) - Verse: Simone Waddell
Chorus: George Gershwin & DuBose Heyward - Warner Chappell Music Australia
Lead Vocals by Simone Waddell
Piano by Michael Bartolomei
All arrangements for tracks 1-10 by Jim Kelly
All tracking and mixing for tracks 1-10 by Jim Kelly at Tone Ranger Studio
Produced by Jim Kelly (tracks 1-10)
Mastering by Will Bowden at King Willy Sound
Photography and Design by isaBelle Schürer, isaBelle Creative Media
Hair and Make-Up by Sian from Monie Gabriel's Make-Up Team.
Styled by Simone & isaBelle
Tracks 2-8 and 10: All lead and backing vocals recorded by Gervais Koffi at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music except Backing Vocals on track 7 recorded by Gervais Koffi at Koffi Music Media Studio, Sydney NSW.
Track 1: Lead vocal recorded by Michael Carpenter at Love Hz Studios, Sydney.
Track 9 and 11: Lead vocal recorded by Josh Schuberth at Love Hz Studios, Sydney.
Track 11: Piano recorded by Michael Bartolomei at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music
Backing Vocal Arrangements by Gervais Koffi on tracks 2 and 4
Backing Vocal Arrangement by Mary Kiani on Track 7
Simone has recently collaborated with the great Australian jazz guitarist Jim Kelly, to produce an album full of stunning jazz tunes with equally exquisite arrangements.