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Night & Day: Big Band

Studio album by

Chicago

Released May 23, 1995

Recorded December 1994 – January 1995

Genre Big band, jazz, swing

Length 51:27

Label Giant

Producer Bruce Fairbairn

Chicago chronology

Twenty 1 Night & Day: The Heart of

(1991) Big Band Chicago 1967–
(1995) 1997
 (1997)

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[1]
AllMusic

Night & Day: Big Band is the eighteenth studio album by the American band Chicago,
and twenty-second overall, released in 1995.[1] It is a departure from Top 40 material for a
more thematic project, with a focus on classic big band, jazz and swing music.
Chicago left Reprise Records and started their own imprint, Chicago Records, to re-
distribute their music. This album was carried by Giant Records, a subsidiary of Warner
Music, who also distributes Reprise.
With producer Bruce Fairbairn, Chicago recorded Night & Day: Big Band from late 1994 to
early 1995 and released it that May. Although Bruce Gaitsch played guitar on the
sessions, the guitar slot would eventually be filled that year by Keith Howland, who
remains Chicago's present guitarist. Joe Perry of Aerosmith was brought in to add a solo
to "Blues in the Night."
The album reached #90 in the US, on the Billboard 200 chart.

Background[edit]
Chicago made its "television variety debut" in February 1973 on a television special
honoring Duke Ellington, "Duke Ellington ... We Love You Madly," which aired on CBS.
They performed the Ellington composition, "Jump for Joy." [2] They were the only rock
musicians invited to appear on the show.[3][4] Walter Parazaider cited the group's
participation in the television special, and Duke Ellington's comments to them afterwards,
as important factors in their decision to record this album. [5]

Track listing[edit]
No. Title Writer(s) Vocals Length
1. "Chicago" Fred Fisher Robert Lamm 3:06
2. "Caravan" Duke Ellington/Irving Lamm 3:23
Mills/Juan Tizol
3. "Dream a Little Dream of Me" Fabian André/Gus Jason Scheff/Jade 3:12
Kahn/Wilbur
Schwandt
4. "Goody Goody" Matty Bill Champlin 4:05
Malneck/Johnny
Mercer
5. "Moonlight Serenade" Glenn Miller/Mitchell Lamm and Scheff 4:26
Parish
 6. "Night and Day" Cole Porter Scheff 5:36
7. "Blues in the Night" Harold Arlen/Mercer Champlin 6:05
8. "Sing, Sing, Sing" Louis Prima Lamm, Champlin and 3:21
Scheff/Gipsy Kings
9. "Sophisticated Lady" Ellington/Mills/Parish Scheff 5:11
10. "In the Mood" Joe Garland/Andy Champlin 3:43
Razaf
11. "Don't Get Around Much Ellington/Bob Russell Lamm and Champlin 3:38
Anymore"
12. "Take the "A" Train" Billy Strayhorn Lamm 5:36
Bonus Japanese Track
No. Title Writer(s) Length
13. "String of Pearls" Eddie Delange/Jerry Gray 3:07

Personnel[edit]
Adapted from AllMusic.[6]

Chicago[edit]
 Bill Champlin – keyboards, guitar, vocals, vocal arrangement, arrangement (4, 7, 10, 11)
 Bruce Gaitsch – guitar, arrangement (10)
 Tris Imboden – drums, harmonica, arrangement (10)
 Robert Lamm – keyboards, vocals, additional vocal arrangement, arrangement (1, 6, 9-12)
 Lee Loughnane – trumpet, flugelhorn, brass arrangement (7, 8, 10), arrangement (8), vocal
arrangement (8)
 James Pankow – trombone, brass arrangement (1-6, 9-12), arrangement (2, 3, 5, 10)
 Walter Parazaider – woodwinds, arrangement (10)
 Jason Scheff – bass guitar, vocals, additional vocal arrangement, arrangement (9, 10)
Additional personnel[edit]
 Luis Conte – percussion
 Jack Duncan – percussion on "Night and Day"
 Sal Ferreras – percussion on "Night and Day"
 The Gipsy Kings (Nicolas Reyes and Patchai Reyes) – vocals, rumba flamenco guitars and
vocal arrangements on "Sing, Sing, Sing"
 Jade – vocals on "Dream a Little Dream of Me"
 Joe Perry – guitar solo on "Blues in the Night"
 Paul Shaffer – piano on "Dream a Little Dream of Me"
 Bruce Fairbairn – trumpet solo on "Chicago"
 Tonino Baliardo – lead guitar on "Sing, Sing, Sing"
 Peter Wolf – arrangements on "In the Mood"
 Shelly Berg – orchestration, big band arrangements
 Bill Watrous – big band arrangements