Tracklist Hide Credits

1	Softly As In A Morning Sunrise Written-By – Hammerstein*, Romberg*
2	Like A Lover Written-By – A. Bergman - M. Bergman*, D. Caymmi*
3	How High The Moon Written-By – Lewis*, Hamilton*
4	For All We Know Written-By – Coots*, Lewis*
5	Medley: The Nearness Of You/Misty Written-By – H. Carmichael*, N. Washington*
6	You Taught My Heart To Sing Written-By – M. Tyner*, S. Cahn*
7	Ancient Source Written-By – E. Del Barrio*
8	Spring Can Really Hang You Up Most Written-By – Landesman*, Wolf*
9	Oh What A Freedom Written-By – Dianne Reeves

Companies, etc.

• Manufactured By – Toshiba EMI Ltd
• Recorded At – Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
• Recorded At – Mad Hatter Studios

Credits

• Acoustic Guitar – Kevin Eubanks (tracks: 2)
• Alto Saxophone – Greg Osby (tracks: 1, 4)
• Arranged By – Charles Mims* (tracks: 9), David Torkanowsky* (tracks: 1), Richard R. Cummings* (tracks: 3)
• Bass – Charnett Moffett (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7), Tony Dumas (tracks: 9)
• Co-producer – Dianne Reeves (tracks: 9)
• Drums – Marvin "Smitty" Smith (tracks: 1, 4, 6, 7), Michael Baker* (tracks: 9), Terri Lyne Carrington (tracks: 3, 5)
• Engineer – F. Byron Clark (tracks: 9), Rudy van Gelder (tracks: 1 to 8)
• Keyboards – David Torkanowsky* (tracks: 9)
• Lead Vocals – Dianne Reeves
• Music Consultant – Donald Brown
• Percussion – Ron Powell (tracks: 1, 9)
• Photography By – Masanori Koide
• Piano – Donald Brown (tracks: 1, 7), Mulgrew Miller (tracks: 3, 4, 5, 6, 8)
• Producer – Charles Mims* (tracks: 9), Michael Cuscuna (tracks: 1 to 8)
• Recorded By – F. Byron Clark
• Synthesizer – Joe Blocker (tracks: 9)
• Tenor Saxophone – Gerald Albright (tracks: 9)
• Vibraphone – Bobby Hutcherson (tracks: 1, 7)
• Wind Chimes – Ron Powell (tracks: 2, 3, 7)

Notes

Track 1, 2 and 7: Recorded on April 27, 1988
Track 3, 5 and 8 : Recorded on May 9, 1988
Track 4 and 6: Recorded on April 28, 1988
Track 9: Recorded on February 3 and February 5, 1988.

Note: On "Spring Can Really Hang You Up Most", there are three electronic instances where brief electronic clicks can be heard during the piano solo. This occurred during the recording and is unavoidably present in the master tape.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: T4988 006 62461 0

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
RJ28-5020	Dianne Reeves	The Nearness Of You ‎(LP)	Blue Note	RJ28-5020	Japan	1988

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