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Chapter One
1	Chan's Song Written-By – Herbie Hancock	5:15
2	Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight Written-By – James Taylor	4:43
3	Nascente Written-By – Flávio Venturini, Murilo Antunes	4:18
4	Midnight Mood Written-By – Joe Zawinul	6:22
5	The Nearness Of You Written-By – Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington	4:32
Chapter Two
6	Incandescene Written-By – Michael Brecker	5:21
7	Sometimes I See Written-By – Pat Metheny	5:26
8	My Ship Written-By – Ira Gershwin, Kurt Weill	7:10
9	Always Written-By – Irving Berlin	5:37
10	Seven Days Written-By – Pat Metheny	5:32
Epilogue
11	I Can See Your Dreams Written-By – Michael Brecker	3:50
Acknowledgment
12	Say It (Over And Over Again) Written By – Frank Loesser, Jimmy McHugh	5:10

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – The Verve Music Group
• Copyright (c) – The Verve Music Group
• Recorded At – Right Track Recording
• Mixed At – Right Track Recording
• Mastered At – Sterling Sound

Credits

• Art Direction – Hollis King
• Bass – Charlie Haden
• Co-producer – Steve Rodby
• Coordinator [Project] – Darryl Pitt, David Sholemson, Stephanie Faraci
• Design – Rebecca Meek
• Drums – Jack DeJohnette
• Executive-Producer – Richard Seidel
• Guitar – Pat Metheny
• Mastered By – Greg Calbi
• Percussion [Additional] – Dave Samuels
• Photography By – Ken Takewaki, Michael Piazza, Sylvia Otti
• Piano – Herbie Hancock
• Producer – Pat Metheny
• Recorded By, Mixed By – James Farber
• Tenor Saxophone – Michael Brecker
• Vocals – James Taylor (tracks: 2, 5)

Notes

Recorded at Right Track Recording, New York, December 18-20, 2000.
Mixed at Right Track Recording, New York, February 7-10, 2001
Mastered at Sterling Sound, New York, March 12, 2001

℗ & © 2001 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Made in Japan.

Comes with 3-fold colour booklet in English plus additional 12-page b/w booklet with liner notes in Japanese, and lyrics in English and Japanese.

Track 12 is a Japan-only bonus track (dedicated to John Coltrane).

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 4 988005 811394

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
549 705-2	Michael Brecker	Nearness Of You (The Ballad Book) ‎(CD, Album)	Verve Records	549 705-2	Europe	2001
549 705-2	Michael Brecker	Nearness Of You (The Ballad Book) ‎(CD, Album)	Verve Records	549 705-2	Australasia	2001
73145497052	Michael Brecker	Nearness Of You ‎(CD, Album)	Verve Records	73145497052	Brazil	2001
314 549 705-2	Michael Brecker	Nearness Of You (The Ballad Book) ‎(CD, Album)	Verve Records	314 549 705-2	US	2001
UCCV-1018	Michael Brecker	Nearness Of You (The Ballad Book) ‎(CD, Album)	Verve Records	UCCV-1018	Japan	2001

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