This Moment to Be Free, released on the 37 Records label, is the fourth studio album recorded by jazz singer Cris Barber

Cris Barber

Cris Barber is an American jazz singer on the 37 Records label. Cris won the Orange County Music Award for Best Jazz in 2004, and received nominations in 2005, 2006 and 2008...

. The CD was released in May 2008. Two advance tracks received nominations for the Orange County Music Awards that same year. The album was produced by Barber and Ryan Hafer, with arrangements by Barber and jazz keyboardist Karen Hammack. The album marks the second collaboration between Barber and Hafer, who worked together on Barber's previous album, Comes Love (2006). The backing musicians were recorded at Sounden Studios in San Clemente, California

San Clemente, California

San Clemente is a city in Orange County, California. The population was 63,522 at the 2010 census. Located on the California Coast, midway between Los Angeles and San Diego at the southern tip of the county, it is known for its ocean, hill, and mountain views, a pleasant climate and its Spanish...

, and The Tone Factory in Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and is also the county seat of Clark County, Nevada. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and fine dining. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous...

, with vocals recorded at Secret Ninja Studios in Westminster, California

Westminster, California

-Government:In the state legislature Westminster is located in the 34th, Senate District, represented by Democrat Lou Correa and Republican Tom Harman respectively, and in the 67th and 68th Assembly District, represented by Republicans Jim Silva and Van Tran respectively...

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Track listing

• "My Foolish Heart
  My Foolish Heart (song)
  "My Foolish Heart" is a popular song that was published in 1949.The music was written by Victor Young and the lyrics by Ned Washington. The song was introduced by the singer Martha Mears in the 1949 film of the same name. The song failed to escape critics' general laceration of the film...
  
  " (Victor Young
  Victor Young
  Victor Young was an American composer, arranger, violinist and conductor. He was born in Chicago.-Biography:...
  
  , Ned Washington
  Ned Washington
  Ned Washington was an American lyricist.-Biography:Washington was nominated for eleven Academy Awards from 1940 to 1962...
  
  )
• "Love for Sale" (Cole Porter
  Cole Porter
  Cole Albert Porter was an American composer and songwriter. Born to a wealthy family in Indiana, he defied the wishes of his domineering grandfather and took up music as a profession. Classically trained, he was drawn towards musical theatre...
  
  )
• "Going In" (Kate McGarry)
• "Blackbird
  Blackbird (song)
  "Blackbird" is a Beatles song from the double-disc album The Beatles . Blackbird was written by Paul McCartney, but credited to Lennon–McCartney.-Origins:...
  
  " (Lennon/McCartney
  Lennon/McCartney
  The Lennon–McCartney songwriting partnership is one of the best-known and most successful musical collaborations in history...
  
  )
• "What Is It" (Steven McClintock
  Steven McClintock
  Steven McClintock is a singer, songwriter, and a music producer. He has written many top 40 hit songs. He has been a part of the music group Fertitta & McClintock since the mid-1970s...
  
  )
• "Nature Boy
  Nature Boy (song)
  "Nature Boy" is a song by eden ahbez, published in 1947. The song tells a fantasy of a "strange enchanted boy... who wandered very far" only to learn that "the greatest thing... was just to love and be loved in return"...
  
  " (eden ahbez
  Eden Ahbez
  eden ahbez was an American songwriter and recording artist of the 1940s-1960s, whose lifestyle in California was influential on the hippie movement...
  
  )
• "Devil May Care" (Johnny Burke
  Johnny Burke
  Johnny Burke was a Newfoundland songwriter and musician. He was nicknamed the 'Bard of Prescott Street'. He wrote many popular songs that artists in the 1930s and 1940s released.Popular songs by Burke include:* The Night Paddy Murphy Died...
  
  , Harry Warren
  Harry Warren
  Harry Warren was an American composer and lyricist. Warren was the first major American songwriter to write primarily for film. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Song eleven times and won three Oscars for composing "Lullaby of Broadway", "You'll Never Know" and "On the Atchison,...
  
  )
• "What a Little Moonlight Can Do
  What a Little Moonlight Can Do
  "What a Little Moonlight Can Do" is a popular song written by Harry M. Woods in 1934. It was originally recorded by Billie Holiday accompanied by Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra on July 2, 1935. Peggy Lee covered it with a Nelson Riddle arrangement on her 1959 album Jump for Joy. Steve Tyrell...
  
  " (Harry M. Woods
  Harry M. Woods
  Henry MacGregor Woods was a Tin Pan Alley songwriter and pianist. Woods is sometimes credited as Harry Woods.-Early life:...
  
  )
• "Calling You
  Calling You
  "Calling You" is an Academy Award nominated song from the Bagdad Café movie. Originally, it was recorded by Jevetta Steele. Bob Telson who wrote the song also recorded his version. Both appeared on the movie soundtrack in 1987.- Céline Dion version :...
  
  " (Bob Telson)
• "I Got It Bad" (Duke Ellington
  Duke Ellington
  Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington was an American composer, pianist, and big band leader. Ellington wrote over 1,000 compositions...
  
  , Paul Webster
  Paul Webster (jazz)
  Paul Webster was a jazz trumpet player in the big band era. He is best remembered for having been Jimmie Lunceford's high-note trumpet player...
  
  )
• "I Only Have Eyes for You
  I Only Have Eyes for You
  "I Only Have Eyes for You" is a popular song by composer Harry Warren and lyricist Al Dubin, written in 1934 for the film Dames where it was introduced by Dick Powell and Ruby Keeler....
  
  " (Harry Warren
  Harry Warren
  Harry Warren was an American composer and lyricist. Warren was the first major American songwriter to write primarily for film. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Song eleven times and won three Oscars for composing "Lullaby of Broadway", "You'll Never Know" and "On the Atchison,...
  
  , Al Dubin
  Al Dubin
  Alexander "Al" Dubin was an American lyricist. He became known through his collaborations with the composer Harry Warren.-Life and works:...
  
  )
• "Be Sure" (McClintock)
• "Family Line" (Laurie Morvan)
• "Sunny
  Sunny (song)
  "Sunny" is the name of a song written by Bobby Hebb. It is one of the most covered popular songs, with hundreds of versions released. BMI rates "Sunny" number 25 in its "Top 100 songs of the century."...
  
  " (Bobby Hebb
  Bobby Hebb
  Bobby Hebb was an American singer and songwriter, best known for his writing and recording of "Sunny".-Biography:...
  
  )

Personnel

• Cris Barber – Vocals
• Karen Hammack – Piano
• Barry Cogert – Bass
• Aldo Bentivegna – Drums
• Greg Vail – Sax and Flute
• Jamie Findlay – Guitar
• Kurt Rasmussen – Percussion
• Mark Barnes – B3 Organ
• Laurie Morvan – Guitar ("Family Line")