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Time Together is a jazz vocal album released in 2011 by Michael Franks with Shanachie Records. It is Franks’ seventeenth album and marked a departure from his previous recordings by being his first with an independent record label.

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars and stated “The singer’s use of Zen wisdom in the modern jazz lyric and melody, underscores everything fine and right in Franks’ art from The Art of Tea to the present day. While his framework may be contemporary, his execution is timeless, making Time Together Franks’ most consistent, graceful collection of songs in the 21st century.”

Track listing:
All tracks are written by Michael Franks.

1. “Now That the Summer’s Here” 5:27
2. “One Day in St. Tropez” 5:19
3. “Summer in New York” 5:57
4. “Mice” 5:26
5. “Charlie Chan in Egypt” 5:29
6. “I’d Rather Be Happy Than Right” 4:41
7. “Time Together” 3:37
8. “Samba Blue” 4:45

9. “My Heart Said Wow” 2:47
10. “If I Could Make September Stay” 5:23
11. “Feathers from an Angel’s Wing” 8:00

Personnel:

Alto Saxophone – Eric Marienthal (tracks: 1, 8)
Backing Vocals – Beth Nielsen Chapman (tracks: 4), Carmen Cuesta (tracks: 1, 8), Lizzy Loeb (tracks: 3), Veronica Nunn (tracks: 3, 5, 9)
Bass – Greg Cohen (tracks: 2, 7, 10), Jay Anderson (tracks: 5, 9), Mark Egan (tracks: 3, 8, 11), Scott Petito (tracks: 4), Tim LeFebvre (tracks: 6)
Bass, Backing Vocals – Will Lee (tracks: 1)
Drums – Billy Kilson (tracks: 5, 9), Jerry Marotta (tracks: 4)
Drums, Percussion – Joe Bonadio (tracks: 11), Shawn Pelton (tracks: 3), Wolfgang Haffner (tracks: 1, 6, 8)
Guitar – David Spinozza (tracks: 4), Romero Lubambo (t. 2, 7, 10)
Guitar, Keyboards, Drum Programming – Loeb (t: 1, 3, 5 to 8, 11)
Keyboards – Clifford Carter (tracks: 11)
Percussion – Rogerio Boccato (tracks: 2, 7, 10)
Piano – Gil Goldstein (tracks: 2, 7, 10)
Saxophone – David Mann (tracks: 5, 9)
Trumpet – Alex Sipiagin (tracks: 5, 9), Till Brönner (tracks: 1, 3)
Vibraphone – Mike Mainieri (tracks: 4)
Vocals, Written-By – Michael Franks
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Released: June 14, 2011
Label: Shanachie
Producers: Charles Blenzig, Gil Goldstein, Chuck Loeb, Scott Petito,
Mark Egan