Born 2 B Blue

Born 2 B Blue
Studio album by Steve Miller
Released	1988
Recorded	in Seattle, Minneapolis, Los Angeles and New York
Genre	Easy listening, jazz
Length	42:22
Label	Capitol
Producer	Steve Miller
Steve Miller chronology
Living in the 20th Century (1986) Born 2 B Blue (1988) Wide River (1993)

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Born 2 B Blue is a solo studio album by Steve Miller, and his only one to date. The album was released in 1988, by Capitol Records. It consists primarily of jazz standards reinterpreted in a more modern context. It represented a departure from Miller's work with the Steve Miller Band. The album was Miller's final release for Capitol Records, after 20 years with the label.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah"	Allie Wrubel, Ray Gilbert	4:13
2.	"Ya Ya"	Lee Dorsey, Morris Levy, Clarence Lewis, Morgan Robinson	3:37
3.	"God Bless the Child"	Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog Jr.	5:00
4.	"Filthy McNasty"	Horace Silver	2:50
5.	"Born to Be Blue"	Mel Tormé, Robert Wells	5:25
6.	"Mary Ann"	Ray Charles	4:49
7.	"Just a Little Bit"	Buster Brown, Ralph Bass, Fats Washington, John Thornton	4:04
8.	"When Sunny Gets Blue"	Marvin Fisher, Jack Segal	4:36
9.	"Willow Weep for Me"	Ann Ronell	5:12
10.	"Red Top"	Lionel Hampton, Ben Kynard	2:31

Personnel

• Steve Miller – guitar, vocals
• Billy Peterson – bass
• Ben Sidran – keyboards
• Gordy Knudtson – drums

Additional personnel

• Milt Jackson - vibraphone on "Born to be Blue"
• Phil Woods - alto saxophone on "When Sonny Gets Blue" & "Red Top"
• Bobby Malach – tenor saxophone on "Mary Ann," "God Bless the Child," "Filthy McNasty," & "Just a Little Bit"
• Ricky Peterson – all programming on "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah," additional synthesizers on "Ya Ya" & "Just a Little Bit"
• Bruce Paulson - trombone on "God Bless the Child"
• Steve Faison - percussion on "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah"
• Steve Wiese (engineer) - recorded and mixed at Creation Audio, Minneapolis