If You Really Want is an album by Raul Midón with The Metropole Orkest, released in September 14, 2018.[1] This album was nominated for Best Jazz Vocal Album in the 61st Annual Grammy Awards.[3]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
All About Jazz	[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Raul Midón except as indicated.

1. "Ride on a Rainbow" – 4:12
2. "God's Dream" – 4:41
3. "If You Really Want" – 4:41
4. "All Love Is Blind" – 3:22
5. "Sunshine (I Can Fly)" (written by Albert Menendez, Luis Vega and Raul Midón) – 6:38
6. "Ocean Dreamer" – 3:30
7. "Pick Somebody Up" – 3:28
8. "Everyone Deserves a Second Chance" (arranged by Miho Hazama) – 5:05
9. "Sittin' in the Middle" – 5:34
10. "Suddenly" – 3:50

Personnel

Musicians

• Raul Midón – Vocals, Guitar
• Metropole Orkest
  • Conductor – Vince Mendoza
  • Trumpet – Jan Wessels [nl], Jelle Schouten, Peter van Soest, Ray Bruinsma
  • Saxophone, Clarinet – Leo Janssen, Marc Scholten, Max Boeree, Paul van der Feen, Werner Janssen
  • Trombone – Bart Van Lier, Jan Bastiani, Jan Oosting
  • Bass Trombone – Bart van Gorp
  • Flute – Janine Abbas, Nola Exel
  • Horn – Jasper de Waal, Pieter Hunfeld
  • Oboe – Willem Luijt
  • Piano, Keyboards – Hans Vroomans
  • Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar – Peter Tiehuis
  • Double Bass – Arend Liefkes, Erik Winkelmann, Walter van Egeraat
  • Electric Bass, Acoustic Bass – Aram Kersbergen
  • Drums – Martijn Vink [de]
  • Percussion – Eddy Koopman, Murk Jiskoot
  • Violin [1st] – Alida Schat, Arlia De Ruiter, David Peijnenborgh, Denis Koenders, Ewa Zbyszynska, Jasper van Rosmalen, Pauline Terlouw, Ruben Margarita
  • Violin [2nd] – Federico Nathan, Herman Van Haaren, Merel Jonker, Merijn Rombout, Robert Baba, Seija Teeuwen, Wim Kok
  • Cello – Annie Tangberg*, Emile Visser, Jascha Albracht, Maarten Jansen
  • Viola – Isabella Petersen, Julia Jowett, Marit Ladage, Mieke Honingh, Norman Jansen
  • Harp – Joke Schonewille

Production

• Raul Midón – producer, A&R, engineer (recording, editing, overdubbing)
• Vince Mendoza – producer
• Gert-Jan Blom – artistic producer for Metropole Orkest

• Will Wakefield – A&R (senior director)
• Kathleen Midón – A&R

• Paul Dorin – assistant engineer (recording)
• Dirk Overeem – assistant engineer (recording)
• Darcy Proper – engineer (mastering)
• Tijmen Zinkhaan – engineer (mixing)
• Erik Van Der Horst – assistant engineer (mixing)

• Kathleen – management
• Zot Management – management
• Sharon Green – management (marketing director)
• Fiona Bloom – public relations
• The Bloom Effect – public relations

• Raj Naik – art direction, design
• Samuel Prather – photography

References

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