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My Ship
"My Ship" is a popular song written for the 1941 Broadway musical '' Lady in the Dark'', with music by Kurt Weill and lyrics by Ira Gershwin. The music is marked "Andante espressivo"; Gershwin describes it as "orchestrated by Kurt to sound sweet and simple at times, mysterious and menacing at other". It was premiered by Gertrude Lawrence in the role of Liza Elliott, the editor of a fashion magazine. In the context of the show, the song comes in a sequence in which Elliott, in psychoanalysis, recalls a turn-of-the-century song she knew in her childhood. The song was not included in the 1944 Hollywood film '' Lady in the Dark'', a fact which Ira Gershwin found inexplicable: In 2003, Herbie Hancock won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Solo for a version of this song released on the album '' Directions in Music: Live at Massey Hall''. Cover versions Artists who have recorded the song include (in alphabetical order): * Ernestine Anderson – ''The Toast of the Nation's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Sixteen Sunsets
''Sixteen Sunsets'' is a studio album by American jazz saxophonist Jane Ira Bloom. The album was released on December 15, 2013 by Outline Records label. This is her 15th album as a band leader. ''Sixteen Sunsets'' received a Grammy nomination for Best Surround Sound Album in 2014. Reception ''The Buffalo News''s Jeff Simon wrote, "Not only is this one of the best jazz discs of the year, it's, without doubt, one of the most beautiful records soprano saxophonist Jane Ira Bloom has ever made in a recording life that has been replete with the sublime... A magnificent disc—a balladic revelation for the final weeks of the year." Dan McClenaghan of ''All About Jazz'' stated, "''Sixteen Sunsets'' is, arguably, Jane Ira Bloom's most compelling recording. It's certainly her loveliest—no argument there. And the sound quality is out of this world. An asteroid is nice, but it seems a rather small celestial body for an artist that can create something as perfect as this disc. Perhaps a st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Show Tunes (album)
''Show Tunes'' is a 1989 album by Rosemary Clooney, of show tunes. Track listing # "I Wish I Were in Love Again" ( Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 3:07 # "Manhattan" (Hart, Rodgers) – 5:18 # "I Stayed Too Long at the Fair" ( Billy Barnes) – 4:42 # "Ev'rything I've Got" (Hart, Rodgers) – 5:06 # "How Are Things in Glocca Morra?" (Yip Harburg, Burton Lane) – 5:06 # "Come Back to Me" (Lane, Alan Jay Lerner) – 4:59 # "Where Do You Start?" ( Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Johnny Mandel) – 2:58 # "Taking a Chance on Love" (Vernon Duke, Ted Fetter, John La Touche) – 3:28 # "I'll See You Again" ( Noël Coward) – 3:26 # " All the Things You Are" ( Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) – 3:44 # "Guys and Dolls" (Frank Loesser) – 4:43 # "My Ship" ( Ira Gershwin, Kurt Weill) – 3:12 Personnel * Rosemary Clooney – vocals * Warren Vaché Jr. – cornet * Scott Hamilton – tenor saxophone * John Oddo – piano * John Clayton John Clayton may refer to: Arts and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosemary Clooney
Rosemary Clooney (May 23, 1928 – June 29, 2002) was an American singer and actress. She came to prominence in the early 1950s with the song " Come On-a My House", which was followed by other pop numbers such as " Botch-a-Me", " Mambo Italiano", "Tenderly", "Half as Much", " Hey There", " This Ole House", and " Sway". She also had success as a jazz vocalist. Clooney's career languished in the 1960s, partly because of problems related to depression and drug addiction, but revived in 1977, when her '' White Christmas'' co-star Bing Crosby asked her to appear with him at a show marking his 50th anniversary in show business. She continued recording until her death in 2002. Early life Rosemary Clooney was born in Maysville, Kentucky, the daughter of Marie Frances (née Guilfoyle) and Andrew Joseph Clooney. She was one of five children. Her father was of Irish and German descent, and her mother was of English and Irish ancestry. She was raised Catholic. When Clooney was 15, her moth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ballads For Night People
''Ballads for Night People'' is a 1959 album by jazz vocalist June Christy. Track listing # "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" ( Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 4:56 # "Night People" (Tommy Wolf, Fran Landesman) – 3:20 # "Do Nothing till You Hear from Me" ( Duke Ellington, Bob Russell) – 4:06 # "I Had A Little Sorrow" ( Bob Cooper, Edna St. Vincent Millay) – 3:50 # "I'm In Love" (Norman Kaye, Richard Ferraris) – 2:45 # "Shadow Woman" (Arthur Hamilton) – 3:13 # "Kissing Bug" (Rex Stewart, Billy Strayhorn, Joya Sherrill) – 2:41 # "My Ship" ( Kurt Weill, Ira Gershwin) – 3:58 # "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" (Duke Ellington, Bob Russell) – 2:58 # " Make Love to Me" (Paul Mann, Stephan Weiss, Kim Gannon) – 3:08 Personnel * June Christy – vocals * Bob Cooper – arranger, conductor, tenor saxophone * Frank Rosolino – trombone * Bud Shank – alto saxophone, flute * Buddy Collette – clarinet * Chuck Gentry – bass clarinet, contrabass clarinet * Joe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stan Kenton
Stanley Newcomb Kenton (December 15, 1911 – August 25, 1979) was an American popular music and jazz artist. As a pianist, composer, arranger and band leader, he led an innovative and influential jazz orchestra for almost four decades. Though Kenton had several pop hits from the early 1940s into the 1960s, his music was always forward-looking. Kenton was also a pioneer in the field of jazz education, creating the Stan Kenton Jazz Camp in 1959 at Indiana University.Sparke, Michael. ''Stan Kenton: This is an Orchestra.'' UNT Press (2010). . Early life Stan Kenton was born on December 15, 1911, in Wichita, Kansas; he had two sisters (Beulah and Erma Mae) born three and eight years after him. His parents, Floyd and Stella Kenton, moved the family to Colorado, and in 1924, to the Greater Los Angeles Area, settling in suburban Bell, California. Kenton attended Bell High School; his high-school yearbook picture has the prophetic notation "Old Man Jazz". Kenton started learning piano ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duet (Stan Kenton And June Christy Album)
''Duet'' is an album by vocalist June Christy and pianist Stan Kenton with featuring performances of jazz standards recorded in 1955 and released on the Capitol label.Vosbein, PStan Kenton Discographyaccessed April 16, 2016 accessed April 16, 2016 Reception The review by Stephen Cook noted "Kenton exercises unexpected restraint throughout, shading Christy's dramatically cool delivery with snatches of Ellington color and chamber music formality".Track listing # " |
June Christy
June Christy (born Shirley Luster; November 20, 1925June 21, 1990) was an American singer, known for her work in the cool jazz genre and for her silky smooth vocals. Her success as a singer began with The Stan Kenton Orchestra. She pursued a solo career from 1954 and is best known for her debut album '' Something Cool''. After her death, she was hailed as "one of the finest and most neglected singers of her time." Biography Early life Shirley Luster was born in Springfield, Illinois, United States. She moved with her parents Steve and Marie (née Crain) Luster to Decatur, Illinois, when she was three years old. She began to sing with the Decatur-based Bill Oetzel Orchestra at thirteen. While attending Decatur High School she appeared with Oetzel and his society band, the Ben Bradley Band, and Bill Madden's Band. After high school she moved to Chicago, changed her name to Sharon Leslie, and sang with a group led by Boyd Raeburn. Later she joined Benny Strong's band. In 1944, S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Carter
Ronald Levin Carter (born May 4, 1937) is an American jazz double bassist. His appearances on 2,221 recording sessions make him the most-recorded jazz bassist in history. He has won three Grammy awards, and is also a cellist who has recorded numerous times on that instrument. Some of his studio albums as a leader include: ''Blues Farm'' (1973), ''All Blues'' (1973), ''Spanish Blue'' (1974), '' Anything Goes'' (1975), '' Yellow & Green'' (1976), '' Pastels'' (1976), ''Piccolo'' (1977), ''Third Plane'' (1977), '' Peg Leg'' (1978), ''A Song for You'' (1978), ''Etudes'' (1982), ''The Golden Striker'' (2003), ''Dear Miles'' (2006), and ''Ron Carter's Great Big Band'' (2011). Early life Carter was born in Ferndale, Michigan. He started to play cello at the age of 10, and switched to bass while in high school. He earned a B.A. in music from the Eastman School of Music (1959) and a master's degree in music from the Manhattan School of Music (1961). Carter's first jobs as a jazz musici ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Midnight Sun (Dee Dee Bridgewater Album)
''Midnight Sun'' is a 2011 compilation album by American jazz singer Dee Dee Bridgewater. Background The album is a collection of 11 love ballads and standards. Bridgewater explained "For years my fans and family have been asking me to compile a CD of my favorite love songs, and Midnight Sun is my ode to them. Love in all its glory – for better or for worse – as expressed by some of the most amazing songwriters of our time." Reception Thom Jurek of Allmusic AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the databa ... wrote "Midnight Sun, issued by Decca/Emarcy, is a ballads collection of jazz and pop standards assembled from Dee Dee Bridgewater's recordings for Verve and other UMG-associated labels... As an album, these tracks -- all beautifully remastered -- hold together very well de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
This Is New (Dee Dee Bridgewater Album)
''This is New'' is a 2002 album by Dee Dee Bridgewater, dedicated to the songs of Kurt Weill. Track listing #"This Is New" ( Ira Gershwin) – 3:47 #"Lost in the Stars" (Maxwell Anderson) – 5:36 #"The Bilbao Song" (Michael Feingold, Frank McGuinness) – 10:24 #"My Ship" (Ira Gershwin) – 4:56 #" Alabama Song" ( Bertolt Brecht) – 5:38 #"The Saga of Jenny" (Ogden Nash) – 4:54 #"Youkali" (Roger Fernay) – 3:54 #"I'm a Stranger Here Myself" (Ogden Nash) – 5:50 #"Speak Low" (Ogden Nash) – 4:17 #"September Song" (Anderson) – 4:40 #"Here I'll Stay" ( Alan Jay Lerner) – 11:15 All music composed by Kurt Weill, lyricists in brackets. Personnel *Dee Dee Bridgewater – vocals *Thierry Eliez – Hammond B3 organ, piano, backing vocals, arrangements (tracks: 1, 2) *Louis Winsberg – guitar *Ira Coleman – double bass *André Ceccarelli – drums *Minino Garay – percussion *Nicolas Folmer - trumpet *Denis LeLoup – trombone *Daniele Scannapieco - alto saxophone, f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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