''Stormy Weather'' is a 1957 studio album by Lena Horne, released by RCA Victor in

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/ref> Recording took place between March 1956 and March 1957, at Webster Hall, New York.

Track listing

#" Tomorrow Mountain" ( Duke Ellington, John La Touche) – 2.55 #" Out of This World" ( Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen) – 3.37 #" Summertime" (

George Gershwin George Gershwin (; born Jacob Gershwine; September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937) was an American composer and pianist whose compositions spanned popular, jazz and classical genres. Among his best-known works are the orchestral compositions ' ...

, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) – 2.52 #" Mad About the Boy" ( Noël Coward) – 3.03 #"Ridin' on the Moon" (Mercer, Arlen) – 1.56 #" Stormy Weather" (Arlen,

Ted Koehler Ted L. Koehler (July 14, 1894 – January 17, 1973) was an American lyricist. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1972. Life and career Koehler was born in 1894 in Washington, D.C. He started out as a photo-engraver, but w ...

) – 3.45 #" Baby Won't You Please Come Home" (Charles Warfield, Clarence Williams) – 2.12 #"

Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home "Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home" is a popular song with music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by Johnny Mercer. It was first introduced in 1946 in the musical '' St. Louis Woman''. In the musical, the song was sung by a female character of easy virtu ...

" (Arlen, Mercer) – 3.30 #" I'll Be Around" ( Alec Wilder) – 2.54 #"I Wonder What Became of Me" (Arlen, Mercer) – 2.57 #" Just One of Those Things" ( Cole Porter) – 2.00

CD bonus tracks

The CD re-issue includes several single only tracks recorded during the studio session for the LP ''Stormy Weather'', also included are the four tracks originally released in 1957 on the EP ''Lena Horne at the Cocoanut Grove''. #

"Stormy Weather" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) – 3.52 (Alternative previously unreleased recording) # "Come Runnin'" (Roc Hillman) – 2.53 (Previously unreleased recording from the 1956 recording sessions) # " From This Moment On" (Cole Porter) – 1.53 (Previously issued in 1956 as a 78rpm single release only) # "A Cock-Eyed Optimist" ( Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 3.28 (Previously issued on the 1957, 45rpm EP, " Lena Horne at the Cocoanut Grove" only) # "I Have Dreamed" ( Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 2.14 (Previously issued on the 1957, 45rpm EP, " Lena Horne at the Cocoanut Grove" only) # "The Surrey with the Fringe on Top" ( Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 3.28 (Previously issued on the 1957, 45rpm EP, " Lena Horne at the Cocoanut Grove" only) # "Wouldn't It Be Loverly" ( Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner) – 2.51 (Previously issued on the 1957, 45rpm EP, " Lena Horne at the Cocoanut Grove" only) # "What's Right for You (Is Right for Me)" (Hubert Doris, Tommy Goodman, Bernie Gluckman) – 2.55 (Previously issued in 1956 as a 78rpm single release only) # "Sweet Thing" (Betty Walberg, Bob Herget) – 2.29 (Previously issued in 1957 as a 78rpm single release only) # " That Old Feeling" (

Lew Brown Lew Brown (born Louis Brownstein; December 10, 1893 – February 5, 1958) was a lyricist for popular songs in the United States. During World War I and the Roaring Twenties, he wrote lyrics for several of the top Tin Pan Alley composers, esp ...

, Sammy Fain) – 2.16 (Previously issued in 1957 as a 78rpm single release only)

Personnel

* Lennie Hayton – Arranger, Conductor *

Marty Paich Martin Louis Paich (January 23, 1925 – August 12, 1995) was an American pianist, composer, arranger, record producer, music director, and conductor. As a musician and arranger he worked with jazz musicians Peggy Lee, Ella Fitzgerald, Stan Kento ...

– Conductor Tracks 20 and 21 * Lena Horne – vocals * with Lennie Hayton and His Orchestra * Gene DiNovi – piano * George Duvivier – bass *

Kenny Burrell Kenneth Earl Burrell (born July 31, 1931) is an American jazz guitarist known for his work on numerous top jazz labels: Prestige, Blue Note, Verve, CTI, Muse, and Concord. His collaborations with Jimmy Smith were notable, and produced the 1965 ...

, Howard Roberts – guitar * Maurice Wilk, Max Chan, Julius Brand,

Gene Orloff Gene Orloff (June 14, 1921 – March 23, 2009) was an American violinist, concertmaster, arranger, contractor and session musician. Background The son of a Russian immigrant violin maker, Orloff would try and get his father's violin down from the ...

, Arnold Eidus – violin * Maurice Brown – cello * Joe Marshall Jr., John Cresi,

Shelly Manne Sheldon "Shelly" Manne (June 11, 1920 – September 26, 1984) was an American jazz drummer. Most frequently associated with West Coast jazz, he was known for his versatility and also played in a number of other styles, including Dixieland, sw ...

– drums * Jimmy Maxwell,

Charlie Shavers Charles James Shavers (August 3, 1920 – July 8, 1971) was an American jazz trumpeter who played with Dizzy Gillespie, Nat King Cole, Roy Eldridge, Johnny Dodds, Jimmie Noone, Sidney Bechet, Midge Williams, Tommy Dorsey, and Billie Holiday ...

, Harold "Shorty" Baker, Carl "Doc" Severinsen – trumpet *

Jimmy Cleveland James Milton Cleveland (May 3, 1926 – August 23, 2008) was an American jazz trombonist born in Wartrace, Tennessee.

, Robert Byrne, Bart Varsolona – trombone *

Danny Bank Daniel Bernard Bank (July 17, 1922 – June 5, 2010) was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and flautist. He is credited on some releases as Danny Banks. He was born on July 17, 1922. Early in his career Bank played with Charlie Barnet ...

, Eddie J. Wasserman, Bernard Kaufman, Abraham Richman, Emanual Gershman – saxophone

References

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