''André Previn and J. J. Johnson'' (subtitled ''Play Kurt Weill's Mack the Knife & Bilbao-Song and Other Music from The Threepenny Opera, Happy End, Mahagonny'') is an album by pianist André Previn and trombonist J. J. Johnson performing Kurt Weill's compositions which was released on the Columbia label.Watts, R., Callahan, M., Edwards, D. and Eyries, P
Columbia Main Series, Part 13: CL 1700-1799/CS 8500-8598 (1961-1962)
accessed July 18, 2016

Reception

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awarded the album 3 stars.

Track listing

''All compositions by Kurt Weill.'' # " Bilbao Song" - 4:05 (from '' Happy End'') # " Barbara Song" - 6:07 (from ''

The Threepenny Opera ''The Threepenny Opera'' ( ) is a " play with music" by Bertolt Brecht, adapted from a translation by Elisabeth Hauptmann of John Gay's 18th-century English ballad opera, '' The Beggar's Opera'', and four ballads by François Villon, with mu ...

'') # "Overture" - 5:05 (from ''The Threepenny Opera'') # " Seeräuberjenny" - 4:20 (from ''The Threepenny Opera'') # " Mack the Knife (Moritat)" - 5:00 # " Surabaya Johnny" - 4:15 (from ''Happy End'') # "Wie man sich bettet" - 6:00 ("Meine Herren, meine Mutter prägte" from ''

Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny ''Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny'' (german: Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny, links=no) is a political-satirical opera composed by Kurt Weill to a German libretto by Bertolt Brecht. It was first performed on 9 March 1930 at the i ...

'') # "Unzulänglichkeit" - 4:55 (from ''The Threepenny Opera'')

Personnel

* André Previn –

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keybo ...

* J. J. Johnson –

trombone The trombone (german: Posaune, Italian, French: ''trombone'') is a musical instrument in the brass family. As with all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player's vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate ...

* Red Mitchell – bass *

Frank Capp Francis Cappuccio (August 20, 1931 – September 12, 2017), known professionally as Frank Capp, was an American jazz drummer. Capp also played on numerous rock and roll sessions and is considered to be a member of The Wrecking Crew. Biography ...

– drums

References

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