Various Artists - The Complete Rodgers & Hart Songbooks [Box]

Artist:

Various Artists

UPC:

731453326224

Description:

THE COMPLETE RODGERS & HART SONGBOOKS contains all three of the Rodgers & Hart Songbook compilations: WE`LL HAVE MANHATTAN, MY FUNNY VALENTINE and ISN`T IT ROMANTIC?, which are also available individually.
Producers include: Russell Garcia, William D. Hassett, Bob Shad, Norman Granz, Buddy Bregman, Stefan F. Winter, Hy Weiss, Shirley Horn, Joel E. Siegel, Ron Berinstein, Miriam Cutler, David Kreisberg, Creed Taylor, Ray Heindorf, Stephen Scott, Richard Seidel.
Compilation producer: Michael Lang.
Recorded between November 30, 1949 and August 1994. Includes liner notes by James Gavin, J.R. Taylor & Neil Tesser.
All lyrics written by Lorenz Hart. All music written by Richard Rodgers.
Tributees: Lorenz Hart; Richard Rodgers; Rodgers & Hart.
The classic songs of Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart are rendered on this outstanding three-disc set, which features vocalists like Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Dinah Washington, Shirley Horn, Tony Bennett and Cassandra Wilson. Among the spotlighted instrumentalists are Charlie Parker, Coleman Hawkins, Art Tatum, Stan Getz, Bill Evans, Ben Webster and Oscar Peterson. ~ Jason Ankeny

Track Listing:

DISC 1: WE`LL HAVE MANHATTAN:

1. Thou Swell - Joe Williams
2. This Can`t Be Love - Shirley Horn
3. I Didn`t Know What Time It Was - Anita O`Day
4. Have You Met Miss Jones? - Louis Armstrong
5. Manhattan - Blossom Dearie
6. I Could Write a Book - Dinah Washington
7. My Funny Valentine - Sarah Vaughan
8. Blue Moon - Mel Torm?
9. Ship Without a Sail, A - Ella Fitzgerald
10. Mountain Greenery - Bing Crosby
11. You Took Advantage of Me - Billie Holiday
12. Ten Cents a Dance - Abbey Lincoln/Frank Morgan
13. Falling in Love With Love - Helen Merrill
14. It Never Entered My Mind - Sarah Vaughan
15. Little Girl Blue - Nina Simone
16. Lady Is a Tramp, The - Ella Fitzgerald

DISC 2: MY FUNNY VALENTINE:

1. Lover - Anita O`Day
2. Mountain Greenery - Tony Bennett
3. My Heart Stood Still - Sarah Vaughan
4. Ev`rything I`ve Got - Blossom Dearie
5. Blue Moon - Billie Holiday
6. Blue Room, The - Bing Crosby
7. I Didn`t Know What Time It Was - Cassandra Wilson
8. Bewitched - Ella Fitzgerald
9. My Funny Valentine - Arthur Prysock
10. To Keep My Love Alive - Blossom Dearie
11. He Was Too Good to Me - Helen Merrill
12. There`s a Small Hotel - Billy Eckstine
13. My Romance - Sarah Vaughan
14. It`s Easy to Remember - Shirley Horn
15. Isn`t It Romantic? - Ella Fitzgerald
16. I Wish I Were in Love Again - Tony Bennett

DISC 3: ISN`T IT ROMANTIC? (INSTRUMENTALS):

1. Isn`t It Romantic? - Shirley Horn
2. Little Girl Blue - Stan Getz/Gary Burton
3. Lover - Max Roach/Sonny Rollins
4. It Never Entered My Mind - Coleman Hawkins/Ben Webster/Oscar Peterson Trio
5. You Took Advantage of Me - Art Tatum
6. With a Song in My Heart - Bill Evans
7. Where or When - Clifford Brown/Max Roach
8. My Funny Valentine - Stan Getz/J.J. Johnson/Oscar Peterson Trio
9. You Are Too Beautiful - Sonny Rollins
10. There`s a Small Hotel - Erroll Garner
11. I Didn`t Know What Time It Was - Charlie Parker
12. Spring Is Here - Stephen Scott
13. Lady Is a Tramp, The - Gerry Mulligan
14. Bewitched - Benny Carter/Oscar Peterson
15. My Funny Valentine - Ben Webster/Teddy Wilson

Album Information

Release Date:

10/22/1996

Type:

Collection

Genre:

Jazz Instrument

Subgenre:

Bebop

Label:

Verve

Catalog Number:

533 262

Original Release Year:

1996

# of Discs:

3

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Mixed

Runtime:

190 : 27

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