Great Jazz Vocalists Sing the Gershwin Songbook

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  • Release Date: 11/03/1992
  • Sales Rank: 74,144
  • Label: BLUE NOTE RECORDS
  • UPC: 077778050629

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Great Jazz Vocalists Sing the Gershwin Songbook

1LISTENEmbraceable You / Nat King Cole 3:53
2LISTENThe Man I Love / Carmen McRae 4:16
3LISTENBut Not for Me / Chet Baker 3:04
4LISTENI Got Rhythm / Sarah Vaughan 1:54
5LISTENI Was Doing All Right / Annie Ross 2:37
6LISTENSomeone to Watch over Me / Nancy Wilson 2:33
7LISTENBlah, Blah, Blah / Sarah Vaughan 2:41
8LISTENThey Can't Take That Away from Me / June Christy 2:42
9LISTENIt Ain't Necessarily So / Beverly Kenney 1:35
10LISTENThey All Laughed / David Allyn 2:22
11LISTENDo Do Do / Mel Tormé 2:29
12LISTENAren't You Kind of Glad We Did? / Peggy Lee 3:00
13LISTENA Foggy Day / Dakota Staton 2:19
14LISTENHow Long Has This Been Going On? / Johnny Hartman 2:45
15LISTENLove Walked In / Abbey Lincoln 2:33
16LISTENSummertime / Nina Simone Live 5:40

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In the pantheon of jazz singers, the great tunes of George and Ira Gershwin have always been favorites. Special vocalists can make these compositions their own, elevating each number by the way they phrase, emote, or interpret without reinterpreting. That innate ability to take a well-worn standard and invigorate it is well documented within these 16 tracks. Easily among the highlights are Nat King Cole's "Embraceable You," Carmen McRae's "The Man I Love," Dakota Staton's "A Foggy Day," Johnny Hartman's "How Long Has This Been Going On?," Nina Simone's forever classic "Summertime," the lesser-known "Love Walked In" by Abbey Lincoln, and Mel Tormé's fun and funny "Do Do Do." You also get two tracks from Sarah Vaughan, who had a singular command of Gershwin like nobody else. This is a solid collection of vocal magic from top to bottom, and can be recommended to all. Michael G. Nastos, All Music Guide

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