Stormy Weather: The Music of Harold Arlen

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  • Release Date: 02/11/2003
  • Sales Rank: 123,342
  • Label: SONY
  • UPC: 696998788824

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Stormy Weather: The Music of Harold Arlen

1LISTENIt's Only a Paper Moon / Rufus Wainwright 4:42
2LISTENAs Long as I Live / Shannon McNally 3:32
3LISTENI Gotta Right to Sing the Blues / Mark Anthony Thompson 6:08
4LISTENStormy Weather/Ill Wind / Debbie Harry 5:20
5LISTENI Had a Love Once / Little Jimmy Scott 2:53
6LISTENKickin' the Gong Around / David Johansen 3:27
7LISTENLast Night When We Were Young / Harold Arlen 3:11
8LISTENI've Got the World on a String / Hawksley Workman 3:47
9LISTENBlues in the Night / Mary Margaret O'Hara 4:45
10LISTENMinnie the Moocher's Wedding Day / The Dorsey Brothers 3:04
11LISTENGet Happy / Eric Mingus 3:42
12LISTENCome Rain or Come Shine / Sandra Bernhard 3:07
13LISTENI Wonder What Became of Me / Rufus Wainwright 3:36
14LISTENThe Man That Got Away / Ranee Lee 4:05
15LISTENAC-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive / Mary Margaret O'Hara 2:56
16LISTENOver the Rainbow / Little Jimmy Scott 2:56
17LISTENStormy Weather / Ranee Lee 4:25

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With an amazing catalog of songs that includes "Over the Rainbow," "Stormy Weather," "It's Only a Paper Moon," "I've Got the World on a String," "Get Happy" and "Come Rain or Come Shine," it seems a criminal oversight that Harold Arlen's name doesn't resonate with the public the way Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, Hoagy Carmichael and George & Ira Gershwin's do. The soundtrack to Larry Weinstein's 2004 film based on Arlen's life, this selection of jazz, pop and rock artists covering key Arlen pieces shows an impressive variety and vitality, ranging from Jimmy Scott's stylized, sparse and haunting take on "Over the Rainbow" to Rufus Wainwright's heavily orchestrated and effective version of "It's Only a Paper Moon" and Eric Mingus' screeching, funky rendition of "Get Happy." The performances are impressive, but the songs are the true stars here, as they should be. Steve Leggett, All Music Guide

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