'S Always Conniff, Ray Conniff, Music CD

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'S Always Conniff


1	New York, New York 2:27
2	Moonlight Serenade 2:55
3	In the Mood 3:09
4	Phantom of the Opera 2:21
5	Memory 4:02
6	One 2:36
7	Anything Goes 3:08
8	An Improvisation on Chopin's Nocturne in E Flat 2:45
9	An Improvisation on Liebestraum 2:35
10	Somewhere, My Love 2:20
11	Don't Cry for Me Argentina 3:30
12	Blowin' in the Wind 2:59
13	Smoke Gets in Your Eyes 2:34
14	Warsaw Concerto 2:52
15	Sing 2:33
16	Yesterday Once More 3:34
17	Top of the World 2:59
18	My Cha Chornia 3:46
19	The Music of the Night 0:58
20	Let's Dance 1:46
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Biography

Editorial Reviews

This 25-track album, recorded live in Tokyo in December 1991, demonstrates that, decades after his commercial heyday in his native country, Ray Conniff successfully continued to pursue his vision of cheery, swing-derived arrangements of familiar tunes. The set list is heavy on Broadway show tunes from Anything Goes to Phantom of the Opera, but there is also room for everything from "An Improvisation on Chopin's Nocturne in E Flat" to "Blowin' in the Wind," all performed in bright, toe-tapping fashion by the Conniff Orchestra and an octet of earnest singers. If the result can sound like music from a time warp, that was always true of Conniff's music, and the lesson of his lengthy (especially international) success may be that he created his own context; the melodies may have come from various sources, but, like the title says, the sound was always Conniff. William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide

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'S Always Conniff


1	New York, New York 2:27
2	Moonlight Serenade 2:55
3	In the Mood 3:09
4	Phantom of the Opera 2:21
5	Memory 4:02
6	One 2:36
7	Anything Goes 3:08
8	An Improvisation on Chopin's Nocturne in E Flat 2:45
9	An Improvisation on Liebestraum 2:35
10	Somewhere, My Love 2:20
11	Don't Cry for Me Argentina 3:30
12	Blowin' in the Wind 2:59
13	Smoke Gets in Your Eyes 2:34
14	Warsaw Concerto 2:52
15	Sing 2:33
16	Yesterday Once More 3:34
17	Top of the World 2:59
18	My Cha Chornia 3:46
19	The Music of the Night 0:58
20	Let's Dance 1:46
21	Brazil 2:52
22	Brazil Reprise 0:56
23	Mack the Knife 2:47
24	On the Street Where You Live 1:58
25	Brazil Reprise 1:04

All Music Guide

This 25-track album, recorded live in Tokyo in December 1991, demonstrates that, decades after his commercial heyday in his native country, Ray Conniff successfully continued to pursue his vision of cheery, swing-derived arrangements of familiar tunes. The set list is heavy on Broadway show tunes from Anything Goes to Phantom of the Opera, but there is also room for everything from "An Improvisation on Chopin's Nocturne in E Flat" to "Blowin' in the Wind," all performed in bright, toe-tapping fashion by the Conniff Orchestra and an octet of earnest singers. If the result can sound like music from a time warp, that was always true of Conniff's music, and the lesson of his lengthy (especially international) success may be that he created his own context; the melodies may have come from various sources, but, like the title says, the sound was always Conniff. William Ruhlmann

Product Details

Format: CD
Release Date: 10/13/1992
Label: SONY
Catalog No.: 53140
UPC: 074645314020
Sales Rank: 50,047

Album Credits
Performance Credits
Ray Conniff		Primary Artist, Trombone, Conductor, Clavietta
Stephanie Bennett		Harp
Fred Cooper		Clarinet
Zeke Zarchy		Trumpet
Perry Lamarca		Piano
His Singers And Orchestra		Track Performer

Technical Credits
Ray Conniff		Arranger, Producer, Liner Notes
Tamoo Suzuki		Engineer