The Essential George Gershwin

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合計収録時間 : 02:30:40
Personnel includes: George Gershwin (piano); Michael Feinstein (vocals, piano); Rosemary Clooney, Tony Bennett, Frank Sinatra, Billie Holiday, Doris Day, Aretha Franklin, Sarah Vaughan, Al Jolson (vocals); Dick McDonough (guitar); Artie Shaw (clarinet); Lester Young (tenor saxophone); Miles Davis, Bunny Berigan (trumpet); Joe Bushkin (piano); Jo Jones (drums). Compilation producers: Michael Feinstein, Didier C. Deutsch. Includes liner notes by Tim Page and Diane Warren. Personnel: George Gershwin (piano); Buster Bailey (vocals, cornet); Michael Feinstein (vocals, piano); Mike Bryan, Dick McDonough, Freddie Green (guitar); Jerome Richardson, Romeo Penque (flute, clarinet); Danny Bank (alto flute, bass clarinet); Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman (clarinet); Earle Warren, Jack Washington, Cannonball Adderley (alto saxophone); Lester Young , Budd Johnson (tenor saxophone); Louis Mucci, Doc Cheatham, Ernie Royal, Harry "Sweets" Edison , Johnny Coles, Jonah Jones, Miles Davis, Bernie Glow, Buck Clayton, Bunny Berigan (trumpet); Gunther Schuller , Julius Watkins, Willie Ruff (French horn); Dick Hixon, Frank Rehak, Jimmy Cleveland, Joe Bennett, Vic Dickenson (trombone); Dick Hyman, Ellis Larkins, Irving Joseph, Jeffrey D. Harris, Gerald Cook, Joe Bushkin, Joe Sullivan , Oscar Levant , Mel Powell (piano); Red Norvo (vibraphone); Jay Leonhart (acoustic bass); Norm Jeffries, Cozy Cole, Eric Cohen, Jimmy Cobb , Jo Jones , Morey Feld, Butch Miles (drums). Audio Mixer: Jen Wyler. Liner Note Authors: Tim Page ; Diane Warren. Recording information: ??/??/1925-04/04/2002. Director: Claude Thornhill. Photographers: Don Hunstein; Dennis Stock. Arrangers: Gil Evans; Don Rose; Jeffrey D. Harris; Mike Renzi; Ray Heindorf; Axel Stordahl. This two-disc set features a wide variety of interpretations of one of the 20th century's best-known composers, George Gershwin, from Whispering Jack Smith's genteel rendering of "Funny Face" to a youthful Ella Fitzgerald performing "I Was Doing All Right," with the added bonus of a couple of performances from Gershwin himself, performing "Rhapsody in Blue" and "An American in Paris."
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