André Previn and Friends Play Show Boat
1996 studio album by André Previn
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| Released | 1996 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Label | Deutsche Grammophon – 447 639-2[1] | |||
| Producer | Elizabeth Ostrow | |||
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André Previn and Friends Play Show Boat is a 1995 album by André Previn of songs from the 1927 musical Show Boat.[2]
Reception
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| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |  [3] |
The album was reviewed by Scott Yanow at Allmusic who wrote that aside from "Make Believe", which was "unusually sweet" Previn's "interpretations of the other pieces are melodic, respectful and swinging". Ray Brown and Grady Tate were praised by Yanow as being "typically excellent in support".[2]
Track listing
- "Make Believe" (Hammerstein, Kern) – 3:59
- "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man" (Hammerstein, Kern) – 5:02
- "Ol' Man River" (Hammerstein, Kern) – 4:28
- "Bill" (Hammerstein, Kern, PG Wodehouse) – 3:05
- "Lickety Split" (André Previn) – 5:54
- "White Wood" (Previn) – 6:57
- "Dr. DJ" (Evelyn Hawkins)" (Previn) – 3:03
- "Life upon the Wicked Stage" (Hammerstein, Kern) – 5:36
- "Why Do I Love You?" (Hammerstein, Kern) – 3:18
- "I Might Fall Back on You" (Hammerstein, Kern) – 3:03
- "Nobody Else But Me" (Hammerstein, Kern) – 4:34
Personnel
- André Previn – piano
- Mundell Lowe – guitar
- Ray Brown – double bass
- Grady Tate – drums
Production
- Elizabeth Ostrow – editing, producer
- Tom Lazarus – engineer
- Alison Ames – executive producer
- Miles Kreuger – illustrations
- Christian Steiner – photography
References
- ^ – André Previn and Friends Play Show Boat
- ^ a b c André Previn and Friends Play Show Boat at AllMusic
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1181. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
- Collaboration (with Shorty Rogers, 1954)
- Double Play! (with Russ Freeman, 1957)
- Pal Joey (1957)
- Gigi (1958)
- André Previn Plays Songs by Vernon Duke (1958)
- King Size! (1958)
- André Previn Plays Songs by Jerome Kern (1959)
- West Side Story (1959)
- Like Previn! (1960)
- André Previn Plays Songs by Harold Arlen (1960)
- Duet (with Doris Day, 1961)
- André Previn and J. J. Johnson (with J. J. Johnson, 1961)
- All Alone (1967)
- A Different Kind of Blues (with Itzhak Perlman, 1980)
- Nice Work If You Can Get It (with Ella Fitzgerald, 1983)
- After Hours (1989)
- Uptown (1990)
- Old Friends (1991)
- What Headphones? (1993)
- Sure Thing: The Jerome Kern Songbook (with Sylvia McNair, 1993)
- Come Rain or Shine: The Harold Arlen Songbook (with Sylvia McNair, 1995)
- Jazz at the Musikverein (1995)
- André Previn and Friends Play Show Boat (1996)
- Ballads: Solo Jazz Standards (1996)
- We Got Rhythm: A Gershwin Songbook (1997)
- We Got It Good and That Ain't Bad: An Ellington Songbook (1999)
- Live at the Jazz Standard (2000)
- Alone: Ballads for Solo Piano (2007)
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