Over The Rainbow - Great American Composers

Harold Arlen

This new Great American Composers series is dedicated to the Songbooks of the most famous American author s of songs and musical comedies.
The series includes ten CD’s devoted to the most important composers and lyricists in the Twenty Century musical history of American Popular Music.
From Cole Porter to George Gershwin, all the 10 outstanding names from this collection provide substantial primary material from the great jazz figures improvisations.
Each CD includes a selection of the most representative works of the songbook of each author, opening and closing with different and outstanding versions of the songs that entitle the album.
The comprehensive liner notes include a biography of the protagonist, track listings with commentaries about the history of each song and about the performers of the different versions.
A fascinating panorama of the American Popular Music painted by great jazz and jazzy players.

Tracklisting:


1. Over the Rainbow
Ben Webster Quartet
2. A Sleepin' Bee
Johnny Hartman & All-Stars Quintet
3. One for My Baby
Billie Holiday All Stars
4. Let's Fall in Love
Eddie Heywood Trio
5. Get Happy
Kenny Burrell Quintet
6. As Long As I Live
June Christy & Pete Rugolo Orchestra
7. Come Rain or Come Shine
Jimmy Giuffre
8. Blues in the Night
Quincy Jones Orchestra
9. It's Only A Paper Moon
Nat King Cole Trio & Harry “Sweets” Edison
10. Out of this World
Gerry Mulligan Orchestra
11. Happiness Is A Thing Called Joe
Peggy Lee & Frank Sinatra Orchestra
12. My Shining Hour
John Coltrane Quartet
13. When the Sun Comes Out
Nancy Wilson & Jimmy Jones Orchestra
14. I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues
Art Tatum
15. That Old Black Magic
Bobby Hackett Orchestra
16. I've Got the World on A String
Ruby Braff & Ellis Larkins
17. Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive
Harold Arlen & Orchestra
18. Ill Wind
Charlie Shavers & Sy Oliver Orchestra
19. Stormy Weather
Lena Horne & Lennie Hayton Big Band
20. Last Night When We Were Young
Frank Sinatra & Nelson Riddle Orchestra
21. Over the Rainbow
Donald Byrd, Gigi Gryce & Tommy Flanagan

Total time: 79:08 min.