Bobby Short Loves Cole Porter / Guess Who's in

Bobby Short | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 14, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Collectables
• ASIN: B00005MKCL
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #114,542 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Rap Tap on Wood

2. You've Got That Thing

3. You Don't Know Paree

4. Pilot Me

5. Katie Went to Haiti

6. How's Your Romance?

7. At Long Last Love

8. By Candlelight

9. So Near and Yet So Far

10. How Could We Be Wrong?

See all 22 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Guess Who's in Town

2. Honeysuckle Rose

3. How Can You Face Me?

4. A Porter's Love Song to a Chambermaid

5. Sposin'

6. Ain't Misbehavin'

7. Tan Manhattan

8. Black and Blue

9. Make Me Believe Ballroom

10. I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town

See all 11 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars He's The Top, November 7, 2003

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Virginius (Arlington, Virginia) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Bobby Short Loves Cole Porter / Guess Who's in (Audio CD)

I've been waiting 20 years for "Bobby Short Loves Cole Porter" to be released on CD. I don't know what the problem might have been, but the Atlantic vinly two-disc set from the seventies is perhaps my favorite jazz vocal recording of all time. This album features Bobby with his two longtime sidemen - Robby Scott on drums and the late, great Beverly Peer bowing the double bass. About Cole Porter nothing more need be said. And the whole shebang is cheaper than two drinks at the Cafe Carlyle bar. Buy it and treasure it.

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What Living in NY Was All About, January 17, 2004

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This review is from: Bobby Short Loves Cole Porter / Guess Who's in (Audio CD)

I, too, treasure the 2-disc vinyl set of "Bobby Short Loves Cole Porter." This particular issue of the CD is a bargain...it was originally issued a few years ago at, if I recall correctly, over $30. More years ago than I want to remember, while living in New York, I had the pleasure of spending my 30th birthday at the Carlyle and Mr. Short with my first wife...who also later became my second! But I digress...This disc set is one I treaure, and one who anyone with a sense of musical style [which invariably means a keen sense of personal style, I find] will enjoy. So, my STRONG advice: mix an ice-cold Manhattan or martini [stir it...don't shake!], settle down over some terrific hor d'oevres, and let the nuances that can define love and life overtake you. Nothing better.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Class and Talent that transports you to another place and time, January 4, 2006

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This review is from: Bobby Short Loves Cole Porter / Guess Who's in (Audio CD)

This two-CD set is a true gem. The second features songs with lyrics written by Andy Razaf--familiar tunes such as "Honeysuckle Rose" and "Ain't Misbehavin'"--for such luminaries as Fats Waller and Eubie Blake. Fantastic liner notes taken from the original album.

The title CD features 70 minutes of Cole Porter brought to dazzling light by Bobby Short's fabulous voice and piano. Some of the tracks were previously unpublished, some part of the many Broadway shows and Hollywood movies Porter collaborated on. If you're not too familiar with Porter, but are a Woody Allen fan, you'll certainly recognize "I'm In Love Again" from 'Hannah and her Sisters'. "Weren't We Fools" has something for everyone who has loved and lost and loved again.

When I first played this CD, my 2 1/2+ year-old son said "Mommy plays pretty music"...at every pause between tracks he said "More music is coming." Yes, Bobby Short will make everyone love Cole Porter. Short's magnetic personality and energy shines through the technology so you can simply close your eyes and imagine yourself in the Cafe Carlyle or any other venue where he played.

Pop this CD in your car and you won't care if someone cuts you off or doesn't signal a turn....