Fine Romance: Jerome Kern Songbook

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 22, 1994)
• Original Release Date: November 22, 1994
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Polygram Records
• ASIN: B0000046WH
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #144,101 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. A Fine Romance - Ella Fitzgerald And Louis Armstrong

2. Let's Begin - Margaret Whiting

3. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes - Billy Eckstine

4. Bill - Morgana King

5. I'm Old Fashioned - Cassandra Wilson

6. All The Things You Are - Sarah Vaughan

7. The Folks Who Live On The Hill - Arthur Prysock

8. I Won't Dance - Blossom Dearie

9. They Didn't Believe Me - Dinah Washington

10. I'll Be Hard To Handle - Ella Fitzgerald

11. The Way You Look Tonight - Fred Astaire

12. Yesterdays - Helen Merrill Featuring Stan Getz

13. Pick Yourself Up - Anita O'day

14. Why Do I Love You? - Margaret Whiting

15. The Way You Look Tonight - Ella Fitzgerald

16. A Fine Romance - Billie Holiday

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

25 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not what the composer intended, February 5, 1999

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This review is from: Fine Romance: Jerome Kern Songbook (Audio CD)

In his lifetime,Kern despised jazz versions of his songs. Many of the versions on this disc and on the two companion discs in this series are just that. Verve has reached for, it would seem, the lowest common denominator for its selections. In fact, some of the tracks have no vocals at all, which is strange considering this is a "songbook"! It is better than no Kern at all, but you will find more authenticity in KIRI SINGS KERN on EMI that anywhere on this or the other two discs. Sorry, but pass this one up if you are a purist.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars More Than Fine, January 11, 2007

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Melmo (Tulsa, OK) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Fine Romance: Jerome Kern Songbook (Audio CD)

This is one of my all-time favorite CDs. I originally bought this as a cassette but recently purchased the CD. I have listened to this for nearly 10 years and it's such a great mix of songs and singers that I have yet to grow bored of it. From what I've read, though, if you are a big Jerome Kern fan, you may not enjoy these renditions of his songs. I would suggest listening to the demos first before buying. My favorites are "All the Things You Are", "Yesterdays", "Bill", "They Didn't Believe Me", "I'm Old Fashioned", "Why Do I Love You?"... oh, who am I kidding.. all of them are my favorites!

4.0 out of 5 stars A FINE RECORD, November 18, 2011

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J. Michael "Action" (San Diego, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fine Romance: Jerome Kern Songbook (Audio CD)

Very nice assortment and arrangements of Jerome Kern songs released in 1994. This would have easily rated 5 stars if a couple of singers like Frank Sinatra were also included.