Harold Arlen: Over the Rainbow

Harold Arlen (Composer), Benny Goodman (Conductor), Duke Ellington (Conductor), Jack Teagarden (Conductor), Louis Armstrong (Conductor), Jimmie Lunceford (Conductor), Eddie Condon (Conductor), Henry "Red" Allen (Conductor), Cootie Williams (Conductor), Artie Shaw (Conductor), Victor Young (Conductor), Bobby Sherwood (Conductor), Albert Sack (Conductor), Glenn Miller (Conductor), Vic Schoen (Conductor), Lou Bring (Conductor), Eddie Condon Sextet (Performer), Nat King Cole & His Trio (Performer), The Modernaires (Performer), Benny Goodman & His Orchestra (Orchestra) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Eddie Condon Sextet, Nat King Cole & His Trio, The Modernaires
• Orchestra: Benny Goodman & His Orchestra
• Conductor: Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington, Jack Teagarden, Louis Armstrong, Jimmie Lunceford, et al.
• Composer: Harold Arlen
• Audio CD (November 18, 1997)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Pearl
• ASIN: B000000WMG
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #483,323 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. (You Got Me In Between) The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea

2. I've Got The World On A String

3. I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues

4. Public Melody No. 1

5. When The Sun Comes Out

6. Hittin' The Bottle

7. Let's Fall In Love

8. Let's Put Our Heads Together

9. Now I Know

10. As Long As I Live

11. Rasin' The Rent

12. Blues In The Night

13. Down With Love

14. Over The Rainbow

15. It's Only A Paper Moon

16. Bud's Won't Bud

17. One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)

18. Stormy Weather

19. Kickin' The Gong Around

20. Two Blind Loves

See all 24 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

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27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of America's great songwriters, March 8, 2001

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"pspa" (Boston, MA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Harold Arlen: Over the Rainbow (Audio CD)

Amid the Cole Porters, Irving Berlins and George Gershwins of the world, Harold Arlen tends to be forgotten. And yet, when the greatest song of the 20th century was recently voted on by a distinguished panel of critics, whose song came out on top? Mr. Arlen's (Over the Rainbow). Here is a superb cross section of Harold Arlen songs by a cast ranging from Judy Garland to Bing Crosby to Ethel Waters, spanning decades and spanning a wide range of styles, from jazz to ballads, poignant to funny. Although the sound is not ideal, as many of the recordings date from the 30's and Pearl's objective in remastering has always been to achieve the fullest musical sound rather than to reduce surface noise, this is a minor complaint given the rich and mind-opening selection of great music found here.