Let's Do It: Bolcolm & Morris at Aspen

William Bolcom | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 7, 1993)
• Original Release Date: 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Omega Classics
• ASIN: B00000239K
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #112,140 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #54 in Music > Jazz > Traditional Jazz & Ragtime > Ragtime

Track Listings

1. Bird in a gilded cage [Live]

2. Ida, Sweet as Apple Cider [Live]

3. On the banks of the Wabash [Live]

4. Yankee Doodle blues [Live]

5. I Didn't Know What Time It Was [Live]

6. Glad to Be Unhappy, song (from "On Your Toes") [Live]

7. Let's put out the lights [Live]

8. My heart belongs to daddy, song (from "Leave It to Me") [Live]

9. Let's do it, let's fall in love, song (from "Paris") [Live]

10. Graceful ghost, rag for piano [Live]

11. Odeon, Brazilian tango for piano, Op. 146 [Live]

12. Jeepers Creepers, song (for the film "Going Places") [Live]

13. Bill, song (from "Show Boat") [Live]

14. I'm Old-Fashioned, song (from the film "You Were Never Lovelier") [Live

15. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, song (from "Roberta") [Live]

16. You're lucky to me [Live]

17. Lazy Afternoon [Live]

18. I'm so lonesome I could cry [Live]

19. Wait 'til the Sun Shines, Nellie [Live]

20. Always, song (from "The Cocoanuts") [Live]

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A MASTERPIECE! JOAN MORRIS AT HER PEAK!, April 29, 2000

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Chava Willig Levy "primerib" (New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Let's Do It: Bolcolm & Morris at Aspen (Audio CD)

I have been a Joan Morris fan for over 20 years and own many of her superb albums. More than any others, "Let's Do It: Live in Aspen" is a dazzling tour de force for Ms. Morris and her accompanist/husband, William Bolcom.

No singer can match Joan Morris's vocal and interpretive skills. Her phrasing and timing are impeccable! She can take a song you've heard a million times (by others) and make it breathtakingly unforgettable. Examples on this disc include "Always," "Bill," "Let's Do It" and - my favorite - "On the Banks of the Wabash." And William Bolcom's lilting piano composition, "Graceful Ghost," written in his father's memory, will knock your socks off!

In short, treat yourself to this CD!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A TERRIFIC INTRODUCTION TO MORRIS & BALCOM, August 22, 2008

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Edward Oleksak "Edward" (New Jersey USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Let's Do It: Bolcolm & Morris at Aspen (Audio CD)

Beautiful authentic renditions of songs of a time long gone. This is a wonderful introduction to these two talented "musical archeologists" who can bring back terrific songs of an erea long forgotten (by most). If you don't know of them, this is a real good introdution to their superb artistry & authentic recreations of beautiful sentimental songs that should not be forgotten. These songs are STILL touching, and bring great pleasure. A SUPERB COLLECTION!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If it involves Joan Morris, "Let's Do It"!, October 16, 2010

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Ursiform (Torrance, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Let's Do It: Bolcolm & Morris at Aspen (Audio CD)

Joan Morris is a mezzo-soprano who has recorded a number of albums accompanied by her husband, composer and pianist William Bolcom. She has a lovely voice, and sings the old Tin Pan Alley and similar genre songs straight in the way they were written, without a lot of jazz embellishment. (Not that jazz embellishment is bad, it just doesn't always work with this material.) I'm a big fan of hers, so my opinions may be a little biased; but if you love this music it's hard to not enjoy Morris singing it.

This album covers quite a range of songwriters, from 1900 through a piece from Bolcom. The title tells you there will be Porter and, indeed, there is. Quite a range of songwriters, but all of it wonderful. A great sampler of the work of Joan Morris. Try it and then try not to buy more of her work!