Modern Jazz Performances Of Songs From My Fair Lady [Gold CD]

My Fair Lady (Related Recordings), Shelly Manne, Andre Previn, Leroy Vinnegar, Shelly Manne And His Friends | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 31, 1993)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Gold CD
• Label: Dcc Compact Classics
• ASIN: B000000174
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #477,502 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Get Me to the Church on Time

2. On the Street Where You Live

3. I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face

4. Wouldn't It Be Loverly?

5. Ascot Gavotte

6. Show Me

7. With a Little Bit of Luck

8. I Could Have Danced All Night

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Stunning music from an under rated trio, March 6, 2004

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J. Janssen (San Diego, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: My Fair Lady (20 Bit Mastering) (Audio CD)

For those of a certain age "My Fair Lady" was the definition of popular musical theatre. During it's heyday on stage and film hundreds of jazz ensembles added individual MFL tunes to their repetoire and dozens of jazz LP's covered the entire Lerner & Loewe score. (The Verve LP "Oscar Peterson Plays My Fair Lady" ranks at the very top.)

One of the best is still with us and has been gloriously remastered. These cuts sound like they were recorded last week rather than almost 50 years ago. While Shelly Manne (who, along with bassist Leroy Vinnegar, was THE rhythm of the "West Coast Sound") is one of my favorite drummers he often "takes charge" of his groups, which is fine in his horn based quarts and quints but he can overpower a piano trio with ease. Here he wisely dials it back a notch or two allowing Andre Previn and Leroy Vinnegar to investigate and develop some of the most beautiful music to ever enter the American (British?) Songbook. Previn, in particular, seems to be at home with this material. His tempo and harmonic interplay breath life and vitality into tunes that were pop hits of their day. While everyone's favorite will likely be the beautiful "On the Street Where You Live", my personal pick is the haunting and lovely "I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face" which Previn handles better than ANYONE (including the aforementioned Oscar Peterson).

The ensuing album is a true classic that has withstood the test of time. Besides being a stunning take on what many consider to be the twentieth century's finest example of musical theatre (OK, that's my opinion) it is also a testament to mid century "modern jazz" before that term became perjoritive.

16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A "must have" jazz CD featuring Andre Previn at his best., December 12, 1998

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This review is from: Modern Jazz Performances Of Songs From My Fair Lady (Audio CD)

If you are into jazz, this is a "don't miss" CD. I first bought the album in the mid-fifties and it quickly became a particular favorite of mine. It features Andre Previn in his best jazz mode, and the instrumental give and take with Manne and Vinnegar yields some truly memorable riffs. It is as fresh and listenable forty years later as it was innovative when originally released.

14 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars amazon I love you!, May 29, 2000

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"sallygal" (u.s.a.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Modern Jazz Performances Of Songs From My Fair Lady (Audio CD)

Have searched high & low for this album, so Amazon thank you. Andre Previn is so cool on this album along with all of the other musicians. My favorite since college days. From "On the Street Where You Live" to the end, the musical interpretation from the Broadway play is magnificant and has haunted me all these years. Can't wait to hear it again!