Music From My Fair Lady: With An Extra Bit Of Luck

Dick Hyman, My Fair Lady (Related Recordings), Ruby Braff | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 7, 1989)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Concord Records
• ASIN: B0000006I1
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #157,437 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #51 in Music > Indie Music > Pop > Instrumental Pop & Lounge

Track Listings

1. Wouldn't It Be Loverly?

2. With a Little Bit of Luck [Slow]

3. With a Little Bit of Luck [Fast]

4. I'm an Ordinary Man

5. The Rain in Spain

6. I Could Have Danced All Night

7. Ascot Gavotte

8. On the Street Where You Live

9. Show Me

10. Get Me to the Church on Time

11. Without You

12. I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face

Customer Reviews

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Armstrong and Hines Would Be Proud, June 15, 2000

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Thomas Storer (Paris, France) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Music From My Fair Lady: With An Extra Bit Of Luck (Audio CD)

Any jazz duo featuring brass and piano invites comparison with Louis Armstrong and Earl Hines, and in particular their 1927 masterpiece, "Weather Bird (Rag)." Cornetist Ruby Braff's devotion to Armstrong was unflagging even in the heyday of bebop, when hipsters dismissed old-fashioned ways, but his superbly original voice, with its sardonic melodic twists, its epiphanies of swing, and its unmistakable, burnished tone, has long since been recognized for the treasure it is. In this thoroughly satisfying set of duets on music from the Lerner and Loewe musical "My Fair Lady," Braff and swing-piano expert Dick Hyman do their forebears proud. The songs lend themselves perfectly to the jaunty arrangements, and the solos dance in that delicious disequilibrium between elegant poise and exciting spontaneity. Of Braff's many fine recordings of duos with pianists, this is the one I'd keep if I had to keep only one.