New York, New York: A Vintage Portrait

Robert Merrill (Performer), Leonard Bernstein (Composer), Charles / Blake, James Lawlor (Composer), Nacio Herb Brown (Composer), George M. Cohan (Composer), Mat ("Matty") / Signorelli, Frank Malneck (Composer), Harry Warren (Composer), Irving Berlin (Composer), Duke Ellington (Composer), Earle H. Hagen (Composer), Sigmund Romberg (Composer), Richard Rodgers (Composer), Louis Alter (Composer), Terry Shand (Composer), Vernon Duke (Composer), Donald Phillips (Composer), Gordon [1] Jenkins (Composer), Robert Russell Bennett (Conductor), Lennie Hayton (Conductor), Jay Blackton (Conductor) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Robert Merrill
• Conductor: Robert Russell Bennett, Lennie Hayton, Jay Blackton
• Composer: Leonard Bernstein, Charles / Blake, James Lawlor, Nacio Herb Brown, George M. Cohan, Mat ("Matty") / Signorelli, Frank Malneck, et al.
• Audio CD (August 13, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Asv Living Era
• ASIN: B000069HGR
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #284,417 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #83 in Music > Blues > Regional Blues > New York Blues

Track Listings

1. Opening: I Feel Like I'm Not Out Of Bed Yet... New York, New York

2. The Sidewalks of New York (East Side, West Side)

3. Broadway Melody

4. Give My Regards to Broadway (from Little Johnny Jones)

5. Stairway to the Stars, song (from "Park Avenue Fantasy")

6. Forty Second Street

7. Slumming on Park Avenue, song (from "On the Avenue")

8. Harlem Air-Shaft

9. Harlem Nocturne

10. The Big Back Yard

11. Manhattan, song (used in film "Two Tickets to Broadway")

12. Slaughter on 10th Avenue, jazz ballet for orchestra (from "On Your Toes

13. Manhattan Serenade

14. Give Me The Moon Over Brooklyn

15. Autumn in New York (from the revue, "Thumbs Up")

16. Skyscraper Fantasy

17. Lullaby of Broadway

18. Part 1: Magical Tower [Manhattan Tower]

19. Part 2: The Party [Manhattan Tower]

20. Part 3: New York's My Home [Manhattan Tower]

See all 22 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A piece of history, June 3, 2006

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Frances Dugan "Frannie" (San Jose, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: New York, New York: A Vintage Portrait (Audio CD)

Many of the songs on this recording are not available in sheet music, and although the sound quality isn't "leading edge" it makes me feel as though I am listening to actual performers back in the 30's & 40's, with young and gifted singers like Frank Sinatra, Jo Stafford, and Mel Torme, as well as others who are nameless or unknown to me on this album, and a delight to listen to. Manhattan Tower is why I bought this CD, and I got so much more from it than I bargained for. The illusion I have when I play it is that I am a young jazz artist in New York, feeling the pulse of the city and filling up with everything about being a part of New York.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars All About the Big Apple, September 11, 2007

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David M. Verity (Huntsville, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews
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The delightful narration of Gordon Jenkins' "Manhattan Tower" lasts but 16 minutes, but is worth the price of the disc; the balance of the disc is made up of fillers, each of which has something to do with New York. These include well-known pieces such as Lullaby of Broadway, Give My Regards to Broadway, and Forty Second Street. Artists include Bernstein, Cohan, Paul Whiteman, Jo Stafford, Guy Lombardo, and Frank Sinatra. The disc runs 75 minutes, and is Mono.

15 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A BIG disappointment!, August 18, 2004

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Joan "New Yorker" (USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: New York, New York: A Vintage Portrait (Audio CD)

I bought this CD for the Slaughter on Tenth Avenue soundtrack ballet by Richard Rodgers and Lennie Hayton. But none of the tracks on this CD can be appreciated. It is a mono recording, and that immediately leaves you with a very incomplete sound. No amount of treble and bass adjustment can eliminate the awful tinny sound throughout the disc.