Round Midnight [Import, Limited Edition, Original recording remastered]

Hazel Scott | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 6, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Limited Edition, Original recording remastered
• Label: Universal Import
• ASIN: B0000CD7ZY
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,384,208 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. 'Round Midnight

2. Just Imagine

3. It's You or No One

4. It's Easy to Remember

5. Lucky to Be Me

6. Maybe

7. I Wish I Didn't Love You So

8. (In The) Wee Small Hours (Of the Morning)

9. Warm All Over

10. Love Is the Thing

11. Ev'ry Time

12. For You, For Me, For Evermore

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of Hazel Scott's best--but a different sound that usual., December 17, 2003

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"lepton303" (Boulder, CO United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Round Midnight (Audio CD)

For those familiar with Hazel Scott's lightning fast piano pyrotechnics, this album may be a suprise. On this album, the Juliard-trained pianist performs relaxing, delicate pieces accompanied by bass, and unamplified guitar--no drums. However, her great technique, jazz phrasing and unique improvization make this an album I have played over and over since I got it. Despite the slow tempo, several of the songs manage to swing nicely. As you can see from the title list, most of the songs are not well known.

The remastering is wonderful--the 1956-57 recordings sound like they could have been made yesterday. The CD comes in a cardboard sleeve like a tiny LP, with the entire CD itself being a reproduction of the old Decca label. It is pricey, but worth it for fans of Hazel Scott.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great stuff!, June 10, 2009

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MusicRules "music fanatic" (USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Round Midnight (Audio CD)

Hazel Scott was an incredible diva of music. This CD gives a different relaxed version of her usual fast-paced piano music. It still has her usual jazz/blues style infused into the music, but it is always great to listen to at any time.

I highly recommend this one. One of my goals in life is to obtain as much of Hazel Scott's music as possible to both listen to and play on the piano. She has a great style.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Any & every performance by Hazel Scott is a treasure, December 14, 2008

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Susan Dana Kennedy "wordsmith" (wordsmith) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Round Midnight (Audio CD)

Hazel Scott belongs in the Pantheon: the heights and form of Billie Holiday, Lena Horne & others in that beyond-human realm of talent & fame. Because Hazel Scott's passion, whether intense or casual, envelops you from the first bars of any song. Listening to her interpr4etations makes you think of how fast her hands are racing over those keys, about how intimately she knows what she's doing...makes you think about cuddling up a whole lot closer to the person you're with! I blame it all on HUAC--it's a crying shame that Joe McCarthy & those peons were able to keep Hazel Scott from--so far--the place in music history she so richly deserves. Check out this, and all the other recordings, of her more-than-music.