Stormy Weather

Lena Horne | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 8, 1990)
• Original Release Date: February 13, 1990
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Bluebird/RCA
• ASIN: B000002WE2
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #152,307 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. You're My Thrill

2. Good-For-Nothin' Joe

3. Love Me a Little Little

4. Don't Take Your Love from Me

5. Stormy Weather

6. What Is This Thing Called Love?

7. Ill Wind

8. The Man I Love

9. Where or When

10. I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues

11. Moanin' Low

12. I Didn't Know About You

13. One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)

14. As Long as I Live

15. I Ain't Got Nothin' But the Blues

16. How Long Has This Been Going On?

17. It's Love

18. Let Me Love You

19. It's All Right With Me

20. People Will Say We're in Love

See all 22 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

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28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great introduction to this legend..., October 16, 2000

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Aaron B (Rancho Santa Margarita, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Stormy Weather (Audio CD)

Lena Horne is generally overlooked when it comes to jazz singers, and although technically she is not a jazz singer, her jazz phrasing, and her great sense of swing are immaculate. She really doesn't iimprovise all that much, but she can swing and make you at times think you are listening to Lee Wiley(another great, but overlooked jazz singer), yet she can also sing a torch song with as much verve as the younger Billie Holiday or Mildred Bailey. Horne here is backed by various swing bands, and the occasional small jazz combo. Most of these tunes are circa 1940's, however this CD covers from early 40's to to late 50's, where Lena has more sass,(& sounds a little more like Della Reese or Betty Roche) actually a more fairer comparison would be made to the later Conne Boswell of the 50's or Kay Starr, although Lena always had a style and distinctive voice all her own. Some of the highlights of this exellent CD are Good For Nothin' Joe, One For My Baby, and the quentessential and most difinitive version ever recorded of As Long As I Live. This set is recomended to jazz and vocal record collectors alike. Great music that generally swings.

14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I could listen to this CD all day, August 20, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Stormy Weather (Audio CD)

This is a classic. A perfect introduction to Lena Horne

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Best overall - but not perfect, January 27, 2007

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randysrodeo.com (Austin, Texas) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Stormy Weather (Audio CD)

This CD has the best selection overall, and it has the most tracks (22). But, it has a few downsides:

1. It omits Lena's only significant chart hit, 'Love Me Or Leave Me' (#19, 1955)
2. The mastering is good, but not as good as later discs (e.g. 'The Classic Lena Horne')
3. The material is strictly RCA - which excludes most of her movie classics.

But, if you're gonna buy only one, this would be my recommendation. Try to get the original RCA edition - not the chintzy Jazz Heritage reissue.