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Being Myself (Lena Horne album)

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Released
  
June 2, 1998

Length
  
38:26

Artist
  
Lena Horne

Producer
  
Rodney Jones

Recorded
  
1997

Label
  
Blue Note

Release date
  
2 June 1998

Genre
  
Vocal jazz

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Being Myself (1998)
  
Seasons of a Life (2006)

Awards
  
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Jazz Artist

Similar
  
We'll Be Together Again, Seasons of a Life, An Evening with Lena Horne, The Men in My Life, Lena on the Blue Side

Being Myself is a 1998 studio album by Lena Horne, and was the final original studio album released during her lifetime. Horne initially began work on the album in 1995; however, the project was left unfinished and Horne entered the studio in 1997 to record the songs presented in this album. Horne recorded three tracks for the original version of this album: "Black Is," "Chelsea Bridge" and "Willow Weep for Me." These tracks were later issued on the Blue Note compilation album Seasons of a Life.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Some of My Best Friends Are the Blues" (Jimmy Smith) – 3:43
  2. "As Long as I Live" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) – 2:27
  3. "Autumn in New York" (Vernon Duke) – 4:25
  4. "It's All Right with Me" (Cole Porter) – 3:17
  5. "A Sleepin' Bee" (Harold Arlen, Truman Capote) – 3:36
  6. "Imagination" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 5:49
  7. "How Long Has This Been Going On?" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 4:42
  8. "After You, Who?" (Porter) – 3:15
  9. "Willow Weep for Me" (Ann Ronell) – 3:54
  10. "What Am I Here For?" (Duke Ellington, Frankie Laine) – 3:18

Performance

  • Lena Horne – vocals
  • George Benson - guitar
  • Donald Harrison - saxophone
  • Milt Jackson - vibraphone
  • Mike Renzi - piano
  • Rodney Jones - guitar
  • Benjamin Brown - double bass
  • Akira Tana - drums
  • Songs

    1Some Of My Best Friends Are The Blues3:42
    2As Long As I Live2:27
    3Autumn In New York4:25

    References

    Being Myself (Lena Horne album) Wikipedia