Released October 9, 2001 Length 64:37 Release date 9 October 2001 Genre Vocal jazz | Recorded August 2, 4, 2001 Artist Michael Feinstein Label Concord Records | |
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Producer John Burk, Allen Sviridoff Big City Rhythms
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Big City Rhythms is a 1999 album by American vocalist Michael Feinstein accompanied by the Maynard Ferguson big band. It was Feinstein's second album for the Concord label, and his first with Maynard Ferguson.
Contents
Reception
The Allmusic review by Jonathan Widran awarded the album 4 stars and said the pairing of Feinstein and Ferguson "such a rousing success that it's surprising the two didn't think of it before".
Track listing
- "Close Your Eyes" (Bernice Petkere) - 2:57
- "The Very Thought of You" (Ray Noble) - 5:29
- "Let Me Off Uptown" (Earl Bostic, Redd Evans) - 3:34
- "Girl Talk" (Neal Hefti, Bobby Troup) - 5:07
- "You Can't Lose 'Em All" (Marshall Barer, David Ross) - 4:33
- "One Day at a Time" (Charles DeForest) - 3:54
- "The Rhythm of the Blues" (Michael Feinstein, Lindy Robbins) - 5:52
- "The One I Love (Belongs to Somebody Else)" (Isham Jones, Gus Kahn) - 5:25
- "Ev'rything You Want Is Here" (Murray Grand) - 4:29
- "Johnny One Note" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 2:27
- "Swing Is Back in Style" (Feinstein, Ray Jessel, Cynthia Thompson) - 2:38
- "Love Is Nothin' But a Racket" (Betty Comden, Adolph Green, André Previn) - 3:27
- "Lullaby in Rhythm" (Benny Goodman, Walter Hirsch, Clarence Profit, Edgar Sampson) - 3:25
- Medley: "When Your Lover Has Gone"/"The Gal That Got Away" (Einar Aaron Swan)/(Harold Arlen, Ira Gershwin) - 4:59
- "New York, New York" (Leonard Bernstein, Comden, Green, John Kander) - 3:38
- "How Little We Know" (Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny Mercer) - 2:43
Personnel
Songs
1Close Your Eyes3:00
2The Very Thought of You5:33
3Let Me Off Uptown3:37
References
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