Released 1956 Length 42:05 Release date 1956 | Recorded 1956 Black Satin(1956) Velvet Carpet(1956) | |
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Similar The George Shearing Quintet albums, Jazz albums | ||
Black Satin is a 1956 studio album by the George Shearing quintet and orchestra, arranged by Billy May.
Contents
The initial Billboard magazine review from November 3, 1958 chose the album as one of its "Spotlight Winners of the Week" and commented that "Shearing's tasteful, delicate pianistics and the easy swinging jazz-flavor of the entire album".
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Track listing
- "The Folks Who Live On the Hill" (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 7:19
- "If I Should Lose You" (Leo Robin, Ralph Rainger) – 8:18
- "Starlight Souvenirs" (Ted Shapiro, Ilda Lewis, Reg Connelly) – 5:15
- "What Is There to Say" (Vernon Duke, Yip Harburg) – 9:14
- "Black Satin" (George Shearing) – 5:35
- "You Don't Know What Love Is" (Don Raye, Gene de Paul) – 6:47
- "Nothing Ever Changes My Love For You" (Marvin Fisher, Jack Segal) – 4:03
- "One Morning In May" (Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish) – 6:00
- "Moon Song" (Arthur Johnston, Sam Coslow) – 5:02
- Medley: "As Long as I Live"/"Let's Live Again" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler)/(Milt Raskin, Shearing) – 7:44
Personnel
Songs
1The Folks Who Live on the Hill4:33
2If I Should Lose You2:41
3Starlight Souvenirs3:29
References
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