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I Love You, Paris

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Released
  
1992

Artist
  
Shirley Horn

Label
  
Verve Records

Length
  
52:54

Release date
  
1992

Genre
  
Vocal jazz

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Recorded
  
Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris, France, March 7, 1992

I Love You, Paris (1994)
  
The Main Ingredient (1996)

Producers
  
Shirley Horn, Richard Seidel

Similar
  
Light Out of Darkness, I Remember Miles, The Main Ingredient, You Won't Forget Me, Close Enough for Love

I Love You, Paris is a 1992 live album by Shirley Horn, recorded at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Richard S. Ginell awarded the album four stars and said that "...Horn is in peak form throughout this program, often sounding exquisite and using silence and pauses quite expertly...Highly recommended".

I Love You, Paris was nominated for Best Jazz Vocal Performance in the 37th Annual Grammy Awards.

Track listing

  1. "Wouldn't It Be Loverly" (Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe) – 6:23
  2. "Just in Time" (Jule Styne, Betty Comden, Adolph Green) – 3:13
  3. "He Was Too Good to Me" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 4:51
  4. "Do It Again" (Buddy DeSylva, George Gershwin) – 8:17
  5. "The Old Country" (Curtis Reginald Lewis, Nat Adderley) – 5:37
  6. "It's Easy to Remember (And So Hard to Forget)" (Hart, Rodgers) – 6:39
  7. "All Through the Night" (Cole Porter) – 2:32
  8. "L.A. Breakdown" (Larry B. Marks) – 6:47
  9. "I Loves You Porgy"/"Here Comes de Honey Man" (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) – 9:45
  10. "A Song for You"/"Goodbye" (Leon Russell)/(Gordon Jenkins) – 12:54
  11. "That Old Devil Called Love" (Doris Fisher, Allan Roberts) – 7:33

Personnel

Performance
  • Shirley Horn – piano, vocals, producer
  • Charles Ables – bass guitar
  • Steve Williams – drums, percussion
    • Production
  • Jean-Philippe Allard – recording coordinator
  • Margery Greenspan – art direction, artwork
  • Pier Alessandri – assistant engineer
  • Suzanne Dyer
  • Richard Parsons
  • Rene Weis
  • Sheila Mathis – associate producer
  • Alain Cluzeau – engineer
  • Richard Seidel – executive producer
  • Daniel Vong – illustrations
  • Joel E. Siegel – liner notes, producer
  • Dan Kincaid – mastering
  • Dave Baker – mixing
  • Alexis Gargarino – photography
  • Nate Herr – product manager

    • Songs

    1Wouldn’t It Be Loverly?6:23
    2Just in Time3:12
    3He Was Too Good to Me4:51

    References

    I Love You, Paris Wikipedia
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