Released 1989 Length 43:34 Release date 1989 | Recorded September, 1989 Producer Stefan F. Winter Label Winter & Winter | |
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On Broadway Volume 2 is the fourth album by Paul Motian to be released on the German JMT label. It was released in 1989 and features performances of Broadway show tunes by Motian with Bill Frisell, Charlie Haden and Joe Lovano. The album was followed by three subsequent volumes, and it was rereleased on the Winter & Winter label in 2003.
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Reception
The AllMusic review by Stephen Cook awarded the album 4½ stars stating "On Broadway, Vol. 2 is not only one of many fine Motian recordings... but it also is a showcase of some of the smartest, most rewarding jazz improvisation of the last couple decades".
Track listing
- "Good Morning Heartache" (Irene Higginbotham, Ervin Drake, Dan Fisher) - 4:48
- "You and the Night and the Music" (Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz) - 5:32
- "Moonlight Becomes You" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) - 4:38
- "But Not for Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 7:22
- "Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess?" (Gershwin, Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) - 4:20
- "I Got Rhythm" (Gershwin, Gershwin) - 5:23
- "All the Things You Are" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) - 7:00
- "Nice Work If You Can Get It" (Gershwin, Gershwin) - 4:15
- "It Might as Well Be Spring" (Hammerstein, Richard Rodgers) - 5:51
- "Look to the Rainbow" (E. Y. Harburg, Burton Lane) - 3:12
- "Body and Soul" (Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton, Johnny Green) - 5:45
Personnel
Songs
1Good Morning Heartache4:53
2You and the Night and the Music5:35
3Moonlight Becomes You4:42
References
On Broadway Volume 2 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA