Released 1957 Label RCA Records | Producer Bob Rolontz Release date 1957 Genre Jazz | |
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Recorded March 13, 1957Webster Hall, New York City Selections from Lerner and Loewe's...(1957) A Night in Tunisia(1957) Similar The Jazz Messengers albums, Jazz albums | ||
Selections from Lerner and Loewe's... is an album by drummer Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers recorded in 1957 and released on the RCA Victor subsidiary label Vik. The album features jazz interpretations of show tunes from Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe's musicals My Fair Lady, Brigadoon and Paint Your Wagon.
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Reception
Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars stating "One of the rarest of all Art Blakey records... Despite some of the musicians' unfamiliarity with the songs, this date is quite successful".
Track listing
All compositions by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe
- "I Could Have Danced All Night" - 4:16
- "On the Street Where You Live" - 9:02
- "There But for You Go I" - 4:34
- "They Call the Wind Maria" - 4:56
- "I Talk to the Trees" - 8:58
- "Almost Like Being in Love" - 4:50
Personnel
References
Selections from Lerner and Loewe's... Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA