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Songs for Hip Lovers

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Released
  
1957

Songs for Hip Lovers (1957)
  
Early Autumn (1959)

Release date
  
1957

Label
  
Verve Records

Length
  
38:15

Artist
  
Woody Herman

Producer
  
Norman Granz

Genre
  
Jazz

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Songs for Hip Lovers is a 1957 vocal album by the jazz bandleader Woody Herman, arranged by Marty Paich.

Contents

Reception

Ken Dryden reviewed the album for AllMusic and wrote that "Herman is a swinging, friendly singer heard doing such time-tested standards as the humorous "Makin' Whoopee," a more upbeat than typical "Willow Weep For Me," and "I Won't Dance." The musicians from each of the two sessions provide strong accompaniment: "Sweets" Edison, Charlie Shavers, and Ben Webster are outstanding and Marty Paich's arrangements fit Herman's style rather well".

Track listing

  1. "Makin' Whoopee" (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) – 3:26
  2. "I Won't Dance" (Dorothy Fields, Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern, Jimmy McHugh) – 2:39
  3. "I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plan" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) – 2:51
  4. "Willow Weep for Me" (Ann Ronell) – 3:37
  5. "Moon Song" (Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnston) – 2:32
  6. "Can't We Be Friends?" (Paul James, Kay Swift) – 3:24
  7. "Comes Love" (Lew Brown, Sam H. Stept, Charles Tobias) – 3:27
  8. "Ev'rything I've Got" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 3:02
  9. "Alone Together" (Dietz, Schwartz) – 3:07
  10. "Bidin' My Time" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 3:27
  11. "Isn't This a Lovely Day?" (Irving Berlin) – 3:21
  12. "Louise" (Leo Robin, Richard A. Whiting) – 3:22

Personnel

  • Woody Herman – clarinet, vocals
  • Ben Webster – tenor saxophone
  • Bill Harris – trombone
  • Charlie Shavers, Harry Edison – trumpet
  • Barney Kessel, Billy Bauer – guitar
  • Jimmy Rowles, Lou Stein – piano
  • Joe Mondragon, Milt Hinton – double bass
  • Jo Jones, Larry Bunker – drums
  • Marty Paich – arranger

    • Songs

    1Makin Whoopee3:29
    2I Won't Dance2:47
    3I Guess I'll Have To Change My Plans2:55

    References

    Songs for Hip Lovers Wikipedia
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