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Kiri Te Kanawa: Kiri Sidetracks: The Jazz Album

On May 12, 1992, “PolyGram” label released “Kiri Sidetracks: The Jazz Album”, album by Kiri Te Kanawa. It was recorded in May 1991, at “BMG Studios” in New York City, and was produced by John McClure and Anna Barry.

Personnel:

  • Kiri Te Kanawa – vocals
  • André Previn – piano
  • Mundell Lowe – guitar
  • Ray Brown – double bass

Track listing:

  1. A Sleepin’ Bee – Harold Arlen, Truman Capote
  2. Honeysuckle Rose – Andy Razaf, Fats Waller
  3. Cute – Stanley Styne, Neal Hefti
  4. It Could Happen to You – Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen
  5. Like Someone in Love – Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen
  6. Autumn Leaves – Jacques Prévert, Johnny Mercer, Joseph Kosma
  7. It Never Was You – Kurt Weill, Maxwell Anderson
  8. The Shadow of Your Smile – Paul Francis Webster, Johnny Mandel
  9. Too Marvelous for Words – Johnny Mercer, Richard Whiting
  10. Angel Eyes – Earl Brent, Matt Dennis
  11. Why Don’t You Do Right – Joe McCoy
  12. The Second Time Around – Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen
  13. Teach Me Tonight – Sammy Cahn, Gene DePaul
  14. Polka Dots and Moonbeams – Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen
  15. It’s Easy to Remember – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart

Doris Day and the André Previn Trio: Duet

On February 22, 1962, “Columbia” label released “Duet”, album by Doris Day and the André Previn Trio. It was recorded in 1961, and was produced by Irving Townsend.

Personnel:

  • Doris Day – vocals
  • André Previn – piano, arrangements
  • Red Mitchell – double bass
  • Frank Capp -drums

Track listing:

  1. Close Your Eyes – Bernice Petkere
  2. Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread) – Rube Bloom, Johnny Mercer
  3. Yes – André Previn, Dory Langdon Previn
  4. Nobody’s Heart – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
  5. Remind Me – Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields
  6. Who Are We to Say (Obey Your Heart) – Sigmund Romberg, Gus Kahn
  7. Daydreaming – André Previn, Dory Langdon Previn
  8. Give Me Time – Alec Wilder
  9. Control Yourself – André Previn, Dory Langdon Previn
  10. Wait Till You See Him – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
  11. My One and Only Love – Guy Wood, Robert Mellin
  12. Falling in Love Again – Sammy Lerner, Frederick Hollander

Andre Previn & J. J. Johnson: Same

In March 1962, “Columbia” label released “André Previn and J. J. Johnson” (subtitled Play Kurt Weill’s Mack the Knife & Bilbao-Song and Other Music from The Three Penny Opera, Happy End, Mahagonny), album by André Previn and J. J. Johnson.It was recorded in December 1961, in Los Angeles, and was produced by Irving Townsend.

Personnel:

  • André Previn – piano
  • J. J. Johnson – trombone
  • Red Mitchell – bass
  • Frank Capp – drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Kurt Weill.

  1. Bilbao Song – (from Happy End)
  2. Barbara Song – (from The Three Penny Opera)
  3. Overture – (from The Three Penny Opera)
  4. Seeräuberjenny – (from The Three Penny Opera)
  5. Mack the Knife (Moritat)
  6. Surabaya Johnny – (from Happy End)
  7. Wie man sich bettet – (Meine Herren, meine Mutter prägte from Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny)
  8. Unzulänglichkeit – (from The ThreePenny Opera)