Alexandria the Great

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Alexandria the Great
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Studio album by
Lorez Alexandria
Released1964 (1964)
Recorded1964
Genre Vocal jazz
Length35:48
Label Impulse!
Producer Bob Thiele
Lorez Alexandria chronology
For Swingers Only
(1963)		Alexandria the Great
(1964)		 More of the Great Lorez Alexandria
(1964)
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Alexandria the Great is the third studio album by the American jazz singer Lorez Alexandria. [3]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Show Me" (Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe) – 4:05
  2. "I've Never Been in Love Before" (Frank Loesser) – 2:20
  3. "Satin Doll" (Duke Ellington, Johnny Mercer, Billy Strayhorn) – 2:47
  4. "My One and Only Love" (Robert Mellin, Guy Wood) – 4:30
  5. "Over the Rainbow" (Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg) – 3:59
  6. "Get Me to the Church on Time" (Lerner, Loewe) – 4:03
  7. "The Best Is Yet to Come" (Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh) – 2:46
  8. "I've Grown Accustomed to His Face" (Lerner, Loewe) – 4:07
  9. "Give Me the Simple Life" (Rube Bloom, Harry Ruby) – 2:23
  10. "I'm Through With Love" (Gus Kahn, Jay Livingston, Matty Malneck) – 5:25

Personnel

Credits

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References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 8. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
  3. ↑ Alexandria the Great at AllMusic
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