Gigi (Hank Jones album)

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Gigi
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Studio album by Hank Jones
Released 1958
Recorded January 31, 1958
NYC
Genre Jazz
Length25:12
Label Golden Crest
CR 3042
Producer Arthur Fried
Hank Jones chronology
Hank Jones' Quartet
(1956) Hank Jones' Quartet1956		Gigi
(1958)		 Keepin' Up with the Joneses
(1958) Keepin' Up with the Joneses1958

Gigi (full title Hank Jones Swings Songs from Lerner and Loewe's Gigi ) is an album by American jazz pianist Hank Jones featuring jazz adaptations of tunes from Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe's musical romantic comedy film Gigi recorded in 1958 and released on the Golden Crest label. [1] [2]

Hank Jones American jazz pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer

Henry Jones Jr., best known as Hank Jones, was an American jazz pianist, bandleader, arranger, and composer. Critics and musicians described Jones as eloquent, lyrical, and impeccable. In 1989, The National Endowment for the Arts honored him with the NEA Jazz Masters Award. He was also honored in 2003 with the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) Jazz Living Legend Award. In 2008, he was awarded the National Medal of Arts. On April 13, 2009, the University of Hartford presented Jones with an honorary Doctorate of Music for his musical accomplishments.

Alan Jay Lerner American lyricist and librettist

Alan Jay Lerner was an American lyricist and librettist. In collaboration with Frederick Loewe, and later Burton Lane, he created some of the world's most popular and enduring works of musical theatre both for the stage and on film. He won three Tony Awards and three Academy Awards, among other honors.

Frederick Loewe Austrian-American composer

Frederick Loewe, was an Austrian-American composer. He collaborated with lyricist Alan Jay Lerner on a series of Broadway musicals, including My Fair Lady and Camelot, both of which were made into films.

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Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars. [3]

Track listing

All compositions by Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner

  1. "Gigi" - 3:14
  2. "I'm Not Young Any More" - 3:37
  3. "Thank Heaven for Little Girls" - 2:12
  4. "It's a Bore" - 2:58
  5. "Say a Prayer for Me Tonight" - 3:07
  6. "Gossip" - 2:15
  7. "Waltz at Maxim's (She's Not Thinking of Me)" - 2:16
  8. "The Parisians" 1:25
  9. "I Remember it Well" - 2:30
  10. "The Night They Invented Champagne" - 1:38

Personnel

Piano musical instrument

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Barry Galbraith American guitarist

Joseph Barry Galbraith was an American jazz guitarist.

Guitar fretted string instrument

The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that usually has six strings. It is typically played with both hands by strumming or plucking the strings with either a guitar pick or the finger(s)/fingernails of one hand, while simultaneously fretting with the fingers of the other hand. The sound of the vibrating strings is projected either acoustically, by means of the hollow chamber of the guitar, or through an electrical amplifier and a speaker.

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References

  1. ↑ Golden Crest Records Catalog accessed July 31, 2015
  2. ↑ Hank Jones Catalog accessed July 31, 2015
  3. 1 2 Allmusic listing, accessed July 31, 2015
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