Midnight Sun (Dee Dee Bridgewater album)

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Midnight Sun
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Compilation album by
Dee Dee Bridgewater
ReleasedAugust 26, 2011
Genre Jazz
Length56:40
Label Decca/EmArcy
Producer Tulani Bridgewater Kowalski, Dee Dee Bridgewater
Dee Dee Bridgewater chronology
Eleanora Fagan (1915-1959)
(2010)		Midnight Sun
(2011)		 Dee Dee's Feathers
(2015)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Midnight Sun is a 2011 compilation album by American jazz singer Dee Dee Bridgewater. [3] [4]

Contents

Background

The album is a collection of 11 love ballads and standards. Bridgewater explained "For years my fans and family have been asking me to compile a CD of my favorite love songs, and Midnight Sun is my ode to them. Love in all its glory – for better or for worse – as expressed by some of the most amazing songwriters of our time." [5]

Reception

Thom Jurek of Allmusic wrote "Midnight Sun, issued by Decca/Emarcy, is a ballads collection of jazz and pop standards assembled from Dee Dee Bridgewater's recordings for Verve and other UMG-associated labels... As an album, these tracks -- all beautifully remastered -- hold together very well despite the variety of instrumental settings, and Bridgewater imbues them all with her consummate phrasing and intimacy." [6]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Midnight Sun" Sonny Burke, Lionel Hampton, Johnny Mercer 7:24
2."Angel Eyes"Earl Brent, Matt Dennis 5:51
3."My Ship" Ira Gershwin, Kurt Weill 4:57
4."Que Rest-t-il?" Charles Trénet, Lee Wilson4:58
5."Lonely Woman" Horace Silver 5:21
6."Speak Low" Ogden Nash, Kurt Weill 4:18
7."I'm a Fool to Want You / I Fall in Love Too Easily" Sammy Cahn, Joel Herron, Frank Sinatra, Jule Stein, Jack Wolf 4:09
8."L' Hymne à L'amour" Marguerite Monnot, Édith Piaf, Lee Wilson5:04
9."The Island" Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Ivan Lins, Vítor Martins 3:42
10."Good Morning Heartache" Ervin Drake, Dan Fisher, Irene Higginbotham, Billie Holiday 5:11
11."Here I'll Stay" Alan Jay Lerner, Kurt Weill 5:45
Total length:56:40

Chart positions

Chart (2011)Peak
position
US Jazz Albums ( Billboard 200 ) [7] 20

References

  1. ↑ "Dee Dee Bridgewater: Victim of Love". Allmusic . allmusic.com. Retrieved November 27, 2017.
  2. ↑ Quinn, Peter (March 2012). "Review". Jazzwise . Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Midnight Sun". Discogs . discogs.com. Retrieved November 27, 2017.
  4. ↑ GIOIA, MICHAEL (June 5, 2011). "Tony Winner Dee Dee Bridgewater's "Midnight Sun" Album Has Songs by Weill, Lerner, Mercer and More". Playbill . playbill.com. Retrieved November 28, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Midnight Sun". Wrasse Records . wrasserecords.com. Retrieved November 28, 2017.
  6. ↑ Jurek, Thom. "Midnight Sun". Allmusic . allmusic.com. Retrieved November 28, 2017.
  7. ↑ "Dee Dee Bridgewater". Billboard. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
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