Music to Hear

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Music to Hear
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Studio album by
Released1972
Recorded1972
Genre Jazz
Length42:05
Label Sheba Records ST 106
Producer Trixie Shearing
George Shearing chronology
As Requested
(1972)
Music to Hear
(1972)
The George Shearing Quartet
(1972)
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Music to Hear is a 1972 solo studio album by George Shearing, one of five albums that Shearing released on his own record label, Sheba. [2]

Contents

The title comes from Shakespeare's sonnet 08, "Music to hear, why hear'st thou music sadly?"

Track listing

  1. "Taking a Chance on Love" (Vernon Duke, Ted Fetter, John La Touche) – 2:06
  2. "The Summer Knows" (Michel Legrand, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman) – 3:34
  3. "Children's Waltz" – 2:36
  4. "Change Partners" (Irving Berlin) – 4:26
  5. "Wave" (Antonio Carlos Jobim) – 4:45
  6. "What Kind of Fool Am I?" (Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley) – 3:54
  7. "(Where Do I Begin?) Love Story" (Francis Lai, Carl Sigman) – 3:09
  8. "Dream Dancing" (Cole Porter) – 3:35
  9. "I Predict" – 2:58
  10. "This Is All I Ask" (Gordon Jenkins) – 3:27
  11. "Beautiful Love" – 3:36
  12. "Alfie" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) – 5:38

Personnel

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