Selections from Lerner and Loewe's... | ||||
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Studio album by Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers | ||||
Released | 1957 | |||
Recorded | March 13, 1957 Webster Hall, New York City | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Label | Vik LX 1103 | |||
Producer | Bob Rolontz | |||
Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers chronology | ||||
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Selections from Lerner and Loewe's... is an album by drummer Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers recorded in 1957 and released on the RCA Victor subsidiary label Vik. [1] [2] [3] The album features jazz interpretations of show tunes from Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe's musicals My Fair Lady , Brigadoon , and Paint Your Wagon .
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [4] |
Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars, the review by Scott Yanow stating: "One of the rarest of all Art Blakey records... Despite some of the musicians' unfamiliarity with the songs, this date is quite successful". [4]
All compositions by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe
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