The Art of the Song

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The Art of the Song
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Studio album by
Charlie Haden
ReleasedJuly 27, 1999
RecordedFebruary 19–22, 1999
Studio Capitol Studio A (Hollywood)
Genre Jazz, vocal jazz
Length65:53
Label Polygram
Producer Charlie Haden, Ruth Cameron
Charlie Haden chronology
The Montreal Tapes: Liberation Music Orchestra
(1999)		The Art of the Song
(1999)		 Nocturne
(2001)
Quartet West chronology
Now Is the Hour
(1994)		The Art of the Song
(1999)		 The Private Collection
(2007)

The Art of the Song is an album by jazz bassist Charlie Haden and his Quartet West, released in 1999. It reached number ten on the Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart.

Contents

Quartet West was formed in 1986. Their repertoire consisted mainly of music from the 1930s and 1940s, often music associated with films of that period.

Guest vocalists Bill Henderson and Shirley Horn each perform four songs.

The orchestral accompaniment written for Shirley Horn of Leonard Bernstein's "Lonely Town", won Alan Broadbent a Grammy Award.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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John Sharpe in All About Jazz wrote that "The Art of the Song is an evocative collection of sombre ballads, immaculately performed". [3] Richard S. Ginell of AllMusic wrote, "Frankly, this sounds like the work of a weary musician." [1]

Track listing

  1. "Lonely Town" (Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden, Adolph Green) – 5:30
  2. "Why Did I Choose You" (Michael Leonard, Herbert Martin) – 7:23
  3. "Moment Musical, Op. 16, No. 3 in B minor" (Sergei Rachmaninoff) – 5:36
  4. "In Love in Vain" (Jerome Kern, Leo Rubin) – 5:05
  5. "Ruth's Waltz" (Charlie Haden, Arthur Hamilton) – 4:14
  6. "Scenes from a Silver Screen" (Alan Broadbent) – 6:24
  7. "I'm Gonna Laugh You Right out of My Life" (Cy Coleman, Joseph A. McCarthy) – 6:15
  8. "You My Love" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Mack Gordon) – 4:24
  9. "Prelude en La Mineur" (Maurice Ravel) – 5:14
  10. "The Folks Who Live On the Hill" (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 6:56
  11. "Easy on the Heart" (Haden, Hamilton) – 4:54
  12. "Theme for Charlie" (Jeri Southern) – 4:07
  13. "Wayfaring Stranger" (Traditional) – 4:23

Personnel

Charlie Haden Quartet West

Guest musicians

Orchestra

Production

References

  1. 1 2 Ginell, Richard S. "The Art of the Song > Review". AllMusic . Retrieved June 22, 2011.
  2. ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 624. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
  3. ↑ Sharpe, John (December 1999). "The Art of the Song > Review". All About Jazz . Retrieved June 22, 2011.
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