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Sings the Songs of Jerome Kern - With Dick Hyman at the Piano
Sandy Stewart;Dick Hyman
Sings the Songs of Jerome Kern - With Dick Hyman at the Piano
Genres: Jazz, Pop, Broadway & Vocalists
 
  •  Track Listings (18) - Disc #1

Reissue of 1985 LP commemorating the 100th anniversary of Jerome Kern's birth, with Dick Hyman at the piano, plus 6 newer tracks recorded in 1994.

     
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All Artists: Sandy Stewart;Dick Hyman
Title: Sings the Songs of Jerome Kern - With Dick Hyman at the Piano
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Audiophile
Release Date: 5/9/1995
Genres: Jazz, Pop, Broadway & Vocalists
Styles: Traditional Jazz & Ragtime, Vocal Jazz, Easy Listening, Oldies, Vocal Pop, Musicals, Traditional Vocal Pop
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 762247220527

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Reissue of 1985 LP commemorating the 100th anniversary of Jerome Kern's birth, with Dick Hyman at the piano, plus 6 newer tracks recorded in 1994.
 

CD Reviews

A Beautiful Interpretation of Kern's Works
Zal Uyoot | Surrey (BC) Canada | 05/10/2008
(4 out of 5 stars)

"Kern is a very conservative musicwriter and wouldn't be pleased if his work is given a very experimental treatment. For this, Ms. Stewart has abided to that dictum and the result is simply undiluted Kern melodies. Sandy's velvety voice and with Dick Hyman accompanying her on the piano, the result is simply thrilling!



All the 21 songs (6 are part of a 2-parts medley) are all familiar to anyone who knows Kern although it would be my first time to hear Day Dreaming penned by Gus Khan and Dorothy Field's How'd You Like To Spoon With Me. As always, Kern came up with beautiful melodies even to such rarely heard compositions. This is one of the best Kern Songbook - the other one would be Margaret Whiting but I would say this one is more polished. Ella Fitzgerald recorded one but it pales in comparison with her other songbooks. Elizabeth Welch did an exceptional recording under a British label. They all have their own qualities but Ms. Stewart did a remarkable compilation of Kern's greatest in an intimate setting. This is a 4.5 stars actually!



Too bad, I don't see much of her recordings to discover more."