Search - Various Artists :: Harold Arlen Centennial Celebration

Somewhere over the Rainbow / way up high

Shalom Freedman | Jerusalem,Israel | 06/06/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Harold Arlen in his greatest songs was with Irving Berlin, the Gershwins, Rodgers- Hart- Hammerstein, Cole Porter the very top of American popular song- writing. Like Al Jolson the son of a cantor he grew up in Buffalo, New York before going on to make a career in which he would collaborate with among others Johnny Mercer and Ira Gershwin.

For the musical film, the 'Wizard of Oz' he wrote the music for the song Yip Harburg later wrote the lyrics for, the song many believe the greatest American popular song of all time, 'Over the Rainbow'. This is a song which speaks to the dream and hope and youth of all of us. Arlen wrote many other great songs, the most well- known of which are included in this collection. This collection has some truly stellar perfomrances including those by jazz greats Miles Davis, and Art Tatum.





As Long As I Live - Ernestine Anderson

2. I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues - Sarah Vaughan 3. That Old Black Magic - Carol Sloane

4. Any Place I Hang My Hat Is home - Rosemary Clooney 5. Down With Love - Curtis Stigers

6. My Shining Hour - Nnenna Freelon

7. Blues In The Night - Jimmy Witherspoon 8. Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive - Monica Mancini 9. Happiness Is A Thing Called Joe - Abbey Lincoln

10. Let's Fall In Love - Maynard Ferguson 11. Last Night, When We Were Young - Mel Torme

12. Hit The Road To Dreamland - Susannah McCorkle 13. Over The Rainbow - Jack Sheldon 1. Out Of This World - Kenny Burrell

2. Ill Wind (You're Blowin' Me No Good) - Scott Hamilton Listen Listen Listen

3. Come Rain Or Come Shine - Bill Evans Trio 4. It's Only A Paper Moon - Miles Davis

5. Stormy Weather - Curtis Fuller

6. I've Got The World On A String - Art Tatum 7. When The Sun Comes Out - Art Pepper 8. A Sleepin' Bee - Ray Brown 9. One For My Baby (And One More For The Road) - Wes Montgomery 10. Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea - Oscar Peterson 11. For Every Man There's A Woman - George Shearing

12. Get Happy - Dizzy Gillespie Jam



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