Search - Fred Astaire :: Let's Face the Music and Dance, Centenary Issue

Berlin, Gershwin, Kern (et al) as interpreted by Frederick

Annie Van Auken | Planet Earth | 07/21/2009

(4 out of 5 stars)

"A two-page essay within ASV's LET'S FACE THE MUSIC AND DANCE is primarily an admiration of the Ginger Rogers/Fred Astaire film canon. The CD itself is sectioned by composer. AAD transfers of motion picture soundtracks are generally decent. Some reveal a bit of background noise or faint whooshing. Edit fade-ins or outs are rare. Light filtering is used but not on most tracks.





Related item:

ASV's CRAZY FEET! offers 20 Astaire recordings that are not part of this collection.





PROGRAM--



IRVING BERLIN

[2:28] Let's Face the Music and Dance

[2:49] I'm Putting All My Eggs in One Basket

[3:20] Cheek to Cheek

[2:35] No Strings (I'm Fancy Free)

[2:34] Top Hat, White Tie and Tails

[3:01] I Used to Be Color Blind

[2:40] The Yam

[3:08] Change Partners

GEORGE GERSHWIN

[2:47] They All Laughed

[2:51] A Foggy Day

[2:44] Nice Work If You Can Get It

[3:06] They Can't Take That Away from Me

[3:12] Things Are Looking Up

[3:12] Let's Call the Whole Thing Off

[2:34] Shall We Dance?

[2:25] I Can't Be Bothered Now

[2:56] Slap That Bass

[2:52] (I've Got) Beginner's Luck

JEROME KERN

[3:07] The Way You Look Tonight

[2:58] Pick Yourself Up

[3:13] Never Gonna Dance

[2:50] A Fine Romance

[2:36] Dearly Beloved

[2:43] You Were Never Lovelier

[2:25] I'm Old Fashioned

BERNARD HANIGHEN

[2:39] Poor Mr. Chisholm

COLE PORTER

[2:56] Since I Kissed My Baby Goodbye



TOTAL PLAYING TIME: 77:52"