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At Home With Arlen
Audrey Lavine
At Home With Arlen
Genres: Jazz, Broadway & Vocalists
 
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Harold Arlen's career as a composer spanned more than 50 years and 400 songs, from the Cotton Club to Hollywood and back to Broadway, but his dream was to be a performer. He brings a singer's sensibility to his composition...  more »

     
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All Artists: Audrey Lavine
Title: At Home With Arlen
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Total Copies: 0
Label: Ostinato
Original Release Date: 9/10/2002
Re-Release Date: 9/15/2002
Genres: Jazz, Broadway & Vocalists
Style: Musicals
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 660662476829

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Harold Arlen's career as a composer spanned more than 50 years and 400 songs, from the Cotton Club to Hollywood and back to Broadway, but his dream was to be a performer. He brings a singer's sensibility to his compositions; his melodic lines derive from an appreciation not only of what is possible for a singer, but what helps a singer convey power, tenderness, and emotion. At Home with Arlen showcases many lesser-known gems from Arlen's catalog of more than 400 songs, with some familiar tunes nestled in among them. Arlen aficionados will be sure to note "Love Held Lightly" from Saratoga; Arlen's personal favorite, "Last Night When We Were Young," which was inexplicably cut from the three films in which it was placed; and the rarely heard "Song of the Gigolo." Yet Arlen believed firmly that the composer contributed only half of a song. "A good lyric writer is the composer's best friend," he said. Among his lyrical friends Arlen counted Ira Gershwin, Ted Koehler, Johnny Mercer, E.Y. Harburg - all of whom are represented on this recording, along with Jack Yellen, Dorothy Fields, Peggy Lee, Leo Robin, Truman Capote, and Arlen himself. Propelled by Ross Patterson's jazz-influenced arrangements, even familiar classics like "Come Rain or Come Shine" are given a new spin, as Audrey and Jerry Dodgion's alto sax wail together in duet. In addition to Patterson on piano, Audrey is joined on At Home With Arlen by bassist Don Falzone, and drummer Eric Halvorson. Completing the ensemble are multi-instrumentalists Aaron Heick and Jerry Dodgion on flute, clarinet, and alto saxophone.
 

CD Reviews

Great cd to unwind to
Mitchell J. Mcgee | Greensboro, NC USA | 12/15/2002
(5 out of 5 stars)

"I was introduced to this singer by someone from work - i own both of her CD's - this is her best work. I am a fan of Arlen - and her work on here rises to match the material. Her version of "come rain or come shine" may be the best i have ever heard - and when you think of all the women who have recorded it - that is saying something! It is in a word "haunting". If you are looking for a cabaret style CD for the background of a quiet evening or something reflective to listen to with some substance this is a CD for you.I keep trying to think of someone to compare her voice to - and it is difficult - since first hearing her I keep thinking that she is a throw back to a generation ago, very talented - and unique - not a carbon copy of everyone else out there recording at the moment.I recommend this CD."