All Artists: Fred Astaire Title: Astaire Story (Sextet Including Oscar Peterson) [2 CD] Members Wishing: 1 Total Copies: 0 Label: Verve Release Date: 10/13/2017 Genres: Jazz, Pop Style: Number of Discs: 2 SwapaCD Credits: 2 UPC: 602557537505 |
Fred Astaire Astaire Story (Sextet Including Oscar Peterson) [2 CD] Genres: Jazz, Pop
This is a reissue of a famous package starring Fred Astaire, a revered film actor/dancer, & Oscar Peterson, one of the top jazz pianists of the era. Astaire sings most of the songs that made him famous on stage & s... more » | |
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Product Description This is a reissue of a famous package starring Fred Astaire, a revered film actor/dancer, & Oscar Peterson, one of the top jazz pianists of the era. Astaire sings most of the songs that made him famous on stage & screen in the 1930s & 1940s. The program is presented as a soundtrack, with an Overture, an Intermission Music, & an Exit Music. Additionally, there is a bonus track, an alternate version of 'I Won't Dance,' one of Astaire's trademark numbers, recorded with Peterson three years later. Similar CDs
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Member CD ReviewsIC B. Reviewed on 4/28/2023... Originally a four-LP deluxe box set, this project was conceived by producer Norman Granz to showcase the singing talents of the great Fred Astaire in a jazz context. Astaire-the-vocalist is backed by an all-star ensemble conducted by pianist Oscar Peterson. The project spanned Astaire’s then 20-year long movie career presenting a selection of songs by composers such as Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, and Cole Porter, which he had premiered in his various films in the 1930s and 1940s. The set was conceived in the typical Granz jam session style, with plenty of instrumental solos, and on some tracks, Astaire was recorded tap dancing on a big wooden block. On Verve, 2017. UPC 602557537505 Tracklisting: 1 Overture: The Astaire Blues 2 Isn't This a Lovely Day 3 Puttin' on the Ritz 4 I Used to Be Color Blind 5 The Continental 6 Let's Call the Whole Thing Off 7 Change Partners 8 'S Wonderful 9 Lovely to Look at 10 They All Laughed 11 Cheek to Cheek 12 Steppin' Out with My Baby 13 The Way You Look Tonight 14 I've Got My Eyes on You 15 Dancing in the Dark 16 The Carioca 17 Nice Work If You Can Get It 18 New Sun in the Sky 19 I Won't Dance 20 Fast Dances (ad lib) [Instrumental] CD2: 1 Intermission: Jam Session for a Dancer 2 Top Hat, White Tie and Tails 3 No String, I'm Fancy Free 4 I Concentrate on You 5 I'm Putting All my Eggs in One Basket 6 A Fine Romance 7 Night and Day 8 Fascinationg Rhythm 9 I Love Louisa 10 They Can’t Take That Away From Me 11 Medium Dances (ad lib) [Instrumental] 12 You’re Easy To Dance With 13 A Needle In A Haystack 14 So Near and Yet So Far 15 A Foggy Day (In London Town) 16 Oh, Lady Be Good 17 Slow Dances (ad lib) [Instrumental] 18 I’m Building 0 of 1 member(s) found this review helpful.
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