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Astaire Story (Sextet Including Oscar Peterson) [2 CD]
Fred Astaire
Astaire Story (Sextet Including Oscar Peterson) [2 CD]
Genres: Jazz, Pop
 
  •  Track Listings (20) - Disc #1
  •  Track Listings (19) - Disc #2

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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All Artists: Fred Astaire
Title: Astaire Story (Sextet Including Oscar Peterson) [2 CD]
Members Wishing: 1
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Label: Verve
Release Date: 10/13/2017
Genres: Jazz, Pop
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Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPC: 602557537505

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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.

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IC 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
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