It's De Lovely: Authentic Cole Porter Collection (2004)

Artist: Cole Porter
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Label: Bluebird
UPC: 00828766218022
Release Date: 6/22/2004
Buy.com Sku: 61009598
Item#: MJSPVX
Buy.com Sales Rank: 25050
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Song Listing

Disc 1
Song TitleSample
1. Anything Goes - (with Vince Giordano & The Nighthawks) ~ Cole Porter
2. You're the Top - (with Vince Giordano & The Nighthawks) ~ Cole Porter
3. Begin the Beguine - (with Artie Shaw) ~ Cole Porter
4. From This Moment On - (with Lena Horne) ~ Cole Porter
5. You Do Something to Me - (with Sonny Rollins) ~ Cole Porter
6. It's Delovely - (with Shorty Rogers & His Giants) ~ Cole Porter
7. Night and Day - (with Frank Sinatra/Tommy Dorsey) ~ Cole Porter
8. Let's Misbehave - (with Irving Aaronson) ~ Cole Porter
9. Don't Fence Me In - (with Roy Rogers) ~ Cole Porter
10. You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To - (with Dinah Shore) ~ Cole Porter
11. I Love Paris - (with Coleman Hawkins) ~ Cole Porter
12. Easy to Love - (with Ray Noble/Al Bowlly) ~ Cole Porter
13. Just One of Those Things - (with Lena Horne) ~ Cole Porter
14. What Is This Thing Called Love - (with Leo Reisman/Bubber Miley) ~ Cole Porter
15. I've Got You Under My Skin - (with Paul Desmond) ~ Cole Porter
16. I Get a Kick Out of You - (with Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra) ~ Cole Porter
17. Night And Day - (bonus track, with Fred Astaire/Leo Reisman) ~ Cole Porter
18. You Do Something To Me - (bonus track, with Rosemary Clooney/Perez Prado & His Orchestra) ~ Cole Porter
19. Night and Day - (bonus track, with Esquivel & His Orchestra) ~ Cole Porter



 
Album Notes and Credits

Notes & Personnel Info
Personnel: Cole Porter (vocals); Cole Porter; Frank Sinatra, Lew Conrad, Rosemary Clooney (vocals); Bubber Miley (trumpet); Dinah Shore, Fred Astaire, Al Bowlly, Lena Horne, Phil Saxe (vocals); Jim Hall (guitar); Paul Desmond (alto saxophone).
Liner Note Authors: Will Friedwald; Barry Feldman.
Recording information: Clinton Recording Studio, New York, NY (03/01/1928-05/05/2004); Hollywood Recording Studio, Hollywood, CA (03/01/1928-05/05/2004); Hollywood, CA (03/01/1928-05/05/2004); Liederkranz Hall, New York, NY (03/01/1928-05/05/2004); Manhattan Center, New York, NY (03/01/1928-05/05/2004); RCA Studio, New York, NY (03/01/1928-05/05/2004); Studio A, Hollywood, CA (03/01/1928-05/05/2004); Victor Studio #1, New York, NY (03/01/1928-05/05/2004); Victor Studio #2, New York, NY (03/01/1928-05/05/2004); Webster Hall, New York, NY (03/01/1928-05/05/2004).
Arrangers: Esquivel; Joe Reisman; Manny Albam; Vince Giordano; Axel Stordahl.
Whenever great American song in general, or a classic songwriter specifically, goes through another phase of popularity, record labels invariably cast around to assemble yet another round of songbook compilations with artists from their catalog interpreting the standards. In 2004, on the occasion of the Cole Porter biopic De-Lovely (starring Kevin Kline), Bluebird/BMG entered the sweepstakes with It's De Lovely: The Authentic Cole Porter Collection. This collection is authentic because Porter was signed to Bluebird's long-ago parent label RCA Victor, and the label proved home to many of the best versions of his songs. It's also authentic because it features two rare performances by Porter himself. Although he never recorded with orchestral accompaniment for commercial release, Porter did record eight demos in 1934 accompanied only by his clumsy piano, and 70 years later producer Barry Feldman and bandleader Vince Giordano paved over the original backing with a newly recorded backing track that relies on a mid-'30s arrangement. The result is successful; Porter's voice betrays a few similarities to Mickey Mouse's but is no more idiosyncratic than Broadway hero Cliff Edwards, his interpretation is naturally superb, and the new accompaniment is unobtrusive. The rest of the compilation is more problematic. While most songbook compilations focus either on vintage versions contemporary to the song or later interpretations, It's De Lovely attempts both but manages only a hodgepodge of artists and time periods. The compilation certainly doesn't shirk in its presentation of excellent, classic material, but it never coalesces as a representative picture of Porter's genius. Only a few performances easily evoke Porter's era: the classic versions of "Night and Day" and "Begin the Beguine" by Fred Astaire and Artie Shaw (respectively), a performance of "Easy to Love" by the beloved crooner Al Bowlly, and a mournful version of "What Is This Thing Called Love" led by Leo Reisman and featuring trumpeter Bubber Miley from Duke Ellington's Orchestra. Latter-day interpretations by Sonny Rollins (of "You Do Something to Me") and Paul Desmond (of "I've Got You Under My Skin") are lovely also but difficult to reconcile to the whole. ~ John Bush
Cole Porter holds a place in history as one of America's most legendary songsmiths. Indeed, he eclipses most of his contemporaries, save Irving Berlin and George Gershwin. A composer of matchless wit and charm, Porter penned countless tunes that blossomed into chart-toppers and mainstream jazz standards.
IT'S DE LOVELY represents the wide range of interpretations that have been applied to the composer's work over the years. The disc includes the now-famous performance of "Night and Day" by a young Frank Sinatra, a cowboy version of "Don't Fence Me In" by Roy Rogers, and jazz versions of "You Do Something to Me" and "I've Got You Under My Skin" by saxophonists Sonny Rollins and Paul Desmond, respectively. The opening tracks, which feature Porter himself on vocals, are the high points of this album. These selections are unique for two reasons. First, Porter rarely performed his own music, and second, the big-band arrangements that accompany him were recorded in 2004, seven decades after Porter laid down his vocal tracks. Listeners can hear what it might have sounded like had Porter taken his performing career as seriously as his passion for songwriting.

Producer: Barry Feldman; Will Friedwald (Compilation); Barry Feldman (Reissue)

Engineer: Troy Halderson; Troy Halderson

Musical Guests
Frank Sinatra
Lena Horne
Dinah Shore
Sonny Rollins
Paul Desmond
Coleman Hawkins
Rosemary Clooney
Roy Rogers

 
Artist Overview
Responsible for such classics as "I've Got You Under My Skin," "Let's Do It, Let's Fall in Love," and "Anything Goes," Cole Porter is synonymous with both the American songbook and Broadway musical tradition. A prolific composer and lyricist, Porter wrote numerous musicals throughout the 1930s, '40s, and '50s, including CAN-CAN and KISS ME, KATE. His songs represent the epitome of pop wit and sophistication, and have been performed by artists from Frank Sinatra and Peggy Lee to the Jungle Brothers and Paul Westerberg.

Artist Contemporaries
Duke Ellington | Ethel Merman | George Gershwin | Hoagy Carmichael | Irving Berlin | Kurt Weill | Marlene Dietrich | Rodgers & Hart

Artist Followers
Ben Folds | Bette Midler | Burt Bacharach | Carole King | Ella Fitzgerald | Elvis Costello | Frank Sinatra | Jamie Cullum | Johnny Mercer | Lena Horne | Leonard Bernstein | Linda Ronstadt | Randy Newman | Rufus Wainwright | Scott Walker | Stephen Schwartz | The Magnetic Fields | Tom Waits


 
Technical Info
Release Date : 06/22/2004
Original Release Date : 2004
Catalog ID : 62180
Label : Bluebird RCA (USA)
Number of Discs : 1
Studio/Live : Studio
Mono/Stereo : Stereo
SPAR Code : n/a
UPC : 00828766218022

  
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