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Great Jazz Vocalists Sing the Gershwin Songbook ()

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  1. Embraceable You
  2. The Man I Love
  3. But Not for Me
  4. I Got Rhythm
  5. I Was Doing All Right
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  1. Embraceable You
  2. The Man I Love
  3. But Not for Me
  4. I Got Rhythm
  5. I Was Doing All Right
  6. Someone to Watch Over Me
  7. Blah, Blah, Blah
  8. They Can't Take That Away from Me
  9. It Ain't Necessarily So
  10. They All Laughed
  11. Do Do Do
  12. Aren't You Kind of Glad We Did?
  13. A Foggy Day
  14. How Long Has This Been Going On?
  15. Love Walked In
  16. Summertime
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In the pantheon of jazz singers, the great tunes of George and Ira Gershwin have always been favorites. Special vocalists can make these compositions their own, elevating each number by the way they phrase, emote, or interpret without reinterpreting. That innate ability to take a well-worn standard and invigorate it is well documented within these 16 tracks. Easily among the highlights are Nat King Cole's "Embraceable You," Carmen McRae's "The Man I Love," Dakota Staton's "A Foggy Day," Johnny Hartman's "How Long Has This ...

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Great Jazz Vocalists Sing the Gershwin Songbook 1992, Capitol

UPC: 077778050629

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