Man Is Somebody

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The Monitor News, April 3,2001
"Rev.Sparks has set his mark in the Gospel Music field as a talented and inspiring lead vocalist"

Pastor Jacob Miles ,NBCC
"Anderson Sparks is blazing trails that's has been traveled by some great spititual gaints.

Album Description
Rev.Sparks became inspired in producing a gospel sermon a few tears ago. Rev.Sparks said that people wanted to hear good old gospel preaching. Re-blazing the gospel sermon-trail once traveled by some of the great preachers of time past,Rev.Sparks wanted to lay down a sermon that would truly reach out and touch a few Souls.

Man Is Somebody

Kiri Sings Gershwin
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Brava Dame Kiri!
  • Who could ask for anything more?
  • i was made to listen..now im hooked
  • I love it!
  • Classic Gershwin
 Kiri Sings Gershwin

Manufacturer: Angel Records
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ASIN: B000002SJI
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

  1. Somebody Loves Me
  2. Boy Wanted
  3. Things Are Looking Up
  4. Love Walked In
  5. Love Is Here To Stay
  6. Someone To Watch Over Me
  7. But Not For Me
  8. Summertime
  9. The Man I Love
  10. Soon
  11. Meadow Serenade
  12. Nice Work If You Can Get It
  13. By Strauss
  14. Embraceable You
  15. I Got Rhythm

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Brava Dame Kiri!.......2007-03-11

This is a delightful CD. Esteemed soprano Kiri Te Kanawa sings Gershwin. One hook making this CD interesting is the use of the original scores and choral arrangements. It adds a most pleasant element to this recording. In essence, this is simply a lot of fun to listen to. Kiri Te Kanawa takes the music for what it is, sings it with gusto, and produces a very satisfying CD.

Some examples. . . . "Somebody loves me" demonstrates her lush voice. This is a nice version of a fine Gershwin tune. The orchestral backing is solid and enjoyable. All in all, very satisfying. "Summertime," from "Porgy and Bess," is well known. This is well sung; her operatic voice handles the song most satisfactorily. A very fine version. . . .

"Nice work if you can get it" is a clever bob-bon. Dame Kiri sings this in a most sprightly fashion. She sings in the proper spirit for the song and seems to be enjoying herself in the process! There is a nice high note at the end which does not seem simply for effect (compare with Mario Lanza's efforts at ending almost any song with a high C).

"Embraceable you" is charming and well done. "I got rhythm" closes this CD. Again, very nicely done with lush orchestration and choral singing. The song is taken at a quick pace and the result is delightful. Her rich voice works well on this cut. The chorus is energetic and the orchestra sparkles.

This is a most enjoyable album. Great music sung in a charming style by a great singer

5 out of 5 stars Who could ask for anything more?.......2005-12-29

That says it

4 out of 5 stars i was made to listen..now im hooked.......2003-04-21

i was made to listen to this album as a requirement for my A Level course into perfrming gershwin songs...its amazing..the way kiri sings each one in a different style and makes it her own..go and buy it..u wont take it out of your CD player

5 out of 5 stars I love it!.......2002-05-14

If you like Gershin and Kiri Te Kanawa you'll probably enjoy this album as much as I do!

I can imagine Nick and Nora Charles listening to this at one of Nick's favorite dives! It will transport you to a sophisticated time and place that may have never existed except in literature and debutante coming out parties.

Gatsby would have loved it, and surely would have invited Kiri to all his parties!

4 out of 5 stars Classic Gershwin.......2002-04-05

Original arrangements of Gershwin tunes are rare these days, but that's what you'll hear in this album by Kiri Te Kanawa. Granted, the arrangements sound somewhat dated according to 21st century tastes, but that's what makes them fascinating. These were like nothing anyone else was writing when the George and Ira first brought them to life. Kiri uses a different, somewhat breathier voice than you might be used to on her classical albums, probably not the type of voice Gershwin had in mind, but I think it generally works pretty well.
George Gershwin Memorial Concert
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • An Absolute Must For Lovers of Music and History
  • A real collector's item, especially for old-time radio buffs
 George Gershwin Memorial Concert

Manufacturer: North American Class
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ASIN: B000006PDF
Release Date: 1998-04-28

Tracks:

  1. Opening Comments
  2. Prelude #2
  3. Commentary
  4. An American In Paris
  5. Commentary
  6. Eulogy
  7. Swanee
  8. The Man I Love
  9. They Can't Take That Away From Me
  10. Station Identification : Commentary
  11. 1st Movement : Allegro
  12. 2nd Movement : Andate con moto
  13. Concerto In F: 3rd Movement : Allegro con brio

Tracks:

  1. Intermission : Mrs. Leiland Atherton Irish; Oscar Hammerstein Tribute; Edward G. Robinson Tribute; Commentary
  2. Introduction To The Second Half
  3. Anthology : The Man I Love, Liza, Lady Be Good, Somebody Loves Me, Do It Again, I Got Rhythm, Wintergreen For President, Strike Up The Band
  4. Commentary
  5. Porgy And Bess: Introduction And Summertime
  6. Commentary
  7. Porgy And Bess: My Man's Gone Now
  8. Porgy And Bess: The Buzzard Song
  9. Porgy And Bess: The Train Song
  10. Porgy And Bess: I've Got Plenty O' Nuttin'
  11. Porgy And Bess: Bess, You Is My Woman Now
  12. Porgy And Bess: I'm On My Way
  13. Commentary
  14. Rhapsody In Blue

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars An Absolute Must For Lovers of Music and History.......2001-01-20

This album contains the best works of George Gershwin, played by the very best artists of the period. The quality of the recording is excellent, actually amazing considering that this recording was made in 1937. The music of the master, George Gershwin, and the authenticity of the playing is more than enough reason to buy the CD set. But there is more: The album consists of the complete two and one half hour historic radio program, broadcast as the announcer says "by short wave to the four corners of the earth." It is so moving that you can feel like you are experiencing it live. The 16 pages of liner notes that come with CD set have been carefully researched for historical accuracy and competent critical evaluation of the music. One could have wished the producers would have found room on the cover of the CD set to list Charles Previn, who conducted Concerto in F, which accounted for approximately thirty minutes of the playing time and for Nathaniel Shilkret and Nathaniel Finston who, as conductors, were the featured artists for another approximate half hour of playing time. One could only wish that there were only such minor complaints with all musical recordings. The producers deserve thanks for making this wonderful piece of history available to the public.

4 out of 5 stars A real collector's item, especially for old-time radio buffs.......2000-09-24

This recording preserves,for all posterity and in quite listenable sound for its time, one of the most important and moving cultural events of the early twentieth century--the full-length memorial tribute to George Gershwin, the USA's greatest composer ever,IMHO.

This was broadcast on CBS Radio in September,1937, barely two months after the composer's shocking and untimely death from a brain tumor at the age of thirty-eight. All of his most famous pieces for concert hall are heard here,and the advantage of hearing them in a live performance is that they are not edited, as they often would have been in recordings made during that era. (Gershwin's own recording of the "Rhapsody in Blue",made in the 1920's in a recording studio,is rather severely cut.)

Many of the performers, such as Fred Astaire and Oscar Levant, give memorable performances,but there are a few clinkers. The great German conductor Otto Klemperer may be brilliant in Beethoven and Bach, but he was not the man to conduct Gershwin's Second Prelude, heard here in an orchestral arrangement. He has no feel for jazz idioms whatsoever, and he makes this slow, blues-like piece sound like a dirge out of Mahler or Bruckner. It is,sad to say, the worst performance of the Prelude I have ever heard. And whatever possessed the producers of this concert to get Lily Pons,with her pronounced French accent,to sing "Summertime", rather than an American soprano,which they could have gotten easily? It throws the whole "Porgy and Bess" segment out of whack.

That "Porgy" segment, however, is one of the most valuable historical documents ever recorded. It presents members of the original 1935 cast of the opera performing unedited versions of several arias,duets and ensemble pieces from the opera, conducted by Alexander Smallens, the original conductor. And it presents perhaps the only surviving recording of Ruby Elzy,the original Serena, singing "My Man's Gone Now". (Miss Elzy was NOT featured on the so-called Broadway cast album; Anne Brown,the original Bess,sang Serena's music on that one,as well as singing Bess and Clara's arias.) And we finally get to hear Todd Duncan perform "The Buzzard Song", which was cut from the opera for a very long time.

Fred Astaire's spoken tribute to Gershwin is very moving, and at one point, his voice is heard cracking with emotion. The announcer and narrator, however, speaks in that overenunciated, dramatic, actorish style which was apparently the norm for radio announcers of that period. He sounds as if he were getting ready to either impersonate Orson Welles, or audition for "Hamlet", and his style of speaking is almost quaint nowadays.

But this album is still irreplaceable.

An update to this review - This edition of the memorial concert is apparently out of print, and the concert itself has been reissued as part of the ongoing CD series "The Radio Years". DO NOT BUY THAT VERSION. It is vastly inferior to this one. This version has spectacular sound for its time, and the new reissue sounds as if had been recorded through a tin can. And not only is the sound bad on the reissue, but there is tons of surface noise and the program itself seems to be abridged.

We can only hope that the edition listed on this page will be re-issued some day. This historic concert deserves no less.
String Quartet Tribute to the Smiths
Average customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars
  • Haunting
  • mediocre
  • Great album.
  • a little odd
  • Worked for The Cure tribute not for The Smiths
 String Quartet Tribute to the Smiths
S. Morrissey , J. Marr , and Eric Gorfain
Manufacturer: Vitamin Records
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ASIN: B00008J2SO
Release Date: 2003-03-18

Tracks:

  1. Last Night I Dreamt Somebody Loved Me
  2. Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now
  3. That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore
  4. How Soon Is Now
  5. William, It Was Really Nothing
  6. Back To The Old House
  7. There Is A Light That Never Goes
  8. This Charming Man
  9. Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want
  10. Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others
  11. Not This Time (Original Composition)

Product Description

1. Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me
2. Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now
3. That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore
4. How Soon Is Now
5. William, It Was Really Nothing
6. Back To The Old House
7. There Is A Light That Never Goes
8. This Charming Man
9. Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want
10. Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others
11. Not This Time (Original Composition)

Format: CD

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars Haunting.......2006-02-22

I'm giving this compilation 3 stars not because it isn't good...but because I feel that the String Quartet didn't take advantage of The Smiths catalogue. I was disappointed to see that some of my favorites were not covered. Maybe for volume 2?

Other than that...it was mostly beautiful. The cover of "Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want" was particularly good. In fact, they managed to make it even more
melancholy than the original! I didn't even know that was possible.

3 out of 5 stars mediocre.......2004-06-20

This CD sounds like a good idea, but on hearing it I was disappointed. The string quartet doesnt seem enough for a lot of these songs, maybe with a few more instruments in there it could work. It also seems, like many other string quartet tribute CDs, that these people playing the songs are not fans of the band, they don't seem to get into the music, or understand what makes it great. This CD is only nescassary for hardcore smiths fans that already have their albums.

4 out of 5 stars Great album........2004-04-04

This is a wonderful album if you truly are a "Smiths" fan. The strings do an excellent job of masking as Morrissey's voice. However, even if you aren't a fan of The Smiths, the melodies are enjoyable. Johnny Marr will go down as a gifted guitarist/writer (as all his Guitar magazine accolades). People who aren't fans or are "Morrissey-jaded" wouldn't like this or probably anything else not Morrissey. Oh yeah, that's right I said it!!!

3 out of 5 stars a little odd.......2003-10-05

Uh, this is wierd. It is like Morrissey and the Smiths covering Metalica. It just doesn't fit. Even so, for the hardcore Smiths fan it is worth the buy. Back To The Old HOuse was enjoyable, but I would suggest that you listen to the versions of other artists. And who chose the playlist? Crappy at best.

3 out of 5 stars Worked for The Cure tribute not for The Smiths.......2003-09-08

The String Quartet's tribute to The Smiths doesn't quite work as well as the tribute to The Cure. Maybe it's because the music from The Cure is much more colorful and has more layer and works wonderfully well with string instruments. However, without Morrisey's voice the string music doesn't work well.
Sacred Songs & Spirituals
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    		Sacred Songs & Spirituals

    Manufacturer: Philips
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    5. Spirituals in Concert

    ASIN: B0007XZUF0
    Release Date: 2005-05-10

    Tracks:

    1. Sanctus
    2. Ave Maria, Op.52/6
    3. Panis Angelicus
    4. O Divine Redeemer
    5. The Holy City
    6. Amazon Grace
    7. Greensleeves (What Child Is This)
    8. Let Us Break Bread Together
    9. I Wonder As I Wander
    10. Sweet Little Jesus Boy
    11. Gesu Bambino (When Blossoms Flowered)

    Tracks:

    1. I Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray
    2. My Lord, What A Morning
    3. Do Lawd, Oh Do Lawd
    4. There's A Man Going Round - Jessye Norman
    5. Ev'ry Time I Feel De Spirit - Dalton Baldwin
    6. There Is A Balm In Gilead - Dalton Baldwin
    7. Gospel Train - Dalton Baldwin
    8. Great Day - Dalton Baldwin
    9. Mary Had A Baby
    10. Live A-Humble
    11. Walk Together Children
    12. Were You There - Jessye Norman
    13. Hush! Somebody's Callin' My Name
    14. Soon Ah Will Be Done
    15. Give Me Jesus
    The Best Of Gershwin Love Songs
    Average customer rating: Not rated
      		The Best Of Gershwin Love Songs

      Manufacturer: Avalon (Rock Bottom)
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

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      ASIN: B00001X5B3
      Release Date: 1996-07-01

      Tracks:

      1. Summertime (4:28)
      2. Someone To Watch Over Me (3:43)
      3. Somebody Loves Me (3:51)
      4. They Cant Take That Away From Me (2:45)
      5. But Not For Me (4:40)
      6. My Mans Gone Now (4:11)
      7. The Man I Love (5:16)
      8. Love Is Here To Stay (3:23)
      9. How Long Has This Been Going On (3:21)
      10. A Foggy Day In Londontown (4:29)
      11. Love Walked In (4:02)
      12. Bess You Is My Woman Now (4:34)
      13. Love Is Here To Stay (1:17)
      Porgy & Bess / Most Happy Fella
      Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
      • Nice performances
      • "Gershwin and Loesser musical journeys ~ Percy Faith"
      		 Porgy & Bess / Most Happy Fella
      Percy Faith
      Manufacturer: Collectables
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      ASIN: B000066JEO
      Release Date: 2002-05-21

      Tracks:

      1. Catfish Row
      2. Summertime
      3. A Woman Is A Sometime Thing
      4. My Man's Gone Now
      5. Leavin' For The Promised Land
      6. I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'
      7. The Buzzard Song
      8. Bess, You Is My Woman Now
      9. Oh I Can't Sit Down
      10. It Ain't Necessarily So
      11. The Strawberry Woman And The Crab Man
      12. I Loves You, Porgy
      13. There's A Boat That's Leavin' Soon For New York
      14. Bess, Oh Where's My Bess
      15. O Lawd I'm On My Way
      16. The Most Happy Fella
      17. Somebody Somewhere
      18. Standing On The Corner
      19. Joey, Joey, Joey
      20. Abbondanza
      21. Don't Cry
      22. Sposalizio
      23. How Beautiful The Days
      24. Fresno Beauties
      25. Warm All Over
      26. Big D
      27. My Heart Is So Full Of You

      Album Description

      Gershwin's "Porgy And Bess" and Frank Loesser's "The Most = Happy Fella" get the Percy Faith treatment on these two original albums = on one compact disc. Famed "Tonight Show" trumpeter "Doc" Severinsen = is the credited soloist on "Porgy And Bess."

      Customer Reviews:

      4 out of 5 stars Nice performances.......2005-10-08

      The music is very enjoyable. I especially liked Doc Severinsen's contribution on a few pieces. Percy Faith is always solid, and this collection is no exception. The Gershwin sounds much better than Most Happy Fella because of the stereo sound compared to mono.

      5 out of 5 stars "Gershwin and Loesser musical journeys ~ Percy Faith".......2003-06-04

      The greatness of George Gershwin's "Porgy and Bess", can only amplify melody of music can exist without lyric ~ and our legendary composer/arranger performs his "Percy Faith Touch". Mr. Faith was chumping at the bit to do this project ~ with sweeping arrangements and full orchestration that leaves no stone unturned. Highlighting ~ "SUMMERTIME", "I GOT PLENTY O' NUTTIN'", "IT AIN'T NECESSARILY SO", "I LOVES YOU, PORGY", "THERE'S A BOAT THAT'S LEAVIN' SOON" and my favorite of favorites "MY MAN'S GONE NOW", attentive haunting strings with echoing saxophones each musician reaching into the depths of their soul for this one ~ they were George Ockner (violin), Bernie Leighton (piano), "Doc" Severinsen (trumpet), Jimmie Abato (alto sax), Russ Banzer (tenor sax), Terry Snyder (drums), Phil Kraus (mallets), Lucien Schmidt (cello) and Harold Feldman (oboe).

      Another well received show was Frank Loesser's "The Most Happy Fella", with some great musical selections that Mr. Faith has given his full attention and the arrangements are exuberant. Such as the opening tracks "THE MOST HAPPY FELLA", "STANDING ON THE CORNER", "ABBONDANZA", "SPOSALIZIO", "FRESNO BEAUTIES" and "BIG D", sure to please all fans of Musicals and Broadway Shows ~ this one has your name on it.

      A must have for those rainy afternoons with a good book ~ entire album of twenty-seven selections is simply captivating and highly listenable. Percy Faith is still larger that life and his music will live through us his fans ~ and go on forever.


      Total Time: 72:10 on 27 Tracks ~ Collectables COL-CD-7469 ~ (5/21/2002)
      Spirituals
      Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
      • No Greater Voice in this Century!
      		 Spirituals
      Jessye Norman , Dalton Baldwin , Ambrosian Singers , John McCarthy , and Willis Patterson
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      ASIN: B0000040Y7
      Release Date: 1990-10-25

      Tracks:

      1. I Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray
      2. My Lord, What A Morning
      3. Do Lawd, Oh Do Lawd
      4. There's A Man Going Round
      5. Ev'ry Time I Feel De Spirit
      6. There Is Balm In Gilead
      7. Gospel Train
      8. Great Day
      9. Mary Had A Baby
      10. Live A Humble
      11. Walk Together Children
      12. Were You There
      13. Hush! Somebody's Callin' My Name
      14. Soon Ah Will Be Done
      15. Give Me Jesus

      Customer Reviews:

      5 out of 5 stars No Greater Voice in this Century!.......2003-12-10

      In the late 1970's when Jessye Norman first appeared as the Diva of Sopranos, Robert Shaw, himself called her the "greatest Voice of the 20th Century!" Since we are now into the 21st Century, it is time we come to know her better thru her natural genre from the Southern Style of Black Spirituals. After playing her early CD for several years on the way to and fro to GA Diagnostic Prison, I still get overwhelmed by her awesome sounds singing, "And I Could'nt Hear Nobody Pray" ; "There's A Man Going Round, Taking Names" ; "There Is A Balm In Gilead" ; "Walk With Me , Children" ; "Hush, Somebody's Calling My Name" and of course... "Were You There..." If you wish to find an Ideal Christmas Gift or Birthday Gift for a Southern Girl... This is IT!
      She seems to get better and better in every Christmas Video from First Baptist Church of Augusta, GA.
      Retired Chaplain Fred W Hood
      George Feyer Plays George Gershwin
      Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
      • Feyer's CD is a must have
      • One More Time
      • George Feyer Plays George Gershwin
      • George Feyer Plays George Gershwin
      • This is the happiest music making imaginable.
      		 George Feyer Plays George Gershwin

      Manufacturer: Vanguard Classics
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      ASIN: B0000023DQ
      Release Date: 1993-05-12

      Tracks:

      1. Someone To Watch Over Me - Love Walked In
      2. Let's Call the Whole Thing Off - Somebody Loves Me - Soon
      3. Fascinating Rhythm
      4. Love Is Here To Stay - Mine - That Certain Feeling - Liza, All The Clouds'll Roll Away
      5. An American In Paris (Excerpts)
      6. I'll Build A Stairway To Paradise - How Long Has This Been Going On - Bidin' My Time
      7. I Got Rhythm - Clap Yo' Hands - I've Got A Crush On You - Lady Be Good
      8. The Man I Love
      9. Summertime - It Ain't Necassarily So - Bess, You Is My Woman Now, I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'
      10. They Can't Take That Away From Me - He Loves And She Loves - Of Thee I Sing - Strike Up THe Band
      11. Prelude No. 2
      12. Who Cares - Swanee - Love Is Sweeping The Country
      13. Embraceable You - But Not For Me
      14. Do-Do-Do - Funny Face - Maybe - 'S Wonderful
      15. A Foggy Day - Concerto In F (themes)
      16. Rhapsody In Blue (Excerpts)

      Customer Reviews:

      5 out of 5 stars Feyer's CD is a must have.......2007-01-28

      So I purchase my Nano and then easily transfer much of my "must have" music library to the 8 Mega Black Nano. The Nano makes me want to hear all my music again as I work out, etc. I ordered "must have" Feyer's Gershwin from Amazon and was lucky to get the Gershwin CD. If only they could remaster all his works onto CDs at a lower price than the $100 plus I paid. Feyer is a top addition and it reminds me of the Stanhope days and his music magic that I wish to briefly tell you.

      In the latter 70s, the Stanhope weekends were a joy, buttressed by Feyer's music. He held court and the audience was captivated. He was an excellent pianist with excellent trills in the high octaves, and nice contrast with the lower ones. The Gershwin CD the piece "I Got Rhythm" reminds one of small flames jumping lightly on a log. So light, so elegant, so much in rhythm. I would take my "A" dates to the Stanhope, including my future wife of 20 plus years. After the Met Opera or ballet, I would take my dates to the Stanhope. Usually two Kier Royals, supper, wine, and dessert would accompany George's fine music. Such a rich repertory and bottomless request well that he knew with top piano skill!

      Missing on the CD was his singing and funny remarks. I recall him playing `Thank Heavens For Little Girls"... they are so helpless, and then he would pick some women from the audience and repeat the word " helpless' and the everyone would laugh. My dates were the younger women in the Stanhope back then and he tended to look at my dates.....and made them feel like a princess

      The Stanhope was a bit expensive but a classy place. With George, it was worth every penny. I think Gunnar ( spelling?) was the head waiter. They knew you and you did not have to ask for a certain drink as they knew your need before your request. Unlike today, waiters are more of errand boys to the kitchens. George also knew your favorites in songs.

      One thing that is not obvious, despite my Ivy MBA and a good undergraduate degree, one does not learn in early years the basic American songs of Porter, Gershwin, etc. Some of my dates knew many of the words to these songs from their social events. Hence for me it was a pleasant discovery and made me grateful to the mastery of George. It opened one's appreciation to the very rich music heritage of America.

      The CD in ADD format was very clear; no his; and, the accompanying musicians were well heard in CD. Enjoy this CD!

      5 out of 5 stars One More Time.......2002-03-08

      Anyone that likes solo piano, must have this one in their collection. Feyer was a superior pianist, and arranger. These are performances to LISTEN to. For alot less than a carton of ciggies, you can buy something good for you! Aloha

      5 out of 5 stars George Feyer Plays George Gershwin.......2001-04-21

      Hours sped like minutes when sitting next to the keyboard of Feyer's Piano in the Stanhope. I only wish all of his albums could be re-released and a new generation might experience this rare talent. He played with consummate skill, gentle humor and a panache that I've been unable to find anywhere.

      5 out of 5 stars George Feyer Plays George Gershwin.......2000-12-26

      This is undoubtedly one of the best recordings of popular Gershwin tunes. They are played with Feyer's european touch, but amazingly american in spirit. All his collections since 1951 ("Echoes of Paris", "Echoes of Broadway", "Echoes of Rome" etc.) should be re-mastered and released again, as well as his famous recordings collected in album "Cafe carlyle". It is a real music treasure.

      5 out of 5 stars This is the happiest music making imaginable........1999-10-24

      It's been more than 40 years since I first ran across George Feyer's "Echoes..." series of recordings on the Vox label (Echoes of Paris, Echoes of Vienna, etc.) Every month I check to see if by some miracle these recordings have been reissued, but I doubt they ever will because of their original label. In the meantime we will make do with this excellent George Gershwin album, which seems to me to come closer to his old recordings than the other stereo-era Feyer recordings now available. But will some company out there PLEASE reissue his old mono VOX recordings and spread joy through the world!
      Gershwin: The Modern Romantic
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        Manufacturer: Classico
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

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        ASIN: B00000HZ9H
        Release Date: 1999-02-15

        Tracks:

        1. LARS BOY JENSEN: Fascinating Rhythm
        2. LARS BOY JENSEN: Embraceable You
        3. LARS BOY JENSEN: He Loves And She Loves
        4. LARS BOY JENSEN: Summertime
        5. LARS BOY JENSEN: If Ain't Necessarily So
        6. LARS BOY JENSEN: Bess, You Is My Women Now
        7. LARS BOY JENSEN: Liza
        8. LARS BOY JENSEN: But Not For Me
        9. LARS BOY JENSEN: Swanne
        10. LARS BOY JENSEN: The Man I Love
        11. LARS BOY JENSEN: Do It Again
        12. LARS BOY JENSEN: Oh, Lday Be Good
        13. LARS BOY JENSEN: Soon
        14. LARS BOY JENSEN: Somebody Loves Me
        15. LARS BOY JENSEN: I Got Rhythm
        16. LARS BOY JENSEN: Someone To Watch Over Me
        17. LARS BOY JENSEN: Let's Call The Whole Thing Off
        Songwriters Collection
        Average customer rating: 1 out of 5 stars
        • Songwriters Collection ~ George Gershwin
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        Manufacturer: Orpheus Records
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

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        ASIN: B000067UPE
        Release Date: 2002-06-18

        Tracks:

        1. Rhapsody In Blue
        2. I've Got Rhythm
        3. Swanee
        4. Our Love Is Here To Stay
        5. Summertime
        6. Let's Call The Whole Thing Off
        7. Embraceable You
        8. But Not For Me
        9. Plenty Of Nothing
        10. The Man That I Love
        11. A Foggy Day
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        13. It Ain't Necessarily So
        14. Somebody Loves Me
        15. Lady Be Good
        16. They Can't Take That Away From Me
        17. I Got A Crush On You
        18. They All Laughed
        19. S'Wonderful
        20. Strike Up The Band

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        1 out of 5 stars Songwriters Collection ~ George Gershwin.......2002-07-19

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