Uptown (album)
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Track listing

  1. "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
    Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
    "Between the devil and the deep blue sea" is an idiom meaning a dilemma—i.e., to choose between two undesirable situations .-Possible origins:...

    " (4:42)
  2. "A Sleepin' Bee
    A Sleepin' Bee
    "A Sleepin' Bee" is a popular song composed by Harold Arlen with lyrics by Arlen and Truman Capote. It was introduced in the musical House of Flowers by Diahann Carroll.The signature line is "When a bee lies sleeping In the palm of your hand ..."...

    " (5:13)
  3. "Come Rain or Come Shine" (4:10)
  4. "Stormy Weather" (4:33)
  5. "Over The Rainbow
    Over the Rainbow
    "Over the Rainbow" is a classic Academy Award-winning ballad song with music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by E.Y. Harburg. It was written for the movie The Wizard of Oz, and was sung by Judy Garland in the movie...

    " (4:36)
  6. "Let's Fall in Love
    Let's Fall in Love
    "Let's Fall In Love" is a song written by Harold Arlen and Ted Koehler and published in 1933. The major hit at the time of introduction was by Eddy Duchin. It was originally written in C major with a "Moderately Bright" tempo marking...

    " (3:21)
  7. "Day Dream
    Day Dream
    "Day Dream" is a 1941 song composed by Billy Strayhorn and Duke Ellington, with lyrics by John La Touche.Saxophonist Johnny Hodges first recorded this tune with Strayhorn on piano in 1941.-Notable recordings:...

     / Prelude to a Kiss
    Prelude to a Kiss
    Prelude to a Kiss is a 1988 play by Craig Lucas. It tells the story of a couple that falls in love despite the girl's pessimistic outlook on life...

    " (4:43)
  8. "Good Queen Bess" (4:21)
  9. "Things Ain't What They Used to Be
    Things Ain't What They Used to Be
    Things Ain't What They Used to Be is a 1970 studio album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald. The final album that Fitzgerald recorded on the Reprise Records label. The album was re-issued on CD with alternative artwork, in 1989...

    " (4:19)
  10. "It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing" (3:05)
  11. "Five O' Clock Whistle" (5:29)
  12. "Come Sunday" (4:11)
  13. "C Jam Blues
    C Jam Blues
    "C Jam Blues" is a jazz standard composed in 1942 by Duke Ellington and performed by countless other musicians, such as Dave Grusin and Django Reinhardt. As the title suggests, the piece follows a twelve-bar blues form in the key of C major....

    " (4:51)

Personnel

  • André Previn
    André Previn
    André George Previn, KBE is an American pianist, conductor, and composer. He is considered one of the most versatile musicians in the world, and is the winner of four Academy Awards for his film work and ten Grammy Awards for his recordings. -Early Life:Previn was born in...

     - piano
  • Mundell Lowe
    Mundell Lowe
    Mundell Lowe is an American jazz guitarist.Lowe was born in Laurel, Mississippi on 21 March 1922. In the 1930s he played country music and Dixieland jazz. He later played with big bands and orchestras, and on television in New York City. In the 1960s, Lowe composed music for films and television...

     - guitar
  • Ray Brown
    Ray Brown (musician)
    Raymond Matthews Brown was an American jazz double bassist.-Biography:Ray Brown was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and had piano lessons from the age of eight. After noticing how many pianists attended his high school, he thought of taking up the trombone, but was unable to afford one...

    - double bass
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