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With the swanky midnight mood of their previous collaboration Here's to Life in mind, Shirley Horn and arranger Johnny Mandel go at it again -- a move that is sure to send her legions of latter-day fans into blissful orbit. This time, though, the six sophisticated string-laden ballads are interspersed with five relatively short, swinging numbers with just Horn, her trio, and various instrumental guests. As a result, you get a better balanced album, not weighted too much in one direction or another. Mandel's orchestrations are paragons of subtlety, sometimes creeping almost imperceptibly like a slow moving fog upon Horn's trio. Like his singer, Mandel respects the value of silence and space; they're a well matched pair, their different ideas of timing dovetail together neatly. Though some of us would have wanted Horn and her jazzmen to stretch out more on the small group tracks, they do serve effectively as breathers, or intermezzos, in between the languorous collaborations with Mandel. In lieu of the participation of Wynton Marsalis (who contributed to Here's to Life), Carl Saunders offers some soulful trumpet obbligato work on "Solitary Moon." Guitarist Russell Malone and bassist Brian Bromberg also appear on the small group tracks -- Malone even does a soft focused rockabilly thing on "Why Don't You Do Right?" -- while bassist Charles Ables and drummer Steve Williams stoke the rhythm in Horn's trio. Another worthy stylish outing for Horn.
© Richard S. Ginell /TiVo
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Tommy Lipuma, Producer, Executive Producer - JOHNNY MANDEL, Producer - Jay Gorney, ComposerLyricist - Shirley Horn, MainArtist - Sidney Clare, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2000 Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Tommy Lipuma, Producer, Executive Producer - JOHNNY MANDEL, Producer - CY COLEMAN, ComposerLyricist - CAROLYN LEIGH, ComposerLyricist - Shirley Horn, MainArtist
℗ 2000 Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Tommy Lipuma, Producer, Executive Producer - JOHNNY MANDEL, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Marilyn Bergman, ComposerLyricist - Alan Bergman, ComposerLyricist - Shirley Horn, MainArtist
℗ 2000 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Tommy Lipuma, Producer, Executive Producer - JOHNNY MANDEL, Producer - Shirley Horn, MainArtist - Emanuel Logan, ComposerLyricist - Emmanuel Logan, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2000 Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Tommy Lipuma, Producer, Executive Producer - JOHNNY MANDEL, Producer - Irving Berlin, ComposerLyricist - Shirley Horn, MainArtist
℗ 2000 Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Tommy Lipuma, Producer, Executive Producer - JOHNNY MANDEL, Producer - CY COLEMAN, ComposerLyricist - CAROLYN LEIGH, ComposerLyricist - Shirley Horn, MainArtist
℗ 2000 Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Tommy Lipuma, Producer, Executive Producer - JOHNNY MANDEL, Producer - Richard Rodgers, Composer - Lorenz Hart, Author - Shirley Horn, MainArtist
℗ 2000 Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Timothy Gray, ComposerLyricist - Tommy Lipuma, Producer, Executive Producer - JOHNNY MANDEL, Producer - Hugh Martin, ComposerLyricist - Shirley Horn, MainArtist
℗ 2000 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Tommy Lipuma, Producer, Executive Producer - JOHNNY MANDEL, Producer - Ray Noble, ComposerLyricist - Shirley Horn, MainArtist
℗ 2000 Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Tommy Lipuma, Producer, Executive Producer - JOHNNY MANDEL, Producer - Joe McCoy, ComposerLyricist - Shirley Horn, MainArtist - Joel McCoy, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2000 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Tommy Lipuma, Producer, Executive Producer - JOHNNY MANDEL, Producer - Shirley Horn, MainArtist - Curtis Reginald Lewis, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2000 Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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With the swanky midnight mood of their previous collaboration Here's to Life in mind, Shirley Horn and arranger Johnny Mandel go at it again -- a move that is sure to send her legions of latter-day fans into blissful orbit. This time, though, the six sophisticated string-laden ballads are interspersed with five relatively short, swinging numbers with just Horn, her trio, and various instrumental guests. As a result, you get a better balanced album, not weighted too much in one direction or another. Mandel's orchestrations are paragons of subtlety, sometimes creeping almost imperceptibly like a slow moving fog upon Horn's trio. Like his singer, Mandel respects the value of silence and space; they're a well matched pair, their different ideas of timing dovetail together neatly. Though some of us would have wanted Horn and her jazzmen to stretch out more on the small group tracks, they do serve effectively as breathers, or intermezzos, in between the languorous collaborations with Mandel. In lieu of the participation of Wynton Marsalis (who contributed to Here's to Life), Carl Saunders offers some soulful trumpet obbligato work on "Solitary Moon." Guitarist Russell Malone and bassist Brian Bromberg also appear on the small group tracks -- Malone even does a soft focused rockabilly thing on "Why Don't You Do Right?" -- while bassist Charles Ables and drummer Steve Williams stoke the rhythm in Horn's trio. Another worthy stylish outing for Horn.
© Richard S. Ginell /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:46:18
- Main artists: Shirley Horn
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Verve Reissues
- Genre: Jazz Vocale jazz
© 2001 Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 2001 Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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