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When vocalist/pianist Shirley Horn resurfaced after a long spell away from the recording studio and signed with Verve Records in 1987, the jazz world at large discovered what many of Horn's devoted followers already knew: that she is a huge talent and one of the great jazz singers to follow in the footsteps of legends like Sarah Vaughan and Billie Holiday. On her records for Verve, Horn never dazzles with flawless technique or stunning vocal tricks. Instead, she enthralls the listener with her intimate delivery and her understated yet almost visceral emotional power. Since that first record in 1987, she has released a string of good-to-excellent records, and But Beautiful: The Best of Shirley Horn on Verve compiles some of the finest moments from them, including the lovely "You Won't Forget About Me," which features Miles Davis on trumpet, maybe the best take on "Fever" since Peggy Lee's, the achingly slow and torchy "But Beautiful," and the lightly swinging "Come and Dance with Me," a track that shows that while Horn's main strength is ballads she also can swing like nobody's biz. The disc also gives a tiny taste of Horn's '60s sound with the inclusion of "The Great City" from 1963's Shirley Horn with Horns and has three bonus tracks recorded live in 2005 with a tight combo that show Horn has a surplus of style and class.
© Tim Sendra /TiVo
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Jimmy McHugh, ComposerLyricist - Harold Adamson, ComposerLyricist - Shirley Horn, MainArtist - Richard Seidel, Producer - Joel E. Siegel, Producer
℗ 1991 Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Shirley Horn, MainArtist - Kermit Goell, ComposerLyricist - Fred Spielmann, ComposerLyricist - Richard Seidel, Producer - Joel E. Siegel, Producer
℗ 1991 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Cindy Walker, ComposerLyricist - Shirley Horn, Producer, MainArtist - Eddy Arnold, ComposerLyricist - David Baker, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Seidel, Producer
℗ 1998 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Thad Jones, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Quincy Jones, Producer - Shirley Horn, MainArtist - Curtis Reginald Lewis, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1963 Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Eddie J. Cooley, ComposerLyricist - Shirley Horn, Producer, MainArtist - John Davenport, ComposerLyricist - Richard Seidel, Producer
℗ 1998 UMG Recordings, Inc.
JOHNNY MANDEL, Conductor, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Geoffrey Parsons, ComposerLyricist - EDITH GASSION, ComposerLyricist - Shirley Horn, Keyboards, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Marguerite Angèle Monnot, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1992 UMG Recordings, Inc.
JOHNNY MANDEL, Conductor, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Paul Francis Webster, ComposerLyricist - Shirley Horn, Keyboards, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1992 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Charles Ables, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Williams, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Sammy Cahn, Author - Jimmy Van Heusen, Composer - Shirley Horn, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Seidel, Producer - Rudy Stevenson, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Joel E. Siegel, Producer
℗ 1991 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Marilyn Keith, ComposerLyricist - Alan Bergman, ComposerLyricist - Lew Spence, ComposerLyricist - Shirley Horn, MainArtist
℗ 1987 Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Johnny Burke, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy Van Heusen, ComposerLyricist - Shirley Horn, MainArtist - Richard Seidel, Producer - Ron Berinstein, Producer
℗ 1989 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Artie Butler, ComposerLyricist - JOHNNY MANDEL, Conductor, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Shirley Horn, Keyboards, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Seidel, Producer, Executive Producer - Joel E. Siegel, Producer, Associate Producer - Phyllis Jean Molinary, ComposerLyricist - Camille Tominaro, Producer, Assistant Producer
℗ 1992 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Earl Hines, ComposerLyricist - Shirley Horn, MainArtist - Billy Eckstine, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2005 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Richard Rodgers, ComposerLyricist - Shirley Horn, MainArtist
℗ 2005 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Richard Rodgers, ComposerLyricist - Lorenz Hart, Author - Shirley Horn, MainArtist
℗ 2005 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
When vocalist/pianist Shirley Horn resurfaced after a long spell away from the recording studio and signed with Verve Records in 1987, the jazz world at large discovered what many of Horn's devoted followers already knew: that she is a huge talent and one of the great jazz singers to follow in the footsteps of legends like Sarah Vaughan and Billie Holiday. On her records for Verve, Horn never dazzles with flawless technique or stunning vocal tricks. Instead, she enthralls the listener with her intimate delivery and her understated yet almost visceral emotional power. Since that first record in 1987, she has released a string of good-to-excellent records, and But Beautiful: The Best of Shirley Horn on Verve compiles some of the finest moments from them, including the lovely "You Won't Forget About Me," which features Miles Davis on trumpet, maybe the best take on "Fever" since Peggy Lee's, the achingly slow and torchy "But Beautiful," and the lightly swinging "Come and Dance with Me," a track that shows that while Horn's main strength is ballads she also can swing like nobody's biz. The disc also gives a tiny taste of Horn's '60s sound with the inclusion of "The Great City" from 1963's Shirley Horn with Horns and has three bonus tracks recorded live in 2005 with a tight combo that show Horn has a surplus of style and class.
© Tim Sendra /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 01:02:43
- Main artists: Shirley Horn
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Verve
- Genre: Jazz
© 2005 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 2005 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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