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Stephen Sondheim - Color And Light: Jazz Sketches On Sondheim

Label:
Catalog#:
SK 66566
Format:
CD, Album
Country:
US
Released:
1995
Genre:
Jazz
Style:
Soul-Jazz, Contemporary Jazz

Tracklist

1 Peabo Bryson With Joshua Redman  -  Pretty Women 4:38
    Bass - Christian McBride
  Drums - Brian Blade
  Piano - Brad Mehldau
  Saxophone [Tenor] - Joshua Redman
  Vocals - Peabo Bryson
2 Grover Washington, Jr.  -  Every Day A Little Death 4:19 X
    Bass - Christian McBride
  Drums - Marvin "Smitty" Smith
  Piano - Geoff Keezer
  Saxophone [Tenor] - Grover Washington, Jr.
3 Terence Blanchard  -  Poems 7:22 X
    Bass - Chris Thomas*
  Drums - Troy Davis (2)
  Piano - Bruce Barth
  Trumpet - Terence Blanchard
4 Nancy Wilson With Terence Blanchard  -  Anyone Can Whistle 4:58 X
    Bass - Chris Thomas*
  Drums - Troy Davis (2)
  Piano - Bruce Barth
5 Nancy Wilson , Peabo Bryson  -  Loving You 4:03 X
    Bass - Christian McBride
  Drums - Brian Blade
  Piano - Brad Mehldau
  Vocals - Nancy Wilson , Peabo Bryson
6 Herbie Hancock  -  Color And Light 4:15 X
    Piano - Herbie Hancock
7 Jim Hall  -  One More Kiss 4:04 X
    Bass - Scott Colley
  Drums - Jeff Hirshfield
  Guitar - Jim Hall
8 Holly Cole Trio With Wayne Shorter  -  Losing My Mind 4:41 X
    Bass - David Piltch
  Piano - Aaron Davis
  Saxophone [Soprano] - Wayne Shorter
  Vocals - Holly Cole
9 Holly Cole Trio With Oscar Castro-Neves  -  Children And Art 3:43 X
    Bass - David Piltch
  Guitar - Oscar Castro-Neves
  Piano - Aaron Davis
  Vocals - Holly Cole
10 Jim Hall  -  What Can You Lose? 5:42 X
    Bass - Scott Colley
  Drums - Jeff Hirshfield
  Guitar - Jim Hall
11 Stephen Sondheim , Herbie Hancock  -  They Ask Me Why I Believe In You 5:56 X
    Piano - Herbie Hancock , Stephen Sondheim

Credits

Composed By - Stephen Sondheim
Edited By [Digital Editing] - Ric Wilson , Willy Lewis
Engineer [Assistant] - Mike Simpson , Mike Thompson (8) , Robert Friedrich , Steve Howard (2) , Suz Dyer*
Mastered By - Bernie Grundman
Photography [Salt And Pepper] - Jenafer Gillingham
Producer - Miles Goodman (2) , Oscar Castro-Neves
Recorded By, Mixed By - Joel Moss

Notes

Recorded at Clinton Studios, The Hit Facotry, RPM - New York and at Westlake, Signet Sound - Los Angeles.

Notes: Each track (except track 11) is from a corresponding musical featuring music by Stephen Sondheim:-
Track 1 is from "Sweeney Todd"
Track 2 is from "Little Night Music"
Track 3 is from "Pacific Overtures"
Track 4 is from "Anyone Can Whistle"
Track 5 is from "Passion"
Tracks 6 and 9 are from "Sunday In The Park With George"
Tracks 7 and 8 are from "Follies"
Track 10 is from "Dick Tracy"

Track 11, "written in the '50s for an unproduced television special, was lost until transcribed from a tape by Sonheim associate Paul McKibbins. Here we present a rare recording of Stephen Sondheim as pianist. His very touching performance comes first, then variations from Herbie Hancock..."