Buddy Rich Sings Johnny Mercer
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Released | 1956 | |||
Recorded | January 4–6, 1956 | |||
Genre | Vocal jazz | |||
Length | 40:53 | |||
Label | Verve | |||
Producer | Norman Granz | |||
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Buddy Rich Sings Johnny Mercer is a 1956 studio album by Buddy Rich, of the lyrics of Johnny Mercer, arranged by Buddy Bregman.[2] This was the first of three vocal albums that Rich recorded.
Track listing[]
LP side A
- "Goody Goody" (Matty Malneck)
- "Out of This World" (Harold Arlen)
- "Skylark" (Hoagy Carmichael)
- "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive" (Arlen)
- "One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)" (Arlen)
- "Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread)" (Bloom)
LP side B
- "Day In, Day Out" (Rube Bloom)
- "Blues in the Night" (Arlen)
- "Trav'lin' Light" (Jimmy Mundy, Trummy Young)
- "Too Marvelous for Words" (Richard A. Whiting)
- "This Time the Dream's on Me" (Arlen)
- "Dream" (Johnny Mercer)
All lyrics by Johnny Mercer, composers indicated.
Personnel[]
- Harry "Sweets" Edison – trumpet
- Ted Nash – tenor saxophone
- Jimmy Rowles – piano
- Buddy Rich – vocals, drums
- Alvin Stoller – drums
- Buddy Bregman – arranger, orchestra conductor
References[]
- Verve MGV 2009
- Buddy Rich Sings Johnny Mercer (Verve MGV 2009) at jazzdisco.org
Categories:
- 1956 albums
- Buddy Rich albums
- Vocal jazz albums
- Albums arranged by Buddy Bregman
- Albums produced by Norman Granz
- Verve Records albums
- Albums conducted by Buddy Bregman