Description
. Among his remarkable musical accomplishments, he was a brilliant pianist, and even at this early stage of his career
Andre Previn was a celebrated German/American pianist, composer and conductor, whose long career - he died in 2019 at the age of 89 - encompassed movie music, jazz and classical music. He composed or arranged music for more than 50 films, and was music al director and conductor for many top symphony orchestra as well as composing classical art music. This collection focuses on his early career as a jazz pianist. His family, who were Jewish, left Berlin for Paris and then the USA in 1938, and when he graduated from high school in Los Angeles in 1946, started working at MGM studios. However, by then he was already playing jazz piano in Hollywood clubs and had made his first records. This 66-track 3-CD collection comprises most of his recordings from these early years as a solo pianist, with small groups and with strings, released on the Sunset, V-Disc, Monarch, RCA-Victor and Tops labels. It includes the titles from his 'Andre Previn Plays George Gershwin' and 'Andre Previn Plays Fats Waller' albums. He was especially noted for his recordings with his trios, and this set features trio and quartet recordings with Irving Ashby, Red Callender, Lee Young, Al Viola, Charles Parnell, Jackie Mills, Bob Bain, Ralph Collier, Lloyd Pratt, Art Shapiro, Irv Cottler, Al Hendrickson Buddy Clark and Shelly Manne. Among his remarkable musical accomplishments, he was a brilliant pianist, and even at this early stage of his career, his playing is fast, fluent and imaginative, and this collection offers a fine showcase for those talents.
Track Listing
Disc 1:- California Clipper
- Good Enough To Keep
- Blue Skies
- Mulholland Drive
- Take The 'A' Train
- I Got It Bad
- Subtle Slough [Just Squeeze Me]
- Warm Valley
- Main Stem
- Something To Live For
- I Cover The Waterfront
- How High The Moon
- Body And Soul
- Variations On A Theme
- Indiana
- Airmail Special
- All The Things You Are
- Lady Be Good
- But Not For Me
- Mad About The Boy
- This Can't Be Love
- Should I ?
- I Didn't Know What Time It Was
- My Shining Hour
- Hallelujah
- Just One Of Those Things
- Indiana
- Bewitched, Bothered And Bewildered
- I'm Old Fashioned
- Who?
- The Gypsy In My Soul
- Anything Goes
- You Took Advantage Of Me
- You're The Top
- Skylark
- Who Cares
- Get Happy
- Three Little Words
- Who's Sorry Now
- Thinking Of You
- Lullaby Of Broadway
- I Only Have Eyes For You
- This Heart Of Mine
- September In The Rain
- I Know Why And So Do You
- There Will Never Be Another You
- I'll String Along With You
- Jeepers Creepers
- Love Is Here To Stay
- Nice Work If You Can Get It
- I've Got A Crush On You
- There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York
- Maybe
- How Long Has This Been Going On ?
- Love Walked In
- Strike Up The Band
- They All Laughed
- Ain't Misbehavin'
- Stealin' Apples
- I've Got A Feeling I'm Falling
- Squeeze Me
- Honeysuckle Rose
- Oh ! You Sweet Thing
- That's Where The South Begins
- Fat Stuff
- Black And Blue
Additional Details
Label: Acrobat
Genre: Jazz
Run Time: 210 mins
Region: 0
Release Date: 11/29/24
UPC: 824046916022
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