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Title Too marvelous for words : the Johnny Mercer songbook, instrumentals.

Publication Info. New York, N.Y. : Verve, [1998]
℗1998

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Description 1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Playing Time 011242
Physical Medium 4 3/4 in.
Description digital
optical
1.4 m/s
digital recording
Note Instrumental versions of songs originally with lyrics by Johnny Mercer.
Several songs introduced in films.
Performer Various performers.
Event Recorded 1949-1970.
Note Selections previously released.
Compact disc.
Program notes by Brian Priestly (1 folded sheet, [12] p.) in container.
Contents I remember you / Victor Schertzinger (Charlie Parker, alto saxophone) -- Out of this world / Harold Arlen (Gerry Mulligan and the Concert Jazz Band) -- Too marvelous for words / Richard A. Witing (Lester Young, tenor saxophone) -- Come rain or come shine / Harold Arlen (Bill Evans, piano) -- Mandy is two / Fulton McGrath (Stan Getz, tenor saxophone) -- Jeepers creepers / Harry Warren (Benny Carter, alto saxophone) -- Satin doll / Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (Johnny Hodges, alto saxophone) -- That old black magic / Harold Arlen (Erroll Garner, piano) -- Tangerine / Victor Schertzinger (Coleman Hawkins and Ben Webster, tenor saxophone) -- Charade / Henry Mancini (Quincy Jones's Orchestra) -- Laura / David Raskin (Don Byas, tenor saxophone) -- I'm old fashioned / Jerome David Kern (Oscar Peterson, piano) -- Skylark / Hoagland Howard "Hoagy" Carmichael (Paul Motian, drums ; featuring Lee Konitz, soprano saxophone) -- Day in, day out / Rube Bloom (Terry Gibbs Big Band) -- When the world was young / Philippe Gérard (Stan Getz, tenor saxophone) -- Days of wine and roses / Henry Mancini (Joe Henderson, tenor saxophone ; with the Wynton Kelly Trio).
Genre/Form Jazz.
Jazz.
Popular instrumental music.
Subject Motion picture music, Arranged -- Excerpts.
Motion picture music, Arranged.
Genre/Form Excerpts.
Sound recordings.
Sound recordings.
Excerpts.
Added Author Mercer, Johnny, 1909-1976, lyricist.
Parker, Charlie, 1920-1955, performer.
Mulligan, Gerry, performer.
Young, Lester, 1909-1959, performer.
Evans, Bill, 1929-1980, performer.
Getz, Stan, 1927-1991, performer.
Carter, Benny, performer.
Hodges, Johnny, performer.
Garner, Erroll, performer.
Hawkins, Coleman, performer.
Webster, Ben, 1909-1973, performer.
Byas, Don, performer.
Peterson, Oscar, 1925-2007, performer.
Motian, Paul, performer.
Konitz, Lee, performer.
Henderson, Joe, 1937-2001, performer.
Concert Jazz Band, performer.
Quincy Jones Orchestra, performer.
Terry Gibbs Big Band, performer.
Wynton Kelly Trio, performer.
Added Title Johnny Mercer songbook, instrumentals
Music No. 314 557 140-2 Verve