| Description |
1 audio disc : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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1.4 m/s |
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stereo |
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digital recording |
| Note |
Includes music by Duke and Mercer Ellington and music and lyrics by Billy Strayhorn. |
| Performer |
Lena Horne, vocals (You're the one, Something to live for, Maybe); various instrumentalists; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Simon Rattle, conductor. |
| Event |
Instrumental works recorded at Symphony Hall, Birmingham, Eng., Nov. 15-17, 1999; You're the one, Something to live for, Maybe recorded at Nola Recording Studio, New York, June 16, 1999. |
| Note |
Compact disc. |
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Includes program notes with song texts. |
| Contents |
Take the "A" train ; You're the one / B. Strayhorn -- Sophisticated lady ; Harlem / D. Ellington -- Isfahan ; Ad lib on Nippon : part 2 : from Far East Suite / D. Ellington, B. Strayhorn -- That doo-wah thing / D. Ellington ; adapted by Luther Henderson from It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing -- Something to live for / D. Ellington, B. Strayhorn -- Come Sunday ; Solitude in transblucency / D. Ellington -- Maybe / B. Strayhorn -- Things ain't what they used to be / M. Ellington. |
| Subject |
Jazz -- 1991-2000.
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Jazz. |
| Chronological Term |
1991-2000 |
| Genre/Form |
Jazz vocals.
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Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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| Added Author |
Horne, Lena, performer.
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Henderson, Luther, 1919-2003, arranger.
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Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974.
Works. Selections.
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Strayhorn, Billy.
Works. Selections.
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Ellington, Mercer.
Things ain't what they used to be.
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City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, performer.
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| Standard No. |
724355701428 |
| Music No. |
7243 5 57014 2 8 EMI Classics |
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