10 CD box set of thirteen original jazz albums by Andre Previn, one of the greatest conductors, composers, pianists and arrangers of American music. Includes highlights from the years between 1955 and 1962 like “Porgy and Bess”, “Gigi”, “Duet”, “West Side Story”, “Double Play”, “Collaboration” and “A Touch Of Elegance”. Featuring Doris Day, Dinah Shore, Shorty Rodgers, J.J. Johnson, Shorty Rodgers, Russ Freeman and many more. A special highlight is the astounding recording of Gershwin’s “Concerto in F” with Andre Kostelanetz.
CD 1 – DURT
Close Your Eyes
Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread)
Yes
Nobody’s Heart
Remind Me
Who Are We to Say (Obey Your Heart)
Daydreaming
Give Me Time
Control Yourself
Wait Till You See Him
My One and Only Love
Falling in Love Again
CD 2 – PORGY AND BESS
Overture
Summertime
A Woman Is A Sometime Thing
The Wake: Gone, Gone, Gone… Porgy’s Prayer
My Man’s Gone Now
I Got Plenty O Nuttin
Bess, You Is My Woman Now
Morning: Catfish Row
I Can’t Sit Down
It Ain’t Necessarily So
I Ain’t Got No Shame
What Do You Do Want With Bess?
Street Cries: Strawberry Woman: Crab Man
I Loves You, Porgy
A Red-Headed Woman
Clara, Clara
There’s A Boat That’s Leavin Soon For New York
Oh, Where’s My Bess?
I’m On My Way
CD 3 COLLABORATION & A TOUCH OF ELEGANCE
It’s De-Lovely
Porterhouse
Heat Wave
40 Degrees Below
You Stepped Out of a Dream
Claudia
You Do Something to Me
Call for Cole
Everything I’ve Got (Belongs to You)
Some Antics
It Only Happens When I Dance with You
General Cluster
I Got It Bad
Satin Doll
I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart
Perdido
Solitude
Le Sucrier Velours
A Portrait Of Bert Williams
A Touch Of Elegance
It Don’t Mean A Thing
Prelude To A Kiss
What Am I Here For
Sophisticated Lady
CD 4: ANDRE PREVIN AND J.J. JOHNSON PLAY MACK THE KNIFE
Bilbao Song
Barbara Song
Ouvertüre
Seeräuber Jenny
Macky Messer
Surabaya Johnny
Wie man sich bettet
Ballade von der Unzulänglichkeit
CD 5: DOUBLE PLAY
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
Who’s on First?
Called on Account of Rain
In the Cellar Blues
Batter Up
Double Play
Safe at Home
Fungo
Strike Out the Band
CD 6 – ANDRE PREVIN AND HIS PALS: PLAY SONGS FROM GIGI & LIKE BLUE
The Parisiane
I Remember It Well
A Toujours
It’s a Bore
Aunt Alicia’s March
Thank Heaven for Little Girls
Gigi
She Is Not Thinking of Me
You And The Blues
The Blue Room
Serenade In Blue
Blue Holiday
Blue Again
(What Did I Do To Be) So Black And Blue
Like Blue
Little Girl Blue
Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea
The Blue Subterranean (Why Are We so Afraid?)
Blue, Turning Grey Over You
Born To Be So Blue
CD 7: WEST SIDE STORY & DINAH SINGS, PREVIN PLAYS
Something’s Coming
Jet Song
Tonight
I Feel Pretty
Gee, Officer Krupke!
Cool
Maria
America
The Man I Love
April in Paris
That Old Feeling
I’ve Got You Under My Skin
Then I’ll Be Tired of You
Sleepy Time Gal
My Melancholy Baby
CD 8: ANDRE PREVIN PLAYS SONGS BY HAROLD ARLEN
My Funny Valentine
It Had to Be You
I’ll Be Seeing You
If I Had You
That Old Black Magic
Come Rain or Come Shine
My Shining Hour
Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe
A Sleepin’ Bee
Stormy Weather
Over The Rainbow
Let’s Fall In Love
For Every Man There’s a Woman
Cocoanut Sweet
CD 9: LIKE YOUNG (SECRET SONGS FOR YOUNG LOVERS)
Blame It On My Youth
A Young Man’s Lament
You Make Me Feel So Young
Young And Tender
While We’re Young
Too Young To be True
Last Night When We Were Young
Like Young
Younger Than Springtime
A Year Of Youth
Too Young To Go Steady
Love Is For The Very Young
BONUS: PREVIN PLAYS GERSHWIN: CONCERTO IN F, ANDRE KOSTELANETZ CONDUCTS
Concerto in F (George Gershwin), I. Allegro
Concerto in F (George Gershwin), II. Andante con moto
Concerto in F (George Gershwin), III. Allegro agitato
CD 10: LIKE PREVIN
Rosie Red
If I Should Find You
Sad Eyes
Saturday
Tricycle
I’m Mina Mood
No Words for Dory
Three’s Company