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Music CD - Michel Legrand: Lady Sings The Blues (1972 Film)
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Music CD: Lady Sings The Blues (1972 Film)
Artist: Michel Legrand
List Price: $9.98
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Manufacturer: Motown
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Tracks:
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1. The Arrest
2. Lady Sings The Blues
3. Baltimore Brothel
4. Billie Sneaks Into Dean & Dean's Swingin Uptown
5. T'Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do
6. Big Ben, C.C. Rider
7. All Of Me
8. The Man I Love
9. Them There Eyes
10. Gardenias From Louis
11. Cafe Manhattan
12. God Bless The Child
13. I Cried For You (Now It's Your Turn To Cry Over Me)
14. Billie & Harry, Don't Explain
15. Mean To Me
16. Fine And Mellow
17. What A Little Moonlight Can Do
18. Louis Visits Billie On Tour, Love Theme
19. Cafe Manhattan Party
20. Persuasion, T'Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do
21. Agent's Office
22. Love Is Here To Stay
23. Fine And Mellow
24. Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)
25. You've Changed
26. Gimme A Pigfoot (And A Bottle Of Beer)
27. Good Morning Heartache
28. All Of Me
29. Love Theme
30. My Man (Mon Homme)
31. Don't Explain
32. I Cried For You (Now It's Your Turn To Cry Over Me)
33. Strange Fruit
34. God Bless The Child
35. Closing Theme
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0737463075824
Format: Soundtrack
Label: Motown
Manufacturer: Motown
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Motown
Release Date: 1992-04-13
Studio: Motown
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: love it
Comment: I loved the movie and had the album. since i no longer have a record player the cd is a perfect addition to my collection.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Good product
Comment: The Cd was new and in good condition. Also arrived before Christmas, when purchased late.
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Summary: Dialogue-track
Comment: More dialogue and less music than on most movie soundtracks, which makes this CD somehow of a disappointment. Otherwise, the quality is good.
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Summary: DIANA ROSS EXPLORES THE WORLD OF BLUES & JAZZ...And Does It Quite Well!
Comment: Of all of the Motown acts Diana Ross (With and without the Supremes) was always given the room to explore various settings including Pop, Standards, Disney Favorites, Show Tunes, and the list goes on and on. On this Soundtrack not only was she given the opportunity to record Billie Holiday blues & jazz favorites but she (Diana Ross) also got her first major starring role in movie "Lady Sings The Blues". Both Movie & Soundtrack were runaway smashes. As a result of the Top Ten hit single from the Soundtrack "Good Morning Heartaches", a new interest in Billie Holiday recordings took off. Be forwarned none of these recordings on this Soundtrack have the more familiar Motown Sound of the 70's, but well orchestrated blues, jazz & pop chestnuts by the one and only Gil Askey.
These are the type of recordings where you'll want to get your favorite drink and enjoy such jewels as "Mean To Me", "Fine And Mellow", "You've Changed", "Don't Explain", "God Bless The Child" (And others)....Sit back and enjoy. The only down side is that it includes excerpts from the Movie spliced in throughout (Unless you've seen the movie, then it might make a slight difference). For the most part you'll get to explore one of Diana Ross' most successful attemps at blues & jazz that she revisted several times since.
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Summary: MAJOR ROSS CAREER HIGHLIGHT
Comment: Putting aside all of the liberties taken by the film makers with Billie Holiday's "autobiography" [she reportedly took many herself!], the music and the singing here do the Holiday legacy proud. Diana Ross is simply stunning in these faithful renditions; faithful in capturing the mood and tone, while not actually imitating Ms. Holiday. Holiday is revered by jazz "purists;" I find her fascinating, if not always easy to listen to [especially her later recordings]. Ms. Holiday, nonetheless, influenced probably every major jazz singer, and many musicians to boot (even Frank Sinatra stated what a huge influence she was on his approach and phrasing; being a student of his vocal technique, I do hear the Holiday influence on his performance of "Drinking Again," "I'm A Fool to Want You," and some others). Here, Gil Askey's arrangements are incredibly tasty and palatable. Palatability and accessibility are generally not huge selling points for those who consider themselves purists. But, that's Ross and Motown. And it's all OK.
The dialog and musical excerpts included in the first part of the soundtrack are OK, helping to give one the flavor of the film; the other half of the album features full-length version of the tunes, exactly as arranged for the film sequences. The Michel Legrand score pieces are fine, perhaps a bit overwrought and un-jazzy for this film. But the main theme is a rather lovely melody. The best Holiday songs were selected for Ms. Ross to sing, so this also serves as a fine introduction to Ms. Holiday's work.
This is one Ross album that could do with a deluxe reissue. ESSENTIAL for Ross fans.
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Editorial Reviews:
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Face it, when searching for female singers to portray the hard-knock life of troubled jazz legend Billie Holiday, Diana Ross's name shouldn't even have come to mind. But portray her she did, earning herself an Oscar nod in the process. The mother of all divas did Lady Day's legacy proud. This soundtrack (which includes dialogue from the 1972 film) ain't Holiday, but it ain't bad; Ross is in fine and flavorful voice. She manages to both capture Holiday's idiosyncratic sound (which such pretenders to the throne as Erykah Badu have trampled on) and still sound enough like herself to satisfy her own legions of fans. She conjures up Holiday's vulnerability and phrasing without attempting to slavishly imitate. As an homage this works. --Amy Linden
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