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Key Information
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| Artist: |
Houston Person |
| Record Label: |
Highnote Records · Inc. |
| Genre: |
Jazz Instrument |
| Subgenre: |
Saxophone |
| Release Date: |
September 09, 2008 |
| Number of Discs: |
3 |
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Song List: Disc 1
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1. You Do Something to Me 2. I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance 3. You're a Sweetheart 4. Maybe You'll Be There 5. All the Things You Are 6. You're My Everything 7. Skylark 8. I Only Have Eyes for You 9. Everything I Have Is Yours 10. Wonder Why |
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Song List: Disc 2
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1. Do Nothing Till You Hear from Me 2. Here's That Rainy Day 3. Isn't It Romantic? 4. Fools Rush In 5. It Had to Be You 6. But Beautiful 7. For All We Know 8. Blue Moon 9. Bewitched 10. Don't Get Around Much Anymore |
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Song List: Disc 3
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1. Sentimental Journey 2. Where Are You? 3. There's a Small Hotel 4. Tenderly 5. Be My Love 6. It Might as Well Be Spring 7. My Funny Valentine 8. Gentle Rain 9. Mack the Knife 10. Very Thought of You |
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Personnel: Rudy Van Gelder (tenor saxophone). Audio Mixer: Rudy Van Gelder. Audio Remasterer: Rudy Van Gelder. Liner Note Author: Doug Ramsey. Recording information: Van Gelder Recording Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ. While he's never been an innovator, saxophonist Houston Person is one of the players maintaining the grand tradition of the huge-toned, unabashedly romantic style of tenor saxophone, continuing in the vein of giants like Gene Ammons, Illinois Jacquet, and, of course, Coleman Hawkins. The triple-disc set, ART AND SOUL, is a celebration of Person's enduring tenure with the High Note label and emphasizes his commitment to the Great American Songbook as typified by composers like Cole Porter, Jerome Kern, and Duke Ellington. ART AND SOUL is all standards and highlights Person in duo (with Ron Carter!), quartet, and quintet contexts. Two of the jazz mainstream's finest drummers, Grady Tate and Kenny Washington, are on hand while on piano are time-honored veterans Richard Wyands and Stan Hope and ... |
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