An Evening with Lena Horne

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An Evening with Lena Horne

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  • Artist: Lena Horne
  • Rating: StarStarStarStarHalf Star
  • Release Date: September 19, 1994
  • Total Time: 52:02
  • Type: Live
  • Genre: Vocal Music

Review

It is difficult not to love Lena Horne. Recorded when she was 77, this live CD finds the ageless singer sounding as if she were 57 at the most (and the photo of her on the cover makes her look 47). Horne talks the lyrics a little more than in the past but she cuts loose in spots with power, performs superior standards, takes part of a Duke Ellington/Billy Strayhorn medley as a duet with bassist Ben Brown and is not shy to hold long notes. on six of the songs 11 horns from the Count Basie Orchestra riff and play harmonies behind her; otherwise Horne is joined by her usual quartet with pianist Mike Renzi and guitarist Rodney Jones. The well-rounded set is Lena Horne's most rewarding recording in years. ~ Scott Yanow, Rovi

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An Evening with Lena Horne

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An Evening with Lena Horne
Live album by Lena Horne
Released March 21, 1995
Recorded September 19, 1994
Genre Vocal jazz
Length 52:02
Label Blue Note
Producer Michael Cuscuna, Sherman Sneed
Lena Horne chronology
We'll Be Together Again
(1993)
An Evening with Lena Horne
(1994)
Being Myself
(1998)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4.5/5 stars [1]

An Evening with Lena Horne is a 1994 live album by Lena Horne. [2]

At the 38th Grammy Awards, Horne's performance on this album won her the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "I Come Runnin'" (Roc Hillman) – 3:08
  2. "Maybe" (Billy Strayhorn) – 2:47
  3. "I've Got the World on a String" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) – 4:56
  4. "Old Friend" (Stephen Sondheim) – 3:13
  5. "Something to Live For" (Duke Ellington, Strayhorn) – 5:12
  6. "Mood Indigo" (Barney Bigard, Ellington, Irving Mills) – 1:11
  7. "Squeeze Me" (Fats Waller, Clarence Williams) – 1:20
  8. "Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me" (Ellington, Bob Russell) – 4:21
  9. "Yesterday, When I Was Young" (Charles Aznavour, Herbert Kretzmer) – 5:45
  10. "How's Your Romance?" (Cole Porter) – 1:50
  11. "Why Shouldn't I?" (Porter) – 2:56
  12. "Ours" (Porter) – 2:50
  13. "Just One of Those Things" (Porter) – 3:27
  14. "We'll Be Together Again" (Carl Fischer, Frankie Laine) – 1:24
  15. "Watch What Happens" (Norman Gimbel, Michel Legrand) – 3:36
  16. "The Lady Is a Tramp" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 3:04

Personnel

Performance

Production

  • Michael Cuscuna - producer
  • Sherman Sneed
  • Larry Walsh - mastering
  • John Harris - engineer, remixing

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Being Myself (1998 Album by Lena Horne)
Lena Horne (Vocal Music Artist, '30s-2000s)
Lena Horne (Classical Musician)