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- Artist: Various Artists
- Rating:
- Release Date: September 21, 1999
- Type: Collection (various artists)
- Genre: Jazz
Review
This double-disc set features classic jazz performances by
Frank Sinatra,
Ella Fitzgerald,
Nat King Cole,
Billie Holiday,
Duke Ellington,
Sarah Vaughan,
Count Basie,
Dinah Washington and
Louis Armstrong, making Midnight Cool an impeccable collection of smoky, sultry jazz. ~ Heather Phares, All Music Guide
Tracks
CD 1
|
| String of Pearls |
Eddie DeLange, Jerry Gray |
Glenn Miller & His Orchestra |
(2:59) |
| Cheek to Cheek |
Irving Berlin |
Sarah Vaughan |
(2:45) |
| That Old Black Magic (Lyrics) |
Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer |
Frank Sinatra |
(2:37) |
| My Man (Lyrics) |
Albert Willemetz, Jacques Charles, Channing Pollack, Maurice Yvain |
Ella Fitzgerald |
(3:05) |
| Ev'ntide |
Hoagy Carmichael |
Louis Armstrong |
(2:54) |
| Tenderly (Lyrics) |
Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence |
Sarah Vaughan |
(3:03) |
| Sweet Lorraine (Lyrics) |
Mitchell Parish, Clifford R. Burwell |
Nat King Cole |
(3:10) |
| Smoke Gets in Your Eyes |
Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach |
Dinah Washington |
(3:27) |
| The Starlit Hour (Lyrics) |
Peter de Rose, Mitchell Parish |
Ella Fitzgerald |
(3:13) |
| Take the "A" Train (Lyrics) |
Billy Strayhorn |
Duke Ellington |
(3:00) |
| As Time Goes By |
Herman Hupfield |
Frank Sinatra |
(2:35) |
| A Sailboat in the Moonlight |
Carmen Lombardo, John Jacob Loeb |
Billie Holiday |
(2:47) |
| Old Devil Moon |
E.Y. "Yip" Harburg, Burton Lane |
Lena Horne |
(2:35) |
| Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You |
Don Redman, Andy Razaf |
Nat King Cole |
(2:57) |
| How Long Blues |
Leroy Carr, J. Mayo Williams |
Count Basie |
(3:02) |
| Stairway to the Stars (Lyrics) |
Mitchell Parish, Frank Signorelli, Matty Malneck |
Ella Fitzgerald |
(3:18) |
| Blues in the Night |
Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer |
Peggy Lee |
(3:17) |
CD 2
|
| Unforgettable |
Irving Gordon |
Dinah Washington |
(2:44) |
| Serenade in Blue (Lyrics) |
Mack Gordon, Harry Warren |
Glenn Miller |
(2:12) |
| Always (Lyrics) |
Irving Berlin |
Frank Sinatra |
(3:04) |
| Interlude |
Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli, Raymond Leveen |
Sarah Vaughan |
(2:31) |
| I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You |
Bing Crosby, Ned Washington, Victor Young |
Count Basie |
(3:23) |
| 2:19 Blues |
Mamie Desdume |
Louis Armstrong |
(2:50) |
| Goodnight My Love |
Mack Gordon, Harry Revel |
Ella Fitzgerald |
(3:08) |
| That Ain't Right (Lyrics) |
Nat King Cole |
Nat King Cole |
(3:17) |
| Night and Day |
Cole Porter |
Lena Horne |
(2:36) |
| Mood Indigo (Lyrics) |
Irving Mills, Barney Bigard, Duke Ellington |
Duke Ellington |
(2:55) |
| I've Got a Date With a Dream (Lyrics) |
Mack Gordon, Harry Revel |
Billie Holiday |
(2:32) |
| How Deep Is the Ocean? |
Irving Berlin |
Peggy Lee |
(3:06) |
| Stormy Weather |
Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler |
Sarah Vaughan |
(3:31) |
| Solitude (Lyrics) |
Irving Mills, Eddie DeLange, Duke Ellington |
Duke Ellington |
(3:38) |
| Strange Fruit (Lyrics) |
Lewis Allan |
Billie Holiday |
(2:56) |
| Mad About the Boy (Lyrics) |
Noël Coward |
Dinah Washington |
(2:48) |
Credits
Peggy Lee (Vocals), Peggy Lee (Performer), Frank Sinatra (Performer), Count Basie (Performer), Ella Fitzgerald (Performer), Lena Horne (Performer), Dinah Washington (Performer), Louis Armstrong (Performer), Billie Holiday (Vocals), Billie Holiday (Performer), Nat King Cole (Performer), Duke Ellington (Performer), Glenn Miller (Performer), Sarah Vaughan (Performer), Glenn Miller & His Orchestra (Performer)
