Sings the Songs of George & Ira Gershwin & Cole Porter

by Lee Wiley

Overview

Lee Wiley was the first jazz singer to record a full album (eight songs in the '78' days) dedicated to the music of one composer; her "songbooks" preceded Ella Fitzgerald's by more than 15 years. The greatest recordings of her career were these four projects, the first two of which are on this Audiophile reissue. Wiley, who had an introverted and quietly straightforward yet sensuous (and somewhat smoldering) style, is heard singing eight songs apiece by the Gershwins and Cole Porter. Her accompaniment includes all-star groups headed by pianist Joe Bushkin and trumpeter Max Kaminsky (which include tenor-saxophonist Bud Freeman, clarinetist Pee Wee Russell and on four songs Fats Waller), a quartet with Bushkin and trumpeter Bunny Berigan, and Paul Weston's Orchestra. Wiley's renditions of such songs as "How Long Has This Been Going On," "I've Got A Crush On You," "Someone To Watch Over Me," "Let's Do It" and "Easy To Love" are both memorable and haunting. This reissue is a gem as is the followup Audiophile release of Rodgers & Hart and Harold Arlen songs. ~ Scott Yanow

Product Details

Release Date:	08/11/1994
Label:	Audiophile Records
UPC:	0762247200123
Rank:	62639

Tracks

1. How Long Has This Been Going On?
2. My One and Only (What Am I Gonna Do?)
3. Sweet and Low Down
4. 'S Wonderful
5. I've Got a Crush on You
6. Someone to Watch over Me
7. Sam and Delilah
8. But Not for Me
9. Looking at You
10. Let's Fly Away
11. Why Shouldn't I?
12. Hot-House Rose
13. You Do Something to Me
14. Find Me a Primitive Man
15. Easy to Love
16. Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love)

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Lee Wiley   Primary Artist,Vocals
Max Kaminsky's Orchesta   Primary Artist
Paul Weston & His Orchestra   Primary Artist
Max Kaminsky   Primary Artist,Trumpet
Bunny Berigan   Primary Artist,Trumpet
Paul Weston   Primary Artist
Artie Shapiro   Bass
Joe Bushkin   Piano,Celeste
Eddie Condon   Guitar
Clark Yocum   Guitar
Paul Mason   Sax (Tenor)
Hymie Schertzer   Sax (Alto)
George Wettling   Drums
Bud Freeman   Sax (Tenor)
Sid Weiss   Bass
Johnny Mince   Clarinet
Fred Stulce   Sax (Alto)
Pee Wee Russell   Clarinet

Technical Credits

George H. Buck, Jr.   Producer
Reg Stagmaier   Art Direction
Wendell Echols   Production Coordination
Paul Weston   Performer
Cole Porter   Composer
Frank Driggs   Liner Notes
George Gershwin   Composer
Ira Gershwin   Composer
Brad Gowans   Arranger