Selections from Lerner and Loewe's...

Selections from Lerner and Loewe's... is an album by drummer Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers recorded in 1957 and released on the RCA Victor subsidiary label Vik.[1][2][3] The album features jazz interpretations of show tunes from Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe's musicals My Fair Lady, Brigadoon, and Paint Your Wagon.

Selections from Lerner and Loewe's...
Studio album by
Released1957
RecordedMarch 13, 1957
Webster Hall, New York City
GenreJazz
LabelVik
LX 1103
ProducerBob Rolontz
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Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic     [4]

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars, the review by Scott Yanow stating: "One of the rarest of all Art Blakey records... Despite some of the musicians' unfamiliarity with the songs, this date is quite successful".[4]

Track listing

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All compositions by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe

  1. "I Could Have Danced All Night" - 4:16
  2. "On the Street Where You Live" - 9:02
  3. "There But for You Go I" - 4:34
  4. "They Call the Wind Maria" - 4:56
  5. "I Talk to the Trees" - 8:58
  6. "Almost Like Being in Love" - 4:50

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Art Blakey discography accessed June 4, 2013
  2. ^ Art Blakey chronology accessed June 4, 2013
  3. ^ RCA Vik Record Label Discography, accessed November 30, 2015
  4. ^ a b Yanow, Scott, Allmusic Review, accessed June 4, 2013.