Various Artists - Swing In The Films Of Woody Allen

NEW CONTINENT

£10.17

Cat. no: 648069
Format: CD
Barcode: 8436569195543
Release Date: 16th July 2021
Genre: Jazz

New Continent (648069) Collectors’ Limited Edition In Special 6-Panel Digipack With Inner Booklet.

Jazz music has always filled an important part in Woody Allen’s life and work and classic jazz recording are present in nearly all his films. This special CD release presents a collection of great recordings that were used in 20 of his movies.

This release presents some of the finest original jazz performances featured in the soundtracks of Woody Allen’s films. Screenwriter, director, actor, author, playwright, comedian, and jazz musician (on the clarinet), Allen has also played a fundamental role in expanding jazz and popular music culture by featuring historical recordings in the soundtracks to his movies. This CD showcases this jazz legacy, and presents the exact historical recordings used by Allen in 20 of his films.

Featured artist: Sidney Bechet, Red Garland’, Art Tatum & Ben Webster, Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, Teddy Wilson, Django Reinhardt & St phane Grappelli, Harry James & Helen Forrest, Carmen Cavallaro, Lester Young & Oscar Peterson, Dave Brubeck & Paul Desmond, Glenn Miller, Coleman Hawkins, Duke Ellington, Wilbur de Paris, Harry James, The Charleston City All-Stars, Irving Aaronson & The Commanders, Erroll Garner.

Tracks: Si Tu Vois Ma M Re -Sidney Bechet [From Midnight In Paris] / Spring Will Be A Little Late This Year -Red Garland [From Whatever Works] / As Time Goes By -Dooley Wilson [From Play It Again, Sam] / My Ideal -Art Tatum & Ben Webster [From September] / If I Had You -Benny Goodman [From You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger] / Sleepy Lagoon -Tommy Dorsey [From Annie Hall] / I Got Rhythm -Teddy Wilson [From Celebrity] / Liebestraum #3 -Django Reinhardt & St Phane Grappelli [From Sweet And Lowdown] / I’ve Heard That Song Before -Harry James & Helen Forrest [From Hannah And Her Sisters] / Manhattan -Carmen Cavallaro [From Mighty Aphrodite] / I Can’t Get Started -Lester Young & Oscar Peterson [From Anything Else] / The Way You Look Tonight -Erroll Garner [From Alice] / Take Five -Dave Brubeck & Paul Desmond [From Mighty Aphrodite] / Moonlight Serenade -Glenn Miller [From Stardust Memories] / Out Of Nowhere Coleman Hawkins [From Deconstructing Harry] / I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart -Duke Ellington [From Melinda And Melinda] / In A Persian Market -Wilbur De Paris [From The Curse Of The Jade Scorpion] / The Flight Of The Bumblebee -Harry James [From Radio Days] / Ain’t We Got Fun -The Charleston City All-Stars [From Zelig] / Let’s Misbehave -Irving Aaronson & The Commanders [From Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sex] / Misty -Erroll Garner [From A Rainy Day In New York]