Big Dog 92-7 Music Guide

Lush Life [Red Baron]

RELEASE
June 28, 2000
LABEL
Red Baron
GENRES
Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Piano Jazz

Album Review

Although not initially released until 1992, 25 years after composer Billy Strayhorn's death, this is his definitive CD. Strayhorn is heard singing "Lush Life" while backed by the Duke Ellington Orchestra in 1964 (his voice is not strong but his phrasing is quite sincere), jamming on piano with flügelhornist Clark Terry and Bob Wilbur (on clarinet and soprano) in a quintet, backing singer Ozzie Bailey, and taking a pair of piano solos ("Love Came" and "Baby Clementine"). These are very valuable and intriguing recordings, shedding some new light on a nearly invisible genius.
Scott Yanow, Rovi

Track Listing

  1. Lush Life
  2. Passion Flower
  3. U.M.M.G. (Upper Manhattan Medical Group)
  4. Smada
  5. Passion Flower
  6. Take the "A" Train
  7. Day Dream
  8. Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin'
  9. Rain Check
  10. Chelsea Bridge
  11. Multi-Colored Blue
  12. Pick Side
  13. Oink
  14. Your Love Has Faded
  15. Love Came
  16. A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing
  17. Passed Me By
  18. Something to Live For
  19. Love Came
  20. Baby Clementine