Live at the Carlyle [Live]

1. Like Someone in Love

2. Ill Wind

3. One Morning in May

4. Crystal Silence

5. Giant Steps

6. You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To

7. Surrey With the Fringe on Top

8. Star Eyes

9. Delicate Balance

10. For All We Know

11. All the Things You Are

12. Skylark

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Average customer rating: Great Singer & Great Collaborators Barbara Returns to Broadway (No, The Other Barbara!) THE CHAMPION SEASON: LIVE AT THE CAFE CARLYLE Sheýs only wonderful WOW, WOW, still the best

The Champion Season: Live at the Cafe Carlyle Barbara Cook Manufacturer: Drg ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Nostalgia | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Cabaret | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Traditional & Vocal Pop | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Barbara Cook's Broadway! It's Better with a Band Tribute Barbara Cook - Live from London Barbara Cook at the Met with Special Guests ASIN: B00000K2CR Release Date: 1999-09-21

Tracks:

1. Medley: We Love You Conrad (Gower)/Before The Parade Passes By/It Only Takes A Moment
2. I Got The Sun In The Morning
3. The Happy Time/Among My Yesterdays
4. The World Must Be Bigger Than An Avenue
5. I'm Always Chasing Rainbows
6. About A Quarter To Nine
7. Her (His) Face
8. Look What Happened To Mabel
9. They Say It's Wonderful
10. I Got Lost In His Arms/Time Heals Everything
11. Before The Parade Passes By (Reprise)
12. They Were You

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Barbara Cook is the epitome of the cabaret diva. A star on Broadway from the '50s through to the '70s (she still owns the role of Marian the Librarian in The Music Man), Cook continues to sing the tunes of the Great White Way--her venues are just a tad more intimate these days. This live performance at the Café Carlyle in New York should more than please her legion of fans. Cook's tribute to Gower Champion is filled with great music and fond memories of the Broadway director and choreographer. From "Before the Parade Passes By" from Hello, Dolly!, Cook's lovely soprano voice segues into tunes from Annie Get Your Gun ("I Got the Sun in the Morning," "I Got Lost in His Arms"), Carnival ("Her Face"), The Fantasticks ("They Were You"), and more. With perfect piano arrangements by Wally Harper (who accompanied Cook on her prior album, All I Ask of You), this is a delightful disc. --Jason Verlinde

Customer Reviews:

Great Singer & Great Collaborators.......2004-02-17

Barbara Cook is sensational and everyone seems to agree. The songs are well known which usually is a negative for me, but anything sung by Ms. Cook seems fresh (So nice to hear "They Were You" sung straight and so beautifully). But the best aspect of the recording for me is to hear Ms. Cook and Mr. Harper in their "natural habitat", they seem so relaxed and the crowd (if the Carlyle can be said to hold a "crowd") reaction is great. I've been lucky enough to see Ms. Cook and Mr. Harper many times at the Carlyle. My favorite rememberance was during a rare flub of a verse by Ms. Cook which elicited a loud, short "HA!" from Wally. The smile and look from Ms. Cook to her long-time accompianist was worth the price of admission. This CD captures for me that kind of comfort and relaxed elegance and excellence that make this duo so pleasurable.

Barbara Returns to Broadway (No, The Other Barbara!).......2000-06-25

Another CD of Barbara Cook's that we can rave over! However, this one is different in many repects. On "The Champion Season..." we get a rare glimpse of Barbara's joy in celebrating Broadway musicals that can only be captured on a live recording. Her other live CD's are gorgeously sung but this one is exhuberant and full of fun and whimsy. Here Barbara lets her voice soar in music she clearly adores. She engages all our emotions in this heartfelt and fitting tribute to a very talented man-Gower Champion. A particular favorite track of mine is (#10), I Got Lost in His Arms/Time Heals Everything). This CD is the next best thing to seeing Barbara live! A precious gem of a recording!

THE CHAMPION SEASON: LIVE AT THE CAFE CARLYLE.......1999-11-24

THIS BRILLIANT , SHINING STAR NAMED BARBARA COOK DOES IT AGAIN ! HOW LUCKY US MERE MORTALS ARE TO HAVE HER RADIANCE HERE WITH US ON THIS PLANET !

Sheýs only wonderful.......1999-11-19

Barbara Cook is one of the marvels of our present world - her voice, feeling, rhythm, intonation, everything is perfect. On this live disc, which captures some of her between song talking, we also get to hear her delightful reminiscences of Gower Champion. Her talking voice and what she has to say are as beautiful and expressive as her singing, so that on repeated listening, one never tires of the talking. The songs are a mix of well known and not so well known, all sung beautifully with the always perfect accompaniment of Wally Harper. Theirs is truly a musical match made in heaven. While all the songs are lovely, I have to single out "They Were You", a gorgeous song which has never been sung more beautifully. Miss Cook never ceases to be a revelation. If you ever have a chance to see her and Wally Harper at the Carlyle, drop everything else you had planned and go to see them. You won't ever forget it.

WOW, WOW, still the best.......1999-10-15

I anxiously await each new album by Barbara Cook. An this is no dissapointment. Her voice seems to get better each year! Run or "click", don't walk to buy this album. It is absolutly wonderful. Filled with conversation about Gower Champion, you hope that the album would go on and on. what a gorgeus voice.

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Live at the Café Carlyle Bobby Short Manufacturer: Collectables ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Traditional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Jazz General | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Cabaret | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Classic | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Celebrating 30 Years at the Cafe Carlyle Piano You're the Top: The Love Songs of Cole Porter Bobby Short Loves Cole Porter/Guess Who's in Town Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide 2007 (Plume Paperback) ASIN: B000GIXIIC Release Date: 2006-08-08

Tracks:

1. Real Live Girl [From Little Me]
2. Miss Brown to You [From the Big Broadcast of 1936]
3. On the Sunny Side of the Street [From Lew Leslie's International ...]
4. Mister and Missus Fitch [From the Gay Divorcee]
5. Losing My Mind [From Follies]
6. Losing My Mind (Reprise)
7. All of You [From Silk Stockings]
8. Let's Misbehave [From Paris]
9. Sorry-Grateful [From Company]
10. I Get a Kick Out of You [From Anything Goes]
11. New Orleans Hop Scop Blues
12. Medley: Four Walls/Roller Coaster Blues
13. Send in the Clowns [From A Little Night Music]
14. When a Woman Loves a Man
15. Ill Wind [From Cotton Club Parade of 1934]
16. Miss Otis Regrets
17. It's Not You [From Stand Up and Sing]
18. I Happen to Like New York [From The New Yorkers]
19. One for My Baby (And One More for the Road) [From The Sky's the Limit]
20. As Time Goes By [From Casablanca]
21. I've Got the World on a String [From Cotton Club Parade of 1934]
22. Medley: If I Had a Talking Picture of You/I'm a Dreamer, Aren't We All/
23. For All We Know
24. I Like the Likes of You [From Ziegfield Follies of 1934]

Average customer rating: One of the best LIVE & TERRIFIC!

Live at the Carlyle Barbara Carroll Manufacturer: Drg ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Jazz General | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Jazz | Styles | Music Cabaret | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Jazz General | Jazz | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Jazz General | Jazz | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Vocal Pop | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Vocal Pop | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Traditional & Vocal Pop | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Broadway & Vocalists | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Jazz | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: This Heart of Mine One Morning in May Live at Birdland Everything I Love Sentimental Mood ASIN: B000000PJP Release Date: 1992-06-30

Tracks:

1. But Not For Me
2. Lotus Blossom
3. A Moment Of Madness
4. Surrey With The Fringe On Top
5. Glad To Be Unhappy
6. My Man's Gone Now
7. What I Like About You
8. I'm Old Fashioned
9. I Wonder What Became Of Me
10. Lonely Town
11. Barbara's Carol

Customer Reviews:

One of the best.......2005-03-14

It's always invaluable to hear cabaret artists in a live setting, and this set from the Carlyle showcases the talents of Barbara Carroll to indelible effect. Miss Carroll's treatments of the best of the popular songbook are beautifully structured; she can swing with the best, her bop-inspired piano rapping out great excursions through "The Surrey with the Fringe" and "But Not For Me". When she slows down, she can turn an instrumental like "Lotus Blossom" into a ruminative, wistful tone poem.

Also listen to her understated vocals on a late-night classic like "Glad to be Unhappy", where every nuance of Lorenz Hart's lyric is perfectly communicated. She also does justice to a Coleman and Leigh song, "A Moment of Madness", the bittersweet lyric perfectly matching her wry songspiel.

Barbara Carroll is one of those rare performers with whom quality is a given: her repertoire is fresh and stimulating, her musicianship exquisite. Do yourself and favour and listen to her.

LIVE & TERRIFIC!.......2001-02-01

This recording was made in 1991, but Barbara Carroll, to the best of my knowledge, is still singing and playing her piano in one of the best cabarets in the country. On the Upper East Side of Manhattan, at the Carlyle Hotel, across the lobby from the room where the headliners like Bobby Short and Dixie Carter and Barbara Cook are singing, Ms. Carroll plays to a small, devoted audience in a room with moody lighting, small tables and great acoustics: Bemelmans Bar. And she is superb. This album is a live performance in that hotel. Her jazz is subtle and stylish and sophisticated and oh, so easy to love. There is not just solo piano, but also a great deal of wonderful ensemble playing on this recording: Claudio Roditi (trumpet & flugelhorn), Akira Tana (drums) and a soloist in his own right, Jay Leonhart (bass)join Carroll in classic songs like the Gershwins' "But Not For Me" & Kern and Mercer's "I'm Old Fashioned" and Rodgers & Hammerstein's "The Surrey With the Fringe On Top" (Tell the truth: did you ever think that Broadway standard would make a good jazz number???) My favorite on the album is the one with the perfect late night lyrics: Rodgers and Hart's "Glad To Be Unhappy." Carroll also sings in a few of the songs and although her voice is no longer young, supple or full-throated, it is full of character and warmth and charm.

Average customer rating: Jazz elegance

Live at the Cafe Carlyle George Shearing with Don Thompson Manufacturer: Concord Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Cool Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B0000006EZ Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

1. Pent Up House
2. The Shadow Of Your Smile
3. Teach Me Tonight
4. Cheryl
5. Blues For Breakfast
6. P.S. I Love You
7. I Cover The Waterfront
8. Tell Me A Bedtime Story
9. Inside
10. Stratford Stomp

Customer Reviews:

Jazz elegance.......2006-05-24

George Shearing has always impressed me as one of the most lyrical and elegant piano players around, and this CD, recorded live at the swank NYC supper club, captures those aspects of his playing beautifully. Whether playing bebop-associated tunes such as Sonny Rollins's PENT-UP HOUSE or Bird's CHERYL or intimate theatre tunes such as INSIDE by Marvin Fisher, Shearing's ordered, poetic touches are ever present. Don Thompson is a similar-styled bassist, and they play especially well together on tunes where they exchange ideas in traded passages: on the already mentioned PENT-UP HOUSE and CHERYL, for example. On TELL ME A BEDTIME STORY and STRATFORD STOMP both men play piano, and they weave in and around each other beautifully and effectively. I COVER THE WATERFRONT is a Shearing solo track, and it's the most impressionistic and dreamy piece on the CD. I'm not sure this one is in print anymore, but if you are a fan of the Shearing touch, it would be worth your while picking up on this CD if you should see it somewhere.

Average customer rating: An Evening With Bobby Short At The Carlyle Contains the definitive version of "Send in the Clowns"

Live at the Café Carlyle Bobby Short Manufacturer: Mobile Fidelity ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Traditional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Jazz General | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Cabaret | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Classic | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B000000ISV Release Date: 1993-10-19

Tracks:

1. Real Live Girl [From Little Me]
2. Miss Brown to You [From the Big Broadcast of 1936]
3. On the Sunny Side of the Street [From Lew Leslie's International ...]
4. Mister and Missus Fitch [From the Gay Divorcee]
5. Losing My Mind [From Follies]
6. Losing My Mind (Reprise)
7. All of You [From Silk Stockings]
8. Let's Misbehave [From Paris]
9. Sorry-Grateful [From Company]
10. I Get a Kick Out of You [From Anything Goes]
11. New Orleans Hop Scop Blues
12. Medley: Four Walls/Roller Coaster Blues
13. Send in the Clowns [From A Little Night Music]
14. When a Woman Loves a Man
15. Ill Wind [From Cotton Club Parade of 1934]
16. Miss Otis Regrets
17. It's Not You [From Stand Up and Sing]
18. I Happen to Like New York [From The New Yorkers]
19. One for My Baby (And One More for the Road) [From The Sky's the Limit]
20. As Time Goes By [From Casablanca]
21. I've Got the World on a String [From Cotton Club Parade of 1934]
22. Medley: If I Had a Talking Picture of You/I'm a Dreamer, Aren't We All/
23. For All We Know
24. I Like the Likes of You [From Ziegfield Follies of 1934]

Customer Reviews:

An Evening With Bobby Short At The Carlyle.......2005-09-17

To many people Bobby Short exemplified sophistication and wit. To see him live at the Cafe Carlyle was to take a trip down memory lane. A time when people dressed up when they went out. Men wore suits and tuxedos, women wore evening gowns. You also had the pleasure of hearing some of the greatest songs ever written from the likes of Cole Porter, George Gershwin, Rogers & Hart, Noel Coward and Harold Arlen. Where else could one go and see an entertainer, of the stature of Short, and hear such songs?

I had the honor, and I do consider it an honor, of seeing Bobby Short at the Cafe Carlyle. In fact I saw him twice. No record can really capture the feeling of being in the room, I've been slightly disappointed with some of his "live" albums, but "Bobby Short Live at the Cafe Carlyle" does have some bright moments, and at time we can sense the joy that filled the room.

One of the reasons I haven't enjoyed Short's "live" albums is if you notice he usually sings too many slow songs. When you do that you run the risk of boring an audience. You have to mix things up a bit and throw in some up-tempo tunes. Listen to Short's "Late Night At The Cafe Carlyle" album, every song, with the exception of two, are slow. So far the best "live" album I've heard is called "Songs of New York".

Short does start things off with a bright up-scale tune called "Real Live Girl" written by Cy Coleman, who also recently passed away. Short then follows that up with "Miss Brown To You", a song I personally associate Billie Holiday with. It too is up-scale.

Now don't get me wrong, I'm not suggesting Bobby Short did not how to sing a slow song, he did. I especially like a Stephen Sondheim tune called "Losing My Mind", which I'd never heard before.

The program can be summed up by naming three composers; Cole Porter, Sondheim and Harold Arlen. Porter tunes consist of "Mister and Missus Fitch", a funny little tune, "All of You" Short sings some lyrics I never heard before, "Let's Misbehave" I like the song but didn't care for Short's arrangement but did like "I Get A Kick Out Of You", "Miss Otis Regrets" and finally "I Happen To Like New York". The Sondheim tunes are as mentioned "Mind" plus "Sorry-Grateful" and "Send in the Clowns". I was a bit surprised to hear Short sing Sondheim, I didn't think he had the right voice of those tunes but he handles them pretty well. And Arlen tunes include "Ill Wind", "One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)" and "I've Got The World On A String".

Bobby Short fans should enjoy the album, though it seems to no longer be available on CD. I bought a copy of the LP. If you really want to hear this album you may have to do the same. New York's nightlife will never quite be the same now that the master is gone.

Bottom-line: Pretty good "live album" that doesn't quite capture the feeling of seeing Short live but it does have some bright moments. Interesting song selection makes the album worthwhile for Short fans.

Contains the definitive version of "Send in the Clowns".......1999-02-26

This album was recorded when Bobby Short was at the height of his talent. It contains what I consider to be the finest interpretation of Sondheim's "Send in the Clowns" It's simply the best album in my collection. Listening to Mr. Short changed my taste in music forever and for the better.

Average customer rating: This album is absolutely fabulous!! Jumping through ... hoops Music that's oustanding to EVERYONES ears! dixie carter is amazing and funny Diamond in the Rough

Sings John Wallowitch Live at the Carlyle Dixie Carter Manufacturer: Drg ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Jazz General | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Easy Listening | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Easy Listening | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Vocal Pop | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Vocal Pop | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Traditional & Vocal Pop | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music Easy Listening | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B000000PJQ Release Date: 1992-06-30

Tracks:

1. Intro
2. Come A Little Closer
3. I'm 27
4. Southland Swanee Home
5. I'm Asking you
6. Florida
7. The Awnser
8. Will There Really Be A Morning
9. There Used To Be
10. Cheap Decadent Drivel
11. Frog & Toad
12. News Item (The Racoon)
13. Cosmeyic Surgery
14. I See the World Through Your Eyes
15. Back On The Twon
16. This Moment

Customer Reviews:

This album is absolutely fabulous!!.......2002-02-13

This album is full of hilarious songs and great writing. The singer Dixie Carter is absolutely delightful and the mastermind behind it all, John Wallowitch is amazing. An excellent musical piece!

Jumping through ... hoops.......2001-12-13

She certainly looks the part, but doesn't sound it. I know a cabaret singer doesn't need to have a "perfect voice" --- well Ms. Carter certainly doesn't. The problem is that her voice is actually difficult to listen to. She may be able to sell the song onstage, but on a recording, her poor voice is so distracting, I couldn't enjoy any emotion she may have been putting into her music.

Her vibrato is so wide someone could actually jump through it. I found myself cringing. Now, perhaps her acting abilities helped during her live show ... but, it doesn't translate to this recording. Certainly not enought to make it worth buying

Music that's oustanding to EVERYONES ears!.......2001-12-04

This is BY FAR the best CD that you will hear in a LONG time! I don't think a CD can top this one actually! If you're a Dixie Carter fan, BUY IT! If you're a John Wallowitch follower... BUY IT, if you just love well written music with amusing lyrics... BUY IT! Dixie Carter has a beautiful and angelic voice, and with John Wallowitch's music, it just adds even more light and love to it! I guess to sum it up this CD has Dixie Carter with the pizzazz and the lyrics to keep you laughing long after you've heard them!

dixie carter is amazing and funny.......2000-01-30

This album of Wallowitch's music is really amuzing at times and very funny. If you like the antics of Julia Sugarbaker, on Designing Women, you'll love imagining her singing these songs in typical Julia style., especially since Dixie Carter, ( the star of the album), will always be the one and only " Julia Sugarbaker". This album is a hoot and Dixie carter has an incredible voice.

Diamond in the Rough.......1999-04-20

Who'd of guessed that the star of "Designing Women" could be so successfully adept at keeping a one woman cabaret act by a quite lesser known composer so beguiling. John Wallowitch serves up 17 memorable songs on this live recording of Dixie Carter's sharp humor and wonderfull singing voice before a small and intimate audience, where you think that the next song couldn't be more clever, original or catchy. But they succeed. And for a special treat, Wallowitch even joins Dixie for a few numbers. Songs like "I'm 27", "Florida", "Cheap, Decadent Drivel" and "Frog and Toad" are the kind that stay in your mind, not so much to an irritating point where you may sing them all day, but rather when you hear them, you smile at the rememberance of the tune. I would recommend this to any person who is a fan of Miss Carter, or just likes good ol' fashion ballads that couldn't sound more like they were born in Tennessee.

Average customer rating: One of my favorite players at her best Good live date from 1979

Live at the Carlyle Marian McPartland Manufacturer: Prevue Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Jazz | Styles | Music ASIN: B00000JK38 Release Date: 1999-09-27

Tracks:

1. Like Someone in Love
2. Ill Wind
3. One Morning in May
4. Crystal Silence
5. Giant Steps
6. You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To
7. Surrey With the Fringe on Top
8. Star Eyes
9. Delicate Balance
10. For All We Know
11. All the Things You Are
12. Skylark

Customer Reviews:

One of my favorite players at her best.......2004-04-07

This is one of my favorite McPartland recordings, featuring Marian near the top of her game.

Her playing is inventive and complex, and the interaction between her and the rhythm section is delightful. I find this to be one of the most impressive McPartland trios on record. Steve LaSpina is a top-tier bassist (a requirement, it seems, to land a gig with McPartland), and Michael DiPasqua has some serious chops that he uses to embellish beautifully without being overbearing. I have always been disappointed that this trio - as far as I know - only made this one album.

The performances run the gamut from Marian's hard-driving solo on "Surrey", and aggressive runs at "Like Someone In Love" and "Giant Steps"; to pieces like "Ill Wind", "Crystal Silence", Marian's "Delicate Balance", and others, which demonstrate why there is virtually no one else I would rather hear take ballads to the piano.

The disc features a pair of additional tracks not included on the original vinyl: "All The Things You Are" which allows Marian to spotlight some of her classical training, and "Skylark", which is right in Marian's wheelhouse as one of the all-time great balladeers.

A marvelous live date, and highly recommended.

Good live date from 1979.......2000-03-19

This recording was originally issued on Marian's Halcyon label. The reissue includes two extra tracks, both of which are worth hearing. "All the Things You Are" features Marian's J.S. Bach-influenced beginning and ending that she often plays in concert (and on "Gone with the Wind," too), and it's the only recorded version that I know about. "Skylark" shows Marian at her best as a ballad player.

The disk includes her best version of "Like Someone in Love" (also heard on the import "At the London House" disk and on "Live at Yoshi's Nitespot"). The remaining repertoire is typically adventurous: Chick Corea's "Crystal Silence," John Coltrane's "Giant Steps" and her own "A Delicate Balance."

Be aware that there is an audible flaw in the master on "Crystal Silence" (at least on my copy) and that each track fades at the end, which somewhat compromises the sense that you are listening to a live recording.

In short, this is probably among the second tier of McPartland's recordings, but it's the one I pull off the shelf when I want to hear "Like Someone in Love" and "All the Things You Are."

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