Fred Astaire - The Fred Astaire Story - 3 Record Set
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Fred Astaire - The Astire story 3 LP Box Set
Fred Astaire - Oscar Peterson / Barney Kessel / Charlie Shavers / Flip Phillips / Ray Brown / Alvin Stoller ?– The Astaire Story
1979 Book-of-the-Month Club reissue of Verve 3LP box set by Fred Astaire, with David Stone Martin art on cover and booklet.
Label: Book-Of-The-Month Records ?– 70-5554
Format: 3 × Vinyl, LP Box Set
Country: US
Released: 1978
Genre: Jazz
Style: Vocals, Tap Dance
Tracklist
A1
Isn't This A Lovely Day
A2
Puttin' On The Ritz
A3
I Used To Be Color Blind
A4
The Continental
A5
Lets Call The Whole Thing Off
A6
Change Partners
B1
'S Wonderful
B2
Lovely To Look At
B3
They All Laughed
B4
Cheek To Cheek
B5
Steppin' Out With My Baby
B6
The Way You Look Tonight
B7
I've Got My Eyes On You
C1
Dancing In The Dark
C2
The Carioca
C3
Nice Work If You Can Get It
C4
New Sun In The Sky
C5
I Won't Dance
C6
(Ad Lib) Fast Dances
C7
Top Hat, White Tie And Tales
D1
No Strings
D2
I Concentrate On You
D3
I'm Putting All My Eggs In One Basket
D4
(This Is) A Fine Romance
D5
Night And Day
D6
Fascinating Rhythm
D7
I Love Louisa
D8
(Ad Lib) Slow Dances / Medium Dances
E1
They Can't Take That Away From Me
E2
You're Easy To Dance With
E3
A Needle In A Haystack
E4
So Near And Yet So Far
E5
A Foggy Day
E6
Oh, Lady Be Good
E7
I'm Building Up To An Awful Letdown
E8
Not My Girl
F1
Jam Session For A Dancer
F2
The Astaire Blues
F3
The Second Astaire Blues
Credits
§ Bass – Ray Brown
§ Drums – Alvin Stoller
§ Guitar – Barney Kessel
§ Piano, Celesta – Oscar Peterson
§ Producer – Norman Granz
§ Saxophone [Tenor] – Flip Phillips
§ Trumpet – Charlie Shavers
§ Vocals, Tap Dance – Fred Astaire
Astaire Story is a 1978 reissued 3 LP box set ( Original issued 1952) album by Fred Astaire. The album was conceived of and produced by Norman Granz, the founder of Clef Records (and later Verve Records), who was also responsible for the Jazz at the Philharmonic concerts, at which all of the musicians on the album had performed
Because he was world renowned as a dancer and quite popular as a movie actor, Fred Astaire has tended to be underrated (if not completely overlooked) as a jazz singer. Although not really an improviser, Astaire's phrasing always swung and his occasional vocals on record were usually a joy. This 3 LP set is something special for it features Astaire with six members of Jazz at the Philharmonic: tenor saxophonist Flip Phillips, trumpeter Charlie Shavers, pianist Oscar Peterson, guitarist Barney Kessel, bassist Ray Brown, and drummer Alvin Stoller. Astaire sings 34 swing standards (many of which he had originally introduced in movies), dances on three ad-lib numbers, and sits out on the instrumental "Jam Session"; the musicians have plenty of opportunities to stretch out. The biggest surprise to this classic deluxe box is that Fred Astaire did not do similar projects more often throughout his career. Highly recommended.
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