Une biographie d'Irving Berlin, compositeur américain, écrite par Claude Carrière, illustrée par Otto Gabos, accompagnée de 2 compact discs ;
Irving Berlin est un des plus prolifiques auteurs américains, il a écrit près de 900 chansons et 17 revues musicales pour Broadway qui ont fait dire qu'il « est la musique américaine » à lui tout seul. Alexander's Ragtime Band, Top Hat, Always, Blue Skies, Easter Parade, Heatwave, How Deep Is The Ocean, Cheek To Cheek, What'll I Do, Putting On The Ritz, White Christmas, God Bless America, There's No Business Like Show Business et des centaines d'autres, sont parmi les chansons américaines les plus populaires, encore aujourd'hui.
CD 1 - White CD: Voices and Stage Cd Voices CD 1.How Deep Is The Ocean October 8, 1941. Peggy Lee (voc) with Benny Goodman & His Orchestra : Billy Butterfield, Jimmy Maxwell, Charles 'Cootie' Williams, Al Davis (tp), Lou McGarity, Robert 'Cutty' Cutshall (tb), Benny Goodman (cl), Lloyd 'Skip' Martin, Clint Neagley (as), Vido Musso, George Berg (ts), Charles 'Chuck' Gentry (bs), Mel Powell (p), Tom Morgan (g), Sid Weiss (b), Ralph Collier (d) 2.Supper Time Carmen McRae 3.It Only Happens When I Dance With You November 16, 1956. Chris Connor (voc) with Joe Wilder (tp), Al Cohn (ts), Ralph Sharon (p. arr), Oscar Petiford (b), Osie Johnson (d), Eddie Costa (vibes), 4.This Year's Kisses January 16, 1956. June Christy (voc) with Pete Candoli (tp), Bob Gordon (bs), Bob Cooper (ts), John Grass (fr horn), Frank Rosolino, Harry Betts, Herbie Harper, Dick Noel, George Roberts (tb), Bud Shank, Harry Klee (fl), Claude Williamson (p), Laurendo Almeida, Howard Roberts (g), Corky Hale (hp), Harry Babasin, Joe Mondragon (b), Larry Bunker, Shelly Manne (d), arranged and conducted by Pete Rugolo.
5.I Never Had A chance December 20, 1956. Anita O'Day (voc) with Buddy Bregman And His Orchestra : Pete Candoli, Conte Candoli (tp), Frank Rosolino (tb), Bud Shank (as), Stan Getz (ts), Jimmy Giuffre (bs), Paul Smith (p), Barney Kessel (g), Joe Mondragon (b), Alvin Stoller (d) 6.What'll I Do 1956. Julie London (voc) 7.Homework Sarah Vaughan 8.Blue Skies August 6, 1937. Maxine Sullivan (voc) And Her Orchestra : Frank Newton (tp), Buster Bailey (cl), Pete Brown (as), Babe Russin (ts), Claude Thornhill (p), John Kirby (b), O'Neil Spencer (d) 9.Everybody Step June 9, 1938. Ella Fitzgerald (voc) with Chick Webb And His Orchestra 10.I Got The Sun In The Morning March 27, 1946. Doris Day (voc) with Les Brown And His Orchestra : Jimmy Zito, Don Jacoby, Al Muller, Bob Higgins (tp), Billie Forman, Warren Covington, Dick Gould, Stumpy Brown (tb), Les Brown (cl), Steve Madrick, Mark Douglas (as), Ted Nash (ts), Eddie Scheer (ts, bs), Butch Stone (cl), Jeff Clarkson (p), Hy White (g), Bob Leininger (b), Dick Shanahan (d) 11.Love You Didn't Do Right By Me May 24, 1954. Peggy Lee (voc) with Orchestra directed by Joseph J. Lilley, personnel unknown 12.Reaching For The Moon August 26, 1947. Nelly Lutcher (voc, p), Irving Ashby (g), William K. 'Billy' Hadnott (b), Sidney Catlett (d) 13.Blue Skies July 15, 1941. Frank Sinatra (voc) with Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra : Al Stearns, Elman, Peterson, Blake (tp), Tommy Dorsey, Dave Jacobs, Arus, Martin (tb), Mannie Gershman (cl, as), Fred Stulce (as), Beau, Lodice, Bruce Snyder (ts), Bushkin (p), Yocum (g), Buddy Rich (d) 14.After You've Got What You Want March 6, 1944. Nat King Cole (voc, p), Oscar Moore (g), Johnny Miller (b) 15.There Is No Business Like Show Business 1946. Mel Torme and The Mel-Tones (voc) with Sonny Burke And His Orchestra, personnel unknown Irving Berlin On Stage 16.Puttin' On The Ritz August 3, 1946. Fred Astaire (voc) with Orchestra conducted by John Scott Trotter. From the film Blue Skies (1946) 17.Steppin' Out With My Baby November 15, 1947. Fred Astaire with The Mel-Tones and The Little Sisters. Orchestra conducted by Johnny Green, Georgie Stoll and Roger Edens, Nathan Van Cleave (arr). From the film Easter Parade (1948) 18.Let's face The Music And Dance January 30, 1936. Fred Astaire (voc) with Orchestra conducted by Johnny Green. From the film Follow The Fleet (1936) 19.A Couple Of Swells November 13, 1947. Judy Garland and Fred Astaire with Orchestra conducted by Johnny Green. From the film Easter Parade (1948) 20.Cheek To Cheek 1935. Ginger Rogers (voc) with Orchestra. From the film Top Hat (1935) 21. Mr Monotony November 12, 1947. Judy Garland (voc) with Orchestra conducted by Georgie Stoll. From the film Easter Parade (1948) 6.Heat Wave 1954. Marilyn Monroe (voc) with Studio Orchestra and Chorus. From the film There's No Business Like show Business (1954) 7.Lazy 1954. Marilyn Monroe (voc) with Donald O'Connor, Mitzi Gaynor and Orchestra. From the film There's No Business Like show Business (1954) 8.The Song Is Ended Jackie Gleason CD 2 - Dark CD: Irving Berlin In Jazz CD Jazz CD 1.How Deep is The Ocean December 8, 1943. Coleman Hawkins And His Orchestra : Coleman Hawkins (ts), Bill Coleman (tp), Andy Fitzgerald (cl), Ellis Larkin (p), Al Casey (g), Oscar Pettiford (b), Shelly Manne (d), 2.This Year's Kisses January 12, 1956. Jazz Giants '56 : Lester Young (ts), Roy Eldridge (tp), Vic Dickenson (tb), Teddy Wilson (p), Gene Ramey (b), Jo Jones (d) 3.Cheek To Cheek April 11, 1949. Count Basie And His Orchestra : Count Basie (p, dir), Sweets Edison, Emmett Berry, Clark Terry, Jimmy Nottingham, Gerald Wilson (tp), Ted Donnelly, Dickie Wells, George Matthews, Melba Liston (tb), Earl Warren, Charlie Price (as), Paul Gonsalves, Bill 'Weasel' Parker (ts), Jack Washington (bs), Freddy Green (g), Singleton Palmer (b), George 'Butch' Ballard (d) 4.Blue Skies November 8, 1943. Duke Ellington (p, dir), Taft Jordan (tp), Lawrence Brown (tb), Elbert 'Skippy' Williams (ts), Johnny Hodges (as), Rex Stewart (cnt), Jimmy Hamilton (cl), Mary Lou Williams (arr) 5.Russian Lullaby April 26, 1950. Louis Armstrong And The All Stars : Louis Armstrong (tp), Jack Teagarden (tb), Barney Bigard (cl), Earl Hines (p), Arvel Shaw (b) Cozy Cole (d) 6.How Deep Is The Ocean Erroll Garner (p) 7.Alexander's Ragtime Band Erroll Garner (p) 8.Cheek To Cheek February 27, 1953. Erroll Garner (p), Wyatt Ruther (b), Eugene 'Fats' Heard (d) XX 9.He Ain't Got Rhythm December 30, 1936. Jimmy Rushing (voc) with Benny Goodman And His Orchestra : Irving Goodman, Ziggy Elman, Gordon Griffin (tp), Red Ballard, Murray McEachern (tb), Hymie Schertzer, Bill DePew (as), Arthur Rollini, Vido Musso (ts), Jess Stacy (p), Allan Reuss (g), Gene Krupa (d) 10.Always Dizzy Gillespie 11.I'm Putting All My Eggs In One Basket Toots Thielmans 12.Blue Skies September 20, 1949. Art Tatum (p) 13.Isn't It A Lovely Day December 29, 1953. Art Tatum (p) Irving Berlin Earlier 14.I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm January 8, 1937. Mildred Bailey (voc) with Red Norvo And His Orchestra : Bill Hyland, Louis Mucci, Stew Pletcher (tp), Al Mestren (tb), Frank Simeone, Hank D'Amico (cl, as), Herbie Haymer (ts), Bill Miller (p), Dave Barbour (g), Pete Peterson (b), Maurice Purtill (d), Red Norvo (xyl), Eddie Sauter (arr) 15.Alexander's Ragtime 1934. The Boswell Sisters (voc), Bunny Berigan, Manny Klein (tp), Tommy Dorsey, Chuck Campbell (tb), Jimmy Dorsey (as), Larry Binyon (ts), Martha Boswell or Fulton McGrath (p), Dick Mc Donough (g), Artie Bernstein (b), Stan King (d) 16.My Walking Stick June 13, 1938. Louis Armstrong (tp, voc) with The Mills Brothers (voc quartet), Norman Brown (g) 17.Remember Late Spring 1952. Billie Holiday (voc) And Her Orchestra : Charlie Shavers (tp), Flip Phillips (ts), Oscar Peterson (p), Barney Kessel (g), Ray Brown (b) J. C. Heard (d) 18.Pack Up Your Sins And Go To The Devil June 9, 1938. Ella Fitzgerald (voc) with Chick Webb And His Orchestra : Mario Bauza, Bobby Stark, Taft Jordan (tp), Sandy Williams, Nat Story, George Matthews (tb), Garvin Bushell, Hilton Jefferson (as), Ted McRae, Wayman Carver (ts), Tommy Fulford (p), 19.Isn't It A Lovely Day 1946/47. Mel Torme (voc) and The Page Cavanaugh Trio : Page Cananaugh (p), probably Al Viola (g), Lloyd Pratt (b) 20.I Used To Be Color Blind December 18, 1956, Anita O'Day (voc) with Larry Bunker (vib), Paul Smith (p), Barney Kessel (g), Joe Mondragon (b), Alvin Stoller (d), Buddy Bregman (arr) 21.They Say It's Wonderful Sarah Vaughan
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