George Shearing & Barry Tuckwell Play the Music of Cole Porter

George Shearing & Barry Tuckwell Play the Music of Cole Porter
Studio album by
George Shearing
Released 1986
Recorded January 1986
Genre Jazz
Label Concord CC 2010
Producer Carl Jefferson
George Shearing chronology
Grand Piano
(1986) 		George Shearing & Barry Tuckwell Play the Music of Cole Porter
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(1985)

George Shearing & Barry Tuckwell Play the Music of Cole Porter is a 1986 album of the music of Cole Porter by jazz pianist George Shearing and classical French horn player Barry Tuckwell. The pair play as a duet on four selections, two are performed as a quartet with bass and drums, and the remaining five are accompanied by a small orchestra of string players. All arrangements are by Shearing.

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Allmusic
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings

Scott Yanow reviewed the album for Allmusic and wrote that "In general Tuckwell does not improvise but Shearing's arrangements give a jazz feel to all of the performances and make the music accessible (if not really essential) to both classical and jazz listeners".

Track listing

  1. "I Concentrate on You" – 4:58 (orchestra)
  2. "Everything I Love" – 2:54 (quartet)
  3. "I've Got You Under My Skin" – 4:43 (duet)
  4. "Easy to Love" – 2:19 (orchestra)
  5. "In the Still of the Night" – 2:45 (duet)
  6. "Every Time We Say Goodbye" – 4:00 (orchestra)
  7. "But in the Morning, No" – 2:41 (quartet)
  8. "So in Love" – 5:32 (orchestra)
  9. "After You" – 4:27 (duet)
  10. "All Through the Night" – 3:55 (orchestra)
  11. "Do I Love You?" – 5:16 (duet)
All compositions by Cole Porter

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