Songs for Hip Lovers
Studio album by
Woody Herman
Released1957
RecordedJanuary–March 1957
GenreJazz
Length38:15
LabelVerve MGV 2069[1]
ProducerNorman Granz
Woody Herman chronology
Songs for Tired Lovers
(1955)		 Songs for Hip Lovers
(1957)		 Early Autumn
(1959)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[3]
The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz[4]

Songs for Hip Lovers is a 1957 vocal album by the jazz bandleader Woody Herman, arranged by Marty Paich.

Recording and music

The album was recorded in two sessions, in January and March 1957.[3] The material is standards and the arrangements are by Marty Paich.[2]

Release and reception

Songs for Hip Lovers was reissued by Verve Records on CD.[3] Ken Dryden reviewed the album for AllMusic and wrote that "Herman is a swinging, friendly singer heard doing such time-tested standards as the humorous "Makin' Whoopee," a more upbeat than typical "Willow Weep For Me," and "I Won't Dance." The musicians from each of the two sessions provide strong accompaniment: "Sweets" Edison, Charlie Shavers, and Ben Webster are outstanding and Marty Paich's arrangements fit Herman's style rather well".[2] The Penguin Guide to Jazz described it as "a delightful set. Herman's singing was enduring and unpretentious, and he made a lyric line swing without manhandling it."[3] Scott Yanow, in his book Bebop, writes that the album has its "charming moments" but the "horns are missing in its concise performances".[5]

Track listing

  1. "Makin' Whoopee" (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) – 3:26
  2. "I Won't Dance" (Dorothy Fields, Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern, Jimmy McHugh) – 2:39
  3. "I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plan" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) – 2:51
  4. "Willow Weep for Me" (Ann Ronell) – 3:37
  5. "Moon Song" (Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnston) – 2:32
  6. "Can't We Be Friends?" (Paul James, Kay Swift) – 3:24
  7. "Comes Love" (Lew Brown, Sam H. Stept, Charles Tobias) – 3:27
  8. "Ev'rything I've Got" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 3:02
  9. "Alone Together" (Dietz, Schwartz) – 3:07
  10. "Bidin' My Time" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 3:27
  11. "Isn't This a Lovely Day?" (Irving Berlin) – 3:21
  12. "Louise" (Leo Robin, Richard A. Whiting) – 3:22

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ "Woody Herman - Songs for Hip Lovers at Discogs". discogs.com. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 Songs for Hip Lovers at AllMusic
  3. 1 2 3 4 Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 693. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  4. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2004). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz (2nd ed.). Virgin. p. 406. ISBN 978-1-85227-183-1.
  5. ↑ Yanow, Scott (2000). Bebop. Miller Freeman Books. ISBN 9780879306083. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
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