BEA WAIN - My Reverie (2000)

 Bea Wain's gorgeous voice is marvelously reproduced and celebrated on Jasmine's My Reverie, a fabulous compendium of classic big band recordings dating from 1937-1941. Backed by the orchestras of Larry Clinton, Artie Shaw and Leonard Joy, this charming woman demonstrates her ability to handle each and every song with uncontrived style and finesse. Her version of Harold Arlen's "Stormy Weather" is an immaculately rendered rite of passage. Even Hoagy Carmichael's long-suffering "Heart and Soul" becomes a delectable treat when sung by Wain. Songs of a romantic nature undergo a magical transformation; "Deep Purple" and "I Didn't Know What Time It Was" become arrestingly beautiful, while "Dancing in the Dark" might well cause susceptible listeners to abandon all worldly attachments and responsibilities in order to worship the voice of Wain by playing this one song -- "Dancing in the Dark," words by Howard Dietz, music by Arthur Schwartz -- over and over again for the rest of time. by arwulf arwulf
Tracklist
1 My Reverie 3:25
Claude Debussy
Bea Wain feat: Larry Clinton & His Orchestra
2 Heart and Soul 3:09
Hoagy Carmichael / Frank Loesser
Bea Wain feat: Larry Clinton & His Orchestra
3 Old Folks 3:18
Dedette Lee Hill / Willard Robison
Bea Wain feat: Larry Clinton & His Orchestra
4 Deep Purple 3:41
Peter DeRose / Mitchell Parish
Bea Wain feat: Larry Clinton & His Orchestra
5 The Masquerade Is Over 2:46
Herbert Magidson / Allie Wrubel
Bea Wain feat: Larry Clinton & His Orchestra
6 My Heart Belongs to Daddy 2:34
Cole Porter
Bea Wain feat: Larry Clinton & His Orchestra
7 I Get Along Without You Very Well 3:20
Hoagy Carmichael
Bea Wain feat: Larry Clinton & His Orchestra
8 If It's the Last Thing I Do 3:01
Sammy Cahn / Saul Chaplin
Bea Wain feat: Artie Shaw & His Orchestra
9 Dancing in the Dark 3:22
Howard Dietz / Arthur Schwartz
Bea Wain feat: Leonard Joy & His Orchestra
10 I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You 3:08
Bing Crosby / Ned Washington / Victor Young
 11 Oh, You Crazy Moon 2:53
Johnny Burke / James Van Heusen
 12 Stormy Weather 3:16
Harold Arlen / Ted Koehler
 13 I Didn't Know What Time It Was 3:19
Lorenz Hart / Richard Rodgers
 14 I Could Make You Care 3:05
Sammy Cahn / Saul Chaplin
 15 Kiss the Boys Goodbye 2:46
Frank Loesser / Victor Schertzinger
 16 That's How I Got My Start 2:33
Frank Loesser / Victor Schertzinger
 17 Peekaboo to You 2:08
Johnny Mercer / Joseph Meyer / Carl Sigman
 18 You Started Something 2:50
Ralph Rainger / Leo Robin
 19 I Don't Want to Cry Anymore 3:36
Victor Schertzinger
 20 Our Love Affair 3:02
Roger Edens / Arthur Freed
 21 Do I Worry? 2:36
Stanley Cowan / Bobby Worth
 22 I'm the Lonesomest Gal in Town 3:11
Lew Brown
23 My Sister and I 3:15
Alex Kramer / Joan Whitney / Hy Zaret
 24 You Can Depend on Me 2:37
Charles Carpenter / Louis Dunlap / Earl Hines
 

BEA WAIN - My Reverie

[2000] Jasmine / CBR320 / scans

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