[2015-09-25] Tony Bennett And Bill Charlap "The Silver Lining: The Songs Of Jerome Kern" (Columbia)

Neal Alhadeff · 07 Jan 2007

Description
The Silver Lining: The Songs of Jerome Kern, is the new album from American musical legend Tony Bennett and acclaimed jazz pianist Bill Charlap. This new release continues the classic series of Tony Bennett album releases celebrating the essentials of the Great American Songbook. The Silver Lining: The Songs of Jerome Kern is an appreciation of the genius of Jerome David Kern, one of the 20th century's most important American composers of musical theater and popular music. Jerome Kern was a major force on Broadway and in Hollywood musicals in a career that spanned more than four decades. He expanded on earlier musical theater traditions, from vaudeville to operetta, to embrace new dance rhythms, syncopation and jazz progressions and helped invent the modern musical template. While many of his Broadway musicals and Hollywood musical films were contemporary smash hits, Kern is perhaps best remembered today through revivals of "Show Boat," one of his signature achievements.

Tony Bennett is the only artist to successfully bridge the worlds of pop music and jazz on an international scale for over 60 years. The Silver Lining: The Songs of Jerome Kern become parts of a timeless legacy of recordings that Bennett has done throughout his career that have embraced both genres, in particular the revered piano jazz albums that he recorded with the late Bill Evans in 1975 and 1977. Tony has become synonymous with the pop/jazz connection and in recent years has been a mentor to contemporary artists such as Lady Gaga and the late Amy Winehouse in encouraging them to embrace jazz music. The Silver Lining: The Songs of Jerome Kern defines what makes Tony Bennett unique in the pantheon of great singers and is a testament to the legacy that he continues to create as a recording artist and influence in the music industry.

Playing alongside Tony Bennett and Bill Charlap on The Silver Lining: The Songs of Jerome Kern are pianist Renee Rosnes (on the piano duet pieces), Peter Washington (bass) and Kenny Washington (drums). Unrelated, though sharing the same last name, Peter and Kenny have been performing with Bill Charlap for nearly two decades and pianist Renee Rosnes has been Charlap's life partner for close to 10 years.

With more than 700 Jerome Kern compositions to choose from, the set list for The Silver Lining: The Songs of Jerome Kern is a distillation of essential highlights from a boundless catalog. With these interpretations of some of Jerome Kern's finest songs, Tony Bennett and Bill Charlap offer a definitive introduction to Kern's music while providing a deep understanding of the abiding and universal qualities of these songs.

Tracklist
1. All The Things You Are
2. Pick Yourself Up
3. The Last Time I Saw Paris
4. I Won't Dance
5. Long Ago And Far Away
6. Dearly Beloved
7. The Song Is You
8. The Didn't Believe Me
9. I'm Old Fashioned
10. The Way You Look Tonight
11. Yesterdays
12. Make Believe
13. Nobody Else But Me
14. Look For The Silver Lining

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Neal Alhadeff · 07 Jan 2007

This should be a great album!

From JazzTimes
http://jazztimes.com/articles/166520-to ... bute-album

Tony Bennett & Bill Charlap to Release Jerome Kern Tribute Album
Sept. 25 release date for collaboration
By JazzTimes

RPM/Columbia Records will release The Silver Lining: The Songs of Jerome Kern, a new collaboration between Tony Bennett and jazz pianist Bill Charlap, on Sept. 25. The release continues Bennett’s album releases celebrating the Great American Songbook.

Also featured on the recording are pianist Renee Rosnes (Charlap’s wife), bassist Peter Washington and drummer Kenny Washington.

Kern (1885-1945) is considered one of the 20th century's most important American composers of musical theater and popular music. He produced more than 700 songs, creating musical elements used in more than 100 stage works, collaborating with such lyricists and librettists of the era as P.G. Wodehouse, Oscar Hammerstein II, Dorothy Fields, Johnny Mercer, Ira Gershwin, E.Y. Harburg and many others. His compositions include "Ol' Man River," "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man," "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes," "The Way You Look Tonight," "Long Ago and Far Away" and many more.

THE SILVER LINING: THE SONGS OF JEROME KERN

Musicians:
Vocals: Tony Bennett
Pianos: Bill Charlap & Renee Rosnes
Bass: Peter Washington
Drums: Kenny Washington

Arranged by Tony Bennett and Bill Charlap

Tracks in Alphabetical Order (14 total)
All The Things You Are (Single Piano)
Dearly Beloved (Trio)
I Won't Dance (Trio)
I'm Old Fashioned (Trio)
Look For The Silver Lining (Piano Duet)
Long Ago And Far Away (Piano Duet)
Make Believe (Single Piano)
Nobody Else But Me (Trio)
Pick Yourself Up (Trio)
The Last Time I Saw Paris (Piano Duet)
The Song Is You (Piano Duet)
The Way You Look Tonight (Single Piano)
They Didn't Believe Me (Trio)
Yesterdays (Trio)
*Single piano is Bill Charlap
*Piano duet is Bill Charlap & Renee Rosnes

Linda · **Posted:** Thu Aug 27, 2015 12:27 am

Dental Floss Tycoon · 16 Oct 2007

Fabulous trio! I have all Charlap's releases with this same trio. Essential listening. Odd that the cover image is reversed. :-o

Linda · **Posted:** Thu Aug 27, 2015 2:54 pm

Dental Floss Tycoon wrote:

Odd that the cover image is reversed. :-o

Bob, what are you referring to? They look just like they do in the video.

Dental Floss Tycoon · 16 Oct 2007

Linda wrote:

Dental Floss Tycoon wrote:

Odd that the cover image is reversed. :-o

Bob, what are you referring to? They look just like they do in the video.

Drummer Kenny Washington, and bassist Peter Washington are shown on the cover playing left handed - they are both right-handed, so the image is reversed. Look at the text on the drum and cymbal - it's reversed. Looks like they used mirrors on the set, so could be a mirror image.

Charlie · **Joined:** 23 Dec 2014 **Posts:** 14199

"Look For the Silver Lining":

"The Way You Look Tonight":

[2015-09-25] Tony Bennett And Bill Charlap "The Silver Lining: The Songs Of Jerome Kern" (Columbia)

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