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All The Things You Are Jerome Kern Oscar Hammerstein II Solo Piano sheet music, Noten, partitura, as performed by Casey Stratton (piano solo arr.)
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Jerome Kern
Jerome David Kern (January 27, 1885, Sutton Place, New York, United States – November 11, 1945, New York, United States), was a popular American composer. He wrote more than 700 songs and more than 100 complete scores for shows and films in a career that lasted from 1902 until his death.
Born in New York, he studied at The New York College of Music and later in Heidelberg, Germany. When he returned to New York, he began working as a pianist, but it did not take him long to become a prominent and recognized artist, who already in 1915 was present with his music in many Broadway theater shows and musicals.
In 1925, a crucial year in his career, Jerome Kern met professionally and established a lifelong friendship with the maestro, Oscar Hammerstein II, and their first work together was the play “Show Boat,” premiered in 1927, which included the well-known song “Ol’ Man River” and “Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man.” In 1935, they composed the musical “Roberta” for Swing Time, starring Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire and with the collaboration of the popular lyricist, Dorothy Fields. With the latter, he composed “The Way You Look Tonight,” with which he won an Oscar Award in 1936 for best song.
In 1933, Kern moved to Hollywood and began working on film scores but continued to work on Broadway shows. His career in Hollywood was quite successful, and in 1941, he and his friend, Oscar Hammerstein wrote “The Last Time I Saw Paris,” a tribute to the French city recently occupied by the Germans. The song was featured in the film “Lady Be Good” and won another Oscar for best song.
Jerome Kern’s music has been profusely performed by some of the best jazz musicians and singers, usually forming part of the so-called “Song Books”, or song books; Some of those musicians who have paid tribute to the music of Jerome Kern have been: Ella Fitzgerald, Oscar Peterson, Margaret Whiting, Billie Holiday, or Fred Astaire.
Oscar Peterson: Plays the Jerome Kern Songbook
Dating back to the late 1920s, Jerome Kern’s tunes will forever be at the center of quintessential American popular songs. The legendary classic trio of Oscar Peterson with bassist Ray Brown and drummer Ed Thigpen interpret Kern’s songs expertly, with a no small degree of interpretation and an intelligent and original vision, which separates them from the simple sound version of these trite songs.
After a long tour (15 termas) the album can be heard in a majestic way after Peterson’s ingenious arrangements. Of the numerous recordings that this fabulous classical jazz trio made over the years, and on many occasions, paying tribute to the classic composers of the American popular songbook, this tribute to the music of Jerome Kern is one of the best. The stimulating pleasure of listening to the Oscar Peterson trio continues to be one of those moments where the jazz fan fully enjoys the music.
Tracks:
01. The Way You Look Tonight 00:00 02. Pick Yourself Up 02:31 03. Yesterdays 05:57 04. I Won’t Dance 08:34 05. Long Ago And Far Away 11:42 06. Lovely To Look At 15:31 07. A Fine Romance 17:39 08. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes 20:56 09. Ol’ Man River 23:49 10. Bill 27:15 11. The Song Is You 29:48 12. Can’t Help Lovin’ That Man
32:17 13. This Can’t Be Love 35:00 14. It Might As Well Be Spring 38:05 15. Bewitched, Bothered And Bewildered 41:17 16. Johnny One Note 43:52 17. The Surrey With The Fringe On Top 46:23 18. The Lady Is A Tramp 50:19 19. Blue Moon 53:16 20. Thou Swell 56:13 21. Isn’t It Romantic 58:44 22. Manhattan 01:02:38 23. Lover
Credits: Oscar Peterson – Piano Ray Brown – Bass Herb Ellis, Barney Kessel – Guitar Recorded 1952 & December 1953.