Gershwin Live!

1982 live album by Sarah Vaughan

Gershwin Live!

Live album by

Sarah Vaughan

Released| 1982
Recorded| February 1–2, 1982
Venue| Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles[1]
Genre| Vocal jazz
Length| 61:02
Label| Columbia
Producer| Steven Epstein
Sarah Vaughan chronology
| Crazy and Mixed Up
(1982)  | Gershwin Live!
(1982)  | The Planet Is Alive...Let it Live!
(1984)

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Allmusic| [2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide| [3]

Gershwin Live! is a 1982 live album by Sarah Vaughan, of music composed by George Gershwin, accompanied by the Los Angeles Philharmonic, conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas. The album was arranged by Marty Paich.

Vaughan's performance won her the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female at the Grammy Awards of 1983.[4]

## Track listing

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1. Overture: Porgy and Bess Medley: "Summertime"/"It Ain't Necessarily So" (George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward, Ira Gershwin)/"I Loves You, Porgy" (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin, D. Heyward) – 7:52
2. Medley: "But Not for Me"/"Our Love Is Here to Stay"/"Embraceable You"/"Someone To Watch Over Me" – 9:39
3. "Sweet and Low Down" – 3:36
4. "Fascinating Rhythm" – 4:04
5. "Do It Again" (Buddy DeSylva, G. Gershwin) – 5:29
6. "My Man's Gone Now" (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin, Heyward) – 5:51
7. "The Man I Love" – 10:03
8. Medley: "Nice Work If You Can Get It"/"They Can't Take That Away from Me"/"'S Wonderful"/"Swanee"/"Strike Up the Band" – 6:56
9. Encore: "I've Got a Crush on You"/"A Foggy Day" –– 7:35

All songs composed by George Gershwin, with lyrics by Ira Gershwin, unless otherwise noted.

## Personnel

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* Sarah Vaughan – vocals
* George Gaffney – piano
* Andy Simpkins – double bass
* Harold Jones – drums
* The Los Angeles Philharmonic – other instruments
* Michael Tilson Thomas – piano, conductor, co-arranger on "The Man I Love"[5]
* Marty Paich – arranger

## Footnotes

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1. ^ Ted Gioia (July 3, 2012). The Jazz Standards: A Guide to the Repertoire. Oxford University Press. pp. 114–. ISBN 978-0-19-976915-5. Retrieved June 2, 2013.
2. ^ Allmusic review
3. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 199\. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
4. ^ Grammy Award search engine Archived October 2, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
5. ^ Segal, Lewis (February 3, 1982). "Thomas, Vaughan at the Pavilion". Los Angeles Times. pt. VI, pg. 5\. Retrieved June 19, 2022.

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Sarah Vaughan

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Studio albums|

* Sarah Vaughan (1950 album)
* Sarah Vaughan (1955 album)
* In the Land of Hi-Fi
* After Hours
* Sassy
* Swingin' Easy
* Sarah Vaughan and Billy Eckstine Sing the Best of Irving Berlin
* Sarah Vaughan Sings George Gershwin
* Sarah Vaughan Sings Broadway: Great Songs from Hit Shows
* No Count Sarah
* Vaughan and Violins
* Close to You
* Dreamy
* The Divine One
* The Explosive Side of Sarah Vaughan
* Count Basie/Sarah Vaughan
* After Hours
* You're Mine You
* Sarah + 2
* Sarah Sings Soulfully
* Snowbound
* Sweet 'n' Sassy
* Star Eyes
* Sarah Slightly Classical
* Vaughan with Voices
* Pop Artistry of Sarah Vaughan
* The Lonely Hours
* ¡Viva! Vaughan
* Sarah Vaughan Sings the Mancini Songbook
* The New Scene
* It's a Man's World
* Sassy Swings Again
* A Time in My Life
* Sarah Vaughan with Michel Legrand
* Feelin' Good
* Send in the Clowns
* I Love Brazil!
* How Long Has This Been Going On?
* The Duke Ellington Songbook, Vol. 1
* The Duke Ellington Songbook, Vol. 2
* Copacabana
* Songs of the Beatles
* Send in the Clowns
* Crazy and Mixed Up
* The Planet Is Alive...Let It Live!
* Brazilian Romance

Live albums|

* At Mister Kelly's
* After Hours at the London House
* Sassy Swings the Tivoli
* Live in Japan
* Sarah Vaughan with the Jimmy Rowles Quintet
* Ronnie Scott's Presents Sarah Vaughan Live
* Gershwin Live!
* One Night Stand – The Town Hall Concert 1947
* In the City of Lights
* Linger Awhile: Live at Newport and More
* Divine Lady of Song

Compilation albums|

* Sarah Vaughan in Hi-Fi

Other album appearances|

* 2:00 AM Paradise Cafe
* Back on the Block

Extended plays|

* Hot Jazz
* The Divine Sarah Sings

Songs|

* "Tenderly"
* "Nature Boy"
* "It's Magic"
* "Black Coffee"
* "That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day)"
* "Thinking of You"
* "Vanity"
* "How Important Can It Be?"
* "Whatever Lola Wants"
* "Mr. Wonderful"
* "The Banana Boat Song"
* "Passing Strangers"
* "Broken Hearted Melody"
* "Misty"
* "Eternally"
* "A Lover's Concerto"
* "Autumn in New York"
* "Body and Soul"
* "Dancing in the Dark"
* "Don't Blame Me"
* "Everything I Have Is Yours"
* "I've Got a Crush on You"
* "If You Could See Me Now"
* "Moonlight in Vermont"
* "My Funny Valentine"
* "Poor Butterfly"
* "Send In the Clowns"
* "Someone to Watch Over Me"
* "With These Hands"

Related topics|

* The Calling: Celebrating Sarah Vaughan
* Sarah: Dedicated to You
* Unmarked Van: A Tribute to Sarah Vaughan

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George Gershwin

Albums|

* Gershwin Plays Gershwin: The Piano Rolls

Ballets|

* An American in Paris
* Gershwin Piano Concerto
* Three Preludes
* Who Cares?

Operas|

* Blue Monday (1922)
* Porgy and Bess (1935)

Orchestral works|

* Rhapsody in Blue (1924)
* Concerto in F (1925)
* An American in Paris (1928)
* Second Rhapsody (1931)
* Cuban Overture (1932)
* Strike Up the Band (1934)
* Hoctor's Ballet (1937)

Piano compositions|

* Three Preludes (1926)
* French Ballet Class (1937)

Songs|

* "Aren't You Kind of Glad We Did?"
* "(I've Got) Beginner's Luck"
* "Bidin' My Time"
* "Blah Blah Blah"
* "Boy Wanted"
* "Boy! What Love Has Done to Me!"
* "But Not for Me"
* "By Strauss"
* "Clap Yo' Hands"
* "Do It Again"
* "Doin' Time"
* "Embraceable You"
* "Fascinating Rhythm"
* "A Foggy Day"
* "For You, for Me, for Evermore"
* "Funny Face"
* "'The Half of It, Dearie' Blues"
* "He Loves and She Loves"
* "How Long Has This Been Going On?"
* "I Can't Be Bothered Now"
* "I Got Rhythm"
* "I Was Doing All Right"
* "I've Got a Crush on You"
* "Isn't It a Pity?"
* "Just Another Rhumba"
* "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off"
* "Let's Kiss and Make Up"
* "Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away)"
* "Looking for a Boy"
* "Lorelei"
* "Love Is Here to Stay"
* "Love Is Sweeping the Country"
* "Love Walked In"
* "The Man I Love"
* "My Cousin in Milwaukee"
* "My One and Only"
* "Nice Work If You Can Get It"
* "Of Thee I Sing"
* "Oh, Lady Be Good!"
* "Oh, So Nice!"
* "The Real American Folk Song (is a Rag)"
* "'S Wonderful"
* "Sam and Delilah"
* "Slap That Bass"
* "Somebody from Somewhere"
* "Somebody Loves Me"
* "Someone to Watch Over Me"
* "Soon"
* "Stairway to Paradise"
* "Stiff Upper Lip"
* "Strike Up the Band"
* "Summertime"
* "Swanee"
* "That Certain Feeling"
* "They All Laughed"
* "They Can't Take That Away from Me"
* "Things Are Looking Up"
* "Tra-la-la"
* "Treat Me Rough"
* "Walking the Dog"
* "Who Cares?"
* "You've Got What Gets Me"

Tribute albums|

* Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin
* By George
* Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book
* Ella Sings Gershwin
* Gershwin Live!
* Gershwin's World
* The Glory of Gershwin
* Ira, George and Joe
* Nice Work If You Can Get It
* Oscar Peterson Plays the George Gershwin Songbook
* Red Hot + Rhapsody: The Gershwin Groove
* Rosemary Clooney Sings the Lyrics of Ira Gershwin

Related articles|

* Gershwin Prize
* Ira Gershwin (brother)
* Arthur Gershwin (brother)
* Frances Gershwin (sister)
* Gershwin Theatre

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