Pure Gershwin

1987 studio album by Michael Feinstein

Pure Gershwin

Studio album by

Michael Feinstein

Released| April 28, 1987
Recorded| 1987
Genre| Vocal jazz
Length| 54:58
Label| Asylum
Michael Feinstein chronology
| Live at the Algonquin
(1986)  | Pure Gershwin
(1987)  | Remember: Michael Feinstein Sings Irving Berlin
(1987)

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Pure Gershwin is a 1987 album by American vocalist Michael Feinstein of songs composed by George Gershwin. This was Feinstein's debut studio recording.

It was Feinstein's first album of Gershwin's music, his two other all-Gershwin albums are Nice Work If You Can Get It: Songs by the Gershwins (1996) and Michael & George: Feinstein Sings Gershwin (1998).

## Reception

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
Allmusic| [1]

The Allmusic review by William Ruhlmann awarded the album four ½ stars and said Feinstein's reading of Gershwin was "near perfect", and his piano playing excellent.[1]

## Track listing

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1. "'S Wonderful" - 3:54
2. "Love Is Here to Stay" - 3:53
3. "Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away)" - 5:24
4. "The World Is Mine" - 2:56
5. "They Can't Take That Away from Me" - 3:36
6. "Isn't It a Pity?" - 7:03
7. "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off" - 2:43
8. "Embraceable You" - 4:33
9. "What Causes That?" - 3:19
10. "He Loves and She Loves"/"How Long Has This Been Going On?" - 5:49
11. "They All Laughed" - 3:03
12. "The Girl I Love" - 4:30
13. "Someone to Watch over Me" - 4:15

All music composed by George Gershwin, and all lyrics written by Ira Gershwin, additionally Gus Kahn provides lyrics on "Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away)"

## Personnel

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* Michael Feinstein \- vocals, piano
* Ted Hawke - drums
* Jim Hughart - double bass
* David Ross - piano
* Morgan Ames - liner notes
* Herb Eiseman - producer
* Dennis Sands - engineer
* Rosemary Clooney - singing, Isn't It a Pity?

## References

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1. ^ a b Ruhlmann, William. "Pure Gershwin". Allmusic. Retrieved November 21, 2010.

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Albums|

* Pure Gershwin (1987)
* Remember: Michael Feinstein Sings Irving Berlin (1987)
* The M.G.M. Album (1989)
* Michael Feinstein Sings the Burton Lane Songbook, Vol. 1 (1991)
* Michael Feinstein Sings the Jule Styne Songbook (1991)
* Michael Feinstein Sings the Burton Lane Songbook, Vol. 2 (1992)
* Pure Imagination (1992)
* Michael Feinstein Sings the Jerry Herman Songbook (1993)
* Nice Work If You Can Get It: Songs by the Gershwins (1996)
* Michael & George: Feinstein Sings Gershwin (1998)
* Big City Rhythms (1999)
* Romance on Film, Romance on Broadway (2000)
* Michael Feinstein with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (2001)
* Only One Life: The Songs of Jimmy Webb (2003)
* Hopeless Romantics (with George Shearing, 2005)
* The Sinatra Project (2008)
* The Power of Two (with Cheyenne Jackson, 2009)
* Fly Me to the Moon (2010)

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