Gershwin Live!

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Gershwin Live!

Live album by Sarah Vaughan

Released

1982

Recorded

February 1-2, 1982, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles^[1]

Genre

Vocal jazz

Length

61:02

Label

Columbia

Sarah Vaughan chronology

Crazy and Mixed Up
(1982)

Gershwin Live!
(1982)

The Planet Is Alive...Let it Live!
(1984)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]

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. ^[3]

Track listing

Overture: Porgy and Bess Medley: "Summertime"/"It Ain't Necessarily So" (George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward, Ira Gershwin)/(G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin, Heyward) – 7:52
Medley: "But Not for Me"/"Our Love Is Here to Stay"/"Embraceable You"/"Someone To Watch Over Me" – 9:39
"Sweet and Low Down" – 3:36
"Fascinating Rhythm" – 4:04
"Do It Again" (Buddy DeSylva, G. Gershwin) – 5:29
"My Man's Gone Now" (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin, Heyward) – 5:51
"The Man I Love" – 10:03
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
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

Footnotes

↑ Ted Gioia (3 July 2012). The Jazz Standards: A Guide to the Repertoire. Oxford University Press. pp. 114–. ISBN 978-0-19-976915-5. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
↑ Allmusic review
↑ Grammy Award search engine

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Studio albums	Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown 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

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

Charted singles	"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"

Songs	"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"

Related topics	Discography Unmarked Van: A Tribute to Sarah Vaughan

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