Mathis on Broadway

Mathis on Broadway
Studio album by Johnny Mathis
Released April 25, 2000[1]
Recorded Cello Studios,
Hollywood, California,
Capitol Studios,
Hollywood, California,
Randini Studios,
Studio City, Los Angeles, California,
Sony Studios,
Santa Monica, California,
Encore Studios,
Burbank, California,
The Hop,
Studio City, Los Angeles, California,
Sound on Sound,
New York, New York[2]
Genre Vocal[1]
Length 33:10
Label Columbia
Producer Jay Landers
Richard Jay-Alexander
William Ross
Randy Waldman
Jorge Calandrelli
Jonathan Tunick[2]
Johnny Mathis chronology

Because You Loved Me: The Songs of Diane Warren
(1998)		 Mathis on Broadway
(2000)		 The Christmas Album
(2002)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Billboard (positive)[3]
TheaterMania.com (positive)[4]

Mathis on Broadway is an album by American pop singer Johnny Mathis that was released in April 2000 by Columbia Records[1] and focuses upon songs included in musicals from the previous two decades.

Reception

Reviews of the singer's most recent tribute to the Great White Way were positive: Michael Portantiere of TheaterMania.com wrote that "Mathis comes across with the smooth, rich, velvety vocalism for which he is legendary,"[4] noting that certain songs covered on the album "require the kind of breath support, legato, and phrasing that precious few singers of Mathis' age can supply. But this guy still has the right stuff, in abundance."[4] Billboard magazine echoed these sentiments: "The legendary performer breathes fresh perspective into songs that might sound overdone in lesser hands."[3] And William Ruhlmann of AllMusic goes so far as to say that "the lesser talents among the composers -- Lloyd Webber, Wildhorn, Claude-Michel Schönberg -- owe Mathis a debt for making their music sound so good, while Sondheim can be grateful that Mathis makes him sound so accessible.[1]

Track listing[2]

  1. "On Broadway" from Smokey Joe's Cafe (Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) – 3:24
  2. "Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries" from Fosse (featuring Forever Plaid) (Lew Brown, Ray Henderson) – 2:46
  3. "Loving You" from Passion (Stephen Sondheim) – 4:38
  4. "They Live in You" from The Lion King (Lebo M., Mark Mancina, Jay Rifkin) – 4:13
    • Randy Waldman – producer, arranger, recording engineer; keyboards and programming
    • Jay Landers – producer
    • Richard Jay-Alexander – producer
    • Lebo M. – coproducer; choir arranger and conductor
    • Kevin Clark – recording engineer
    • Ray Bardini – recording engineer
    • Frank Wolf – mixing engineer
    • Neil Stubenhaus – bass
    • Nandi Morake – choir
    • Ntombikhona Dlamini – choir
    • Lindiwe Dlamini – choir
    • Lindiwe Hlengwa– choir
    • Bonginkosi Kulu – choir
    • Ronald Kunene– choir
    • Anthony Manough – choir
    • Philip McAdoo – choir
    • Rema Webb – choir
  5. "Bring Him Home" from Les Misérables (Alain Boublil, Herbert Kretzmer, Claude-Michel Schönberg) – 3:23
  6. Medley (featuring Betty Buckley) – 5:45
    a. "Children Will Listen" from Into the Woods (Stephen Sondheim)
    b. "Our Children" from Ragtime (Lynn Ahrens, Stephen Flaherty)
  7. "All I Ask of You" from The Phantom of the Opera (Charles Hart, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Richard Stilgoe) – 4:15
  8. "Once Upon a Dream" from Jekyll & Hyde (Leslie Bricusse, Steve Cuden, Frank Wildhorn) – 5:10
    • Jay Landers – producer
    • Richard Jay-Alexander – producer
    • Megan Cavallari – arranger
    • Frank Wolf – recording engineer, mixing engineer
    • William Ross – conductor
  9. "Seasons of Love" from Rent (featuring Nell Carter) (Jonathan Larson) – 4:08
    • Randy Waldman – producer, arranger, recording engineer; keyboards and programming
    • Jay Landers – producer
    • Richard Jay-Alexander – producer
    • Megan Cavallari – choir arranger and conductor
    • Kevin Clark – recording engineer
    • Frank Wolf – mixing engineer
    • Nathan East – bass
    • Maxine Waters – choir
    • Julia Waters – choir
    • Oren Waters – choir
    • Luther Waters – choir
    • Sally Stevens – choir
    • Terry Wood – choir
    • Bobbi Page – choir
    • Carmen Twillie – choir
    • Angie Jaree – choir
    • Ginger Freers – choir
    • Susan Boyd – choir
    • Jeffrey Polk – choir
    • Jim Gilstrap – choir
    • Rick Logan – choir
    • Josef Powell – choir
    • Jon Joyce – choir

Personnel[2]

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Mathis on Broadway - Johnny Mathis". allmusic.com. All Media Network, LLC. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 (2000) Mathis on Broadway by Johnny Mathis [CD booklet]. New York: Columbia Records CK 63897.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Reviews & Previews". Billboard. 2000-05-13. p. 26.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Visiting Broadway: Johnny Mathis and Kathie Lee Gifford". TheaterMania.com. TheaterMania.com, Inc. Retrieved 8 February 2015.