Cole Porter - It's De Lovely - The Authentic Cole Porter Collection
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Music CD Cover Artist: Cole Porter Edition: Music CD Format: Extra tracks CD Release Date: 2004-06-22 Music Label: RCA Product features:
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Free Music Notes for It's De Lovely - The Authentic Cole Porter Collection Album
Free Music Review: BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD!
Hit: 3 Stars
On the face of it, much care has been take in the production of this CD; a glossy liner note penned by Will Friedwald, embellished by photos of Porter, his RCA Victor contract, a record wrapper, and the reproduction of the scroll Victor label on the CD itself. Add to that two of Porter's own recordings to which Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks have overlaid an orchestral accompaniment, and vocals by Lena Horne, Dinah Shore, Frank Sinatra, Al Bowlly, Fred Astaire, and Rosemary Clooney and you have the basis for an excellent tribute to the supreme lyricist/composer.
But that is not enough. "The Authentic Cole Porter Collection" needs the words as well as the music, and no fewer than seven of the nineteen tracks are lacking that vital ingredient. I've no objection to any jazz artist playing just the melody, least of all Artie Shaw with "Begin The Beguine" and Coleman Hawkins with "I Love Paris", but the inclusion also of Shorty Rodgers, Sonny Rollins, Paul Desmond, Tommy Dorsey, and Esquivel (who?), is surely under-egging the pudding.
To add insult to injury, the claim is made "What's special about this collection is that the selections ... are ... the performances that he himself heard when the songs were still fresh". Oh no they're not, to put it politely. You also need to get the words right when you do use them. It was "Delicious" and "Delightful" and "Delirious" but "De Lovely" it was not.