George Shearing & Barry Tuckwell Play the Music of Cole Porter

George Shearing & Barry Tuckwell Play the Music of Cole Porter
Studio album by George Shearing
Released	January 1986
Recorded	1985
Genre	Jazz
Label	Concord CC 2010[1]
Producer	Carl Jefferson
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George Shearing & Barry Tuckwell Play the Music of Cole Porter is a 1986 album by the jazz pianist George Shearing and the French horn player Barry Tuckwell of the music of Cole Porter. The pair are accompanied on some tracks by a string quartet.^[2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

Scott Yanow reviewed the album for Allmusic and wrote that "In general Tuckwell does not improvise but Shearing's arrangements give a jazz feel to all of the performances and make the music accessible (if not really essential) to both classical and jazz listeners".^[2]

Track listing

1. "I Concentrate on You" – 4:58
2. "Ev'rything I Love" – 2:54
3. "I've Got You Under My Skin" – 4:43
4. "Easy to Love" – 2:19
5. "In the Still of the Night" – 2:45
6. "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" – 4:00
7. "But in the Morning, No!" – 2:41
8. "So in Love" – 5:32
9. "After You, Who?" – 4:27
10. "All Through the Night" – 3:55
11. "Do I Love You?" – 5:16

All compositions by Cole Porter

Personnel

• George Shearing – piano, liner notes, arranger
• Barry Tuckwell – french horn, liner notes
• Guildhall String Ensemble
• Harry Lookofsky, Frederick Buldrini, Lewis Eley, Maura Giannini, Carmel Malin, Joseph Malin, Louann Montesi – violin
• Seymour Barab, Avron Coleman, Frederick Zlotkin – cello
• Mike Renzi – conductor
• John Clayton, Don Thompson – double bass
• Grady Tate – drums, percussion
• Ed Trabanco – engineer
• Carl Jefferson – producer

References

1. "George Shearing & Barry Tuckwell – Play the Music of Cole Porter (Vinyl, LP)". discogs.com. Retrieved 2016-06-26.
2. Plays Music of Cole Porter at AllMusic