Now Singing In 12 Great Movies

Now Singing In 12 Great Movies
Studio album by Billy Eckstine
Released 1963
Recorded 1963
Genre Traditional pop music, Jazz
Length 39:16
Label Mercury WC 16334/SR 60834[1]
Producer Quincy Jones
Billy Eckstine chronology
The Golden Hits of Billy Eckstine
(1962)		 Now Singing In 12 Great Movies
(1963)		 The Modern Sound of Mr. B
(1964)

Now Singing In 12 Great Movies is a 1963 studio album by the American singer Billy Eckstine. It was arranged by Billy Byers, conducted by Bobby Tucker, and produced by Quincy Jones.[2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

The 2002 reissue of the album was reviewed by Ken Dryden at Allmusic who critiqued the marketing of the album as a jazz album. Dryden described the music as "very listenable, with a solid performance throughout by Eckstine" though the arrangements he felt were "very predictable, lacking any significant improvising or solos, awash in strings with a rhythm section that seems on autopilot....Billy Eckstine's vocal abilities are never in question, but jazz fans need to know what to expect prior to purchasing this reissue."[2] Now Singing In 12 Great Movies was chosen as a "Four Star Album" at the time of its release from Billboard magazine in February 1964.[3]

Track listing

  1. "More (Theme from Mondo Cane)" (Norman Newell, Nino Oliviero, Riz Ortolani) - 2:40
  2. "The High and the Mighty" (Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington) - 4:00
  3. "Moon River" (Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer) - 2:38
  4. "Never on Sunday" (Manos Hatzidakis, Billy Towne) - 2:47
  5. "Tender Is the Night" (Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster) - 3:18
  6. "Manhã de Carnival (Morning of the Carnival)" (Luiz Bonfá, Antônio Maria) - 2:51
  7. "A Felicidade (Adieu Tristesse)" (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinícius de Moraes, Andre Michel Salvet) - 2:47
  8. "Three Coins in the Fountain" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) - 3:47
  9. "Days of Wine and Roses" (Mancini, Mercer) - 2:50
  10. "On Green Dolphin Street" (Bronisław Kaper, Ned Washington) - 2:35
  11. "My Own True Love" (Mack David, Max Steiner) - 3:29
  12. "The Good Life" (Sacha Distel, Jack Reardon) - 3:36
  13. "Tonight" (Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim) - 2:43

Personnel

Reissue personnel

References

  1. ↑ http://www.discogs.com/Billy-Eckstine-Now-Singing-In-12-Great-Movies/master/560243 Discogs - Now Singing In 12 Great Movies
  2. 1 2 3 Now Singing In 12 Great Movies at AllMusic
  3. ↑ Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (1 February 1964). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. ISSN 0006-2510.
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