During the Fifties, American artists from the world of jazz and popular music turned to Kurt Weill and the melodies that came from his music for the theatre, notably the future Broadway hits that he created in the USA. Thanks to those artists, Weill's songs went straight into the Great American Songbook for good, writing a new chapter that erased the Berlin/Brecht imagery usually linked to the German composer of the world-famous Threepenny Opera. This release is a compilation of some of Kurt Weill's most popular songs, performed by some of the world's most famous musicians, including Ella Fitzgerald, Abbey Lincoln, Chet Baker, and many others.

Tracklist:

Lost in the Stars (Abbey Lincoln) 4:10
Speak Low (Lena Horne) 3:28
Moritat (Sonny Rollins) 10:04
September Song (Nat King Cole ; G. Shearing) 2:59
Mack the Knife (Ella Fitzgerald)
My Ship (Miles Davis) 4:25
Moon-Faced and Starry-Eyed (Johnny Mercer) 3:02
Speak Low (Billie Holiday) 4:27
Mack the Knife (Louis Armstrong) 3:54 1
September Song (Red Norvo Trio) 3:31 1
Speak Low (Anita O:Day) 2:35 1
Mack the Knife (Anita O:Day) 3:08 1
My Ship (Ernestine Anderson) 3:40 1
September Song (Django Reinhardt) 2:33 1
September Song (Joe Loco) 3:04 1
Speak Low (Henri Salvador) 4:28 1
Moon-Faced and Starry-Eyed (Max Roach) 2:53 1
Speak Low (Max Roach) 2:50 1
Speak Low (Booker Ervin) 6:59 2
Mack the Knife (Erroll Garner) 4:28 2
My Ship (Anita O:Day) 2:42 2
Here, I:Ll Stay (Gerry Mulligan) 4:59 2
September Song (Frank Sinatra) 3:07 2
Mack the Knife (Bing Crosby) 3:54 2
September Song (Art Tatum) 3:22 2
Bilbao Song (Gil Evans Orchestra) 4:12 2
Lost in the Stars (Tony Bennett ; Count Basie Orch) 3:59 2
Speak Low (Chris Connor) 2:34 2
Lonely House (Abbey Lincoln) 3:40 3
September Song (Walter Huston) 2:53 3
Speak Low (Dick Hyman) 1:53 3
It Never Was You (Dick Hyman) 3:01 3
Foolish Heart (Dick Hyman) 2:12 3
Speak Low (Christiane Legrand) 2:37 3
September Song (Jean-Michel Defaye) 2:51 3
Mack the Knife (Dick Hyman Trio) 2:16 3
Speak Low (Sarah Vaughan) 4:50 3
September Song (Sarah Vaughan) 5:47 3
Wie Man Sich Bettet 4
(Andre Previn / J.J. Johnson) 6:07 4
Speak Low (Chet Baker) 2:09 4
September Song (Chet Baker) 3:03 4
My Ship (Jerry Southern) 3:55 4
Mack the Knife (Bobby Darin) 3:08 4
Speak Low (Chico Hamilton) 2:28 4
September Song (Chico Hamilton) 3:35 4
Overture (Andre Previn / J.J. Johnson) 5:02 4
Bilbao Song (Andre Previn / J.J. Johnson) 4:04 4
Barbara (Andre Previn / J.J. Johnson) 6:05 5
SeeraÃ¼ber Jenny (Andre Previn /J.J. Johnson) 4:20 5
Mack the Knife (Andre Previn / J.J. Johnson) 4:52 5
Surabaya Johnny (Andre Previn / J.J. Johnson) 4:14 5
Unzulanglichhkeit (Andre Previn / J.J. Johnson) 4:52 5
Moon-Faced and Starry-Eyed (Dick Hyman) 2:19

UPC: 3561302569529
Label: Fremeaux Heritage
Release Date: 1.11.19
Format: CD

Kurt Weill - Kurt Weill's Songs (CD)