Great Jewish Music: Burt Bacharach (1997)

About this title: This two-CD set, produced by John Zorn, is second in a series of compilation albums dedicated to Jewish composers. The formidable and oft-forgotten -- ignored, perhaps -- Burt Bacharach is the focus of this album. Zorn calls upon some excellent musicians for this effort, including Medeski, Martin & Wood, Joey Baron, Bill Frisell, and a host of others. Some of the covers are heartfelt, well thought out and played with the acute attention to detail necessary to the satisfactory rendering of a Bacharach tune. However, some of the works do not allow for the composer's original feelings to shine ... read more

Tracks:

1. (They Long to Be) Close to You [Bacharach/David]
2. Don't Go Breaking My Heart
3. Wives and Lovers
4. Who Gets the Guy/This Guy's in Love With You
5. Walk on By
6. Promises, Promises
7. Alfie [Bacharach/David]
8. Free Fall
9. Don't Go Breaking My Heart
10. Trains and Boats and Planes [Bacharach/David]
11. Do You Know the Way to San Jose? [Bacharach/David]
12. (The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance
13. I Say a Little Prayer [Bacharach]
14. She's Gone Away
15. I Just Don't Know What to Do With Myself
16. A House Is Not a Home
17. The Look of Love
18. What's New Pussycat?
19. What the World Needs Now Is Love [Bacharach/David]
20. I Took My Strength from You (I Had None)

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.