The Jazz Giants Play Jerome Kern: Yesterdays (1998)

About this title: Any jazz collection that ranges from Thelonious Monk's angular interpretation of "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" to Paul Desmond's unmistakable mellow alto saxophone on "Look for the Silver Lining" is worth checking out. Opening with the ultimate version of "All the Things You Are," performed by Art Tatum and Ben Webster, this disc lives up to its Jazz Giants billing with selections performed by Sonny Rollins, Bill Evans, Jackie McLean, Art Pepper, Blue Mitchell, Clark Terry and others. Sidemen include John Coltrane, Kenny Burrell, Philly Joe Jones and Roy Haynes. With tracks culled from the ... read more

Tracks:

1. All the Things You Are [Kern/Hammerstein]
2. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes [Kern/Harbach]
3. Dearly Beloved [Kern/Mercer]
4. Yesterdays [Kern/Harbach]
5. Ol' Man River [Kern/Hammerstein]
6. Long Ago (And Far Away) [Gershwin/Kern]
7. The Folks Who Live on the Hill [Kern/Hammerstein]
8. A Sure Thing [Gershwin/Kern]
9. The Way You Look Tonight [Kern/Fields]
10. Look for the Silver Lining [DeSylva/Kern]
11. Nobody Else But Me [Kern/Hammerstein]
12. They Didn't Believe Me [Kern/Reynolds]
13. Why Was I Born? [Kern/Hammerstein]
14. The Song Is You [Live] [Kern/Hammerstein]

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