Way You Look Tonight: The Romantic Songs of Jerome Kern (2004)

About this title: Beegie Adair has long been a staple on the Nashville jazz scene. This tribute to Jerome Kern was one of six CDs issued individually and also as a part of a boxed set. With the support of bassist Roger Spencer and drummer Chris Brown, Adair tackled the formidable challenge of creating fresh arrangements of a baker's dozen of Kern's compositions. Her lush introduction to "All the Things Your Are" is a refreshing change from the almost-mandatory B flat theme created by Dizzy Gillespie. She also reverts to its original relaxed ballad setting rather than making it a bebop racehorse. "Yesterdays" ... read more

Tracks:

1. The Way You Look Tonight [Kern/Fields]
2. Pick Yourself Up [Kern/Fields]
3. Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man [Kern/Hammerstein]
4. I'm Old Fashioned [Kern/Mercer]
5. A Fine Romance [Kern/Fields]
6. All the Things You Are [Kern/Hammerstein]
7. The Song Is You [Kern/Hammerstein]
8. The Last Time I Saw Paris [Kern/Hammerstein]
9. Yesterdays [Kern/Harbach]
10. They Didn't Believe Me [Kern/Rourke]
11. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes [Kern/Hammerstein]
12. Long Ago and Far Away [Kern/Gershwin]
13. Old Man River [Kern/Hammerstein]

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