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Monday, May 30, 2016

Gershwin, Shavers And Strings - Charlie Shavers

I've Got Rhythm
Gershwin, Shavers And Strings
Charlie Shavers
Orchestra Conducted By Sy Oliver
Cover: Burt Goldblatt
Bethlehem Records BCP-27
1955

From the back cover: Charlie Shavers was delighted at the prospect of displaying his trumpet in such a musically astute setting. Despite the fact that he never knew Gershwin, Charlie has the greatest respect for this man who seemed to sense the rigid requirements of a musician's music, and dipped his pen accordingly. It isn't so much that the combination of Charlie Shavers with strings lends itself to a successful venture, as that Charlie Shavers the musical is able to interpret in his own lyric way the composition of a man who has gained the respect of music lovers the world over for his sincerity and devotion to his art. – Joe Quinn

I've Got A Crush On You
Someone To Watch Over Me
Somebody Loves Me
The Man I Love
It Ain't Necessarily So
Liza
Embraceable You
I've Got Rhythm
Summertime
But Not For Me

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