This is New is a 2002 album by Dee Dee Bridgewater, dedicated to the songs of Kurt Weill.

Track listing

  1. "This Is New" (Ira Gershwin) – 3:47
  2. "Lost in the Stars" (Maxwell Anderson) – 5:36
  3. "The Bilbao Song" (Michael Feingold, Frank McGuinness) – 10:24
  4. "My Ship" (Ira Gershwin) – 4:56
  5. "Alabama Song" (Bertolt Brecht) – 5:38
  6. "The Saga of Jenny" (Ogden Nash) – 4:54
  7. "Youkali" (Roger Fernay) – 3:54
  8. "I'm a Stranger Here Myself" (Ogden Nash) – 5:50
  9. "Speak Low" (Ogden Nash) – 4:17
  10. "September Song" (Anderson) – 4:40
  11. "Here I'll Stay" (Alan Jay Lerner) – 11:15

All music composed by Kurt Weill, lyricists in brackets.

Personnel

  • Dee Dee Bridgewater – vocals
  • Thierry Eliez – Hammond B3 organ, piano, backing vocals, arrangements (tracks: 1, 2)
  • Louis Winsberg – guitar
  • Ira Coleman – double bass
  • André Ceccarelli – drums
  • Minino Garay – percussion
  • Nicolas Folmer – trumpet
  • Denis LeLoup – trombone
  • Daniele Scannapieco – alto saxophone, flute
  • Antonio Hart – alto saxophone (2, 10), flute (3)
  • Juan José Mosalini – bandoneon (7)
  • Cecil Bridgewater – arranger (except 1, 2), conductor
  • Bernie Arcadio – string arrangements (4, 9)
  • China Moses, Tulani Bridgewater Kowalski – backing vocals

Chart positions

References


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