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Daryl Sherman: Johnny Mercer A Centennial Tribute
by Andrew Velez
Choosing “I'm Shadowing You" as the opener on Daryl Sherman's fine Centennial Tribute to composer and lyricist Johnny Mercer inevitably recalls Blossom Dearie. Heretofore that tune has pretty much been the exclusive property of the late vocalist. There are also other, more than passing, resemblances between the two singers, both first-class self-accompanists on piano possessing underage ...
Clint Eastwood Presents Johnny Mercer: The Dream's On Me
by Samuel Chell
Johnny Mercer Clint Eastwood Presents Johnny Mercer: The Dream's On Me TCM 2009 Film director Clint Eastwood's love of jazz and American popular song is far from a secret, especially following his feature-length biopic about alto saxophonist Charlie Parker (Bird, 1988), during which the ever restless Eastwood got the idea ...
No "Vanity" Here: Jackie Ryan, Denise Donatelli, Lisa Sokolov, Kat Edmonson
by J Hunter
One of the whinier columns ever to appear in a major jazz publication concerned “Vanity Projects"--that is, sessions bankrolled by rich men for their marginally talented spouses/girlfriends/siblings/whatever. Unfortunately, those kind of recordings do exist, and in far greater numbers than desirable. However, the author's implication was that most female vocal projects could be categorized in this ...
Danilo Pérez: la aventura del momento
by Joan A. Cararach
Al otro lado de la pantalla (gracias, Skype), aparece Danilo Pérez (Pueblo Nuevo, Monte Oscuro, 1965). Sonriente, comunicativo, afable, interrumpe de vez en cuando la conversación para ir presentando a las personas que pasan por su despacho en el Berklee College of Music. El pianista panameño acaba de regresar a los escenarios tras una lesión en ...
Johnny Mercer Honored in TCM Special Executive-Produced by Clint Eastwood
Turner Classic Movies to Celebrate Legendary Singer-Songwriter Johnny Mercer as Clint Eastwood Presents JOHNNY MERCER: THE DREAM'S ON ME In-Depth, Music-Filled Portrait of Mercer to Premiere in November, Commemorating 100th Anniversary of His Birth “Hooray for Hollywood"; “Jeepers Creepers"; “That Old Black Magic"; “On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe"; “Skylark"; “Blues in the Night"; ...
Bob Albanese Trio: One Way/Detour
by John Patten
In 2008, pianist Bob Albanese took his trio into a studio to do an unplanned recording while performing in Florida, spinning a collection of first and second takes with saxophonist Ira Sullivan that became One Way/Detour. As a composer, Albanese uses rhythm to lay the groundwork for his compositions. He builds on spare harmonic ...
Ernestine Anderson: A Song for You
by Dr. Judith Schlesinger
There's no doubt that American Idol, that immensely popular TV vocal competition now in its eighth season as of this writing, has redefined the public's idea of what constitutes “great" singing. In many quarters, the old criteria of good pitch and time, pleasing tone and honest feeling are no longer sufficient, for why hold onto one ...
Johnny Mercer
Label: Mosaic Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: CD1: They Didn't Believe Me (A); The Old Music Master (B); G.I. Jive (C); Dixieland Band (D); Jamboree Jones (E); San Fernando Valley (F);
Someone's In The Kitchen With Dinah (F); The Tailgate Ramble (G); Lazy Mood (H); Duration Blues (I); Sam's Got Him (J); It Ain't Necessarily So (K);
Evelina (K); I'm Gonna See My Baby (L); Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive (L); Camptown Races (M); Mrs. Wiggs Of The Cabbage Patch (N); Surprise Party (O);
If I Knew Then (P); Sweet Lorraine (Q); By The River St. Marie (R); He Should'a Flip'd When He Flop'd (S); Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home (T);
Li'l Augie Is A Natural Man (T); It's A Good Day (U). CD2: I May Be Wrong (V); By The River St. Marie (V); Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You (V); Mindin' My Business (V); Sugar (V);
The Object Of My Affection (V); Button Up Your Overcoat (V); Sunbonnet Sue (V); Indiana (V); I Never Knew (V); I Guess I'll Have To Change My Plan (W);
The Object Of My Affection (W); Ugly Chile (W); My Sugar Is So Refined (X); Baby I'm True To You (X); Sugar Blues (X); Minding My Business (X);
One For My Baby (And One More For The Road) (Y); Sweet Georgia Brown (Z); When The Bloom Is On The Sage (Z); Sweet Lorraine (Z); Crazy Rhythm (Z);
Margie (Z); Louisville Lou (Z); Lulu's Back In Town (Z); I Can't Get The One I Want (Z); Love Is Just Around The Corner (Z); Someday Sweetheart (Z);
Huggin' And A Chalkin'. CD3: Tuscaloosa Bus (BB); Possum Song (CC); It Takes Time (DD); Moon-Faced, Starry-Eyed (EE); Tallahassee (FF); Cecilia (FF); Box Car Blues (GG);
Country Boy Blues (HH); Don't Take Your Meanness (II); School Days (II); Why Should I Cry Over You (JJ); Save The Bones For Henry Jones (KK);
My Baby Likes To Be-Bop (KK); You Can't Make Money Dreamin' (KK); The Freedom Train (LL); That's The Way He Does It (MM);
Never Make Eyes (At The Gal With The Guys Who Are Bigger Than You) (NN); I Don't Care If It Rains All Night (OO); Hooray For Love (PP); I've Been Hit (PP);
The Peanut Vendor (QQ); The Hills of California (QQ); Limehouse Blues (QQ); Down Among The Sheltering Palms (RR); Would Ya? (RR).
Johnny Mercer: Johnny Mercer
by Suzanne Lorge
In 1942 Johnny Mercer started Capitol Records with businessmen Buddy DeSylva and Glen Wallichs. At the time, Mercer was churning out hits for Hollywood, collaborating with composers like Jerome Kern, Harold Arlen and Richard Whiting. He recorded dozens of hits for the label during the 1940s, his amiable, untrained baritone in effect one of the voices ...
