Come Rain or Shine: The Harold Arlen Songbook

Come Rain or Shine: The Harold Arlen Songbook
Studio album by André Previn and Sylvia McNair
Released	1996
Recorded	August 1995
Studio	Campion Center, Weston, Massachusetts
Genre	Jazz
Length	1:09:11
Label	Philips 446 818-2[1]
Producer	John Patterson
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Sylvia McNair chronology
Come Rain or Shine: The Harold Arlen Songbook (1996)

Come Rain or Shine: The Harold Arlen Songbook is a 1996 album by André Previn and Sylvia McNair of songs by the composer Harold Arlen.[2]

The initial Billboard magazine review from June 8, 1996, commented that "McNair is best in cozy renditions of Arlen ballads, giving away a tad too-much of her concert hall skills on the rhythm numbers...the album has that wonderful, intimate air of a singer and musician who got together for what turned out to be a charming gathering 'round the keyboard".[3]

Come Rain or Come Shine was also reviewed in BBC Music Magazine, San Diego Magazine and Gramophone.[4][5][6]

Track listing

• All music by Harold Arlen, lyricists indicated

1. "Over the Rainbow" (E.Y. "Yip" Harburg) – 3:52
2. "Stormy Weather" (Ted Koehler) – 4:20
3. "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" (Koehler) – 2:01
4. "It Was Written in the Stars" (Leo Robin) – 4:29
5. "As Long as I Live" (Koehler) – 4:03
6. "That Old Black Magic" (Johnny Mercer) – 3:02
7. "The Morning After" (Dory Previn) – 3:18
8. "A Sleepin' Bee" (Truman Capote) – 5:29
9. "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive" (Mercer) – 2:56
10. "Goose Never Be a Peacock" (Mercer) – 3:55
11. "I Wonder What Became of Me" (Mercer) – 3:23
12. "It's Only a Paper Moon" (Harburg, Billy Rose) – 2:41
13. "Two Ladies in de Shade of de Banana Tree" (Capote) – 2:13
14. "Cocoanut Sweet" (Harburg) – 5:30
15. "Right as the Rain" (Harburg) – 3:28
16. "I've Got the World on a String" (Koehler) – 3:43
17. "Come Rain or Come Shine" (Mercer) – 4:13
18. "This Time the Dream's on Me" (Mercer) – 3:34
19. "Let's Take a Walk Around the Block" (Ira Gershwin, Harburg) – 5:39
20. "Last Night When We Were Young" (Harburg) – 2:46

Personnel

• André Previn – piano
• Sylvia McNair – vocals
• David Finck – double bass

Production

• John Newton – engineer
• John Patterson – producer

References

1. – Come Rain or Shine: The Harold Arlen Songbook
2. Come Rain or Shine: The Harold Arlen Songbook at AllMusic
3. "Reviews & Previews". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 8 June 1996. p. 97. ISSN 0006-2510.
4. BBC Music Magazine. BBC magazines. 1996. p. 81.
5. The Gramophone. MA Music Leisure & Travel Limited. 1997.
6. San Diego Magazine. San Diego Magazine Publishing Company.