1999 live album by Freda Payne
Live in Concert is a recording of a live performance that Payne made in Los Angeles on November 6, 1993. It is actually an edited version of the live album An Evening With Freda Payne: Live in Concert , although six songs are longer on this album.. In this performance, Payne performs a variety of songs that were an important part in her career, particularly tracks 5 through 9. Tracks 15 through 18 is a tribute to the many female jazz singers of the 1930s and 1940s. The final track is a medley of two songs, both of which were not featured on An Evening With Freda Payne . Inside the album cover is an essay by Freda on her life and career and life in general and her special thank-yous.
Track listing
Title Writer(s) 1. "Don't Rain on My Parade " Jules Styne , Bob Merrill 4:15 2. "I'm a Woman " Ella McDaniel , Koko Taylor 3:01 3. "Little Girl Blue " Richard Rodgers , Lorenz Hart 4:10 4. "Teach Me Tonight " Sammy Cahn , Gene DePaul 3:27 5. "Through the Memory of My Mind" William Weatherspoon 1:41 6. "Cherish What Is Dear to You" Brian Holland , Lamont Dozier , Angelo Bond1:23 7. "The Road We Didn't Take" Brian Holland , Lamont Dozier , D. Dumas3:07 8. "Band of Gold " Ronald Dunbar, Edythe Wayne 2:32 9. "Bring the Boys Home" General Johnson, Angelo Bond, Greg Perry 2:42 10. "It Don't Mean a Thing " Irving Mills , Duke Ellington 2:59 11. "Take the "A" Train" Billy Strayhorn 4:55 12. "In a Sentimental Mood " Duke Ellington , Irving Mills , Manny Kurtz3:51 13. "Rough and Ready Man" Hunter 4:14 14. "Beads" Sally Eaton, Brackman 4:19 15. "C'est si bon " Henri Betti , André Hornez , Jerry Seelen 4:49 16. "Stormy Weather " Harold Arlen , Ted Koehler 2:08 17. "Lady Be Good " George Gershwin , Ira Gershwin 1:14 18. "Here's to Life" Artie Butler, Phyllis Molinary 6:11 19. "Who Can I Turn To? /Didn't We " Anthony Newley , Leslie Bricusse /Webb5:43
Tracks 15 to 18: Impersonation medley
Personnel
Album production staff
Produced by: Dan Musselman
Executive producer: Freda Payne
Executive producer for Varèse Sarabande: Bruce Kimmel
Recorded and mixed by: Al Johnson at Score One Recording, Inc., North Hollywood, CA
Recorded live: November 6, 1993, Los Angeles
Mastered by: Joe Gastwirt at OceanView Digital Mastering
Cover photograph: Chris Fithian
Package design: Andrea Sine
With special thanks to: Cary E. Mansfield
Live show production staff
Produced by: Denise Jackson White, Dee Jay Wyte Production and Gene Jackson, Co-Real Artists
Production stage manager/lighting designer: Larry Oberman
Set designer: Tom Brown
Sound/video: Anthony Carr
Musical director: Rahn Coleman
Stage manager: Rebecca James
Choreographer: Lorraine Fields
Stage manager: Caesar Scott
Musicians
Drums: Quinton Dennard
Percussion: Munyungo Jackson
Guitar: Mike O'Neal
Sax: Charlie Owens
Trumpet: Bobby Rodrigues
Bass: Eddie Watkins
Singers
Scherrie Payne
Joyce Vincent Wilson
Pam Vincent
Dancers
Perry Moore
William Wesley
References
Studio albums Live albums Compilation albums Singles Related topics