ANDRÉ PREVIN with MUNDELL LOWE & RAY BROWN — Uptown (1990) Three Version | APE + WV + FLAC (image+.tracks+.cue), lossless

This was André Previn's second album after his long, symphonically enforced absence from jazz, and it sounds noticeably more fluid and relaxed than his first. No longer apprehensive about dusting off his old skills, Previn is delightfully confident and breezy (dig his sly turns on "Come Rain or Come Shine" and "C Jam Blues"), taking some chances as he re-phrases and paraphrases a collection of revivified standards, mostly Harold Arlen and assorted Duke Ellington. Even if Previn, that noted wit, sometimes sounds as if he is kidding the pants off these old tunes, it's great to hear him having such a good time playing jazz again. Mundell Lowe is Previn's new guitar partner, and Ray Brown returns on bass; both are right at home in this refined brand of chamber jazz grooving. Adding to the CD's appeal are some marvelously (and typically) graceful liner notes by Mel Powell, an old pal of Previn's and a lively fellow defector from the jazz piano ranks to the classical world. Richard S. Ginell

Tracklist :

1. Between The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea  4:42
 Harold Arlen / Ted Koehler 
2. A Sleepin' Bee 5:13
 Harold Arlen / Truman Capote 
3. Come Rain Or Come Shine 4:10
 Harold Arlen / Johnny Mercer 
4. Stormy Weather 4:33
 Harold Arlen / Ted Koehler 
5. Over The rainbow 4:36
 Harold Arlen / E.Y. "Yip" Harburg 
6. Let's Fall In Love 3:21
 Harold Arlen / Ted Koehler 
7. Day Dream / Prelude To A Kiss 4:43
 Duke Ellington / Irving Gordon / John Latouche / Irving Mills / Billy Strayhorn
8. Good Queen Bess 4:21
 Johnny Hodges 
9. Things Ain't What They Used To Be 4:19
 Mercer Ellington / Ted Persons 
10. It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing 3:05
 Duke Ellington / Irving Mills 
11. Five O' Clock Whistle 5:29
 Kim Gannon / Gene Irwin / Josef Myrow 
12. Come Sunday 4:11
 Duke Ellington 
13. C Jam Blues 4:51
 Barney Bigard / Duke Ellington

Credits :

André Previn - Piano

Mundell Lowe - Guitar

Ray Brown - Bass