LES BROWN
Kurt Weill's STREET SCENE (Sentimental Rhapsody)
Vocalist, Eileen Wilson,
I'm really not attempting to getting into swing styling here, It does come through.
But while this is an excellent recording, I find it most interesting because Street Scene is described as an American opera by Kurt Weill, Langston Hughes, and Elmer Rice. Written in 1946 and premiered in Philadelphia that year, Street Scene is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name by Rice.
It’s a great tune. Kenton recorded it on the Tropicana album. Totally different. Probably closer to Weill’s intention.
It’s a great tune. Kenton recorded it on the Tropicana album. Totally different. Probably closer to Weill’s intention.
Bob Higgins (tp,arr) Dale Pierce, Bob Fowler, Jimmy Salco (tp) Ray Klein, Ray Sims, Ralph Pfeffner, Freddie Zito (tb) Les Brown (cl,as,arr) Musky Ruffo, Louis Prisby (as,cl) Ted Nash (ts) Joe Koch (bar) Butch Stone (bar,cl,vcl) Jimmy Rowles (p) Tony Rizzi (g) Joe Mondragon (b) Jackie Mills (d) Eileen Wilson, Ray Kellogg (vcl) Frank Comstock, Skip Martin, Ed Finckel, Ben Homer (arr)
Hollywood, CA, April 26, 1947
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