Gene Lees Sings Gene Lees

~ Release by Gene Lees (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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1Dreamer
bass:
Neil Swainson (jazz bassist)
drums (drum set):
Barry Elmes (Canadian jazz drummer and composer)
flugelhorn, harmonica, percussion and trumpet:
Guido Basso
guitar:
Reg Schwager
piano:
Don Thompson (Canadian jazz multi-instrumentalist / composer / arranger / engineer)
tenor saxophone:
Mike Murley
vocals:
Gene Lees
arranger:
Don Thompson (Canadian jazz multi-instrumentalist / composer / arranger / engineer)
recording of:
Dreamer
lyricist:
Gene Lees
composer:
Antônio Carlos Jobim
4:58
2I Love to Make Things Grow
bass:
Neil Swainson (jazz bassist)
drums (drum set):
Barry Elmes (Canadian jazz drummer and composer)
flugelhorn, harmonica, percussion and trumpet:
Guido Basso
guitar:
Reg Schwager
piano:
Don Thompson (Canadian jazz multi-instrumentalist / composer / arranger / engineer)
vocals:
Gene Lees
arranger:
Don Thompson (Canadian jazz multi-instrumentalist / composer / arranger / engineer)
recording of:
I Love to Make Things Grow
lyricist:
Gene Lees
composer:
Roger Kellaway
publisher:
Into the Light
2:55
3I Thought About You
bass:
Neil Swainson (jazz bassist)
drums (drum set):
Barry Elmes (Canadian jazz drummer and composer)
flugelhorn, harmonica, percussion and trumpet:
Guido Basso
guitar:
Reg Schwager
piano:
Don Thompson (Canadian jazz multi-instrumentalist / composer / arranger / engineer)
tenor saxophone:
Rick Wilkins
vocals:
Gene Lees
arranger:
Don Thompson (Canadian jazz multi-instrumentalist / composer / arranger / engineer)
recording of:
I Thought About You
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer
composer:
Jimmy Van Heusen
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher), Burke & Van Heusen, Jerry Leiber Music, Lewis Music Publishing Co., Inc., Range Road Music Inc., Silver Seahorse Music LLC, Twentieth Century Music Corp., WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
5:21
4Waltz for Debby
bass:
Neil Swainson (jazz bassist)
drums (drum set):
Barry Elmes (Canadian jazz drummer and composer)
flugelhorn, harmonica, percussion and trumpet:
Guido Basso
guitar:
Reg Schwager
piano:
Don Thompson (Canadian jazz multi-instrumentalist / composer / arranger / engineer)
tenor saxophone:
Mike Murley
vocals:
Gene Lees
arranger:
Don Thompson (Canadian jazz multi-instrumentalist / composer / arranger / engineer)
recording of:
Waltz for Debby (English lyrics)
lyricist:
Gene Lees
composer:
Bill Evans (pianist)
publisher:
Acorn Music (label in Berkeley, CA founded by hammered dulcimer player Tony Elman), Folkways Music Publishers Inc. and ティー・アール・オー・エセックス・ジャパン A事業部 (TRO Essex Japan, A-Division)
version of:
Waltz for Debby (instrumental)
4:51
5Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars
bass:
Neil Swainson (jazz bassist)
drums (drum set):
Barry Elmes (Canadian jazz drummer and composer)
flugelhorn, harmonica, percussion and trumpet:
Guido Basso
guitar:
Reg Schwager
piano:
Don Thompson (Canadian jazz multi-instrumentalist / composer / arranger / engineer)
tenor saxophone:
Mike Murley
vocals:
Gene Lees
arranger:
Don Thompson (Canadian jazz multi-instrumentalist / composer / arranger / engineer)
recording of:
Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars (lyric version #2, with "Corcovado" included in the lyric)
lyricist:
Gene Lees
composer:
Antônio Carlos Jobim
publisher:
Duchess Music Corporation (BMI-affiliated)
translated version of:
Corcovado (original Portuguese version)
4:47
6The Mystery of Man
bass:
Neil Swainson (jazz bassist)
drums (drum set):
Barry Elmes (Canadian jazz drummer and composer)
flugelhorn, harmonica, percussion and trumpet:
Guido Basso
guitar:
Reg Schwager
piano:
Don Thompson (Canadian jazz multi-instrumentalist / composer / arranger / engineer)
vocals:
Gene Lees
arranger:
Don Thompson (Canadian jazz multi-instrumentalist / composer / arranger / engineer)
recording of:
The Mystery of Man
lyricist:
Gene Lees
composer:
Francy Boland (Belgian 1950-80s jazz pianist)
4:28
7Yesterday I Heard the Rain
bass:
Neil Swainson (jazz bassist)
drums (drum set):
Barry Elmes (Canadian jazz drummer and composer)
flugelhorn, harmonica, percussion and trumpet:
Guido Basso
guitar:
Reg Schwager
piano:
Don Thompson (Canadian jazz multi-instrumentalist / composer / arranger / engineer)
tenor saxophone:
Mike Murley
vocals:
Gene Lees
arranger:
Don Thompson (Canadian jazz multi-instrumentalist / composer / arranger / engineer)
recording of:
Yesterday I Heard the Rain
lyricist:
Gene Lees
writer:
Armando Manzanero
publisher:
Dunbar Music
4:52
8Someone to Light Up My Life
bass:
Neil Swainson (jazz bassist)
drums (drum set):
Barry Elmes (Canadian jazz drummer and composer)
flugelhorn, harmonica, percussion and trumpet:
Guido Basso
guitar:
Reg Schwager
piano:
Don Thompson (Canadian jazz multi-instrumentalist / composer / arranger / engineer)
tenor saxophone:
Mike Murley
vocals:
Gene Lees
arranger:
Don Thompson (Canadian jazz multi-instrumentalist / composer / arranger / engineer)
recording of:
Someone to Light Up My Life
writer:
Antônio Carlos Jobim, Gene Lees and Vinicius de Moraes (O poetinha)
publisher:
Corcovado Music Corp., Hollis Music, Inc. and V.M. Enterprises
5:45
9For Me, Formidable
bass:
Neil Swainson (jazz bassist)
drums (drum set):
Barry Elmes (Canadian jazz drummer and composer)
flugelhorn, harmonica, percussion and trumpet:
Guido Basso
guitar:
Reg Schwager
piano:
Don Thompson (Canadian jazz multi-instrumentalist / composer / arranger / engineer)
tenor saxophone:
Rick Wilkins
vocals:
Gene Lees
arranger:
Roger Kellaway and Don Thompson (Canadian jazz multi-instrumentalist / composer / arranger / engineer)
recording of:
For me formidable (english lyrics)
lyricist:
Jacques Plante
composer:
Charles Aznavour
translator:
Gene Lees
translated version of:
For me... Formidable
4:33
10Once Upon a Summertime
bass:
Neil Swainson (jazz bassist)
drums (drum set):
Barry Elmes (Canadian jazz drummer and composer)
flugelhorn, harmonica, percussion and trumpet:
Guido Basso
guitar:
Reg Schwager
piano:
Don Thompson (Canadian jazz multi-instrumentalist / composer / arranger / engineer)
vocals:
Gene Lees
arranger:
Don Thompson (Canadian jazz multi-instrumentalist / composer / arranger / engineer)
recording of:
Once Upon a Summertime (La Valse des lilas)
lyricist:
Eddy Marnay (French lyricist)
composer:
Eddie Barclay and Michel Legrand
translator:
Johnny Mercer
publisher:
MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated) (ended), MCA Music Ltd. (ended), Leeds/BIEM, Patricia Editions Musical (SACEM-affiliated publisher), Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP) and Universal Music Publishing AB (Sweden)
translated version of:
La Valse des lilas
4:37
11I Remember You
bass:
Neil Swainson (jazz bassist)
drums (drum set):
Barry Elmes (Canadian jazz drummer and composer)
flugelhorn, harmonica, percussion and trumpet:
Guido Basso
guitar:
Reg Schwager
piano:
Don Thompson (Canadian jazz multi-instrumentalist / composer / arranger / engineer)
tenor saxophone:
Mike Murley
vocals:
Gene Lees
arranger:
Don Thompson (Canadian jazz multi-instrumentalist / composer / arranger / engineer)
recording of:
I Remember You
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer (in 1941)
composer:
Victor Schertzinger (in 1941)
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody), Paramount Music Corporation and Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd.
8:11
12Tell Me My Name
bass:
Neil Swainson (jazz bassist)
drums (drum set):
Barry Elmes (Canadian jazz drummer and composer)
flugelhorn, harmonica, percussion and trumpet:
Guido Basso
guitar:
Reg Schwager
piano:
Don Thompson (Canadian jazz multi-instrumentalist / composer / arranger / engineer)
tenor saxophone:
Rick Wilkins
vocals:
Gene Lees
arranger:
Don Thompson (Canadian jazz multi-instrumentalist / composer / arranger / engineer)
recording of:
Tell Me My Name
lyricist:
Gene Lees
composer:
Roger Kellaway
publisher:
Eternity Music.
3:27

Credits

Release

photography:John Reeves (Canadian photographer)
mixer and engineer:Phil Sheridan
assistant engineer:Denis Tougas
producer:Guido Basso
Phil Sheridan
Don Thompson (Canadian jazz multi-instrumentalist / composer / arranger / engineer)
mastering:Ed Marshall (Engineer)
recorded at:McClear-Pathe Studios in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (from 1995-12-13 until 1995-12-14)
mixed at:The Studio at Puck's Farm in Schomberg, Ontario, Canada (from 1996-03-14 until 1996-03-15)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/10045734 [info]

Release group

Wikidata:Q135678733 [info]