A Breath of Fresh Air

by Marlene VerPlanck

Overview

The jazz content of this CD reissue is pretty light as singer Marlene Ver Planck (who as usual displays a beautiful voice with a wide range) is backed by rather commercial arrangements on a repertoire dominated by then-current show and movie tunes that often sound quite dated today. She certainly does her best (as can be heard on wordless versions of "Baby Elephant Walk" and "Mission Impossible") but Ver Planck's later recordings are much more valuable from the jazz standpoint. ~ Scott Yanow

Product Details

Release Date:	08/11/1994
Label:	Audiophile Records
UPC:	0762247210924
Rank:	128288

Tracks

1. Mr. Lucky
2. Growing Old Gracefully
3. Brasiliero
4. Where Is Love?
5. There Won't Be Trumpets
6. I Concentrate on You
7. Rainbow Hill
8. Baby Elephant Walk
9. Sunday
10. Show Me
11. This Happy Feeling
12. How Can I Be Sure
13. Down Here on the Ground
14. I Have Dreamed
15. I'm All Smiles
16. The More I See You
17. Go Fly a Kite
18. Wave
19. Mission Impossible
20. A Little Love Should Rub off on Us
21. I Chase a Rainbow Dream

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Marlene VerPlanck   Primary Artist,Vocals
Buzz Brauner   Sax (Tenor)
Bill Lavorgna   Drums
Billy Costa   Piano,Accordion
Daryl Campbell   Trumpet
Seymour Berman   Viola
Bill Bronson   Vocals
Jim Dahl   Trombone
Herb Wasserman   Percussion
Sam Bruno   Bass
James Buffington   French Horn
Warren Covington   Trombone
Margaret Ross   Harp
Louis Stone   Violin
Louis Haber   Violin
Urbie Green   Trombone
Phil Bodner   Flute,Reeds
Phil Kraus   Percussion
Mel Davis   Trumpet
Jack Jennings   Percussion
Al DeRisi   Trumpet
Bucky Pizzarelli   Guitar
Hank Jones   Piano
Al Caiola   Guitar
Seymour Barab   Cello
Roy Burns III   Drums
David Sackson   Violin
Andy Fitzgerald   Flute,Reeds
Lenny Hambro   Reeds,Clarinet,Sax (Alto)
Sonny Igoe   Drums
Gene Orloff   Strings
Tony Studd   Trombone (Bass)
Jack Six   Bass
Ronald Janelli   Flute,Reeds
Bill Watrous   Trombone
Joe Soldo   Reeds
Romeo Penque   Sax (Alto)
Derek Smith   Piano
Joe Harnell   Piano
Sonny Russo   Trombone
Alan Raph   Tuba,Trombone (Bass)
George Ockner   Violin
Bob McCoy   Trumpet
Ralph Oxman   Cello
Winston Welch   Drums

Technical Credits

Jonny Ver Planck   Composer
Wendell Echols   Production Coordination
Kenneth Brown   Photography
Alan Jay Lerner   Composer
Eddie Brigati   Composer
Felix Cavaliere   Composer
Gale Garnett   Composer
Roger Rhodes   Digital Mastering
Rex Reed   Liner Notes
Ray Evans   Composer
Michael Leonard   Composer
Lionel Bart   Composer
Henry Mancini   Composer
Ted Brown   Liner Notes
Steve Allen   Composer,Liner Notes
Cole Porter   Composer
Stephen Sondheim   Composer
Billy Ver Planck   Producer
Antonio Carlos Jobim   Composer
Lalo Schifrin   Composer
Mack Gordon   Composer
Oscar Hammerstein II   Composer
Jay Livingston   Composer
Richard Rodgers   Composer
Herbert Martin   Composer
Harry Warren   Composer
Dick Roman   Composer
George H. Buck, Jr.   Producer,Liner Notes
Howard Liebling   Composer
Frederick Loewe   Composer