From Broken Hearts to Blue Skies

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From Broken Hearts to Blue Skies
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Studio album by Susannah McCorkle
Released 1999
Recorded October 27–29, 1998 in New York City
Genre Vocal Jazz, Classic pop
Length 59:19
Label Concord Jazz
Producer Nick Phillips
Susannah McCorkle chronology
Someone to Watch Over Me—Songs of George Gershwin
(1998)Someone to Watch Over Me—Songs of George Gershwin1998		 From Broken Hearts to Blue Skies
(1999)		 Hearts and Minds
(2000)Hearts and Minds2000

From Broken Hearts to Blue Skies is an album by Susannah McCorkle released in 1999.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3/5 stars [1]

Music critic Paula Edelstein of Allmusic praised the album and wrote "McCorkle's singing is straight from the heart and soul and she's clearly towering in blue skies as one of America's finest interpreters of the classic song."[1]

Tracks

  1. “Laughing at Life” (Cornell Todd, Nick Kenny, Charles Kenny, Bob Todd) - 4:06
  2. “Something to Live For” (Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington) - 5:36
  3. “Look for the Silver Lining” (Jerome Kern, Buddy DeSylva, Susannah McCorkle) - 4:02
  4. “Nuages” (Django Reinhardt, Jacques Larue, Susannah McCorkle) - 5:00
  5. “Caminhos Cruzados” (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Newton Mendonça) - 4:26
  6. “I Wish I Were in Love Again” (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 3:59
  7. “I Ain't Gonna Play No Second Fiddle” (Perry Bradford) - 2:17
  8. "Losing Hand" (Charles Calhoun) - 5:40
  9. “I Want to Be a Sideman” (Dave Frishberg) - 4:44
  10. “Insensatez” (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes, Norman Gimbel) - 2:06
  11. “A Phone Call to the Past” (Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer) - 5:02
  12. “Stop, Time” (David Shire, Richard Maltby, Jr.) - 4:17
  13. “Wave” (Antonio Carlos Jobim) – 4:09
  14. “Blue Skies” (Irving Berlin) – 3:20

Personnel

  • Susannah McCorkle – vocals
  • Allen Farnham – musical director, piano
  • Al Gafa – acoustic guitar (tracks 2, 4, 5 & 13), electric guitar (tracks 1, 3, 6, 8. 9. & 14)
  • Steve Gilmore – acoustic bass (all selections except tracks 4, 10 & 12)
  • Rich DeRosa – drums (all selections except tracks 4, 10 & 12)
  • Dick Oatts – tenor saxophone (tracks 5, 6, 8, 9, 13 & 14), soprano saxophone (tracks 2 & 3), alto flute (track 2)
  • Greg Gisbert – flugelhorn (tracks 2, 3 & 6), trumpet (track 14)
  • John Fedchock – trombone (tracks 2, 3, 6 & 14)

All selections arranged by Allen Farnham, except “Something to Live For” and “Blue Skies” arranged by Rich DeRosa.

References

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