Blues Opera Suite > Instrumental

Show Details

Show: St. Louis Woman (3)
Music: Harold Arlen (576)
Lyrics: Johnny Mercer (501)
Book: Arna Bontemps, Countee Cullen

Recording Details

Date: 1957
Type: Audio / Stage Cast
Method: Studio
Language: English
Producer: Dan O'Leary (50)
Liner Notes: Edward Jablonski (49)
Conductor: André Kostelanetz (58)
Orchestrations: Samuel Matlowsky (8)
Performer: André Kostelanetz & His Orchestra (5)
Notes: Orchestral suite of Arlen's ill-fated "Blues Opera" whose core music was from Arlen-Mercer 1946 Broadway score "St. Louis Woman."
Shortcode: [r6880]

Releases (3)

Format: Audio File
Label: Masterworks Broadway
Released: 2012-05-11
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# Tracks: 6
Lists: 3 collectors / 0 wish lists
Shortcode: [rl39420]

1. Act 1
2. Act 2
3. Out of This World
4. That Old Black Magic
5. Stormy Weather (78rpm version)
6. Blues in the Night (78rpm version)

Format: CD
Label: DRG 19044
Released: 2003-04-08
Barcode: 021471904420
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Notes: Also includes "The Grandma Moses Suite," musical score by Hugh Martin for the film "Grandma Moses," recorded in 1951.
# Tracks: 16
Lists: 18 collectors / 2 wish lists
Shortcode: [rl9158]

1. Cambridge Valley
2. Whistle Stop
3. Anna Mary
4. Sugaring Off
5. Sewing
6. Children's Children's Children
7. Winter in Hoosick Falls
8. Pioneer Stock
9. Lullaby - Sally Sweetland
10. Christmas
11. Out of This World
12. That Old Black Magic
13. Stormy Weather
14. Blues in the Night - Andre Kostelanetz & His Orchestra
15. Act 1: Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home / Conjure Man / Come On, Li'l Augie / Whatcha Sayin', Dell...
16. Act 2: I Had Myself A True Love / Champagne Fo' De Lady / Dis Little While / I Wonder What Became...

Format: LP
Label: Columbia CL 1099
Released: 1957
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# Tracks: 6
Lists: 10 collectors / 0 wish lists
Shortcode: [rl15518]

Side A:
BLUES-OPERA
1. Act I
2. Act II
Side B:
1. Out of This World [film, OUT OF THIS WORLD]
2. That Old Black Magic [film, STAR SPANGLED RHYTHM]
3. Stormy Weather [COTTON CLUB PARADE OF 1933]
4. Blues in the Night [film, BLUES IN THE NIGHT]