May the Music Never End
May the Music Never End | ||||
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Studio album by Shirley Horn | ||||
Released | June 24, 2003 | |||
Recorded | February 3–5, 2003 | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Label | Verve | |||
Producer | Shirley Horn | |||
Shirley Horn chronology | ||||
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May the Music Never End is a 2003 studio album by Shirley Horn, it was Horn's last studio album.[1]
Reception
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Source | Rating |
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The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Allmusic review by Tim Sendra commented: "Horn's trademark sound is the sparse, languid torch song, with atmospheric piano chords and her gentle and soulful vocals caressing the notes as she slowly lets them ease into the listener's ear. ..If it is indeed her swan song, then she went out the same way she came in: as a true classic".[1] At the time of the album's recording, Horn had stopped playing piano for health-related reasons, and George Mesterhazy played piano on most of the album's tracks. Ahmad Jamal played piano on two tracks, "Maybe September" and "This Is All I Ask". Horn was able to resume playing the piano in public performances in 2004, and her final recordings, made in January 2005 at Au Bar in New York City, feature Horn accompanying herself at the piano.
Track listing
- "Forget Me" (Valerie Parks Brown) – 3:30
- "If You Go Away" (Jacques Brel, Rod McKuen) – 4:49
- "Yesterday" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 4:14
- "Take Love Easy" (Duke Ellington, John Latouche) – 5:12
- "Never Let Me Go" (Ray Evans, Jay Livingston) – 5:17
- "Watch What Happens" (Norman Gimbel, Michel Legrand) – 3:29
- "Ill Wind" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) – 7:09
- "Maybe September" (Evans, Percy Faith, Livingston) – 7:10
- "Everything Must Change" (Bernard Ighner) – 5:01
- "This Is All I Ask" (Gordon Jenkins) – 6:43
- "May the Music Never End" (Artie Butler, Norman Martin) – 5:07
Personnel
- Shirley Horn – vocals
- Roy Hargrove – trumpet on "Take Love Easy" and "Ill Wind"
- Ed Howard – double bass
- Ahmad Jamal – piano on "Maybe September" and "This Is All I Ask"
- George Mesterhazy – piano, arrangements
- Steve Williams – drums
References
- ^ a b c "May the Music Never End". Allmusic. Retrieved October 1, 2011.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 727. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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- Embers and Ashes (1960)
- Loads of Love (1962)
- Shirley Horn with Horns (1963)
- Travelin' Light (1965)
- Where Are You Going (1972)
- A Lazy Afternoon (1978)
- All of Me (1987)
- Softly (1988)
- Close Enough for Love (1989)
- You Won't Forget Me (1991)
- Here's to Life (1992)
- Light Out of Darkness (A Tribute to Ray Charles) (1993)
- The Main Ingredient (1996)
- Loving You (1997)
- I Remember Miles (1998)
- You're My Thrill (2001)
- May the Music Never End (2003)
- All Night Long (1981)
- Violets for Your Furs (1981)
- The Garden of the Blues (1984)
- I Thought About You (1987)
- I Love You, Paris (1994)
- Live at the 4 Queens (2016)
- But Beautiful: The Best of Shirley Horn (2005)
- For Love of Ivy (1968)
- Cat on a Hot Fiddle (Stuff Smith, 1959)
- Sarah: Dedicated to You (Carmen McRae, 1991)
- The Art of the Song (Charlie Haden, 1999)
- A Tribute to Oscar Peterson – Live at the Town Hall (1996)