Recommended Materials
THE COMPLETE JEROME KERN SONGBOOKS
3-CD box set of the Jerome Kern standards. Performances include Fred Astaire, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan and Cassandra Wilson.
Verve # 539 441, 1997.
ELLA FITZGERALD: THE JEROME KERN SONGBOOK
“All The Things You Are”, “You Couldn't Be Cuter”, “Can’t Help Lovin' Dat Man”, “The Way You Look Tonight”. Recorded in 1963 and performed with Nelson Riddle.
Verve # 825 669, 1963.
JEROME KERN SONGBOOK
Mel Torme, Poncho Sanchez and Art Blakey perform “Pick Yourself Up”, “Yesterdays”, “The Song Is You”.
St.Clair # 4516, 1997.
MELODIES OF JEROME KERN: THE 1955 WALDEN SESSIONS
Recorded in 1955 by David Daniels, June Ericson, Warren Galjour, Jay Arnick and Christine Lind and accompanied by The John Morris Trio and the Ben Lulow Orchestra. Includes “The Way You Look Tonight”, “High, Wide and Handsome”, “The Folks Who Live oN the Hill”.
Harbingr Records # 1804, 1955.
BIOGRAPH RECORDS PRESENTS THE GREAT AMERICAN COMPOSER SERIES: JEROME KERN - CLASSIC MOVIE & BROADWAY
Featuring recordings of original piano rolls by J. Lawrence Cook, Victor Arden, Paul Jouard and Dick Watson.
Biograph # 142, 1996.
THE COLUMBIA ALBUM OF JEROME KERN
Performed by the Paul Weston Orchestra, includes “Smoke Gets In Your Eyes”, “The Song is You”, “Why Was I Born?” and “All the Things You Are”. Originally released in 1958, remastered and re-released in 1991.
Sony Music Special Products # 47861, 1991.
THE JEROME KERN SONGBOOK
Margaret Whiting records “The Song is You”, “I’m Old Fashioned”, “A Fine Romance” and “The Way You Look Tonight”. Recorded by January and February 1960 with Bud Shank and Russell Garcia.
Verve # 559 553, 1960.
JEROME KERN GOES TO HOLLYWOOD - Original Studio Cast Album
Original Cast # 6014, 2001.
CAPITOL SINGS JEROME KERN: THE SONG IS YOU
Performances by Dinah Washington, Peggy Lee, Johnny Mercer, Nat King Cole and Judy Garland perform the Kern Songbook, including “The Way You Look Tonight”, “The Song Is You”, “The Last Time I Saw Paris” and “You Were Never Lovelier”.
Capitol EMI Records # 99469, 1992.
THE SONGS OF JEROME KERN
Various artists perform “Ol’ Man River”, “Long Ago (And Far Away)”, “Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man” and “You Are Love”.
Empire Music Collection # 187, 1999.