Blue Skies: Berlin Songbook is a random sampling of some of Irving Berlin's finest songs, sung by some of the greatest vocalists -- including Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Dinah Washington, and Sarah Vaughan. Of course, all of the performances are culled from Polygram/Verve's vaults, so there isn't much stylistic variety on the album, nor is the selection a representative portrait of either jazz or popular singing or Berlin's songbook. Instead, it's just a thoroughly enjoyable collection -- it may not be eductional or a definitive compilation, but it does give a good sense of what treasures there are to behold within Berlin's catalog. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
Blue Skies: The Irving Berlin Songbook
06/09/2049
All Music Guide Review
Blue Skies: The Irving Berlin Songbook Track Listing
Credits of Blue Skies: The Irving Berlin Songbook
- Junior Mance
- Piano
- Joe Mondragon
- Bass
- Aric Lach Morrison
- Production Coordination
- Cliff Preiss
- Liner Notes, Selection, Sequencing
- Peter Pullman
- Editing, Notes Editing
- Jack Ryan
- Bass
- Sarah Vaughan
- Vocals, Performer
- Richard Seidel
- Executive Producer
- Bob Shad
- Producer, Original Recording Producer
- Charles Smith
- Drums
- Alvin Stoller
- Drums
- Fred Stulce
- Clarinet
- Paul Weston
- Arranger, Conductor
- Michael Lang
- Supervisor
- Carl Fischer
- Piano
- Herman Leonard
- Photography
- Miriam Cutler & Swing Street
- Producer
- Hal Mooney Orchestra
- Performer
- Gus Chappell
- Trombone
- Ron Berinstein
- Producer, Original Recording Producer
- Nichell Delvaille
- Design, Design Coordinator
- Ben Young
- Research, Restoration
- Steven Fallone
- Mastering
- Lisa Po-Ying Huang
- Director, Design, Art Direction
- Jared Patterson
- Production Assistant, Assistant Producer
- Jason Wampler
- Production Assistant, Assistant Producer
- Kathryn Millan
- Photography, Cover Photo
- Buddy Bregman
- Original Recording Producer
- Mitch Miller
- Producer, Original Recording Producer
- Hal Mooney
- Arranger, Conductor
- Anita O'Day
- Vocals, Performer
- Louis Armstrong
- Trumpet, Performer, Vocals
- Bob Badgley
- Bass
- Reginald Beane
- Piano
- Keter Betts
- Bass
- Billie Holiday
- Vocals, Performer
- Norman Granz
- Original Recording Producer
- Ray Brown
- Bass
- Larry Bunker
- Bongos, Vocals (Background), Vibraphone
- Gene Cipriano
- Woodwind
- Clark Terry
- Trumpet
- Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
- Sax (Tenor)
- Don Fagerquist
- Trumpet
- Harry Geller
- Arranger, Conductor
- Chuck Gentry
- Sax (Baritone)
- Johnny Hartman
- Vocals, Performer
- Gerryck King
- Drums
- Fred Astaire
- Vocals, Dance (Tap), Performer
- Frankie Laine
- Vocals, Performer
- Billy Eckstine
- Vocals, Performer
- Harry "Sweets" Edison
- Trumpet
- Herb Ellis
- Guitar
- Ella Fitzgerald
- Vocals, Performer
- Erroll Garner
- Piano, Performer
- Henry Johnson
- Guitar
- Barney Kessel
- Guitar
- Red Mitchell
- Bass
- Ted Nash
- Sax (Tenor)
- Oscar Peterson
- Piano, Celeste
- Flip Phillips
- Sax (Alto), Sax (Tenor)
- Buddy Rich
- Drums
- Jimmy Rowles
- Piano
- Norman Simmons
- Piano
- Paul Smith
- Piano
- Dinah Washington
- Vocals, Performer
- Ethel Waters
- Vocals, Performer
- Ben Webster
- Sax (Tenor)
- Joe Williams
- Vocals, Performer
- Charlie Shavers
- Trumpet
- Leonard Gaskin
- Bass
- Rick Henderson
- Sax (Alto)
- Stan Levey
- Drums
- Lou Levy
- Piano
- Babe Russin
- Saxophone, Sax (Tenor)
- Ed Thigpen
- Drums











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