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Fred Astaire's Finest Hour

Fred Astaire, Alvin Stoller (drums), Oscar Peterson (piano), Ray Brown (double bass), Flip Phillips (saxophone), Charlie Shavers (trumpet), Barney Kessel (guitar)

  • Release Date: 4th Jan 2019
  • Catalogue No: 7717511
  • Label: Verve
  • Length: 60 minutes

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Contents

Berlin, I: Steppin' Out with My Baby

Work length2:21
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  • Fred Astaire, Charlie Shavers (trumpet), Flip Phillips (saxophone), Barney Kessel (guitar), Ray Brown (doublebass), Alvin Stoller (drumkit), Oscar Peterson (piano)
  • Recorded: 1952
  • Recording Venue: Radio Recorders, Los Angeles, CA

Gershwin: Let's Call the Whole Thing Off

Work length4:36
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  • Fred Astaire, Charlie Shavers (trumpet), Barney Kessel (guitar), Ray Brown (doublebass), Alvin Stoller (drumkit)
  • Recorded: 1952
  • Recording Venue: Radio Recorders, Los Angeles, CA

Gershwin: They Can't Take That Away From Me

Work length2:30
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  • Fred Astaire
  • Recorded: 1959-08-05
  • Recording Venue: Los Angeles, CA

Berlin, I: Cheek to cheek

Work length5:38
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  • Fred Astaire, Charlie Shavers (trumpet), Flip Phillips (saxophone), Barney Kessel (guitar), Ray Brown (doublebass), Alvin Stoller (drumkit)
  • Recorded: 1952
  • Recording Venue: Radio Recorders, Los Angeles, CA

Gershwin: They all laughed

Work length2:47
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$1.50
  • Fred Astaire
  • Recorded: 1959
  • Recording Venue: Los Angeles, CA

Berlin, I: No Strings

Work length2:54
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  • Fred Astaire, Charlie Shavers (trumpet), Flip Phillips (saxophone), Barney Kessel (guitar), Ray Brown (doublebass), Alvin Stoller (drumkit), Oscar Peterson (piano)
  • Recorded: 1953
  • Recording Venue: Radio Recorders, Los Angeles, CA

Berlin, I: Puttin' on the Ritz

Work length2:50
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  • Fred Astaire, Charlie Shavers (trumpet), Flip Phillips (saxophone), Barney Kessel (guitar), Ray Brown (doublebass), Alvin Stoller (drumkit), Oscar Peterson (piano)
  • Recorded: 1952
  • Recording Venue: Radio Recorders, Los Angeles, CA

Gershwin: Oh, Lady Be Good!

Work length5:01
$1.10
$1.50
  • Fred Astaire, Charlie Shavers (trumpet), Flip Phillips (saxophone), Barney Kessel (guitar), Ray Brown (doublebass), Alvin Stoller (drumkit), Oscar Peterson (piano)
  • Recorded: 1952
  • Recording Venue: Radio Recorders, Los Angeles, CA

Berlin, I: Isn't This a Lovely Day?

Work length3:25
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  • Fred Astaire
  • Recorded: 1959
  • Recording Venue: Los Angeles, CA

Herbert Magidson, Con Conrad: The Continental

Work length3:28
$1.10
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  • Fred Astaire, Charlie Shavers (trumpet), Barney Kessel (guitar), Ray Brown (doublebass), Alvin Stoller (drumkit)
  • Recorded: 1952
  • Recording Venue: Radio Recorders, Los Angeles, CA

Gershwin: 's Wonderful

Work length2:56
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  • Fred Astaire, Van Cleave (recordingarranger), Alexander Courage (recordingarranger), Skip Martin (recordingarranger), Conrad Salinger (recordingarranger), Charlie Shavers (trumpet), Flip Phillips (saxophone), Barney Kessel (guitar), Ray Brown (doublebass), Alvin Stoller (drumkit)
  • Recorded: 1952
  • Recording Venue: Radio Recorders, Los Angeles, CA

Mercer, Johnny: Something's Gotta Give

Work length2:58
$1.10
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  • Fred Astaire
  • Recorded: 1959
  • Recording Venue: Los Angeles, CA

Gershwin: Fascinatin' Rhythm

Work length2:41
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  • Fred Astaire, Charlie Shavers (trumpet), Barney Kessel (guitar), Ray Brown (doublebass), Alvin Stoller (drumkit), Oscar Peterson (piano)
  • Recorded: 1952
  • Recording Venue: Radio Recorders, Los Angeles, CA

Porter, C: Night and Day

Work length4:59
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  • Fred Astaire, Charlie Shavers (trumpet), Flip Phillips (saxophone), Barney Kessel (guitar), Ray Brown (doublebass), Alvin Stoller (drumkit)
  • Recorded: 1952
  • Recording Venue: Radio Recorders, Los Angeles, CA

Schwartz, Arthur: The Band Wagon: Dancing in the Dark

Work length4:45
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  • Fred Astaire, Charlie Shavers (trumpet), Flip Phillips (saxophone), Barney Kessel (guitar), Ray Brown (doublebass), Alvin Stoller (drumkit)
  • Recorded: 1952
  • Recording Venue: Radio Recorders, Los Angeles, CA

Berlin, I: Top Hat, White Tie and Tails

Work length3:47
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  • Fred Astaire, Charlie Shavers (trumpet), Flip Phillips (saxophone), Barney Kessel (guitar), Ray Brown (doublebass), Alvin Stoller (drumkit), Oscar Peterson (piano)
  • Recorded: 1952-12
  • Recording Venue: Radio Recorders, Los Angeles, CA

Johnny Mercer, Fred Astaire: The Afterbeat

Work length2:33
$1.10
$1.50
  • Fred Astaire
  • Recorded: 1959
  • Recording Venue: Los Angeles, CA
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