This Is New (Dee Dee Bridgewater album)

This is New is a 2002 album by Dee Dee Bridgewater, dedicated to the songs of Kurt Weill.

This is New
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 21, 2002
RecordedNovember 10 – December 29, 2001
Studio
  • Capitol (Hollywood)
  • Plus XXX (Paris)
GenreVocal jazz
Length36:31
LabelVerve
ProducerDee Dee Bridgewater
Dee Dee Bridgewater chronology
Live at Yoshi's
(1998)
This is New
(2002)
J'ai deux amours
(2005)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[2]
Tom HullB[3]

Track listing

  1. "This Is New" (Ira Gershwin) – 3:47
  2. "Lost in the Stars" (Maxwell Anderson) – 5:36
  3. "The Bilbao Song" (Michael Feingold, Frank McGuinness) – 10:24
  4. "My Ship" (Ira Gershwin) – 4:56
  5. "Alabama Song" (Bertolt Brecht) – 5:38
  6. "The Saga of Jenny" (Ogden Nash) – 4:54
  7. "Youkali" (Roger Fernay) – 3:54
  8. "I'm a Stranger Here Myself" (Ogden Nash) – 5:50
  9. "Speak Low" (Ogden Nash) – 4:17
  10. "September Song" (Anderson) – 4:40
  11. "Here I'll Stay" (Alan Jay Lerner) – 11:15

All music composed by Kurt Weill, lyricists in brackets.

Personnel

Chart positions

Chart (2002)Peak
position
French Albums (SNEP)[4]117
US Jazz Albums (Billboard)[5]7

References