Look to the Rainbow [Original recording remastered] [Import]

Product Description
24 bit digitally remastered Japanese version.

Look to the Rainbow,Astrud Gilberto,Universal,World Music

Average customer rating: Fabulous for any Broadway-lover Top Shelf TERRIFIC CD'S Great Collection of Broadways greatest Songs Great Compilation!

Broadway - The American Musical (PBS Series) Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ballets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Bernstein | Bernstein, Leonard | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Gershwin | Gershwin, George | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Porter | Porter, Cole | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Weill | Weill, Kurt | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Mancini | Mancini, Henry | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music English | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Classical Music | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Classical Instrumental Music | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Opera & Vocal | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Musicals | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Best of Broadway - The American Musical (PBS Series) Broadway: The American Musical Broadway: The American Musical Broadway - The American Musical (PBS Series) Somewhere over the Rainbow: The Golden Age of Hollywood Musicals ASIN: B00064ADMK Release Date: 2004-10-19

Tracks:

1. Give My Regards To Broadway- Joel Grey
2. Swanee- Al Jolson
3. When The Moon Shines On The Moonshine- Bert Williams
4. A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody- John Steel
5. My Man- Fanny Brice
6. Fascinating Rhythm- Fred Astaire, Adele Astaire
7. If You Knew Susie (Like I Know Susie)- 78rpm Version Eddie Cantor
8. Someone To Watch Over Me- Gertrude Lawrence
9. Bill- 78 rpm Version Helen Morgan
10. Ol' Man River- Paul Robeson
11. Ain't Misbehavin'- Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
12. Ten Cents A Dance- Ruth Etting
13. Body And Soul- Libby Holman
14. Brother, Can You Spare A Dime- Bing Crosby
15. Night And Day- Fred Astaire
16. Heat Wave- Ethel Waters
17. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes- Tamara
18. You're The Top- Ethel Merman
19. Summertime- Anne Brown
20. September Song- Walter Huston
21. My Heart Belongs To Daddy- Mary Martin
22. It Never Entered My Mind- Shirley Ross
23. Bewitched, Bothered, Bewildered- Vivienne Segal
24. Oh, How I Hate To Get Up In The Morning- Irving Berlin
25. Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'- Alfred Drake

Tracks:

1. New York, New York- Cris Alexander,Adolph Green,John Reardon
2. If I Loved You- John Raitt,Jan Clayton
3. Come Rain Or Come Shine- Ruby Hill,Harold Nicholas
4. There's No Business Like Show Business- Ensemble
5. How Are Things In Glocca Morra? From "Finian's Rainbow"- Ella Logan
6. Once In Love With Amy- Ray Bolger
7. Wunderbar- Alfred Drake,Patricia Morison
8. Some Enchanted Evening- Ezio Pinza
9. Lost In The Stars- Todd Duncan
10. Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend- Carol Channing
11. Luck Be A Lady- Robert Alda,Guys
12. Getting To Know You- Gertrude Lawrence
13. Who Cares?- Jack Carson,Betty Oakes
14. Stranger In Paradise- from " Kismet" Doretta Morrow,Richard Kiley
15. Ballad Of Mack The Knife- Gerald Price
16. Hey There- from "The Pajama Game" John Raitt
17. Whatever Lola Wants- Gwen Verdon
18. I Could Have Danced All Night- Julie Andrews
19. Standing On The Corner- from "The Most Happy Fella, 1956" Shorty Long,John Henson,Alan Gilbert
20. The Party's Over- Judy Holliday
21. Glitter And Be Gay- Barbara Cook
22. Tonight- Larry Kert, Carol Lawrence

Tracks:

1. Seventy-Six Trombones- Robert Preston
2. I Enjoy Being A Girl- from "Flower Drum Song, 1958" Pat Suzuki
3. Everything's Coming Up Roses- Ethel Merman
4. My Favorite Things- from "The Sound Of Music" Mary Martin
5. Put On A Happy Face- from "Bye Bye Birdie" Dick Van Dyke
6. Try To Remember- Jerry Orbach
7. Camelot- from "Camelot" Richard Burton
8. Love Makes The World Go 'Round- Anna Maria Alberghetti
9. I Believe In You- Robert Morse And Co.
10. The Sweetest Sounds- Diahann Carroll,Richard Kiley
11. Comedy Tonight- Zero Mostel
12. What Kind Of Fool Am I?- Anthony Newley
13. As Long As He Needs Me- Georgia Brown
14. Hello, Dolly!- Carol Channing,Cast
15. People- Barbra Streisand
16. Anyone Can Whistle- from "Anyone Can Whistle" Lee Remick
17. If I Were A Rich Man- Zero Mostel
18. Night Song- Sammy Davis, Jr.
19. The Impossible Dream- Richard Kiley
20. If My Friends Could See Me Now- Gwen Verdon
21. Open a New Window- from Mame Voice

Tracks:

1. Willkommen- from "Cabaret" Joel Grey
2. Let The Sunshine In- James Rado,Lynn Kellogg,Melba Moore,Cast
3. I'll Never Fall In Love Again- Jill O'Hara,Jerry Orbach
4. The Ladies Who Lunch- from "Company" Elaine Stritch
5. Tea For Two- Roger Rathburn,Susan Watson
6. I'm Still Here- Yvonne De Carlo
7. I Don't Know How To Love Him- Yvonne Elliman
8. We Go Together- Adrienne Barbeau,Barry Bostwick,Walter Bobbie,Cast
9. Corner Of The Sky- John Rubinstein
10. Send In The Clowns- Glynis Johns
11. Ease On Down The Road- Stephanie Mills,Tiger Haynes,Ted Ross,Hinton
12. One- from "A Chorus Line" Cast
13. All That Jazz- Chita Rivera,Ensemble
14. Tomorrow- Andrea Mcardle
15. Don't Cry For Me Argentina- Patti Lupone
16. Come Follow The Band
17. Lullaby Of Broadway- Jerry Orbach
18. And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going- Jennifer Holliday
19. The Bells Of St. Sebastian- Raul Julia

Tracks:

1. Memory- Betty Buckley
2. I Am What I Am- George Hearn
3. Move On- Bernadette Peters,Mandy Patinkin
4. Do You Hear The People Sing?- Michael Maguire,Cast
5. The Music Of The Night- Michael Crawford
6. You're Nothing Without Me- James Naughton,Gregg Edelman
7. The American Dream- Jonathan Pryce,Cast
8. Doctor Jazz- Gregory Hines,Company
9. With One Look- Glenn Close
10. On Broadway- Adrian Bailey,Frederick B. Owens,Ken Ard,Victor Trent Cook
11. Le Jazz Hot- Julie Andrews,Ensemble
12. Seasons Of Love-
13. Hakuna Matata- Max Casella,Tom Alan Robbins,Scott Irby-Ranniar,Jason Raize
14. I Wanna Be A Producer- Matthew Broderick,Ensemble
15. Dancing Queen- Louise Plowright,Jenny Galloway
16. Good Morning Baltimore- Marissa Jaret Winokur
17. Movin' Out- Michael Cavanaugh,Band
18. I Go To Rio- Hugh Jackman,Company
19. Defying Gravity- Kristin Chenoweth,Idina Menzel

Customer Reviews:

Fabulous for any Broadway-lover.......2007-01-30

Packs into 5 CD's a sampling of Broadway tunes from the 20's thru (almost) today, mostly from original cast recordings. Includes not just well-known hits, but also some lesser-known gems. Sound quality is first rate, booklet is informative too. Have given this as a gift to several friends with rave reviews.

Top Shelf.......2007-01-04

This is THE definitive collection of Broadway hits. I have other collections, and none of them measure up. A great deal of care was obviously taken in compiling and presenting this box set. It covers a lot of ground, starting with some long-forgotten but still very enjoyable hits from the days of yore, and finishing with present-day favorites. To the best of my knowledge, the recordings are by those who made them famous. You won't be disappointed.

TERRIFIC CD'S.......2006-03-23

THESE BROADWAY MUSICALS CD'S ARE A BROADWAY LOVERS DREAM. WITH EACH SONG, MEMORIES COME FLOODING BACK. BOTH THE FAMILIAR AND THE FORGOTTEN SONGS ARE A TRUE LISTENING PLEASURE. IF YOU LIKE BROADWAY, YOU'LL LOVE THIS SET.

Great Collection of Broadways greatest Songs .......2005-06-14

This Collection was perfectly made it has almost all the most famous Broadway songs on this 5 cd set. The Music is great and has Broadways greatest treasures like "Memory""People""With One Look""Give my regards Too Broadway" just to name a few of this numerous cd set with over 100 songs. This is a great buy if you like musicals or The music of Broadway

Great Compilation!.......2005-01-17

If you are a fan of the Broadway Musicals, this is a collection that you should purchase. Since I got the 5 disc set I've enjoyed listening to it. The majority of the songs are done by the original singers. The collection is priceless considering that you will have over 100 songs from popular musicals since the beginning of Broadway

Average customer rating: The best album (CD) of all time... Look To the Rainbow A Must Have for any SERIOUS Jazz Affectionado Essential I wish we had a 10-star rating

Look to the Rainbow Al Jarreau Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Soft Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | R&B | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Similar Items: We Got By All Fly Home This Time Glow Breakin' Away ASIN: B000002KGZ Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

1. Letter Perfect
2. Rainbow In Your Eyes
3. One Good Turn
4. Could You Believe
5. Burst In With The Dawn
6. Better Than Anything
7. So Long Girl
8. Look To The Rainbow
9. You Don't See Me
10. Take Five
11. Loving You
12. We Got By

Customer Reviews:

The best album (CD) of all time..........2007-07-16

I am old school, but this to me is the best album of all times. The actual album (12" vinyl) has some things that are missing from the CD, but don't worry about it. If this is your kind of music, you will not be dissapointed by the CD.

This is real music, live and relatively unfiltered, played by real incredible musicians, and sung by an incredible singer at the top of his game.

Enough said. Enjoy.

Look To the Rainbow.......2007-06-08

This is my favorite album by Al Jarreau. No one can do Take 5 like he can.

A Must Have for any SERIOUS Jazz Affectionado.......2007-05-06

I was "turned-on" to the LP version of this work in 1980. It was already a year or two old, and the album belonged to friend. He never got it back! I played the album constantly. I made a sojourn to Oakland to see Jarreau in his sweet homecoming at the Greek Theatre, (David Sandborn-opening act), I was so inspired by Jarreau and his style. I was NOT disappointed in the show, even though this album sets the highest standard for any vocalist/musician imaginable. It has been stated that the LP is abbreviated to fit a CD format. Too Bad, as the work should NOT be altered...at all! I scoured e-bay for months and purchased a pristine LP that I treasure. With the help of software, I am able to transfer analog to digital, and this is one is one of my favorites. No, that is not true. I have over 1500 vinyl and 350 CDs and this IS my favorite. If on a desert isle, I think I could get along with this one alone! I have read the previous reviews to this point, and although I hesitate to put my feelings to script for all to see, I am compelled. I would say about this album (CD)...no mater that a few songs are abreviated..that the CD isn't as rich as the LP. If you have ears, you should have this. If you have a musical cell in your body, buy this CD. No matter that Mr Jarreau had to bend his art to fit the demands of the "Pop" culture we all live in, this is singularly one of the greatest works of vocal art ever captured "live". I can appreciate the culture of Jazz in America, and thankfully this was not recorded in front of an American audience. One cannot go without mentioning the musicianship of Mr. Jarreau's accompianists. The arraingments are stunning! In a world of hyperbole, this work by a truely gifted musician, is stunning. Buy it. Make some coffee or tea on an early Sunday morning,,sit down and let this work lift and inspire you. It will, as it has for me, for over twenty-five years.

Essential.......2007-03-19

If you get a Jarreau CD this is a great start. He is unique in the vocal genre and this showcases why. If unfamiliar give it a try. Also because it's live you get the true magic of his delivery.

I wish we had a 10-star rating.......2007-01-18

I have listened to this album on and off for 25+ years. It is one of a kind. It stands out like a stroke of genius, an incandescent flash of artistic lightning. It is disheartening that Al Jarreau's subsequent works have never come even close to the perfection of this one.

Average customer rating: Okay, but kind of disappointing Not quite what I expected... Some great performances, some not so great... Disappointed Musical Talent at Its Best

The Essential Songs of Andrew Lloyd Webber Manufacturer: Metro Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Requiems | Forms & Genres | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Lounge | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Requiems | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Instrumental Pop & Lounge | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Soundtracks | Indie Music | Stores | Music Musicals | Soundtracks | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Very Best Of Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Broadway Collection Gold: The Definitive Hits Collection Swings Cole Porter Reflections From Broadway ASIN: B00005Y47E Release Date: 2002-02-22

Tracks:

1. Any Dream Will Do
2. Close Every Door
3. Heaven On Their Minds
4. Everything's Alright
5. Gethsemane
6. I Don't Know How To Love Him
7. Jesus Christ Superstar
8. Could We Start Again Please?
9. Don't Cry For Me Argentina
10. Another Suitcase In Another Hall
11. Buenos Aires
12. Rainbow High
13. High Flying Adored
14. Memory
15. Jellicle Cats
16. Mister Mistofeles
17. Unexpected Song
18. Last Man In My Life
19. Rolling Stock
20. U-N-C-O-U-P-L-E-D

Tracks:

1. Only You
2. Starlight Express
3. There's Me
4. Pie Jesu
5. Angel Of Music
6. Masquerade
7. Wishing Somehow You Were Here Again
8. All I Ask Of You
9. The Phantom Of The Opera
10. Music Of The Night
11. Love Changes Everything
12. The First Man You Remember
13. Seeing Is Believing
14. As If We Never Said Goodbye
15. Sunset Boulevard
16. With One Look
17. Too Much In Love To Care
18. Half A Moment
19. Whistle Down The Wind
20. Our Kind Of Love

Album Description

Full title, 'Essential Songs Of Andrew Lloyd Webber'. UK budget-price compilation. 40 superlative performances featuring songs from every one of Andrew Lloyd Webber's hit musicals. Guest artists include John Barrymore, Issy Van Randwyck, Dave Willetts, Maria Friedman, Kim Criswell, Graham Bickley and the National Symphony Orchestra. Housed in a slipcase. 2002.

Customer Reviews:

Okay, but kind of disappointing.......2006-04-17

This isn't a bad recording, but the tracks are not the actual performances off of any cast recording of any of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musicals. The reditions of the songs on the disc are of varying quality. Some are pretty good. Some are borderline awful.
It is a good collection for inexpensively getting a lot of Andrew Lloyd Webber's most popular songs in one place and having them there to be able to listen to get the idea of what a certain song sounds like and is about. It isn't the collection of definitive recordings for certain roles. In fact in a couple examples, I wonder if the performer fully understood the context of the song he or she was singing &/or what it was about. Overall, the album is good, for the most part, if not excellent.

However, the liner notes for "The Essential Songs of Andrew Lloyd Webber" is another matter. I don't mean to be unkind, but the author of the comments on the different tracks (one Rexton S. Bunnett) is blatantly WRONG in multiple instances. I don't mean just in nit-picky details, but in major plot details/context of songs, like the fact that Bunnett identifies "Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again" as being sung by "our heroine" (who he does not even identify by name as Christine Daae) as she thinks about her lover, not as being sung about Christine's dead father. He also says that the Phantom has found his perfect love and "Angel of Music" in Christine... because HE is the Angel of Music who Christine believes has been sent to her by her dead father, and because although the Phantom is obsessed with Christine, that relationship is far from "loving" (even if Christine shows him compassion. I feel like these (and a couple other mistakes) are major plot points to get wrong. A good amount of the commentary reads as if Bunnett might have written it at the last minute, fudging his way through entries on musicals of which he had little knowledge; like what an essay I might write on a book I never read for my college class but had quickly looked up on Cliff's Notes would sound like. In terms of sheer editing, there are spelling mistakes, run-on sentences and spacing errors ("Any DreamWill Do")in the liner notes. Where was the copy editor?
And the most frightening fact of all, under Bunnett's credentials, it says "Harper Collins has just published his revision and updating of the Collins Book of the Musical."
I am being very critical, but I think that for a widely-released CD it is reasonable to expect the liner notes to be at a professional level, as they were most likely supposed to be.

Not quite what I expected..........2005-04-23

I was looking for a CD of the original performances and this CD doesn't have them. I suppose it was my fault for not looking closer, but the songs just weren't the same. Personally, I was not impressed. If you don't care that they aren't the originals then it is nice to listen to.

Some great performances, some not so great..........2005-04-18

This CD is actually pretty good, considering you get 40 songs for less than $16. Let's evaluate the pros and cons.

Pros:

Two classic songs that are performed excellently are Phantom of the Opera and I Don't Know How to Love Him.

Of course you want to compare Phantom to the classic Michael Crawford/ Sarah Brightman version. Well, guess what? This version is BETTER. The woman has a deeper voice than Brightman, and her singing style is just awesome. The ending of this version (you know, the "Sing, my angel of music, sing for me!") is different, but in a good way... I think.)

And of course, the standard for I Don't Know How to Love Him is Yvonne's version. This version is different, but it grew on me quickly. This version has a country feel to it, almost. Somehow it works and sounds great.

There are a lot of great performances in this collection. My favorites include: Heaven on Their Minds, Everything's Alright, Could We Start Again Please, Another Suitcase in Another Hall, Buenos Aires, Rainbow High, Only You, Starlight Express, Angel of Music, Masquerade, All I Ask of You, Half a Moment, and Whistle Down the Wind. I think they're all great versions of their more famous counterparts.

Cons:

First of all, there are some technical problems that are kind of disappointing. A few of the songs have a very echoey sound. Any Dream Will Do, Another Suitcase in Another Hall, Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again, and There's Me are the songs that come to mind that are the worst in this regard. It isn't really bad, just enough to be slightly annoying, more so when the volume is turned way up on your CD player.

A few songs are worthy of skipping over when listening to this collection. In my opinion, Superstar, Sunset Boulevard, and Gethesmane are the biggest disappointments.

Superstar just doesn't cut it for me. The singer really overdoes it, making it overstylized... really makes you yearn for Murray Head. I can't stand listening to it. Just my opinion.

Sunset Boulevard is one of my very favorite musicals, so I was really hoping that the singer would do justice to its title song. Unfortunately I don't think he did. You can't help but compare it to Alan Campbell's fantastic version. This guy has a very choppy way of singing, when I'm used to it being sung so smoothly. Maybe it would grow on me, but I don't think I'll give it a chance to. However, that last note is much stronger than Alan Campbell's. It doesn't make up for the rest of the song, though.

Finally, Gethsemane. The inevitable fact is that NO ONE can sing this song like Michael Ball. This guy tries, he really does. But he doesn't have the right voice or the right style. So please listen to Michael Ball's performance of Gethsemane if you want to know how breathtaking of a song it can be. It's on the Royal Albert Hall DVD, and I'm sure he's got it on one of his CDs.

Anyway, overall, this is a good CD if you like quantity over quality. Don't buy it for the classics, you'll probably end up disappointed with many of them. Buy it for the lesser known songs. You probably won't like every song, especially if you're a big ALW fan, but for the price, it's worth it.

If you want classic versions of classic ALW songs, you might prefer something like "The Very Best of Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Broadway Collection".

Disappointed.......2005-03-11

The singer(s)does not do justice for the lyrics. It was grating to the ears. Save your money for the originals.

Musical Talent at Its Best.......2003-01-03

What a pleasure to hear a collection of Andrew Lloyd Webber's beautiful music from such wonderful voices accompanied by an outstanding symphony. This sensational CD is a treasure to own.

Average customer rating: Not her best album, but still highly enjoyable Astrud and big band: strange bedfellows Boring to the Max the best Astrud you could find... I know what I like!

Look to the Rainbow Astrud Gilberto Manufacturer: Polygram Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Brazil | South & Central America | International | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music Bossa Nova | Latin Music | Styles | Music Brazilian Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Cool Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Latin Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Modern Postbebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: Beach Samba The Shadow of Your Smile The Silver Collection: The Astrud Gilberto Album A Certain Smile, A Certain Sadness Astrud Gilberto's Finest Hour ASIN: B0000046SM Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

1. Berimbau
2. Once Upon A Summertime
3. Felicidade
4. I Will Wait For You
5. Frevo
6. Maria Quiet (Maria Moite)
7. Look At The Rainbow
8. Bim Bom
9. Lugar Bonita (Pretty Place)
10. El Preciso Aprender A Ser So (Learn To Live Alone)
11. She's A Carioca
12. A Certain Smile
13. A Certain Sadness
14. Nega Do Cabelo Duro
15. So Nice (Summer Samba)
16. Voce Ja Foi A Bahia
17. Portuguese Washerwoman

Customer Reviews:

Not her best album, but still highly enjoyable.......2003-01-06

Astrud's voice is best kept to an intimate setting, and for a few songs here that is realized, but too much of "Rainbow" is more on the brassy side, which doesn't suit Astrud. Still, "I Will Wait For You" gets it's best reading here, and the title track is very spritely and melodic. Not her best, but if you enjoy Gilberto's deep, slightly off-center vocals and her sweet coo, you'll get a sultry groove on nevertheless. 'B'

Astrud and big band: strange bedfellows.......2001-08-12

It can hardly be argued that producer Creed Taylor specialized in making interesting albums (for better or worse) by recording his star performers in new and different settings. Astrud Gilberto had recorded some songs with bossa/jazz combos and a number of songs with string orchestras, but LOOK TO THE RAINBOW placed her in the setting of a big band for the first time.

In my opinion, this is one case where Creed's idea for a new setting didn't really work out to the best advantage. First of all, the soft and mellow sound of Astrud's voice doesn't sound very "at home" amongst the blaring trumpets and trombones; to me, the orchestral settings of Claus Ogerman were ideal because they were as gentle and delicate as the voice they supported. The average big band lacks the sensitivity necessary to back someone like Astrud. Secondly, I just don't understand the public's love affair with Gil Evans. He's one of the most highly-regarded arrangers in jazz history, but I can't get used to his style. Throughout this record, his almost continual use of a muted trumpet section is piercing and unpleasant, his woodwind voicings are shrill and discordant, and the overall sound strikes me as messy and unpolished. There are points in "Once Upon A Summertime" and "I Will Wait For You" where the arrangements sound like they're on the verge of falling apart. Maybe this style is appropriate for Miles Davis projects, but not for bossa nova and certainly not for Astrud Gilberto.

Matters are brightened somewhat by two charts from the pen of Al Cohn: Carlos Lyra's "Lugar Bonita" and Marcos Valle's "Learn To Live Alone." For all Evans' acclaim, I find Cohn's writing much more coherent and pleasing to the ear.

Another strong point of the album is its selection of songs. Most of them are Brazilian in origin -- in fact, the album opens with a Portuguese reading of Baden Powell's classic "Berimbau" (in a performance bogged down somewhat by Evans' leaden, lumbering brass writing -- *sigh*). The remainder of the album is devoted to three songs by Jobim, two by Carlos Lyra, one each by Marcos Valle and Joao Gilberto, along with three from America. My personal favorites on the album are Joao's "Bim Bom," Lyra's "Lugar Bonita" and Valle's "Learn To Live Alone." The weakest song is quite possibly the title track; although its arrangement is pleasingly low-key, the melody and harmony are very much in the folk bag, and don't have much in the way of saudade.

Astrud's voice sounds as lovely as ever, despite the generally brash backings. She engages in some interesting scatting on "Berimbau" (in which she phonetically imitates the sound of the berimbau) and "She's A Carioca," but her greatest interpretive powers really lie in the uniqueness of her voice. That factor, at least, is a constant on this recording.

Although it falls short of the absolute heavenliness of Astrud's first two Verve albums, LOOK TO THE RAINBOW is an enjoyable enough listen... and it may serve as a good introduction to Astrud Gilberto for jazz fans who dig Gil Evans. For those among us who prefer their bossa nova full of beauty and bittersweet sadness rather than generic discordance in the trumpet section, THE SHADOW OF YOUR SMILE is a lot more essential.

Boring to the Max.......2001-07-16

What a disappointment - the selections are hum drum, the back-up renditions uninspiring and Astrid's delivery lackluster. I certainly would not recommend anyone purchase this CD, unless, of course, one is so devoted to Astrid you just had to have it to add to a collection.

the best Astrud you could find..........2001-05-23

This album is my favorite of Astrud's, the songs she does in portuguese are magical. I don't mind the English ones on this album, easier on the ears than some others I've heard. I like Astrud's voice, if you've never heard her, definately listen to a track sample before buying her cds, she's got an unusual voice. I would recommend this over any other Astrud solo album, both for music quality and song selection. If you're looking for something comparable to a Getz/Gilberto, this is not it. But if you're looking for sultry vocals over a light bossa-nova background, check this out, its really rather charming.

I know what I like!.......2000-10-22

Such a beautiful voice and well-done light jazz-bossa nova arrangements.Fans of Stereolab and Tortoise take note.

Average customer rating:

Best of Broadway: Cats Manufacturer: Reader's Digest ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Bernstein | Bernstein, Leonard | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Porter | Porter, Cole | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music 4-for-3 Broadway & Vocalists | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Classical | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Soundtracks | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00006314V Release Date: 2002-03-12

Tracks:

1. 42nd Street: Lullaby Of Broadway - London Promenade Orchestra
2. West Side Story: Somewhere - London Promenade Orchestra
3. Finian's Rainbow: Look To The Rainbow - The Sunset Strings
4. Pal Joey: I Could Write A Book - Rosemary Squires
5. South Pacific: A Wonderful Guy - The Romantic Strings Orchestra
6. Anything Goes: Medley: You're The Top/Let's Do It, Let's Fall In Love - Rita Williams
7. Kismet: And This Is My Beloved - The Romantic Strings Orchestra
8. Cats: Memory - Roger Williams
9. 9:15 Revue: Get Happy - Rosemary Squires
10. Show Boat: Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man - The Romantic Strings Orchestra
11. Brigadoon: Come To Me, Bend To Me - Lee Roberts And His Orchestra
12. Oklahoma: People Will Say We're In Love - Lee Roberts And His Orchestra

Average customer rating:

Look to the Rainbow Astrud Gilberto Manufacturer: Universal ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Brazil | South & Central America | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music Bossa Nova | Latin Music | Styles | Music Brazilian Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Latin Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music International | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000068W35 Release Date: 2002-11-11

Tracks:

1. Berimbou
2. Once upon a Summertime
3. Felicidade
4. I Will Wait for You Love
5. Frevo
6. Maria Quiet
7. Look to the Rainbow
8. Bim Bom
9. Lugar Bonito
10. Preciso Aprender a Ser So (Learn to Live Alone)
11. She's a Carioca

Album Details

24 bit digitally remastered Japanese version.

Average customer rating:

The Best of Andrew Lloyd Webber Manufacturer: Madacy Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Orchestral Pop | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B0009VNBQK Release Date: 2005-07-05

Tracks:

1. Phantom of the Opera [From Phantom of the Opera]
2. Music of the Night [From Phantom of the Opera]
3. Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again [From Phantom of the Opera]
4. Sunset Boulevard Entr'acte [From Sunset Boulevard]
5. With One Look [From Sunset Boulevard]
6. Memory [From Cats]
7. Tell Me on a Sunday [From Song and Dance]
8. Last Man in My Life [From Song and Dance]
9. Love Changes Everything [From Aspects of Love]
10. Anything But Lonely [From Aspects of Love]
11. Seeing Is Believing [From Aspects of Love]

Tracks:

1. Phantom Overture [From Phantom of the Opera]
2. Take That Look Off Your Face [From Song and Dance]
3. Another Suitcase in Another Hall [From Evita]
4. Rainbow High [From Evita]
5. Buenos Aires [From Evita]
6. Heaven on Their Minds [From Jesus Christ Superstar]
7. Everything's Alright [From Jesus Christ Superstar]
8. John 19: 41 [From Jesus Christ Superstar]
9. Aspects of Aspects [From Aspects of Love]
10. Too Much in Love to Care [From Sunset Boulevard]
11. Pharaoh's Story [From Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat]

Tracks:

1. Don't Cry for Me Argentina [From Evita]
2. Sunset Boulevard [From Sunset Boulevard]
3. Overture [From Jesus Christ Superstar]
4. Think of Me [From Phantom of the Opera]
5. Last Supper [From Jesus Christ Superstar]
6. Memory [From Cats]
7. Starlight Sequence [From Starlight Express]
8. Peron's Latest Flame [From Evita]
9. King Herod's Song [From Jesus Christ Superstar]
10. Any Dream Will Do [From Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat]

Average customer rating: A great new find!

Look to the Rainbow Bill Daugherty Manufacturer: Original Cast/Thoroughbred ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | R&B | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00004WF9Q Release Date: 2000-09-01

Tracks:

1. Two For The Road
2. I'm All Smiles
3. Isn't It A Pity
4. The Gift No More Blues
5. It's The Little Things
6. Azure T
7. It's Always You
8. In Love In Vain / In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning
9. Don'cha Go 'Way Mad / Robbins Nest
10. Fireflies
11. Why Did I Choose You?
12. Oh You Crazy Moon
13. Autumn Nocturne / Early Autumn
14. A Fine Romance w/ Margaret Whiting
15. The Ballad of the Sad Young Men
16. Dear Friend / Love Makes Such Fools of Us All
17. Mama, A Rainbow
18. Look To The Rainbow

Customer Reviews:

A great new find!.......2000-10-18

I am an afficiando of cabaret singers. Bill Daugherty is one of the best new singers I have heard in a very long time. I bought the album based on repetoire alone. It is a wonderful mix of well known tunes and some that I am not familiar with. Mr Daugherty brings a warm high baritone to a wide range of songs. The duet with his mentor, the evergreen and ever great Margaret Whiting is just one of the discs highlights. To those who love intimate singers, buy this one. To those who love the great american song book, but this one. To everyone else, buy this one, also.

Average customer rating: This 'Look To The Rainbow' is songstress Anita Ellis'... A CLASSIC SINGER TO REDISCOVER URGENTLY

Look to the Rainbow Anita Ellis & Loonis McGlohon Manufacturer: Audiophile ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Cabaret | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00004YBZ7 Release Date: 2000-08-25

Tracks:

1. On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
2. Moments Like This
3. Anyone Can Whistle
4. Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year
5. Hurry! It's Lovely Up Here
6. But Beautiful
7. Swinging on a Star
8. Like Someone in Love
9. Poor Loulie Jean
10. Everywhere I Look
11. Birthday Candles
12. Sunday, Monday or Always
13. Don't Let It Get You Down
14. Suddenly It's Spring
15. All of Us in I Together
16. Who Can I Turn To?
17. Too Late Now
18. World Is in My Arms
19. Look to the Rainbow
20. It's Anyond's Spring
21. Here's to My Lady
22. Melinda
23. What Did I Have That I Don't Have

Customer Reviews:

This 'Look To The Rainbow' is songstress Anita Ellis'..........2001-07-17

...recording from South Carolina in 1977. Anita is an immensely gifted singer of the American Popular Song. The selections here are given luscious, soulful renderings so exquisitely full-bodied; I've appointed an intermission to this CD, allowing the joy of its distinct revelations time for savoring. There are selections from Broadway musicals, film and among others a gem named 'Poor Loulie Jean' with glorious nuance. You discover the rest. Previous recordings of Ellis' such as 'A Legend Sings With Ellis Larkins At The Piano' and 'Echoes' recorded with actor/singer/brother Larry Kert deserve a CD release. And there are others....

A CLASSIC SINGER TO REDISCOVER URGENTLY.......2001-02-13

Anita Ellis is a singing legend. She influenced many a singer and it's a shame that she seems to be forgotten today. But this CD should give an opportunity to (re)discover an incredible singer, gifted with a beautiful voice, a great range and a beautiful tone. An intelligent, really impressive singer. She could have been an opera singer, but she choosed popular music and it wasn't a waste!! By the way, you probably heard her, she dubbed Rita Hayworth in "Put The Blame On Mame"... I told you, a legend sings!

Average customer rating:

Classic Andrew Lloyd Webber Manufacturer: Madacy Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Orchestral Pop | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B0002QO3L4 Release Date: 2004-09-07

Tracks:

1. Memory [From Cats]
2. Music of the Night [From Phantom of the Opera]
3. Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again [From Phantom of the Opera]
4. Phantom of the Opera [From Phantom of the Opera]
5. Aspects of Aspects [From Aspects of Love][Instrumental]
6. Love Changes Everything [From Aspects of Love]
7. Anything But Lonely [From Aspects of Love]
8. Seeing Is Believing [From Aspects of Love]
9. Tell Me on a Sunday [From Song and Dance]
10. Last Man in My Life [From Song and Dance]
11. Take That Look Off Your Face [From Song and Dance]

Tracks:

1. Phantom Overture [From Phantom of the Opera][Instrumental]
2. Sunset Boulevard Entr'acte [From Sunset Boulevard][Instrumental]
3. With One Look [From Sunset Boulevard]
4. Another Suitcase in Another Hall [From Evita]
5. Buenos Aires [From Evita]
6. Rainbow High [From Evita]
7. Everything's Alright [From Jesus Christ Superstar]
8. John 19: 41 [From Jesus Christ Superstar][Instrumental]
9. Heaven on Their Minds [From Jesus Christ Superstar]
10. Too Much in Love to Care [From Sunset Boulevard]
11. Pharaoh's Story [From Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat]

Pop Music:

1. Mali
2. Meine Grossten Erfolge [Import]
3. Mit Musik Und Froher Laune [Import]
4. Muito Na Onda [Original recording remastered] [Import]
5. Noites Cariocas [Import]
6. Novo Millennium [Import]
7. O Melhor De Tribo De Jah [Import]
8. O Melhor Do Chorinho Ao Vivo [Import] [Live]
9. O Rei Volta Pra Casa [Import]
10. Ookami Wakusei [Import]

Pop Music