Bittersweet (Mark Isham and Kate Ceberano album)

Bittersweet
Studio album by
Mark Isham and Kate Ceberano
Released10 April 2009
RecordedMad Hatter Studios, Los Angeles, 2009
GenreJazz, easy listening
LabelUniversal Music Australia
ProducerMark Isham
Kate Ceberano albums chronology
So Much Beauty
(2008) 		Bittersweet
(2009) 		Dallas et Kate
(2009)

Bittersweet is an album of jazz standards by American musician Mark Isham and Australian vocalist Kate Ceberano. It is Ceberano's first jazz album in twenty years.[1] The album received a nomination for Best Jazz Album at the 2009 ARIA Awards.[2]

Isham and Ceberano performed at the Sundance Film Festival in 2003 and wanted to record an album together. In early 2009, Ceberano flew to Isham's estate outside Los Angeles and recorded the album in his home studio. The pair recorded the album live without overdubs in just three days.[3]

Track listing

# Title Original performer Duration
1 "My One and Only Love" Frank Sinatra 4:29
2 "Skylark" Anita O'Day 4:10
3 "In a Sentimental Mood" Duke Ellington 4:57
4 "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" Duke Ellington 4:24
5 "In My Solitude" Paul Robeson 4:31
6 "Night and Day" Cole Porter 5:05
7 "I Wanna Be Loved" The Andrews Sisters 6:48
8 "Easy Living" Ralph Rainger 4:17
9 "Lush Life" Billy Strayhorn 4:18
10 "Do It Again" Irène Bordoni 4:13
11 "Every Time We Say Good Bye" Cole Porter 5:12

Personnel

  • Kate Ceberano – vocals
  • Mark Isham – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Alan Pasqua – piano
  • Tom Warrington – bass
  • Peter Erskine – drums

Charts

Chart (2009) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[4] 80

References

  1. ^ "Celebrity - Book Kate Ceberano at MTA - Entertainment Booking Agency Australia - MTA Entertainment and Events". Musictheatreaustralia.com.au. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Winners By Year - 27th ARIA Awards 2013". ARIA. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
  3. ^ Ceberano, Kate (2014). I'm Talking. Sydney, Australia: Hachette. ISBN 978-0-7336-3023-1.
  4. ^ "Part of Kate Ceberano ARIA chart history 1988 to 2022, received from ARIA in 2022". ARIA. Retrieved 2 December 2023 – via Imgur.com. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.