This Is New (Dee Dee Bridgewater album)

This is New
Studio album by
Dee Dee Bridgewater
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]

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

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

  1. ^ "Dee Dee Bridgewater: This Is New". Allmusic. allmusic.com. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  2. ^ Cook, Richard (2006). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings : Cook, Richard : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming. p. 163. ISBN 9780141023274. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Tom Hull: Grade List: Dee Dee Bridgewater". Tom Hull. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  4. ^ "Lescharts.com – Dee Dee Bridgewater – This Is New". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 2, 2013.
  5. ^ Dee Dee Bridgewater – This Is New. Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved November 2, 2013.