On broadway

chronology
On broadway
Studio album by Götz Alsmann
Publication ; (s)	October 24, 2014
Label (s)	Blue Note Records / ( Universal Music Group )
Format (s)	Vinyl LP, CD & DVD, Day Edition, MP3 download
Genre (s)	jazz
Title (number)	18th
running time	64:58 min.
occupation	Götz Alsmann - vocals, piano and more; Altfrid M. Sicking - vibraphone, xylophone, trumpet; Michael Ottomar Müller - bass guitar; Rudi Marhold - drums; Markus Paßlick - percussion;
production	Regis Ceccarelli
Studio (s)	Sear Sound Studio, NYC

On Broadway there is a music album by Götz Alsmann that was released in 2014. It mainly contains classics from the Great American Songbook , all of which he sings in German.

History of origin

The album forms the second part of a trilogy of musical journeys. This idea goes back to the planning by Philippe König from the record company Blue Note Records , where Götz Alsmann's albums have also been released since 2007. A first trip was to Paris. Alsmann must have wondered what could follow after Paris. He decided to travel to New York, directly to Broadway , the supposed incubator for classic jazz hits.

On his Broadway album, Alsmann commemorates the great stars of Broadway history. Whether George Gershwin , Cole Porter or Jerome Kern - Alsmann breathes new life into them together with his quartet. The best-known performers included world stars like Frank Sinatra , Ella Fitzgerald , Peggy Lee , Sammy Davis, Jr. , Mel Tormé , but also pop greats like Elvis Presley and the Beatles .

The focus of the artistic reinterpretation are evergreens , which became known and famous between the 1930s and 1950s through musicals, films and revues and are now part of the Great American Songbook . In the early summer of 2014, Alsmann and his band traveled to New York to record the album, where the album was recorded in the Sear Sound Studio , the oldest recording studio in the US metropolis. Alsmann sang all 18 Broadway classics on the new album in German.

For the German texts, Alsmann mainly used forgotten texts that are being interpreted again for the first time in decades. “The Germanization of the American classics often provides amusement. For example, when the good old Blue Moon finds itself in a "moonlit night by the sea" on the Italian Gulf of Taranto. "

List of titles

Broadway (Orig. Billy Bird, Henry Wood , Teddy McRae - Broadway) - 3:43
From this hour on (Orig. Doris Day - From This Moment On) - 2:38
A Wanderer (Orig. Nat King Cole - Nature Boy ) - 4:00
Everything always happens to me (Orig. Tommy Dorsey with Frank Sinatra - Everything Happens to Me ) - 4:00
It is love that makes you so happy (Orig. Fred Astaire - They Can't Take That Away from Me ) - 3:40
My little weaknesses (Orig. Mary Martin from the musical The Sound of Music - My Favorite Things ) - 3:07
Whatever Lola Wants (Orig. Sarah Vaughan - Whatever Lola Wants) - 2:56
Dream Vision (Orig. Chet Baker - My Funny Valentine ) - 4:32
Day by Day (Orig. Les Brown & His Orchestra with Doris Day - Day by Day) - 2:54
The Song of Solitude (Orig. Glenn Miller and His Orchestra with Lynn Bari - Serenade in Blue) - 4:12
The Old Magic (Orig. Johnny Johnston - That Old Black Magic ) - 3:18
Mondnacht am Meer (Orig. Casa Loma Orchestra with Kenny Sargent - Blue Moon ) - 3:00
Don't take it hard (Orig. Fred Astaire - Pick Yourself Up) - 1:44
I would have danced tonight (Orig. Julie Andrews from the musical My Fair Lady - I Could Have Danced All Night) - 3:20
C'est magnifique (Orig. Gordon MacRae - C'est magnifique) - 2:31
Solitude (Orig.Billie Holiday - Yesterdays ) - 5:18
But then you came (Orig. The Beatles - Till There Was You) - 5:44
Singin 'in the Rain ( Gene Kelly from Singin' in the Rain ) [encore] - 4:21
The small park (Orig. From the film A Damsel in Distress - A Foggy Day) - 4:20
Am a man like everyone (Orig. Rex Harrison from the musical My Fair Lady - I'm An Ordinary Man) - 3:13

Web links

Götz Alsmann's website
Review by Artur Schulz on laut.de
Review music stories on mdr.de

Individual evidence

↑ Interviews | In conversation with Götz Alsmann. (No longer available online.) In: alternativmusik.de. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016 ; accessed on August 11, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2
↑ New album | Götz Alsmann raves about Broadway. In: wn.de. Retrieved August 11, 2015 .
↑ The American Songbook with a German tongue | Quote from Artur Schulz, 2nd paragraph, 1st line. In: laut.de. Retrieved August 11, 2015 .
↑ According to the list of titles, it is said to be George Benson's fusion number, which is entitled On Broadway ; Benson's 1978 recorded track was written by Barry Mann , Cynthia Weil , Jerry Leiber / Mike Stoller .
↑ Götz Alsmann | On Broadway (Day Edition). In: jazzecho.de. Retrieved August 7, 2015 .
↑ Götz Alsmann | On Broadway (iTunes). Retrieved September 9, 2015 .

[1] Interviews | In conversation with Götz Alsmann. (No longer available online.) In: alternativmusik.de. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016 ; accessed on August 11, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2

[2] New album | Götz Alsmann raves about Broadway. In: wn.de. Retrieved August 11, 2015 .

[3] The American Songbook with a German tongue | Quote from Artur Schulz, 2nd paragraph, 1st line. In: laut.de. Retrieved August 11, 2015 .

[4] According to the list of titles, it is said to be George Benson's fusion number, which is entitled On Broadway ; Benson's 1978 recorded track was written by Barry Mann , Cynthia Weil , Jerry Leiber / Mike Stoller .

[5] Götz Alsmann | On Broadway (Day Edition). In: jazzecho.de. Retrieved August 7, 2015 .

[6] Götz Alsmann | On Broadway (iTunes). Retrieved September 9, 2015 .