Liza! Liza!
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| Studio album by Liza Minnelli | ||||
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| Label (s) | Capitol Records | |||
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LP |
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Jazz, musical, traditional pop |
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12 |
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34m: 7s |
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| occupation | Liza Minnelli | |||
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Si Rady |
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Liza! Liza! is the first album of Liza Minnelli . It was released in 1964. His songs are completely included on the compilation The Complete Capitol Collection (2006).
background
Liza Minnelli played her first single You Are for Loving for Cadence Records in February 1963 . The song came from the musical Best Foot Forward , in whose off-Broadway adaptation Minnelli embodied the supporting role of the man-hungry "Ethel Hoffinger" in 1963. The success of the show cast album by Best Foot Forward culminated in Minnelli's record deal with Capitol Records in May 1963 , where she first released pop ballads aimed at a young audience. Under the guidance of arranger and orchestra director Peter Matz , who had previously worked with Barbra Streisand , Minnelli recorded her first solo album Liza! In June 1964 . Liza! on. Similar to Streisand's first albums, musical songs and jazz standards were selected for Minnelli , which also included Minnelli's childhood friend Marvin Hamlisch , who was also to influence the repertoire of her first appearances as a nightclub singer from 1965 onwards. Further musical advisors were John Kander and Fred Ebb .
Liza! Liza! appeared in September 1964. As biographer Scott Schechter explains, the producers wanted to form Minnelli into a second Streisand by selecting songs from stage standards. In fact, music critic William Ruhlmann referred to her as "Barbra Streisand's little sister".
Track list
- It's Just a Matter of Time (Stith, Everitt) - 3:05
- If I Were in Your Shoes ( Fred Ebb , John Kander ) - 3:23
- Meantime (Allen, Stillman) - 3:36
- Try to Remember (Jones, Schmidt) - 4:20
- I'm All I've Got (Graham, Schafer) - 1:55
- Maybe Soon (Everitt, Stith) - 3:17
- Maybe This Time (Fred Ebb, John Kander) - 3:30
- Don't Ever Leave Me ( Oscar Hammerstein , Jerome Kern ) - 2:39
- Travelin 'Life (Darling, Marvin Hamlisch ) - 2:52
- Together Wherever We Go ( Stephen Sondheim , Styne) - 3:45
- Blue Moon ( Richard Rodgers , Lorenz Hart ) - 2:03
- I Knew Him When (Arlen, Gershwin, Harburg) - 2:45
reception
In her early years as a singer, Minnelli said she was encouraged by her friend and mentor Charles Aznavour , who encouraged her in particular to interpret her songs as an actor. William Ruhlmann, for example, notes Minnelli's versatility as a singer, who would perform the songs on her album either comedically or melancholy. He also notes parallels between Minnelli's interpretive styles and her mother Judy Garland . Minnelli sang with a mixture of emotional vulnerability and almost irrepressible strength; She shows a special affinity to the songs of John Kander and Fred Ebb. The press praised the album as a “promising debut” ( Cashbox ), “impressive”, “beguiling” and “wonderfully varied” ( Record World ). Liza! Liza! was represented at number 116 on the Billboard 200 album charts for eight weeks .
Remarks
Already on this album Minnelli interprets Maybe This Time, written by the musical duo John Kander and Fred Ebb : The song was originally not part of the musical Cabaret , but only found its way into the show repertoire when it was made into a film in 1972. So Maybe This Time became one of her signature tunes, along with several other songs from the film, for whose leading role she was later awarded an Oscar . Liza Minnelli regards Fred Ebb as her favorite songwriter, as he has given her personal expression in his own opinion.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Schechter: The Liza Minnelli Scrapbook. 2004, pp. 13–14 and pp. 128–129.
- ↑ a b http://www.allmusic.com/album/liza!-liza!-mw0000847021 accessed on January 24, 2014.
- ↑ a b http://www.zeit.de/2009/20/KS-Minnelli accessed on January 24, 2014.
Studio albums: Liza! Liza! (1964) | It Amazes Me (1965) | There Is a Time (1966) | Liza Minnelli (1968) | Come Saturday Morning (1969) | New Feelin ' (1970) | The Singer (1973) | Tropical Nights (1977) | Results (1989) | Gently (1996) | Liza's at The Palace .... (2009) | Confessions (2010)
Live albums: Judy Garland and Liza Minnelli Live at the London Palladium (1965) | Liza Minnelli Live at the Olympia in Paris (1972) | Live at the Winter Garden (1974) | Liza Minnelli Live at Carnegie Hall (1981) | By Myself (1983) | Liza Minnelli: At Carnegie Hall (1987) | Liza Live from Radio City Music Hall (1992) | Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall (1993) | Aznavour / Minnelli: Paris-Palais des Congrès. Intégrale du Spectacle (1995) | Minnelli on Minnelli: Live at The Palace (2000) | Liza's Back (2002)
Compilations: Maybe This Time (1978) | Lovely! Lively! Liza! (1987) | Highlights from the Carnegie Hall Concerts (1988) | The Liza Minnelli Foursider (1990) | Liza (1994) | Touch of Class (1997) | Collection (1998) | Blue Moon / Maybe This Time (1998) | Pink (1999) | All That Jazz (2000) | Magic Collection: Liza Minnelli (2000) | Millennium Edition (2000) | The Capitol Years (2001) | Simply the Best (2001) | 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Liza Minnelli (2001) | Ultimate Collection (2001) | Blue Moon (2002) | Essential (2003) | The Best of Liza Minnelli (2004) | When It Comes Down to It, 1968-1977 (2004) | Say Liza (2005) | The Complete Capitol Collection (2006) | The Complete A&M Recordings, 1968–1972 (2008) | Best of Liza Minnelli (2008) | Finest (2008) | Cabaret ... and All That Jazz: The Liza Minnelli Anthology (2010)
Soundtracks: The Dangerous Christmas of Red Riding Hood. From the ABC TV Musical Comedy Special (1966) | Cabaret. Original Soundtrack Recording (1972) | Liza with a 'Z'. A Concert for Television (1972) | Lucky lady. Original Soundtrack Recording (1975) | A matter of time. Soundtrack (1976) | New York, New York. Original Motion Picture Score (1977) | Journey Back to Oz (1980) | Stepping out. Music from the Original Soundtrack (1991) | Sex and the City 2. Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2010)
Show Cast Albums: Best Foot Forward. Original Off-Broadway Revival Cast Recording (1963) | Flora the Red Menace. Original Broadway Cast Recording (1965) | The Act. Original Broadway Cast Album (1977) | The rink. Original Broadway Cast Recording (1984) | The Life. World Premiere Recording (1996) | Liza's at The Palace .... Original Cast Recording (2009)