Alone Together (1932 song)
"Alone Together" is a song composed by Arthur Schwartz with lyrics by Howard Dietz. It was introduced in the Broadway musical Flying Colors in 1932 by Jean Sargent.
The song soon became a hit, with Leo Reisman and His Orchestra's 1932 recording being the first to reach the charts. It is the most popular of Schwartz and Dietz's collaborations and has become a jazz standard. The first jazz artist to record the song was Artie Shaw in 1939.[1]
Selective list of recorded versions
- Artie Shaw – (1939 & 1940)
- Dizzy Gillespie – (1950)
- Art Blakey – At the Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 1 (1955)
- Miles Davis – Blue Moods (1955)
- Pepper Adams - Critic's Choice (1957)
- Steve Lacy – Soprano Sax (1957)
- Julie London – Make Love to Me (1957)
- Sonny Rollins – Sonny Rollins and the Contemporary Leaders (1958)
- Dorothy Ashby – In a Minor Groove (1958)
- Chet Baker – Chet (1959)
- Kenny Dorham Quartet – Prestige Records (1959)
- Peggy Lee – Things Are Swingin' (1959)
- Judy Garland – That's Entertainment! (1960) & Judy at Carnegie Hall (1961)
- Mel Tormé - My Kind of Music (1961)
- Ray Charles and Betty Carter – Ray Charles and Betty Carter (1961)
- Grant Green – Green Street (1961)
- Ella Fitzgerald and the Nelson Riddle Orchestra – Ella Swings Brightly with Nelson (1962)
- Eric Dolphy – Conversations (1963)
- Stanley Turrentine – Easy Walker (1966)
- Carmen McRae - Hotel (movie) (1967)
- Ray Brown – Bass Hit! (1969)
- Oscar Peterson and Dizzy Gillespie – Oscar Peterson and Dizzy Gillespie (1974)
- Horace Parlan – Musically Yours (1979)
- Dinah Washington - Dinah Jams (1954, remastered 1990)
- Ron Carter and Jim Hall – Alone Together (1991)
- Joe Pass and John Pisano – Duets (1991)
- Robert Glasper Trio – Mood (2004)
- McCoy Tyner – Illuminations (2004)
- Carly Simon – Moonlight Serenade (2005)
- Billy Childs - " The Child Within" (2005)
- Erin Bode – Over and Over (2006)
- Stefano Bollani - "I Visionari" (2006)
- Rufus Wainwright – Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall (2007)
- Michael Weiss – Power Station (2007)
Notes
- ↑ Alone Together at jazzstandards.com – retrieved on 3 May 2009
See also
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