An Evening with Lena Horne explained

An Evening with Lena Horne
Type:	live
Artist:	Lena Horne
Cover:	lenalive.jpg
Released:	March 21, 1995
Recorded:	September 19, 1994
Genre:	Vocal jazz
Length:	52:02
Label:	Blue Note
Producer:	Michael Cuscuna, Sherman Sneed
Prev Title:	We'll Be Together Again
Prev Year:	1993
Next Title:	Being Myself
Next Year:	1998

An Evening with Lena Horne is a 1994 live album by Lena Horne.

At the 38th Grammy Awards, Horne's performance on this album won her the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance.

Track listing

1. "I Come Runnin'" (Roc Hillman) – 3:08
2. "Maybe" (Billy Strayhorn) – 2:47
3. "I've Got the World on a String" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) – 4:56
4. "Old Friend" (Stephen Sondheim) – 3:13
5. "Something to Live For" (Duke Ellington, Strayhorn) – 5:12
6. "Mood Indigo" (Barney Bigard, Ellington, Irving Mills) – 1:11
7. "Squeeze Me" (Fats Waller, Clarence Williams) – 1:20
8. "Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me" (Ellington, Bob Russell) – 4:21
9. "Yesterday, When I Was Young" (Charles Aznavour, Herbert Kretzmer) – 5:45
10. "How's Your Romance?" (Cole Porter) – 1:50
11. "Why Shouldn't I?" (Porter) – 2:56
12. "Ours" (Porter) – 2:50
13. "Just One of Those Things" (Porter) – 3:27
14. "We'll Be Together Again" (Carl Fischer, Frankie Laine) – 1:24
15. "Watch What Happens" (Norman Gimbel, Michel Legrand) – 3:36
16. "The Lady Is a Tramp" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 3:04

Personnel

Performance

• Lena Horne – vocals
• Mike Renzi - synthesizer, piano, musical director
• Rodney Jones - guitar
• Ben Brown - double bass
• Akira Tana - drums
• The Count Basie Orchestra:
• Clarence Banks - trombone
• Bill Hughes
• Mel Wanzo - trombone
• Danny Turner - flute, alto saxophone
• Kenny King - flute, tenor saxophone
• John Williams - baritone saxophone
• Doug Miller
• Bob Ojeda - trumpet, flugelhorn
• Michael Williams

Production

• Michael Cuscuna - producer
• Sherman Sneed
• Larry Walsh - mastering
• John Harris - engineer, remixing