Gigi (Hank Jones album) explained

Gigi
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Hank Jones
Cover:	Gigi (Hank Jones album).jpg
Released:	1958
Recorded:	January 31, 1958 NYC
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	25:12
Label:	Golden Crest CR 3042
Producer:	Arthur Fried
Chronology:	Hank Jones
Prev Title:	Hank Jones' Quartet
Prev Year:	1956
Next Title:	Keepin' Up with the Joneses
Next Year:	1958

Gigi (full title Hank Jones Swings Songs from Lerner and Loewe's Gigi ) is an album by American jazz pianist Hank Jones featuring jazz adaptations of tunes from Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe's musical romantic comedy film Gigi recorded in 1958 and released on the Golden Crest label.^{[1] [2]}

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars.^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner

1. "Gigi" - 3:14
2. "I'm Not Young Any More" - 3:37
3. "Thank Heaven for Little Girls" - 2:12
4. "It's a Bore" - 2:58
5. "Say a Prayer for Me Tonight" - 3:07
6. "Gossip" - 2:15
7. "Waltz at Maxim's (She's Not Thinking of Me)" - 2:16
8. "The Parisians" 1:25
9. "I Remember it Well" - 2:30
10. "The Night They Invented Champagne" - 1:38

Personnel

• Hank Jones - piano
  • Barry Galbraith - guitar Arnold Fishkin - bass
• Donald Lamond - drums

Notes and References

1. http://www.johnbroven.com/catalogue/page9.html Golden Crest Records Catalog
2. http://www.jazzdisco.org/hank-jones/catalog/#golden-crest-cr-3042 Hank Jones Catalog
3. http://www.allmusic.com/album/hank-jones-swings-gigi-mw0000875075 Allmusic listing