Kiri Sidetracks: The Jazz Album Explained

Kiri Sidetracks: The Jazz Album
Type:	studio
Artist:	Kiri Te Kanawa
Cover:	Kiri_Sidetracks.jpg
Recorded:	May 1991
Studio:	BMG Studios, New York City
Genre:	Jazz
Label:	PolyGram
Producer:	John McClure, Anna Barry
Prev Title:	Magic: Kiri Te Kanawa Sings Michel Legrand
Prev Year:	1992
Next Title:	Heart to Heart
Next Year:	1992

Kiri Sidetracks: The Jazz Album is a 1992 jazz vocal album by the operatic soprano Kiri Te Kanawa, accompanied by a jazz trio of André Previn, Mundell Lowe and Ray Brown.

Track listing

1. "A Sleepin' Bee" (Harold Arlen, Truman Capote)  – 3:55
2. "Honeysuckle Rose" (Andy Razaf, Fats Waller)  – 5:06
3. "Cute" (Stanley Styne, Neal Hefti)  – 3:02
4. "It Could Happen to You" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen)  – 2:44
5. "Like Someone in Love" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen)  – 4:40
6. "Autumn Leaves" (Jacques Prévert, Johnny Mercer, Joseph Kosma)  – 3:58
7. "It Never Was You" (Kurt Weill, Maxwell Anderson)  – 3:29
8. "The Shadow of Your Smile" (Paul Francis Webster, Johnny Mandel)  – 5:12
9. "Too Marvelous for Words" (Johnny Mercer, Richard Whiting)  – 3:46
10. "Angel Eyes" (Earl Brent, Matt Dennis)  – 4:22
11. "Why Don't You Do Right" (Joe McCoy)  – 3:50
12. "The Second Time Around" (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen)  – 4:59
13. "Teach Me Tonight" (Sammy Cahn, Gene DePaul)  – 3:10
14. "Polka Dots and Moonbeams" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen)  – 5:01
15. "It's Easy to Remember" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)  – 5:40

Personnel

• Kiri Te Kanawa – vocals
• Ray Brown – double bass
• Mundell Lowe – guitar
• André Previn – piano