VA - All The Things You Are Jerome Kern Songbook (2005)

The legacy of composer Jerome Kern is celebrated on this hodgepodge release which collects together 16 performances of his songs by a variety of singers: Ella Fitzgerald, Arthur Prysock, Helen Merrill, Sarah Vaughan, Joe Williams, Jackie and Roy, Ernestine Anderson, Fred Astaire, Billie Holiday, Bing Crosby and three by Margaret Whiting. None of the music is particularly rare and the emphasis overall is on straight versions of the lyrics and Kern's melodies. This release is more for the general listener than for any serious collector.

Tracklist:

01. Sarah Vaughan & Harold Mooney and His Orchestra - All the Things You Are (03:09)
02. Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - A Fine Romance (1957 Version) (03:51)
03. Margaret Whiting - Let's Begin (02:14)
04. Stan Getz - Nobody Else But Me (03:33)
05. Billy Eckstine - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes (03:42)
06. Morgana King - Bill (02:49)
07. Cassandra Wilson - I'm Old Fashioned (03:03)
08. Arthur Prysock - The Folks Who Live On the Hill (02:52)
09. Gene Ammons & Sonny Stitt - Long Ago and Far Away (06:16)
10. Blossom Dearie - I Won't Dance (02:44)
11. Dinah Washington & Quincy Jones and His Orchestra - They Didn't Believe Me (02:45)
12. Fred Astaire - The Way You Look Tonight (02:58)
13. Helen Merrill, Clifford Brown, Quincy Jones and His Orchestra & Quincy Jones - Yesterdays (06:43)
14. Anita O'Day - Pick Yourself Up (03:05)
15. Margaret Whiting - Why Do I Love You (02:35)
16. Bud Powell - The Last Time I Saw Paris (03:15)
17. Diana Krall - Pick Yourself Up (03:02)
18. Arthur Prysock - Why Was I Born (02:54)
19. Helen Merrill - Dearly Beloved (02:04)
20. Sarah Vaughan - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes (03:57)
21. Joe Williams & Count Basie - A Fine Romance (02:29)
22. Erroll Garner - Who (06:07)
23. Jackie Cain & Roy Kral - Let's Begin (03:07)
24. Ernestine Anderson - They Didn't Believe Me (02:21)
25. Margaret Whiting - The Way You Look Tonight (03:31)
26. Fred Astaire - Lovely to Look At (03:25)
27. Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - I Won't Dance (04:45)
28. Oscar Peterson Trio - Ol' Man River (02:34)
29. Margaret Whiting - You Couldn't Be Cuter (02:02)
30. Billie Holiday - Yesterdays (1952 Version) (02:50)
31. Bing Crosby & Buddy Bregman - The Song Is You (03:54)
32. Margaret Whiting - She Didn't Say Yes (02:28)