You Won't Forget Me

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Shirley Horn made her recording debut in the early 1960s then returned home to Washington, D.C., to raise a family. She came back to the studio in the late '70s and early '80s, but it wasn't until this 1991 recording--her third Verve release--that she finally received the recognition she was due. You Won't Forget Me features Horn's trio of bassist Charles Ables and drummer Steve Williams, plus guest soloists Miles Davis, Wynton Marsalis, Branford Marsalis, Toots Thielemans, and fellow D.C. legend Buck Hill. The album projects a warm musical vision that elevates lyrical storytelling over fancy scatting. Here, maturity enhances rather than diminishes romantic longing. --Rick Mitchell

From Grove Press Guide to Blues on CD
Jazz singer/pianist Shirley Horn, based in Washington, D.C., puts her romantic material across easefully with the dramatic timing and commanding inflections of a quietly eloquent blues poetess. On her third stellar Verve recording she carries listeners through the mystery and melancholy of "It Had to Be You," "If You Go," and other American songbook riches, sometimes prying for meaning with harmonica master Toots Thielemans or trumpet savants Wynton Marsalis and Miles Davis. -- © Frank John... read more

You Won't Forget Me

Tracks:

The Music That Makes Me Dance
Come Dance With Me
Don't Let The Sun Catch You Cryin'
Beautiful Love
Come Back To Me
Too Late Now
I Just Found Out About Love
It Had To Be You
Soothe Me
Foolin' Myself
If You Go
You Stepped Out Of A Dream
You Won't Forget Me
All My Tomorrows

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Shirley Horn made her recording debut in the early 1960s then returned home to Washington, D.C., to raise a family. She came back to the studio in the late '70s and early '80s, but it wasn't until this 1991 recording--her third Verve release--that she finally received the recognition she was due. You Won't Forget Me features Horn's trio of bassist Charles Ables and drummer Steve Williams, plus guest soloists Miles Davis, Wynton Marsalis, Branford Marsalis, Toots Thielemans, and fellow D.C. legend Buck Hill. The album projects a warm musical vision that elevates lyrical storytelling over fancy scatting. Here, maturity enhances rather than diminishes romantic longing. --Rick Mitchell

Customer Reviews:

No one who hears this CD will EVER forget Shirley Horn........2005-12-07

There's no one on earth who can tell a story in song better than Shirley Horn, who can turn the quietest whisper into a powerful narrative moment, and in this CD, in which she sings about the many aspects of love, she is brilliant. Recorded in 1990, this was her first #1 jazz album in a career which she had postponed from the early sixties till late seventies, while she was bringing up her children. Always one of Miles Davis's favorite singers, she invites him here as a guest soloist.

Horn is a complete musician, and on this CD, she has planned every aspect of the recording. Having done all the arrangements and selected each soloist for his specific talents on specific songs, she ensures that the totality is exactly the interpretation she has in mind. Miles Davis is guest soloist on the title song, "You Won't Forget Me," Wynton Marsalis guests on "Don't Let the Sun Catch Me Crying," Toots Thielemans makes the harmonica a dramatically emotional instrument in "Beautiful Love," Branford Marsalis's sax complements her range and voice on "It Had to Be You," and Buck Hill and Horn become a musical unit on "Foolin' Myself."

Horn takes as much time as she needs for her interpretations throughout the recording. Paying no heed to the common length of CD tracks, she ranges here from almost nine minutes on the wonderful "If You Go" to less than two and a half minutes on "I Just Found Out About Love," which is upbeat, celebratory, and loud, with a strong drum base. Her selections vary from the quiet and dramatic "The Music That Makes Me Dance," in which she uses pauses and silence to emphasize the lyrics--"HIS is the only music that makes me dance,"--to the bluesy "Don't Let the Sun Catch You Cryin,'" with Wynton Marsalis--"You done me dirty now, and I just don't want you no more." "Soothe Me," with Toots Thielemans is vampy and sexy, giving new meaning to "soothe me...mellow me way down inside."

Mature, confident, and relaxed, Horn creates moods, plays with the rhythm and timing (especially noticeable on "You Stepped Out of a Dream), sets her piano and Davis's trumpet off against the metronome-like beat of the drum in "You Won't Forget Me," and ends triumphantly in "All My Tomorrows," in which she declares that all her dreams of a bright tomorrow may come true. A total musician, Horn uses her voice, her piano, and her vision to create one of the classic jazz albums of all time. n Mary Whipple

another Horn masterpiece.......2005-11-30

It seems to me that the slower the tempo of Jazz songs, the more meaning and emotional content they contain.

And Shirley Horn really loved that slow tempo that she could pour herself into, that she could ring every drop of meaning out of songs, even songs that usually are faster. Jazz is often full of players with great technique who play at breakneck speeds and leave little of themselves in the groove.

Shirley Horn so impressed Miles Davis in 1963 with her slowed tempos that three of the songs of his "Seven Steps to Heaven" were done as Shirley Horn did them! Shortly after she dropped out for almost two decades, to raise a family. Miles always promised he would play on one of Shirley's albums. Decades of, um, personal problems prevented Miles from keeping his promise until this album, and then he died before completing it. Well, she has plenty of great other backup guys here, Toots Thielemans, Wynton Marsalis, Charles Ables, Steve Williams etc. When Miles does play, he brings back those long-gone pre-1964 lonely solos that he hadn't done for decades.

Soul is an overused term. This heart-wrenchingly slow music has a palpable sense of spirituality. Real soul.

This CD is Always Wonderful, involving, thoughtful. Varied but many Late night, romantic listening tunes. Everyone plays well, esp Miles and Toots who can really make you feel the music. Music with real substance! "You Won't Forget Me" with Miles Davis!

I'm sorry to have only found out about this major DC area talent after her recent death. I would have loved to have heard her do these songs live!

The Best!!!.......2005-10-25

I just heard Shirley Horn passed on today. This was my first Shirley Horn CD purchase and its still my favorite. As a jazz vocalist (and pianist) she was in a class by herself. Just listen to her haunting rendition of the title track, "You Wont Forget Me". You're right Shirley, we'll NEVER forget you! Sublime.

How Can Anyone Forget Shirley Horn?.......2005-08-12

I had never heard of Shirley Horn, but was convinced "she must be good if Miles Davis is backing her up." From the moment she touched the piano and sang her first note I knew this was someone I had to sit and listen to; but when she sang the title cut I knew I was in love with Shirley Horn. Rather the temple is fast or slow, or the mood be happy or sad - it sooths and reassures you - "no complaints and no regrets."

A favorite.......2004-04-01

Shirley Horn has been a favorite of mine for many years. This release is another fine example of her sensitivity to the genre, the soft caress of her piano and the whisper of her voice lull you into her world. An extremely pleasurable listening experience.

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Oscar Hammerstein Legacy: Musicals

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Binding: Audio CD

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Although the orchestration of the songs is well done, most of them simply were not meant to be performed by a chorus; and they sound terrible in that form. If you want some of the songs on this CD, I suggest you look at one of Disney's compilation CDs in the Classic Disney Vol. 1-5 series or the actual soundtracks of the movies.

Inexorable wonder!.......2001-06-23

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