My Fair Lady Loves Jazz

Studio album by Billy Taylor with Quincy Jones

Released

1964

Recorded

January 8 & 22, 1957 and February 5, 1957

Genre

Jazz

Length

32:57

Label

ABC-Paramount, Impulse!

Billy Taylor chronology

Cross Section
(1956)

My Fair Lady Loves Jazz
(1957)

The Billy Taylor Touch
(1957)

Impulse! Reissue cover

My Fair Lady Loves Jazz is an album by American jazz pianist Billy Taylor featuring performances of show tunes from the musical My Fair Lady recorded in 1957 and originally released on the ABC-Paramount label and rereleased Impulse! label in 1964 following the release of the film.^[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4½ stars calling it "one of the very best jazz interpretations of the classic score... Highly recommended".^[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe

"Show Me" - 4:46
"I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" - 3:42
"With a Little Bit of Luck" - 4:31
"The Rain in Spain" - 3:02
"Get Me to the Church on Time" - 4:15
"Wouldn't It Be Loverly?" - 5:01
"I Could Have Danced All Night" - 4:00
"On the Street Where You Live" - 3:40

Recorded in New York City on Jersey on January 8 (track 2), January 22 (tracks 3, 6 & 8) and February 5 (tracks 1, 4, 5 & 7), 1957

Personnel

Billy Taylor – piano
Ernie Royal - trumpet
Don Elliott - trumpet, mellophone, vibes, bongos
Jimmy Cleveland - trombone
Jim Buffington - French horn
Don Butterfield (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5 & 7), Jay McAllister (tracks 3, 6 7 8) - tuba
Anthony Ortega - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
Charlie Fowlkes - baritone saxophone, bass clarinet (tracks 2, 3, 6 & 8)
Al Casamenti - guitar
Earl May – bass
Ed Thigpen – drums
Quincy Jones - arranger, conductor

References

↑ Impulse! Records discography accessed March 22, 2011
1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed March 22, 2011

My Fair Lady by Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner (Lerner and Loewe)

Characters	Eliza Doolittle

Source	Pygmalion (1912 play) by George Bernard Shaw Pygmalion (1938 film) by George Bernard Shaw adapted by W. P. Lipscomb and Cecil Lewis

Films	My Fair Lady (1964 film) The Opening of Misty Beethoven (1976) Galatea (1977) Man Pasand (1980)

Albums	My Fair Lady (1956 Broadway cast recording) My Fair Lady (1956 Shelly Manne album) My Fair Lady (1958 Oscar Peterson Trio album) Nat King Cole Sings My Fair Lady (1963 album) My Fair Lady Loves Jazz (1964 Billy Taylor album) The Great Songs from "My Fair Lady" and Other Broadway Hits (1964 Andy Williams album)

Musical numbers	"Wouldn't It Be Loverly? " "With a Little Bit of Luck" "The Rain in Spain" "I Could Have Danced All Night" "On the Street Where You Live" "Get Me to the Church on Time" "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face"

Television	"My Fair Laddy" "One If by Clam, Two If by Sea" Selfie

Related	The Street Where I Live

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