Fynsworth Alley is pleased to announce Footlight will be processing all our orders. Click Here to visit Fynsworth Alley at footlight, or Click Here to order this album. In September 2001, Broadway veteran Betty Buckley was preparing concerts toopen the Lincoln Center American Songbook Series when the tragic events of9/11 unfolded. But at the urging of New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, theevents weren't canceled, instead becoming a tribute to the city'sindomitable spirit and Broadway's most treasured adage: the show must go on.Recorded just weeks later, this album is built around the repertoire ofthose inspirational evenings, a warm, intimate reminder that there isconsiderably more to the Broadway musical tradition than vocal bravado andshow-stopping musical numbers. Indeed, Buckley caresses every jazzy nuanceand bolsters the innate cabaret drama of this material, which ranges fromher own introspective title track through Rodgers, Jobim, and a smoky enFrancais take on the standard "Autumn Leaves" to the understated dignity ofher "America the Beautiful"/"Bridge Over Troubled Water" medley and themournful jazz band improvisation, "A Loss of Heroes." Arranged by KennyWerner (who also wrote the meditative "St. Francis Prayer" here) andproduced by Buckley, it's one of the most dignified and thoughtful musicalprojects to have been inspired by the horrors of 9/11. 
Track Listings | 1. The Doorway | | 2. With A Song In My Heart | | 3. An Interesting Person | | 4. Sycamore Trees | | 5. Meditation/I Concentrate On You | | 6. Autumn Leaves | | 7. A Loss Of Heroes | | 8. St. Francis Prayer | | 9. America The Beautiful/Bridge Over Troubled Water | | 10. God Bless America | | 11. For The Beauty Of The Earth/Imagine |
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