The life of the great American song-writer Irving Berlin spanned most of the great events of the twentieth century. His remarkable trajectory from a small town in Russia to a mansion in Manhattan is the quintessential story of an immigrant who embraced the opportunities America had to offer and who gave creative riches back to it many times over. Berlin’s musical education, like that of so many American song-writers from Stephen Foster to the present, was spotty but he had a crystal clear vision of what he wanted and meticulously polished his songs to perfection. These high standards give each song a vivid personality and structural integrity that makes them a joy to arrangers. Berlin’s fondness for playing with genres is picked up by the arrangers here, who include jazz, ragtime, Dixieland, mambo, calypso and salsa stylings of various songs.
Tracklist
 Artist details
Berlin, Irving
Krush, Jay - Arranger
 Let Yourself Go (arr. J. Krush)
1 Let Yourself Go 02:08
 Top Hat, White Tie and Tails (arr. J. Krush)
2 Top Hat, White Tie and Tails 03:29
 Blue Skies (arr. J. Krush for brass ensemble)
3 Blue Skies 03:39
 (I'll See you in) Cuba (arr. J. Krush)
4 (I'll See you in) Cuba 02:30
Berlin, Irving
Solot, E. - Arranger
 Alexander's Ragtime Band (arr. E. Solot)
5 Alexander's Ragtime Band 03:10
Berlin, Irving
Krush, Jay - Arranger
 What'll I Do? (arr. J. Krush)
6 What'll I Do? 03:43
Berlin, Irving
Sorenson, D. - Arranger
 Puttin' on the Ritz (arr. D. Sorenson)
7 Puttin' on the Ritz 02:46
Berlin, Irving
Krush, Jay - Arranger
 Get Thee Behind Me, Satan (arr. J. Krush)
8 Get Thee Behind Me, Satan 02:34
 Supper Time (arr. J. Krush)
9 Supper Time 04:33
Berlin, Irving
Hood, M. - Arranger
 Listening (arr. M. Hood)
10 Listening 01:56
Berlin, Irving
Krush, Jay - Arranger
 Heat Wave (arr. J. Krush)
11 Heat Wave 04:41
 No Strings (arr. J. Krush)
12 No Strings 02:50
Berlin, Irving
Hood, M. - Arranger
 Lazy (arr. M. Hood)
13 Lazy 03:09
Berlin, Irving
Krush, Jay - Arranger
 That International Rag (arr. J. Krush)
14 That International Rag 03:14
Berlin, Irving
Sorenson, D. - Arranger
 They Say It's Wonderful (arr. D. Sorenson)
15 They Say It's Wonderful 03:30
Berlin, Irving
Solot, E. - Arranger
 White Christmas (arr. E. Solot)
16 White Christmas 03:33
Berlin, Irving
Krush, Jay - Arranger
 Harlem On My Mind (arr. J. Krush)
17 Harlem On My Mind 03:14
Berlin, Irving
Hood, M. - Arranger
 When I Lost You (arr. M. Hood)
18 When I Lost You 02:34
Berlin, Irving
Sorenson, D. - Arranger
 There's No Business Like Show Business (arr. D. Sorenson)
19 There's No Business Like Show Business 02:30
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