2-time Grammy winner Dawn Upshaw returns to the world of musical theater (following her Gramophone Award winning I Wish It So and 1996's Rodgers & Hart songbook) with an album of songs by an American composer whose name is less familiar than his tunes - Vernon Duke. The writer of standards like "April in Paris," "Taking a Chance on Love" and "Autumn in New York" left a rich catalog music that is given a chance to shine in incandescent performances by this most American of singers.
1) Sweet Bye and Bye: Round About
2) Littlest Revue: Born Too Late
3) Sadie Thompson: The Love I Long for
4) Thumbs Up: Autumn in New York
5) Sweet Bye and Bye: The Sea-Gull and the Ea-Gull
6) Five Victorian Songs: Remember or Forget
7) Banjo Eyes: Not a Care in the World
8) Ziegfeld Follies of 1936: Words Without Music
9) Dancing in the Streets: Swattin' the Fly
10) Walk a Little Faster: April in Paris
11) Ziegfeld Follies of 1936: I Like the Likes of You
12) Sweet Bye and Bye: Low and Lazy
13) Ziegfeld Follies of 1934: Water Under the Bridge
14) Time Remembered: Ages Ago