This Is New (Dee Dee Bridgewater album)

This is New is a 2002 album by Dee Dee Bridgewater, dedicated to the songs of Kurt Weill.

Track listing "This Is New" (Ira Gershwin) – 3:47 "Lost in the Stars" (Maxwell Anderson) – 5:36 "The Bilbao Song" (Michael Feingold, Frank McGuinness) – 10:24 "My Ship" (Ira Gershwin) – 4:56 "Alabama Song" (Bertolt Brecht) – 5:38 "The Saga of Jenny" (Ogden Nash) – 4:54 "Youkali" (Roger Fernay) – 3:54 "I'm a Stranger Here Myself" (Ogden Nash) – 5:50 "Speak Low" (Ogden Nash) – 4:17 "September Song" (Anderson) – 4:40 "Here I'll Stay" (Alan Jay Lerner) – 11:15

All music composed by Kurt Weill, lyricists in brackets.

Personnel Dee Dee Bridgewater – vocals Thierry Eliez – Hammond B3 organ, piano, backing vocals, arrangements (tracks: 1, 2) Louis Winsberg – guitar Ira Coleman – double bass André Ceccarelli – drums Minino Garay – percussion Nicolas Folmer – trumpet Denis LeLoup – trombone Daniele Scannapieco – alto saxophone, flute Antonio Hart – alto saxophone (2, 10), flute (3) Juan José Mosalini – bandoneon (7) Cecil Bridgewater – arranger (except 1, 2), conductor Bernie Arcadio – string arrangements (4, 9) China Moses, Tulani Bridgewater Kowalski – backing vocals

Chart positions Chart (2002)PeakpositionUS Jazz Albums (Billboard)Dee Dee Bridgewater – This Is New. Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved November 2, 2013.7

Release history + Release history and formats for This is New Region Date Format Label Ref. Various May 21, 2002 CD Verve Records

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