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This Is New (Dee Dee Bridgewater album)

2002 studio album by Dee Dee Bridgewater

This is New
Studio album by Dee Dee Bridgewater
Released	May 21, 2002
Recorded	November 10 – December 29, 2001
Studio	Capitol (Hollywood) Plus XXX (Paris)
Genre	Vocal jazz
Length	36:31
Label	Verve
Producer	Dee Dee Bridgewater
Dee Dee Bridgewater chronology
Live at Yoshi's (1998) This is New (2002) J'ai deux amours (2005)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	[2]
Tom Hull	B[3]

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

Track listing[edit]

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

All music composed by Kurt Weill, lyricists in brackets.

Personnel[edit]

• 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

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