An Evening With Freda Payne: Live in Concert is a recording of a live performance that Freda Payne made in Los Angeles on November 6, 1993. In this performance, Payne performs a variety of songs that were an important part in her career, particularly tracks 6 through 10. Tracks 15 through 18 is a tribute to the many female jazz singers of the 1930s and 1940s. Live in Concert (released three years later) is an edited version of this album.
[edit] Track listing
| Writer(s) |
| 1. |
"Don't Rain on My Parade" |
Jules Styne, Bob Merrill |
3:59 |
| 2. |
"I'm a Woman" |
Ella McDaniel, Koko Taylor |
5:44 |
| 3. |
"Little Girl Blue" |
Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart |
5:43 |
| 4. |
"One Mint Julep" |
Rudy Toombs |
3:09 |
| 5. |
"Teach Me Tonight" |
Sammy Cahn, Gene DePaul |
3:16 |
| 6. |
"Through the Memory of My Mind" |
William Weatherspoon |
2:47 |
| 7. |
"Cherish What Is Dear to You" |
Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Angelo Bond |
1:22 |
| 8. |
"The Road We Didn't Take" |
Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, D. Dumas |
3:08 |
| 9. |
"Band of Gold" |
Ronald Dunbar, Edythe Wayne |
2:32 |
| 10. |
"Bring the Boys Home" |
General Johnson, Angelo Bond, Greg Perry |
3:08 |
| 11. |
"It Don't Mean a Thing" |
Irving Mills, Duke Ellington |
2:51 |
| 12. |
"Take the "A" Train" |
Billy Strayhorn |
4:26 |
| 13. |
"In a Sentimental Mood" |
Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Manny Kurtz |
4:59 |
| 14. |
"Rough and Ready Man" |
Hunter |
4:55 |
| 15. |
"Beads" |
Sally Eaton, Brackman |
4:38 |
| 16. |
"C'est Si Bon" |
Jerry Seelen, Henry Betti, Andre Hornez |
5:20 |
| 17. |
"Stormy Weather" |
Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler |
1:50 |
| 18. |
"Lady Be Good" |
George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin |
1:22 |
| 19. |
"Here's to Life" |
Artie Butler, Phyllis Molinary |
6:03 |
[edit] Show credits
Production staff
- Artist: Freda Payne
- Producers: Denise Jackson White, Dee Jay Wyte Production; Gene Jackson, Co-Real Artists
- Production stage manager, lighting designer: Larry Oberman
- Set designer: Tom Brown
- Sound/video: Anthony Carr
- Musical director: Rahn Coleman
Musicians
- Drums: Quinton Dennard
- Percussion: Munyungo Jackson
- Guitar: Mike O'Neal
- Sax: Charlie Owens
- Trumpet: Bobby Rodriguez
- Bass: Eddie Watkins
- Singers: Scherrie Payne, Joyce Vincent Wilson, Pam Vincent
- Dancers: Perry Moore, William Wesley
[edit] Album credits
- Executive producer: Michael Viner
- Recorded Live, November 6, 1993, Los Angeles
- Producer: Dan Musselman
- Recorded, mixed, and digitally mastered by: Al Johnson - Score One Recording, Inc. - North Hollywood, CA
- Cover design: Susie Dotan
- Cover photograph: Chris Fithian
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| Live albums |
An Evening with Freda Payne: Live in Concert (1996) · Live in Concert (1999)
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