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Taking it to Hart
Studio album by
Ian Shaw
Released1996
Recorded1996
GenreVocal jazz
Length52:48
LabelJazz House Records
Ian Shaw chronology
Ghostsongs
(1996) 		Taking it to Hart
(1996) 		The Echo of a Song
(1997)

Taking it to Hart is a 1996 studio album by Ian Shaw, focusing on the songs written by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart.[1]

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
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SourceRating
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[2]

Dave Burns of JazzTimes said that Shaw "is blessed with strong pipes and good intonation; unfortunately, he has also mastered every pop mannerism-bathos, exaggerated dynamics, melodramatic vibrato, fake-Southern diction, swoops of pointless-tasteless Mathis falsetto, the Tom Jones vocal wink, the ain't-we-hip scat", but added that the musicians and arrangements added a "tender counterpoint".[3]

Track listing

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  1. "I Wish I Were in Love Again" – 2:58
  2. "Where or When" – 3:24
  3. "Have You Met Miss Jones?" – 4:11
  4. "I Could Write a Book" – 4:00
  5. "My Romance"/"Any Old Place with You" – 3:10
  6. "Little Girl Blue" – 4:01
  7. "I Didn't Know What Time It Was" – 6:07
  8. "My Funny Valentine" – 5:12
  9. "Blue Moon" – 1:55
  10. "This Can't Be Love" – 3:00
  11. "It Never Entered My Mind" – 5:12
  12. "This Funny World" – 3:51
  13. "With a Song in My Heart" – 5:47

All music composed by Richard Rodgers, with all lyrics written by Lorenz Hart.

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Taking it to Hart at AllMusic
  2. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1285. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  3. ^ Burns, Dave (1 September 1997). "Ian Shaw: Taking it to Hart". JazzTimes. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
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