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2011 compilation album by Dee Dee Bridgewater
Midnight Sun
Compilation album by Dee Dee Bridgewater
ReleasedAugust 26, 2011
GenreJazz
Length56:40
LabelDecca/EmArcy
ProducerTulani Bridgewater Kowalski, Dee Dee Bridgewater
Dee Dee Bridgewater chronology
Eleanora Fagan (1915-1959)
(2010) 		Midnight Sun
(2011) 		Dee Dee's Feathers
(2015)
Professional ratings
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Midnight Sun is a 2011 compilation album by American jazz singer Dee Dee Bridgewater.

Background

The album is a collection of 11 love ballads and standards. Bridgewater explained "For years my fans and family have been asking me to compile a CD of my favorite love songs, and Midnight Sun is my ode to them. Love in all its glory – for better or for worse – as expressed by some of the most amazing songwriters of our time."

Reception

Thom Jurek of Allmusic wrote "Midnight Sun, issued by Decca/Emarcy, is a ballads collection of jazz and pop standards assembled from Dee Dee Bridgewater's recordings for Verve and other UMG-associated labels... As an album, these tracks -- all beautifully remastered -- hold together very well despite the variety of instrumental settings, and Bridgewater imbues them all with her consummate phrasing and intimacy."

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Midnight Sun"Sonny Burke, Lionel Hampton, Johnny Mercer7:24
2."Angel Eyes"Earl Brent, Matt Dennis5:51
3."My Ship"Ira Gershwin, Kurt Weill4:57
4."Que Rest-t-il?"Charles Trénet, Lee Wilson4:58
5."Lonely Woman"Horace Silver5:21
6."Speak Low"Ogden Nash, Kurt Weill4:18
7."I'm a Fool to Want You / I Fall in Love Too Easily"Sammy Cahn, Joel Herron, Frank Sinatra, Jule Stein, Jack Wolf4:09
8."L' Hymne à L'amour"Marguerite Monnot, Édith Piaf, Lee Wilson5:04
9."The Island"Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Ivan Lins, Vítor Martins3:42
10."Good Morning Heartache"Ervin Drake, Dan Fisher, Irene Higginbotham, Billie Holiday5:11
11."Here I'll Stay"Alan Jay Lerner, Kurt Weill5:45
Total length:56:40

Chart positions

Chart (2011) Peak
position
US Jazz Albums (Billboard 200) 20

References

  1. "Dee Dee Bridgewater: Victim of Love". Allmusic. allmusic.com. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  2. Quinn, Peter (March 2012). "Review". Jazzwise. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  3. "Midnight Sun". Discogs. discogs.com. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  4. GIOIA, MICHAEL (5 June 2011). "Tony Winner Dee Dee Bridgewater's "Midnight Sun" Album Has Songs by Weill, Lerner, Mercer and More". Playbill. playbill.com. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  5. "Midnight Sun". Wrasse Records. wrasserecords.com. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  6. Jurek, Thom. "Misnight sun". Allmusic. allmusic.com. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  7. "Dee Dee Bridgewater". Billboard. Retrieved 21 August 2020.

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