Vienna Art Orchestra - Quiet Ways - Ballads (1997)

Tracklist:
Titles:
1. What’s New feat. Helen Merrill. Based on a version by Helen Merrill with Clifford Brown from "Helen Merrill" (1954, EmArcy)
2. Somewhere over the Rainbow feat. Monika Trotz. Based on a version by Uli Scherer from "And She Answered" (1989, ECM)
3. Lush Life feat. Linda Sharrock. Based on the version by John Coltrane with Johnny Hartman from "John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman" (1963, Impulse)
4. The Ballad of Sad Young Man feat. Anna Lauvergnac
5. Once upon a Suumertime feat.Betty Carter. Based on a version from the rocords"It’s Not about the Melody" (1992, Verve)
6. If You Could See Me Now feat. Sheila Jordan. Based on a version fron the record "Portrait of Sheila" (1962, Blue Note)
7. You‘ve Changed feat. Urszula Dudziak. Based on the Billy Holiday version from "Lady in Satin" (1958, Verve)
8. One for My Baby feat. Anna Lauvergnac & Monika Trotz. Based on the version by Frank Sinatra & Nelson Riddle from "Sings for Only the Lonely" (1958, Capitol)
9. Innocence of Clichés feat. Yvonne Moore.

All arrangements by m.rüeggs 8. Take the A-Train. 9. After All 10. I’m Just a Lucky So and So 11. Blood Count 12. Rockin’ in Rhythm 13. Little Max 14. Sophisticated Lady

Line-up:
Line Up: 1 & 5: Rudi Pilz, Matthieu Michel, Bumi Fian, Herbert Joos (tr), Klaus Dickbauer, Florian Bramböck, Andy Scherrer, Harry Sokal, Herwig Gradischnig (reeds), Claudio Pontiggia (f-horn), Christian Muthspiel, Dominique Stöger, Charly Wagner (tb), Frank Tortiller (vib), Uli Scherer (p), Heiri Känzig (b), Thomas Alkier (dr), mathias rüegg (cond) 2: Uli Scherer (p) & string Orchestra 3: as in 1 plus string Orchestra 4: Sascha Otto (fl), Vasile Marian (oboe), Claudio Pontiggia (f-horn), Florian Bramböck (sax), Klaus Dickbauer (cl), , Angelika Riedl (bassoon), Heiri Känzig (b), Wolfgang Muthspiel (guit) 6: Joanna Lewis (1st viol.), Michael Snyman (2nd viol.), Graeme McKean (viola), Michael Williams (cello) 7: Matthieu Michel, Bumi Fian, Herbert Joos (tr), Klaus Dickbauer, Florian Bramböck, Andy Scherrer (reeds), Claudio Pontiggia (f-horn), Christian Muthspiel, (tb), Frank Tortiller (vib), Uli Scherer (p), Heiri Känzig (b), Thomas Alkier (dr), mathias rüegg (cond) 8: Joanna Lewis (1st viol.), Michael Snyman (2nd viol.), Graeme McKean (viola), Michael Williams (cello), Sascha Otto (fl), Vasile Marian (oboe), Claudio Pontiggia (f-horn), Florian Bramböck (sax), Klaus Dickbauer (cl), Angelika Riedl (bassoon), mathias rüegg (cond) 9: as in 7 plus Heinrich von Kalnein (altosax).

Credits:
All orchestra parts and performances by Monika Trotz and Anna Lauvergnac were recorded on 3, 4 and 6 July ’96 at the Austrophonstudio, Vienna, by Jürg Peterhans (Studer 24-Track analog). Betty Carter, Helen Merril & Sheila Jordan were recorded on 9 September ’96 at the Quad Studios, N.Y. City, by Mark Nixdorf. Urszula Dudziak and Wolfgang Muthspiel were recorded 12 September ’96 by Jürg Peterhans in N.Y. City, at the home of U. Dudziak. Linda Sharrock was recorded on 1 October ’96 and Anna Lauvergnac on 5 December ’96 by Bernd Jungmeier at the Cosmix Studio, Vienna. Yvonne Moore and Heinrich von Kalnein were recorded on 28 December ’96 at Studio Powerplay, Zurich. Mixed by Jürg Peterhans, Heinrich von Kalnein and mathias rüegg at Studio Powerplay, Zurich, December ’96.
PolyGram/Verve 537 097-2 CD