I Love You, Paris

I Love You, Paris
I Love You, Paris
Live album by Shirley Horn
Released	1994
Recorded	Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris, France, March 7, 1992
Genre	Vocal jazz
Length	1:14:22
Label	Verve
Producer	Shirley Horn, Sheila Mathis, Richard Seidel
Shirley Horn chronology

I Love You, Paris is a 1992 live album by Shirley Horn, recorded at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris.^[1]

Reception[edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[2]

The Allmusic review by Richard S. Ginell stated: "Horn is in peak form throughout this program, often sounding exquisite and using silence and pauses quite expertly...Highly recommended".^[1]

I Love You, Paris was nominated for Best Jazz Vocal Performance in the 37th Annual Grammy Awards.

Track listing[edit]

"Wouldn't It Be Loverly" (Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe) – 6:23
"Just in Time" (Jule Styne, Betty Comden, Adolph Green) – 3:13
"He Was Too Good to Me" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 4:51
"Do It Again" (Buddy DeSylva, George Gershwin) – 8:17
"Old Country" (Curtis Reginald Lewis, Nat Adderley) – 5:37
"It's Easy to Remember (And So Hard to Forget)" (Hart, Rodgers) – 6:39
"All Through the Night" (Cole Porter) – 2:32
"L.A. Breakdown" (Larry B. Marks) – 6:47
"I Loves You Porgy / Here Comes de Honey Man" (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) – 9:45
"A Song for You / Goodbye" (Leon Russell)/(Gordon Jenkins) – 12:54
"That Old Devil Called Love" (Doris Fisher, Allan Roberts) – 7:33

Personnel[edit]

Musicians

Shirley Horn – piano, vocals
Charles Ables – bass guitar
Steve Williams – drums, percussion

Production

Shirley Horn – producer
Jean-Philippe Allard – recording coordinator
Margery Greenspan – art direction, artwork
Pier Alessandri – assistant engineer
Suzanne Dyer
Richard Parsons
Rene Weis
Sheila Mathis – associate producer
Alain Cluzeau – engineer
Richard Seidel – executive producer
Daniel Vong – illustrations
Joel E. Siegel – liner notes, producer
Dan Kincaid – mastering
Dave Baker – mixing
Alexis Gargarino – photography
Nate Herr – product manager

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c "I Love You, Paris". Allmusic. Retrieved October 3, 2011.
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 726. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[Allmusic-1] "I Love You, Paris". Allmusic. Retrieved October 3, 2011.

[Penguin-2] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 726. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

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Discography
Studio albums	Embers and Ashes (1960) Loads of Love (1962) Shirley Horn with Horns (1963) Travelin' Light (1965) Where Are You Going (1972) A Lazy Afternoon (1978) All of Me (1987) Softly (1988) Close Enough for Love (1989) You Won't Forget Me (1991) Here's to Life (1992) Light Out of Darkness (A Tribute to Ray Charles) (1993) The Main Ingredient (1996) Loving You (1997) I Remember Miles (1998) You're My Thrill (2001) May the Music Never End (2003)
Live albums	All Night Long (1981) Violets for Your Furs (1981) The Garden of the Blues (1984) I Thought About You (1987) I Love You, Paris (1994) Live at the 4 Queens (2016)
Compilation albums	But Beautiful: The Best of Shirley Horn (2005)
Soundtracks	For Love of Ivy (1968)
With others	Cat on a Hot Fiddle (Stuff Smith, 1959) Sarah: Dedicated to You (Carmen McRae, 1991) The Art of the Song (Charlie Haden, 1999) A Tribute to Oscar Peterson – Live at the Town Hall (1996)