Jamey Aebersold Jazz, Volume 97: Standards with Strings

When Charlie Parker made his famous "with strings" recordings, jazz musicians realized the potential of lushly orchestrated strings to enhance their own creativity. Legendary players soon followed suit, making a "with strings" album almost an essential rite of passage. Here are 10 beautiful standards arranged by jazz great and award-winning arranger Lennie Niehaus. Rhythm Section: Steve Allee (p); Tyrone Wheeler (b); Steve Davis (d); Peter McHugh (Violins); Alan Oldfield (Synth Strings). Titles: I Cover the Waterfront * Fools Rush In * You Go to My Head * September in the Rain * You're My Everything * You and the Night and the Music * Autumn in New York * When Your Lover Has Gone * Namely You * Lover, Come Back to Me.