How Do You Keep the Music Playing? (album)
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| Studio album by Johnny Mathis | ||||
| Released | May 4, 1993 | |||
| Recorded | 1993 at Andora Studios, Hollywood, California, Capitol Studios, Hollywood, California, Right Track Studios, New York, New York, Signet Sound Studios, Los Angeles, California, 20th Century Fox Film Corporation, Los Angeles, California |
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| Genre | Vocal | |||
| Length | 46:56 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer |
Alan and Marilyn Bergman Jay Landers Michel Legrand |
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How Do You Keep the Music Playing? is an album by American pop singer Johnny Mathis that was released in May 1993 by Columbia Records and included the subtitle The Songs of Michel Legrand and Alan & Marilyn Bergman on its cover. The album featured new, individual recordings of two songs that Mathis covered as a medley for his 1973 album Me and Mrs. Jones -- "I Was Born in Love with You" and "Summer Me, Winter Me". He also performed new arrangements of "The Windmills of Your Mind", "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?", and "The Summer Knows", which he had recorded for other albums many years earlier.
Mathis conveyed his appreciation of Legrand's music in the liner notes for the album, describing him as "the consummate composer. His arrangements are endlessly inventive and deeply passionate." His appreciation was equally enthusiastic for the Bergman's lyrics: "They express the desires of romance with a rare sophistication. It's been a delight to sing these beautiful creations."
The Bergmans also expressed their love of Legrand: "We always feel as if there are words on the lips of his notes just waiting to be written." And they were especially exuberant in their praise of Mathis: "His voice dims the lights and makes all within the sound of it feel as though he's singing just to them. The mood he creates is one of intimacy, warmth and sensitivity. And it's a voice that keeps getting better -- wiser, more knowing, more moving."
Nick Catalano mentioned the album in his review of a Mathis concert in New York City. "The present album and Carnegie concerts celebrate the music of Alan and Marilyn Bergman, with arrangements by Michel Legrand. On the album, the attempt to balance the elements succeeds mightily."
All of the songs on the album feature music by Michel Legrand and lyrics by Alan and Marilyn Bergman.
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