This Is New (Dee Dee Bridgewater album)
# This Is New (Dee Dee Bridgewater album)

Professional ratings :

| Review scores ||
| - | - |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz | |
| Tom Hull | B |

This is New is a 2002 album by Dee Dee Bridgewater, dedicated to the songs of Kurt Weill.

## Track listing

* "This Is New" (Ira Gershwin) – 3:47
* "Lost in the Stars" (Maxwell Anderson) – 5:36
* "The Bilbao Song" (Michael Feingold, Frank McGuinness) – 10:24
* "My Ship" (Ira Gershwin) – 4:56
* "Alabama Song" (Bertolt Brecht) – 5:38
* "The Saga of Jenny" (Ogden Nash) – 4:54
* "Youkali" (Roger Fernay) – 3:54
* "I'm a Stranger Here Myself" (Ogden Nash) – 5:50
* "Speak Low" (Ogden Nash) – 4:17
* "September Song" (Anderson) – 4:40
* "Here I'll Stay" (Alan Jay Lerner) – 11:15

All music composed by Kurt Weill, lyricists in brackets.

## Personnel

* Dee Dee Bridgewater – vocals
* Thierry Eliez – Hammond B3 organ, piano, backing vocals, arrangements (tracks: 1, 2)
* Louis Winsberg – guitar
* Ira Coleman – double bass
* André Ceccarelli – drums
* Minino Garay – percussion
* Nicolas Folmer - trumpet
* Denis LeLoup – trombone
* Daniele Scannapieco - alto saxophone, flute
* Antonio Hart – alto saxophone (2, 10), flute (3)
* Juan José Mosalini – bandoneon (7)
* Cecil Bridgewater – arranger (except 1, 2), conductor
* Bernie Arcadio – string arrangements (4, 9)
* China Moses, Tulani Bridgewater Kowalski - backing vocals

## Chart positions

| Chart (2002) | Peak position |
| - | - |
| French Albums (SNEP) | 117 |
| US Jazz Albums (Billboard) | 7 |
