George Shearing & Barry Tuckwell Play the Music of Cole Porter
# George Shearing & Barry Tuckwell Play the Music of Cole Porter

George Shearing & Barry Tuckwell Play the Music of Cole Porter is a 1986 album of the music of Cole Porter by jazz pianist George Shearing and classical French horn player Barry Tuckwell. The pair play as a duet on four selections, two are performed as a quartet with bass and drums, and the remaining five are accompanied by a small orchestra of string players. All arrangements are by Shearing.

## Reception

Professional ratings :

| Review scores ||
| - | - |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | |

Scott Yanow reviewed the album for Allmusic and wrote that "In general Tuckwell does not improvise but Shearing's arrangements give a jazz feel to all of the performances and make the music accessible (if not really essential) to both classical and jazz listeners".

## Track listing

* "I Concentrate on You" – 4:58 (orchestra)
* "Everything I Love" – 2:54 (quartet)
* "I've Got You Under My Skin" – 4:43 (duet)
* "Easy to Love" – 2:19 (orchestra)
* "In the Still of the Night" – 2:45 (duet)
* "Every Time We Say Goodbye" – 4:00 (orchestra)
* "But in the Morning, No" – 2:41 (quartet)
* "So in Love" – 5:32 (orchestra)
* "After You" – 4:27 (duet)
* "All Through the Night" – 3:55 (orchestra)
* "Do I Love You?" – 5:16 (duet)

    All compositions by Cole Porter

## Personnel

* George Shearing – piano, liner notes, arranger
* Barry Tuckwell – french horn, liner notes
* Guildhall String Ensemble
* Harry Lookofsky, Frederick Buldrini, Lewis Eley, Maura Giannini, Carmel Malin, Joseph Malin, Louann Montesi – violin
* Seymour Barab, Avron Coleman, Frederick Zlotkin – cello
* Mike Renzi – conductor
* John Clayton, Don Thompson – double bass
* Grady Tate – drums, percussion
* Ed Trabanco – engineer
* Carl Jefferson – producer
