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 ten beautiful standards arranged by jazz great and award-winning arranger Lennie Niehaus. Titles include: 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 and Come Back to Me. Level: Intermediate/Advanced.