The Second Time Around

Eileen Farrell is quite possibly the best of the female operatic stars who have made serious efforts to cross over to pop and jazz. That is because she truly understands the jazz and standards idioms and the technical principles required to perform such works. Some great sopranos, such as Price, for example, just don't get the difference or at least the techniques adjustments required for authentic performance; that is, superb voice alone doesn't sell a song or ballad any more than it sells an aria - it all has to fit. As one of many distinguished Metropolitan Opera stars who joined the voice faculty at the estimable Indiana University School of Music, Eileen Farrell was unique in her consideration that the vocal artistry required for jazz or broadway standards and similar songs was not "inferior," but, rather, just different and in turn required total, not superficial adjustments - and commitment - on the part of singers…

Tony himself cited this as his favorite LP because many of the songs were arranged and conducted by the composers themselves. This version is remastered.