Various Artists -《Café Society 》(咖啡‧爱情)[MP3]

Audio CD (July 8, 2016)
Original Release Date: July 8, 2016
Number of Discs: 1
Label: SONY MASTERWORKS
Run Time: 46 minutes
ASIN: B01FNRHA3O

5.0 out of 5 starsThis soundtrack from Woody Allen’s latest film stands on its own – Great new Rodgers & Hart arrangements by Vince Giordano and h
By Steve Ramm TOP 100 REVIEWER on July 13, 2016
Format: Audio CD
Last week I got to see a press screening of this latest Woody Allen film. In addition the music on the soundtrack – some from period records by Benny Goodman, Count Basie and Ben Selvin, there were some live music scenes (in a nightclub setting) featuring Vince Giordano and a few members of his band, The Nighthawks. (The Nighthawks band is large – 11 members at least – and Vince plays both a metal String Bass and a Bass Saxophone (really big!) For the film it was just Vance, Mark Shane on piano and, Vinny Raniolo and Chris Flory on Guitar and Chris Gelb on Drums. The next night I watched a screening of a new documentary on Giordano and his 40 year career running the Nighthawks.

So today I got this Cd soundtrack of the Allen film and among the 1q5 cuts are 9 by Giordano and his accomplished buddies, the three aforementioned classic band recordings and the rest are filled in by Pianist Conal Fowkes, (who, interestingly, also provided the voice of Cole Porter in Allen’s film “Midnight in Paris”) an a few others. For each film, writer/director Allen usually picks the siongs of a legendary American composer for his background music. This time he used the team of Rodgers and Hart. More than half the songs are R&H standards. All the tracks are instrumentals except for “Mountain Greenery” in which singer Kat Edmundson does the vocals, as she did in the film.

If you love the great American Songbook and/or just love great arrangements of classic songs, you’ll love this album. You’ll probably like to film too but the soundtrack – unlike some others – stands on its own.

The CD contains a 12-page booklet, but only three have text and those are filled with credits. The rest are just full page color photos from the film.

I hope you found this review both informative and helpful.

Steve Ramm
“Anything Phonographic”

Release Date July 8, 2016
Duration 46:24
Genre Stage & Screen Jazz
Styles Soundtracks Big Band Jazz Instrument

Sony Masterworks
Release Date: July 8, 2016
Format: CD

AllMusic Review by Marcy Donelson
Set in New York City in the 1930s, Café Society is a 2016 romantic comedy by director Woody Allen, his 47th film. The 15-song soundtrack features a reliable mix of big-band era tunes, with archival recordings such as "I Didn't Know What Time It Was" by Benny Goodman & His Orchestra, as well as eight covers by contemporary outfit Vince Giordano & the Nighthawks, who specialize in early swing. The ensemble also appeared on the soundtrack for the director's 1996 film Everyone Says I Love You (and non-Allen projects such as Boardwalk Empire and The Aviator). Here, they do piano-led instrumentals ranging from a lively "The Lady Is a Tramp" to a graceful take on Rodgers & Hart's "Manhattan." Also newly recorded for the film are versions of "Out of Nowhere" and "This Can't Be Love" by pianist Conal Fowkes, also a prior soundtrack collaborator of Allen's, and a member of the Woody Allen New Orleans Jazz Band.