Rendezvous - REN51232
1. Overture/Gershwin Medley 12:16
2. I’ll Build A Stairway To Paradise 6:11
3. Who Cares 6:32
4. Funny Face 3:59
5. Love Walked In/Love Is Sweeping The Country 5:33
6. Swanee 5:11
7. Porgy & Bess Medley 17:07
8. Lady Be Good 6:53
All songs written by George and Ira Gershwin except “I’ll Build A Stairway To Paradise”, by George and Ira Gershwin and B.G. DeSylva and “Swanee”, by George Gershwin and Irving Caesar.
All songs © WB Music Corp (ASCAP) “I’ll Build A Stairway To Paradise” © WB Music Corp (ASCAP)/Songwriters Guild of America (ASCAP)/Stephen Ballentine Music (ASCAP)
Produced by Michael Abene and Patti Austin
Produced for WDR by Lucas M. Schmid
Arranged and Conducted by Michael Abene
Featuring the WDR Big Band Koln
Thank you, George and Ira, for writing the best songs a singer could ever wrap her voice around.
Love, Patti
Recorded Live at Kolner Philharmonic, Koln, Germany, March 31st, 2006
Westfalenpark Dortmund, Germany, August 26th, 2006
Additional Recording at G Studio Digital
Engineered by Christian Schmitt, Dick Franken and Sebastian Roth
Sound Technicians: Dominik Glass and Ruth Witt
Mixing: Don Murray
Mastering: Doug Sax and Sangwook Nam at The Mastering Lab
Executive Producers: Dave Koz, Hyman Katz and Frank Cody
Product Manager: Jeff Chiang
Art Direction and Photography by Carol Friedman
Design: Dominick Media
Hair: Tanya Stone
Make-up: Rudy Calvo
Stylist: Cecile Parker
Gown Provided by Robert Ellis
WDR Management: Annette Hauber
Patti Austin Management:
Barry Orms for Market Opportunity Media
c/o Rendevous Entertainment
100 N. Crescent Drive
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
Marketopp@aol.com
