The Songs of Richard Adler

"I was asked by Bruce Kimmel, vice-president and producer for Varese Sarabande Records, to write these liner notes and I am pleased to do so...I consider Marlene VerPlanck to be one of the greatest jazz and pop stylists alive today. She breathes a freshness into each phrase and performance in this album is evocative of her idol, the late and great Ella Fitzgerald. Billy VerPlanck has arranged and scored this album with innovation and feeling."

"These songs span my career of fifty years. One of the earliest is 'The No Soap, No Hope, No Mouse, No House Blues' written in 1947. 'I Ask Myself', 'If You Win, You Lose' and 'Whoever Invented Love' were very recently composed. My fervent hope is that you like this album as much as I do." - Richard Adler