It's How You Play the Game

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It's How You Play the Game
Recorded August 20 and September 8, 2003, at Nola Studios, New York City.

Produced, arranged and conducted by J. Billy VerPlanck.

Special guests -- Members of the Diva Jazz Orchestra: Dr. Sherrie Maricle, drums and band leader; Chihiro Yamanaka, piano; Barbara Laronga, trumpet; Anat Cohen, clarinet, tenor saxophone; Karolina Strassmayer, alto saxophone; Norika Ueda, bass.

From the liner notes:

"As is often the case when Marlene and Billy present a new CD, there are some completely new songs that must soon earn their place alongside the great standards. A handful of classic songs, glowingly refurbished, are here, too. Additionally, and an always fascinating aspect of any VerPlanck venture, many of the songs on this CD have been around for years but, although they are melodically and lyrically of the highest quality, they have somehow fallen between the cracks and are now all but forgotten. Until now, that is; and as you will hear from the delightful interpretations by Marlene and from Billy's charts, that fate was quite undeserved...

"Listening to "It's How You Play the Game," it is clear that this CD is a marvelous demonstration of many things: Of the craft of the popular songwriters represented here; Billy VerPlanck's arranging talent; exceptional playing by the six instrumentalists from Diva Jazz Orchestra (No Man's Band); and, above all, it is also a superb example, perhaps the finest yet in her illustrious career, of the art of Marlene VerPlanck."

-- Bruce Crowther, contributor to The Encyclopedia of Popular Music and Jazz Journal International and co-author of Singing Jazz: The Singers and Their Styles

I Got Lost in His Arms

Be Careful, It's My Heart

Easy to Love

May I Come In?

My Man Benny

Only Trust Your Heart

I Wanna Be in Love Again

The First Thing About You

Love Looks Good on You

Experiment

Save Your Love for Me

The Jazz Buff

Cocktails at Dawn

Maybe It's the Moon

All My Tomorrows

Track List (sequence)	REAL AUDIO	Production Notes
It's How You Play the Game		Recorded August 20 and September 8, 2003, at Nola Studios, New York City. Produced, arranged and conducted by J. Billy VerPlanck. Special guests -- Members of the Diva Jazz Orchestra: Dr. Sherrie Maricle, drums and band leader; Chihiro Yamanaka, piano; Barbara Laronga, trumpet; Anat Cohen, clarinet, tenor saxophone; Karolina Strassmayer, alto saxophone; Norika Ueda, bass. From the liner notes: "As is often the case when Marlene and Billy present a new CD, there are some completely new songs that must soon earn their place alongside the great standards. A handful of classic songs, glowingly refurbished, are here, too. Additionally, and an always fascinating aspect of any VerPlanck venture, many of the songs on this CD have been around for years but, although they are melodically and lyrically of the highest quality, they have somehow fallen between the cracks and are now all but forgotten. Until now, that is; and as you will hear from the delightful interpretations by Marlene and from Billy's charts, that fate was quite undeserved... "Listening to "It's How You Play the Game," it is clear that this CD is a marvelous demonstration of many things: Of the craft of the popular songwriters represented here; Billy VerPlanck's arranging talent; exceptional playing by the six instrumentalists from Diva Jazz Orchestra (No Man's Band); and, above all, it is also a superb example, perhaps the finest yet in her illustrious career, of the art of Marlene VerPlanck." -- Bruce Crowther, contributor to The Encyclopedia of Popular Music and Jazz Journal International and co-author of Singing Jazz: The Singers and Their Styles
I Got Lost in His Arms
Be Careful, It's My Heart
Easy to Love
May I Come In?
My Man Benny
Only Trust Your Heart
I Wanna Be in Love Again
The First Thing About You
Love Looks Good on You
Experiment
Save Your Love for Me
The Jazz Buff
Cocktails at Dawn
Maybe It's the Moon
All My Tomorrows