Ben Bagley's Irving Berlin Revisited 2020

At the time Ben Bagley did Irving Berlin Revisited, it was not so easy to gain access to Mr. Berlin's trunk. But the song choices Bagley came up with were lesser-known Berlin titles, some had no real recordings, and so at the time the album was as refreshing as all his Revisited albums were back when they originally came out. As always, his cast was tops: Richard Chamberlain, Blossom Dearie, Dorothy Loudon, and Bobby Short. And as he usually did for his CD releases, he added some additional material. What makes this album one of the best of the Bagleys was Norman Paris arranging and conducting. In fact, this is one of Paris's best and the band is really good.