Track listing

1. "It's So Peaceful in the Country" (Alec Wilder
   Alec Wilder
   Alec Wilder was an American composer.-Biography:...
   
   )
2. "When the Sun Comes Out
   When the Sun Comes Out
   "When the Sun Comes Out" is a song composed by Harold Arlen, with lyrics written by Ted Koehler, in 1941. It was introduced in 1941 by Helen O'Connell with the Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra.-Barbra Streisand Recording:...
   
   " (Harold Arlen
   Harold Arlen
   Harold Arlen was an American composer of popular music, having written over 500 songs, a number of which have become known the world over. In addition to composing the songs for The Wizard of Oz, including the classic 1938 song, "Over the Rainbow,” Arlen is a highly regarded contributor to the...
   
   , Ted Koehler
   Ted Koehler
   Ted L. Koehler was an American lyricist.-Life and career:Koehler was born in Washington, D.C. He started out as a photo-engraver but was attracted to the music business, where he started out as a theater pianist for silent films. He moved on to write for vaudeville shows and Broadway, and he also...
   
   )
3. "It's a Most Unusual Day" (Jimmy McHugh
   Jimmy McHugh
   James Francis McHugh was a U.S. composer. One of the most prolific songwriters from the 1920s to the 1950s, he composed over 270 songs...
   
   , Harold Adamson
   Harold Adamson
   For the Toronto Police Chief see Harold Adamson Harold Adamson was an American lyricist during the 1930s and 1940s.- Biography :...
   
   )
4. "Interlude" (Pete Rugolo, (Bob Russell
   Bob Russell (songwriter)
   Sidney Keith "Bob" Russell, was an American songwriter born in Passaic, New Jersey.In 1968, Russell along with songwriting partner Quincy Jones was nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Original Song category...
   
   )
5. "Love Turns Winter to Spring" (Matt Dennis
   Matt Dennis
   Matt Dennis was a singer, pianist, bandleader, arranger, and writer of music for popular music songs.He was born in Seattle, Washington. His mother was a violinist and his father a singer, and the family was in vaudeville, so he was early exposed to music. In 1933 he joined Horace Heidt's...
   
   , Frank Kilduff)
6. "When You Awake" (Harry Nemo
   Henry Nemo
   Henry Nemo was a musician, songwriter and actor in Hollywood films who had a reputation as a hipster and was sometimes referred to as the "creator of jive" talk...
   
   )
7. "Lazy Afternoon" (John LaTouche, Jerome Moross
   Jerome Moross
   Jerome Moross was an American-born composer for the stage, and a composer, conductor and orchestrator for motion pictures.-Biography:...
   
   )
8. "When the World Was Young
   (Ah, the Apple Trees) When the World Was Young
   When the World Was Young is a popular song composed by M. Philippe-Gerard, with lyrics by Angele Vannier. The English lyrics were written by Johnny Mercer. The original French title was "Le Chevalier de Paris"....
   
   " (M. Philippe-Gerard, Johnny Mercer
   Johnny Mercer
   John Herndon "Johnny" Mercer was an American lyricist, songwriter and singer. He is best known as a lyricist, but he also composed music. He was also a popular singer who recorded his own songs as well as those written by others...
   
   )
9. "Gone for the Day" (Bob Cooper
   Bob Cooper (musician)
   Bob Cooper was a West Coast jazz musician known primarily for playing tenor saxophone, but also for being one of the first to play solos on oboe. He worked in Stan Kenton's band starting in 1945 and married the band's singer June Christy...
   
   , Bob Russell)
10. "Lost in a Summer Night" (Milton Raskin
    Milt Raskin
    Milt Raskin was an American swing jazz pianist.Raskin played saxophone as a child before switching to piano at age 11. In the 1930s he attended the New England Conservatory of Music. He worked on local Boston-area radio before moving to New York City, where he played with Wingy Manone in 1937 and...
    
    , André Previn
    André Previn
    André George Previn, KBE is an American pianist, conductor, and composer. He is considered one of the most versatile musicians in the world, and is the winner of four Academy Awards for his film work and ten Grammy Awards for his recordings. -Early Life:Previn was born in...
    
    )
11. "Give Me the Simple Life" (Rube Bloom
    Rube Bloom
    Reuben Bloom was a Jewish American multi-faceted entertainer, and in addition to being a songwriter, pianist, arranger, band leader, recording artist, vocalist, and writer .During his career, he worked with many well-known performers, including Bix Beiderbecke, Joe Venuti, Ruth Etting,...
    
    , Harry Ruby
    Harry Ruby
    Harry Ruby was a Jewish American songwriter and screenwriter.After failing in his early ambition to become a professional baseball player,...
    
    )
12. "(Love's Got Me in a) Lazy Mood" (Eddie Miller
    Eddie Miller (jazz saxophonist)
    Edward Raymond Müller was a jazz musician who played tenor saxophone and clarinet born in New Orleans, Louisiana....
    
    , Johnny Mercer)

Personnel

• June Christy
  June Christy
  June Christy , born Shirley Luster, was an American singer, known for her work in the cool jazz genre and for her silky smooth vocals. Her success as a singer began with The Stan Kenton Orchestra. She pursued a solo career from 1954 and is best known for her debut album Something Cool...
  
   - Vocals
• Pete Rugolo
  Pete Rugolo
  Pietro "Pete" Rugolo was an Italian-born jazz composer and arranger.-Life and career:Rugolo was born in San Piero Patti, Sicily, Italy. His family emigrated to the United States in 1920 and settled in Santa Rosa, California...
  
   - Arranger
• Milt Bernhart
  Milt Bernhart
  Milt Bernhart was a West Coast jazz trombonist who worked with Stan Kenton, Frank Sinatra, and others...
  
   - Trombone (tracks 3, 5, 11, 12)
• Herbie Harper
  Herbie Harper
  Herbie Harper jazz trombonist of the West Coast jazz school born in Salina, Kansas, though he first had his start playing swing music with the likes of Benny Goodman or Charlie Spivak in the 1940s and 1950s. Working on the West Coast jazz music scene, he performed with such musicians as Stan...
  
   - Trombone (tracks 3, 5, 11, 12)
• Tommy Pederson
  Tommy Pederson
  Pullman Gerald "Tommy" Pederson was an American trombonist and composer – prolific in jazz, big band, and classical genres. He had performed and recorded with big bands and artists that included Gene Krupa, Tommy Dorsey, Nelson Riddle, Doc Severinsen , and Frank Sinatra...
  
   - Trombone (tracks 3, 5, 11, 12)
• Frank Rosolino
  Frank Rosolino
  Frank Rosolino was an American jazz trombonist.- Biography :Born in Detroit, Michigan, Frank Rosolino studied the guitar with his father from the age of 9. He took up the trombone at age 14 while he was enrolled at Miller High School where he played with Milt Jackson in the school's stage band and...
  
   - Trombone (tracks 3, 5, 11, 12)
• George Roberts
  George Roberts (trombonist)
  George Roberts is an American trombonist.Born and raised in Des Moines, Iowa, George began his career after service in the US Navy with the Ray Robbins Band, and then quit to join Gene Krupa in 1947, where he was in the same section with Urbie Green...
  
   - Bass Trombone (tracks 3, 5, 11, 12)
• John Cave - French Horn (tracks 1, 4, 7, 10)
• Bud Shank
  Bud Shank
  Clifford Everett "Bud" Shank, Jr. was an American alto saxophonist and flautist. He rose to prominence in the early 1950s playing lead alto and flute in Stan Kenton's Innovations in Modern Music Orchestra and throughout the decade worked in various small jazz combos. He spent the 1960s as a first...
  
   - Flute ( tracks 1, 2, 4, 6–10)
• Bob Cooper
  Bob Cooper (musician)
  Bob Cooper was a West Coast jazz musician known primarily for playing tenor saxophone, but also for being one of the first to play solos on oboe. He worked in Stan Kenton's band starting in 1945 and married the band's singer June Christy...
  
   - Oboe (tracks 2, 6, 8, 9)
• Marty Berman - Bass Clarinet (tracks 3, 5, 11, 12)
• Bernie Mattison - Vibraharp (tracks 3, 5, 11, 12)
• Howard Roberts
  Howard Roberts
  Howard Roberts was an American jazz guitarist, educator and session musician.-Biography:Roberts was born in Phoenix, Arizona, and began playing guitar at age 8. By the time he was 15 he was playing professionally locally....
  
   - Guitar
• Benny Aronov - Piano (tracks 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12)
• Red Callender
  Red Callender
  Red Callender, , was a jazz bass and tuba player, famous for turning down a chance to work with Duke Ellington's Orchestra and the Louis Armstrong All-Stars....
  
   - Bass (tracks 1, 4, 7, 10)
• Red Mitchell
  Red Mitchell
  Keith Moore "Red" Mitchell Keith Moore "Red" Mitchell Keith Moore "Red" Mitchell (September 20, 1927, New York City - November 8, 1992, Salem, Oregon, was an American jazz double-bassist, composer, lyricist, and poet. He was the brother of Whitey Mitchell....
  
   - Bass (tracks 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12)
• Irv Cottler - Drums (tracks 1, 4, 7, 10)
• Alvin Stoller
  Alvin Stoller
  Alvin Stoller was an American jazz drummer. Though he seems to have been largely forgotten, he was held in high regard in the 1940s and 1950s...
  
   - Drums (tracks 3, 5, 11, 12)
• Shelly Manne
  Shelly Manne
  Shelly Manne , born Sheldon Manne in New York City, was an American jazz drummer. Most frequently associated with West Coast jazz, he was known for his versatility and also played in a number of other styles, including Dixieland, swing, bebop, avant-garde jazz and fusion, as well as contributing...
  
   - Drums (tracks 2, 6, 8, 9)

External links

• [ Fair and Warmer!] at AllMusic