Last Sessions
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Last Sessions is an album by Canadian
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...

 guitarist Lenny Breau
Lenny Breau
Leonard Harold "Lenny" Breau was a musician, guitar player, and music educator. He was known for blending many styles of music including: jazz, country, classical and flamenco guitar...

, released in 1987.

History

After signing a three-album deal with Gene Rosenthal for Adelphi Records
Adelphi Records
Adelphi Records is a US record label founded in 1968 by Gene and Carol Rosenthal.Musicians on that label are The Nighthawks and Catfish Hodge , Lenny Breau, Reuben Brown and Richie Cole , Yellowman, Big Youth and Toots & the Maytals , Rev. Gary Davis, Gene Johnson [Rock & Soul], and Rev...

 in 1977, Breau recorded material over period of a few months. Rosenthal produced the first sessions which would become Five O'Clock Bells
Five O'Clock Bells
Five O'Clock Bells is an album by Canadian guitarist Lenny Breau, released in 1979.-History:After signing a three-album deal with Gene Rosenthal for Adelphi Records, Breau recorded enough material over a few months in 1977. Rosenthal produced the first sessions which would become Five O'Clock Bells...

. Subsequent sessions were produced by Dan Doyle which were released as Mo' Breau
Mo' Breau
Mo' Breau is an album by Canadian guitarist Lenny Breau, released in 1981.-History:Breau signed a three-album deal with Gene Rosenthal for Adelphi Records in 1977, the first of which was produced by Rosenthal and was released as Five O'Clock Bells...

and this posthumous release.

Track listing

  1. "Ebony Queen/Pam's Pad" (Lenny Breau / McCoy Tyner
    McCoy Tyner
    McCoy Tyner is a jazz pianist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, known for his work with the John Coltrane Quartet and a long solo career.-Early life:...

    ) – 6:50
  2. "Meanwhile Back In L.A." (Lenny Breau) – 3:44
  3. "Paris" (Breau) – 8:35
  4. "Ba De Da Da" (Breau) – 2:40
  5. "Feelings
    Feelings (song)
    "Feelings" is a song based on a melody composed by Loulou Gasté and made famous by Morris Albert, who recorded it as a single released in 1974 that later appeared as the title track of his 1975 debut album. The song's lyrics, recognizable by their "whoa whoa whoa" chorus, concern the singer's...

    " (Loulou Gasté
    Loulou Gasté
    Louis "Loulou" Gasté was a French composer of several successful mélodies.Louis Gasté was born in Paris in 1908. In his fifty year career, he composed approximately 1,200 songs, ten of which have received international success. In 1929, he played in Ray Ventura's orchestra, and composed several...

    ) – 7:12
  6. "I Love You
    I Love You (Cole Porter song)
    "I Love You" is a song written by Cole Porter in 1944 for his stage musical Mexican Hayride. It was popularized by Bing Crosby in the same year...

    " (Cole Porter
    Cole Porter
    Cole Albert Porter was an American composer and songwriter. Born to a wealthy family in Indiana, he defied the wishes of his domineering grandfather and took up music as a profession. Classically trained, he was drawn towards musical theatre...

    ) – 4:52
  7. "Untitled Standard" – 5:20
  8. "But Beautiful #2
    But Beautiful (song)
    "But Beautiful" is a popular song with music written by Jimmy Van Heusen, the lyrics by Johnny Burke. The song was published in 1947.One of five songs written by Burke and Van Heusen featured in the Paramount Pictures movie Road to Rio , it was introduced by Bing Crosby and is also associated with...

    " (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke
    Johnny Burke (lyricist)
    Johnny Burke was a lyricist, widely regarded as one of the finest writers of popular songs in America between the 1920s and 1950s.-Biography:...

    ) – 4:40
  9. "Beautiful Love
    Beautiful Love (1931 song)
    "Beautiful Love" is a popular waltz composed by Wayne King, Victor Young and Egbert Van Alstyne with lyrics by Haven Gillespie. It was introduced by the Wayne King Orchestra in 1931...

    " (Wayne King
    Wayne King
    Wayne King was an American musician, songwriter, singer and orchestral leader. He was sometimes referred to as "the Waltz King" because much of his most popular music involved waltzes; "The Waltz You Saved For Me" was his standard set closing song in live performance and on numerous radio...

    , Victor Young
    Victor Young
    Victor Young was an American composer, arranger, violinist and conductor. He was born in Chicago.-Biography:...

    , Egbert Van Alstyne
    Egbert Van Alstyne
    Egbert Anson Van Alstyne was a United States songwriter and pianist. Van Alstyne was the composer of a number of popular and ragtime tunes from the early 20th century.He was born in Marengo, Illinois...

    , Haven Gillespie
    Haven Gillespie
    James Lamont "Haven" Gillespie was an American Tin Pan Alley composer and lyricist. He was the writer of "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" as well as "You Go to My Head", "Honey", "By the Sycamore Tree", "That Lucky Old Sun", "Breezin' Along With The Breeze", "Right or Wrong," "Beautiful Love",...

    ) – 5:14
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