This Happy Madness


This Happy Madness
(Gene Lees - Antonio Carlos Jobim)
It Could Happen To You
(Johnny Burke - Jimmy Van Heusen))
Will You Still Be Mine?
(Tom Adair - Matt Dennis)
Time After Time
(Sammy Cahn - Jule Styne)
How About Me?
(Irving Berlin)
Blue Gardenia
(Bob Russell - Lester Lee)
Better Luck Next Time /
This Time The Dream's On Me

(Irving Berlin /
Johnny Mercer - Harold Arlen)
Ill Wind
(Ted Koehler - Harold Arlen)
I Wished On The Moon
(Dorothy Parker - Ralph Rainger)
Russian Lullaby
(Irving Berlin)
Where Or When
(Lorenz Hart - Richard Rodgers)
Beautiful Love
(Haven Gillespie - Victor Young,
Wayne King, Egbert Van Alstyne)
A Beautiful Friendship
(Stanley Styne - Donald Kahn)


Pinky Winters, vocals
Lou Levy, musical director, piano
with:
Pete Christlieb
, tenor sax (tracks 2, 3, 4, 7, 9,10, 11).
Eric Von Essen, bass, cello (all but 6 & 13).
Joe La Barbera, drums (all but 1, 6, 8, 13).


Digitally Recorded: March 21-24, 1994
A&M Recording Studios, Los Angeles, CA
Executive Producer: Phil Armonic
Producers: Pinky Winters, Lou Levy and Daniel Richard
Engineer and Mixing: Brian Scheuble
Assistant Engineer: Alex Reed
digitally mixed March 24, 25, 1994
Mastered by: Pat Sullivan
A&M Recording Studios, Los Angeles, CA
Liner notes: Jean-Louis Ginibre & Alain Gerber.
Design: Baylaucq & Co.
Photography: Carol Friedman
Illustration: Hervé Pinel
Prepared for release by: Daniel Richard
Special thanks to: FranÇois Zalacain.
Lou Levy plays a Blüthner piano
from Kasimoff-Blüthner Piano Co.,
Hollywood, California.
Released in France only, this was also slated for US issue when it was caught up in the change of regimes at Verve after the label was absorbed by the conglomerate, Universal Music. This CD achieved the distinction of being The World Class recording in print the shortest amount of time. An instant collector's item.

Update:
In November 2006 Universal Music, France reissued "Happy Madness" in a beautiful
24-bit limited edition digipak