We Got Rhythm - Will Shaw & Keith Evans at the GW4 Theatre Organ

Enjoy jazz standards, Hollywood and Disney musical tunes, and theatre organ favourites, all carefully arranged and played on the Allen, George Wright Signature Series Digital Theatre Organ. The featured Allen GW4 is installed in the music room of the residence of Keith and Katherine Evans. Please consider subscribing to the channel. Should you wish, donations towards the NHS can be made by following this link - https://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/Clap... Track List: 0:00 Intro 1. 0:13 Just One of Those Things - Will Shaw 2. 3:03 Tea for Two - Will Shaw 3. 8:18 My Kind of Town/Chicago/Cheek to Cheek - Keith Evans 4. 12:27 Here’s That Rainy Day - Keith Evans 5. 17:15 Be Our Guest - Will Shaw 6. 19:43 When You Wish Upon A Star - Will Shaw 7. 26:00 That’s Entertainment - Keith Evans 8. 29:03 If You Were the Only Girl In the World - Keith Evans 9. 34:44 Cherokee - Keith Evans 10. 38:24 You Are The Sunshine of My Life - Will Shaw 11. 41:51 Shall We Dance - Will Shaw 12. 43:56 Thou Swell - Keith Evans 13. 47:23 Night and Day - Will Shaw 14. 51:54 On a Wonderful Day Like Today - Keith Evans 15. 56:30 There’s A Small Hotel - Will Shaw 16. 59:48 Lady of Spain - Keith Evans 17. 1:02:54 My Foolish Heart - Keith Evans 18. 1:09:23 I Got Rhythm - Will Shaw 1:13:41 Organ Specification Our special thanks to our Technical Director Phil Leader & Mastering Engineer Neil Cowlan, (www.ruggedaudiomedia.com) for all of their expert work in the making of this project, both highly skilled professionals of the industry. ©Mostyn Theatre Organ Productions 2020 Foreword by Ian Wolstenholme - When Will Shaw and Keith Evans asked me to listen to their collaboration on the Allen GW4, I was more than delighted. Will took the 2019 UK Young Theatre Organist of the Year senior title and it was clear to me that here was a young man destined to inject a new lease of life into the (some might say) ailing genre. I’ve known Keith since the early ‘80s from his vast experience overseeing the former Technics Music Academy, which spawned diverse musical talent throughout the UK and beyond. This is musicianship at its best! Whether you like the rip-roaring styles of Cole Porter’s JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS or Gershwin’s I GOT RHYTHM (including an unexpected snatch of Widor), or the lush tibias, “Rodwellian” harmonies and melodic construction of HERE’S THAT RAINY DAY, IF YOU WERE THE ONLY GIRL IN THE WORLD and MY FOOLISH HEART, you will not be disappointed. Trust me, I feel unswervingly certain that this is how Messrs Van Heusen, Ayer and Young meant for their ballads to be interpreted and presented. Dismiss any previous incarnations you may have come across, these are simply breathtaking arrangements which you’ll want to hear over and over. In the case of THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT, close your eyes and you’re on an MGM backlot; in Ray Noble’s CHEROKEE, the Allen thunders along, dodging the proverbial arrows and you really do feel ‘the roar of the greasepaint and the smell of the crowd’ with the 1965 hit, ON A WONDERFUL DAY LIKE TODAY. It is impossible for me to choose a particular favourite from this eclectic array of musical masterpieces - whether a two-minute whirl around the floor to SHALL WE DANCE, a couple of contrasting Disney favourites WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR and BE OUR GUEST, the syrupy-flow of YOU ARE THE SUNSHINE OF MY LIFE to the multi-rhythmical NIGHT AND DAY and much more. The album was recorded at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in April 2020. Lest you are feeling under the weather in any way, I commend this musical tonic to you. It certainly brightened my day. Better yet, what a generous gesture by Keith and Will in sharing their talents without commercial gain - do consider supporting the charities that are linked. The GW4 confidently takes in its stride the extensive demands of both artistes. Additionally, the post-production expertise of Technical Director Phil Leader and Mastering Engineer Neil Cowlan are the icing on the cake and the finished result sounds superb. I absolutely know that my radio programme listeners will clamour for more! Ian Wolstenholme, Producer/Presenter “Community Keyboards” Oldham Community Radio 99.7FM / anchor.fm/commuitykeyboards Be Our Guest - Ashman/ Menken, 1991 Cheek to Cheek - Berlin, 1935 Cherokee - Noble, 1938 Chicago - Fisher, 1922 Here’s That Rainy Day - Van Heusen, 1953 I Got Rhythm - Gershwin, 1930 If You Were the Only Girl In the World - Ayer, 1916 Just One of Those Things - Porter, 1935 Lady of Spain - Evans, 1931 My Kind of Town - Van Heusen 1964 My Foolish Heart - Young, 1949 Night and Day - Porter, 1932 On a Wonderful Day Like Today - Bricusse/ Newley, 1964 Shall We Dance - Rodgers, 1951 Tea for Two - Youmans, 1924 That’s Entertainment - Schwartz, 1952 Thou Swell - Rodgers, 1927 There’s A Small Hotel - Rodgers, 1935 When You Wish Upon A Star - Harline/ Washington, 1940 You Are The Sunshine of My Life - Wonder, 1972 We do not own the rights to the original works