This Is New (Dee Dee Bridgewater album)

This is New is a 2002 album by Dee Dee Bridgewater, dedicated to the songs of Kurt Weill.

Track listing

 * 1) "This Is New" (Ira Gershwin) – 3:47
 * 2) "Lost in the Stars" (Maxwell Anderson) – 5:36
 * 3) "The Bilbao Song" (Michael Feingold, Frank McGuinness) – 10:24
 * 4) "My Ship" (Ira Gershwin) – 4:56
 * 5) "Alabama Song" (Bertolt Brecht) – 5:38
 * 6) "The Saga of Jenny" (Ogden Nash) – 4:54
 * 7) "Youkali" (Roger Fernay) – 3:54
 * 8) "I'm a Stranger Here Myself" (Ogden Nash) – 5:50
 * 9) "Speak Low" (Ogden Nash) – 4:17
 * 10) "September Song" (Anderson) – 4:40
 * 11) "Here I'll Stay" (Alan Jay Lerner) – 11:15

All music composed by Kurt Weill, lyricists in brackets.

Personnel

 * Dee Dee Bridgewater – vocals
 * Thierry Eliez – Hammond B3 organ, piano, backing vocals, arrangements (tracks: 1, 2)
 * Louis Winsberg – guitar
 * Ira Coleman – double bass
 * André Ceccarelli – drums
 * Minino Garay – percussion
 * Nicolas Folmer - trumpet
 * Denis LeLoup – trombone
 * Daniele Scannapieco - alto saxophone, flute
 * Antonio Hart – alto saxophone (2, 10), flute (3)
 * Juan José Mosalini – bandoneon (7)
 * Cecil Bridgewater – arranger (except 1, 2), conductor
 * Bernie Arcadio – string arrangements (4, 9)
 * China Moses, Tulani Bridgewater Kowalski - backing vocals