| Here's to Life | ||||
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| Released | 1992 | |||
| Recorded | September 1991 | |||
| Genre | Vocal jazz | |||
| Label | Verve | |||
| Producer | Johnny Mandel | |||
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| Allmusic |    [1] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [2] |
Here's to Life is a 1992 studio album by Shirley Horn, arranged by Johnny Mandel (also the composer of three of the songs on the album), who received a Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s)[3] on this album.
The title track "Here's to Life" became Horn's signature song. The music was written by Artie Butler and the poignant lyrics were written by Phyllis Molinary. The lyric is known, world-wide, as one of her finest works and the song is considered a "modern day jazz standard."[4]
"If You Love Me" is her interpretation of the passionate "Hymne à l'amour", made famous by Edith Piaf.
"Summer" is the first English version of the Italian standard "Estate". Horn ordered English lyrics after hearing Joao Gilberto's version, which spread the song's worldwide fame.
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 726. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ "Winners. 35th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1992)".
- ^ Eli Zeger, "Here’s to Life — ‘a meditation for those entering their later years’", Financial Times, September 18, 2018.