Live at the 4 Queens

Live at the 4 Queens
Live at the 4 Queens
Live album by Shirley Horn
Released	September 16, 2016
Recorded	May 2, 1988
Venue	Four Queens Hotel, Las Vegas
Genre	Jazz
Length	52:38
Label	Resonance
Producer	Zev Feldman
Shirley Horn chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
All About Jazz	^[2]
The Guardian	^[3]

Live at the 4 Queens is a live album by American singer and pianist Shirley Horn. The album was recorded at the Four Queens Hotel in Las Vegas on May 2, 1988.^[1] In 2016, the album was released by Resonance Records. Also at the same time, a documentary film was released on the artist's life and career.^[4]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Hi-Fly"	Randy Weston	6:30
2.	"You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To"	Cole Porter	4:03
3.	"Meditation (Meditação)"	Norman Gimbel Antônio Carlos Jobim Newton Mendonça	9:12
4.	"The Boy from Ipanema"	Gimbel Jobim Mendonça	5:27
5.	"Isn't It Romantic?"	Lorenz Hart Richard Rodgers	10:14
6.	"Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)"	Jimmy Davis Roger Ramirez James Sherman	5:28
7.	"Something Happens to Me"	Marvin Fisher Jack Segal	3:23
8.	"Just for a Thrill"	Lil Hardin Armstrong Don Raye	5:10
9.	"Blues for Big Scotia"	Oscar Peterson	3:11
Total length:			52:38

Personnel

Shirley Horn – piano, vocals
Charles Ables – bass guitar
Steve Williams – drums, percussion

Charts

Chart performance for *Live at the 4 Queens*
Chart (2016)	Peak position
US Top Jazz Albums (Billboard)^[5]	20
US Top Traditional Jazz Albums (Billboard)^[6]	12

References

^ ^a ^b Live at the Four Queens – Shirley Horn at AllMusic. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
^ Bailey, C. Michael (September 5, 2016). "Shirley Horn: Shirley Horn Live At The 4 Queens". All About Jazz. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
^ Gelly, Dave (October 9, 2016). "Shirley Horn: Live at the 4 Queens review – hypnotically intimate". The Guardian. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
^ Reed, Bobby (October 2016). "Shirley Horn – Live At The 4 Queens Review". DownBeat. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
^ "Shirley Horn Chart History (Top Jazz Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
^ "Shirley Horn". Billboard. Archived from the original on March 2, 2022. Retrieved May 16, 2023.

External links

[AllMusic-1] Live at the Four Queens – Shirley Horn at AllMusic. Retrieved May 16, 2023.

[2] Bailey, C. Michael (September 5, 2016). "Shirley Horn: Shirley Horn Live At The 4 Queens". All About Jazz. Retrieved May 16, 2023.

[3] Gelly, Dave (October 9, 2016). "Shirley Horn: Live at the 4 Queens review – hypnotically intimate". The Guardian. Retrieved May 16, 2023.

[4] Reed, Bobby (October 2016). "Shirley Horn – Live At The 4 Queens Review". DownBeat. Retrieved May 16, 2023.

[ac_BillboardJazz_Shirley_Horn-5] "Shirley Horn Chart History (Top Jazz Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 16, 2023.

[Billboard-6] "Shirley Horn". Billboard. Archived from the original on March 2, 2022. Retrieved May 16, 2023.

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Discography
Studio albums	Embers and Ashes (1960) Loads of Love (1962) Shirley Horn with Horns (1963) Travelin' Light (1965) Where Are You Going (1972) A Lazy Afternoon (1978) All of Me (1987) Softly (1988) Close Enough for Love (1989) You Won't Forget Me (1991) Here's to Life (1992) Light Out of Darkness (A Tribute to Ray Charles) (1993) The Main Ingredient (1996) Loving You (1997) I Remember Miles (1998) You're My Thrill (2001) May the Music Never End (2003)
Live albums	All Night Long (1981) Violets for Your Furs (1981) The Garden of the Blues (1984) I Thought About You (1987) I Love You, Paris (1994) Live at the 4 Queens (2016)
Compilation albums	But Beautiful: The Best of Shirley Horn (2005)
Soundtracks	For Love of Ivy (1968)
With others	Cat on a Hot Fiddle (Stuff Smith, 1959) Sarah: Dedicated to You (Carmen McRae, 1991) The Art of the Song (Charlie Haden, 1999) A Tribute to Oscar Peterson – Live at the Town Hall (1996)