This Is New (Dee Dee Bridgewater album)

This is New
Studio album by Dee Dee Bridgewater
Released	May 21, 2002
Recorded	November 10 – December 29, 2001
Studio	Capitol (Hollywood) Plus XXX (Paris)
Genre	Vocal jazz
Length	36:31
Label	Verve
Producer	Dee Dee Bridgewater
Dee Dee Bridgewater chronology
Live at Yoshi's (1998) This is New (2002) J'ai deux amours (2005)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
The Penguin Guide to Jazz
Tom Hull	B

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

Chart positions

Chart (2002)	Peak position
French Albums (SNEP)	117
US Jazz Albums (Billboard)	7