Recordings
Anita's albums are distributed through Newmarket Music and are available in select retailers, on iTunes and through the Newmarket website.
Here's Looking at You
This is a milestone recording for Anita Harris and Friends, marking her 20th anniversary on the Australian jazz scene. This 2013 release is the perfect reflection of the last 20 swinging years. With old favourites and new, a jazz verse or two, and tunes ranging from the sublime Where Is Love to that swinging Old Black Magic. Some great Latin tunes are included, not the least of which is the title track Here's Looking At You.
Track Listing
Cat # NEW 3320.2
1. Sometimes I’m Happy (Youmans/ Caesar)
2. How About Me? (Berlin)
3. Love You Madly (Ellington)
4. Somewhere Along the Way (Adams/ Gallop)
5. No More Blues (Jobim/ Hendricks/ Cavanaugh)
6. I Have Dreamed (Rodgers/ Hammerstein)
7. I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart (Ellington/ Mills/ Nemo/ Redmond)
8. Antonio’s Song (The Rainbow) (Franks)
9. That Old Black Magic (Arlen/ Mercer)
10. Green (Raposo)
11. All By Myself (Berlin)
12. The Look Of Love (Bacharach/ David)
13. A Foggy Day (G & I Gershwin)
14. Where Is Love? (Bart)
15. Suddenly (In Walked Bud) (Monk/ Hendricks)
16. Here’s Looking at You (Coates)
17. It’s You Or No One (Styne/ Cahn)
18. Serenade In Blue (Warren/ Gordon)
19. You Turned the Tables On Me (Alter/ Mitchell)
My Heart Belongs to Jazz
In this 2006 recording, Anita and Kim Harris have selected many of their favourite versed tunes for this intimate musical outing. Along with well known numbers such as Over the Rainbow, The More I See You and Star Dust, the album also includes numbers rarely recorded. Small Fry is close to my heart.
Track Listing
Cat # NEW 3215.2
1. MY HEART BELONGS TO DADDY (Porter)
2. THERE'S A LULL IN MY LIFE (Revel/ Gordon)
3. THEY ALL LAUGHED (Gershwin/ Gershwin)
4. OVER THE RAINBOW (Arlen/ Harburg)
5. JUST IN TIME (Styne/ Comden/ Green)
6. SMALL FRY (Carmichael/Loesser)
7. THE MORE I SEE YOU (Warren/ Gordon)
8. STAR DUST (Carmichael/ Parish)
9. I GOT RHYTHM (Gershwin/ Gershwin)
10. TEA FOR TWO (Youmans/ Caesar)
11. DREAM DANCING (Porter)
12. YOU MUST BELIEVE IN SPRING
(Legrand/ Bergman)
13. JUST YOU, JUST ME (Greer/ Klages)
14. GLAD TO BE UNHAPPY (Rodgers/ Hart)
15. JEEPERS CREEPERS (Warren/ Mercer)
16. LOVERS AFTER ALL (Mandel/ Bennett)
In the Wee Small Hours
Released in 2005, The Wee Small Hours features Anita Harris on vocals backed by “entirely sympathetic and complimentary accompaniment from some of Melbourne’s best mainstream musos” (Australian Jazz Scene, Volume 6, Issue 7, April 2006).
Standards are the fare of the day, but some of these standards are sure to surprise the discerning jazz connoisseur.
Track Listing
Cat # NEW 3185.2
1. DROP ME OFF IN HARLEM (Ellington/ Kenny)
2. SKYLARK (Carmichael/ Mercer)
3. THE SURREY WITH THE FRINGE ON TOP (Rodgers/ Hammerstein)
4. OUR DAY WILL COME (Hilliard/ Garson)
5. ISN’T IT A PITY? (G. & I. Gershwin)
6. MISS CELIE’S BLUES (Jones/ Ritchie/ Temperton)
7. THE TOUCH OF YOUR LIPS (Noble)
8. IN THE STILL OF THE NIGHT (Porter)
9. IN THE WEE SMALL HOURS OF THE MORNING (Hilliard/ Mann)
10. SOFTLY AS IN A MORNING SUNRISE (Romberg/ Hammerstein)
11. THE WAILING OF THE WILLOW (Nilsson/ Freebairn Smith)
12. I WISH I KNEW (Warren/ Gordon)
13. A SUNDAY KIND OF LOVE (Belle/ Nye/ Prima/ Rhodes)
14. I WAS DOING ALL RIGHT (G. & I. Gershwin)
15. THE GYPSY (Reid)
16. NO SOAP, NO HOPE BLUES (Adler/ Ross)
17. SOME OTHER TIME (Bernstein/ Comden/ Green)
Moments in Time
First released 1998. Re-released with Newmarket in 2006.
Featuring perennial favourite Laura, this recording includes many tunes from those Jazz composers whose numbers seem timeless. Works by Van Heusen, Rogers & Hart, Ellington, Kern and Cole Porter are among the 15 tracks on offer in Moments In Time.
Track Listing
Cat # NEW 3185.2
1. SUNDAY (Miller/ Conn / Stein / Krueger)
2. YOU’VE CHANGED (Fischer/ Carey)
3. LIKE SOMEONE IN LOVE (Van Heusen)
4. LAURA (Raksin/ Mercer)
5. I CAN’T GIVE YOU ANYTHING BUT LOVE (Mc Hugh/ Fields)
6. MORE THAN YOU KNOW (Youmans)
7. AT LONG LAST LOVE (Porter)
8. SOLITUDE (Ellington / DeLange/ Mills)
9. I DEDICATE THIS TO YOU (Carpio/ Pisano)
10. PRELUDE TO A KISS (Ellington/ Gordon/ Mills)
11. I’M OLD FASHIONED (Kern)
12. YOU TOOK ADVANTAGE OF ME (Rodgers/ Hart)
13. I REMEMBER CLIFFORD (Golson/ Hendricks)
14. LOVER COME BACK TO ME (Romberg/ Hammerstein)
15. MY ROMANCE (Rodgers/ Hart)