Jule Styne in Hollywood
Jule Styne in Hollywoodgathers 20 different vocalists to perform 21 songs that Styne wrote for the movies before he moved on to Broadway fame.  That means noGypsyorBells Are Ringinghere, but there are many familiar standards such as "Saturday Night Is the Loneliest Night of the Week," "I Don't Want to Walk Without You," "Three Coins in the Fountain," and "Time After Time" (you'll notice a Frank Sinatra theme, as Ol' Blue Eyes loved Styne's work with Sammy Cahn, who wrote the majority of the lyrics represented).  And the unfamiliar fare sounds great when sung by some of Broadway's best and brightest, includingLight in the Piazzacostars Kelli O'Hara and Victoria Clark, Audra McDonald, Sutton Foster, Rebecca Luker, Brent Barrett, and married duoMarin Mazzie and Jason Danieley.  (Veteran Leslie Uggams's heavy vibrato among these golden voices takes some adjusting to.)  Also noteworthy is the presence of Sara Zahn, whose outstanding 2001 albumSongs of Carolyn Leighproved she's perfect for this sort of material.  Another excellent effort by PS Classics' nonprofit archival wing dedicated to the preservation of American song.--David Horiuchi