Mo' Breau is an album by Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 guitarist Lenny Breau

Lenny Breau

Leonard Harold "Lenny" Breau was a musician, guitar player, and music educator. He was known for blending many styles of music including: jazz, country, classical and flamenco guitar...

, released in 1981.

History

Breau signed a three-album deal with Gene Rosenthal for Adelphi Records

Adelphi Records

Adelphi Records is a US record label founded in 1968 by Gene and Carol Rosenthal.Musicians on that label are The Nighthawks and Catfish Hodge , Lenny Breau, Reuben Brown and Richie Cole , Yellowman, Big Youth and Toots & the Maytals , Rev. Gary Davis, Gene Johnson [Rock & Soul], and Rev...

 in 1977, the first of which was produced by Rosenthal and was released as Five O'Clock Bells

Five O'Clock Bells

Five O'Clock Bells is an album by Canadian guitarist Lenny Breau, released in 1979.-History:After signing a three-album deal with Gene Rosenthal for Adelphi Records, Breau recorded enough material over a few months in 1977. Rosenthal produced the first sessions which would become Five O'Clock Bells...

. Subsequent recordings from these sessions were produced by Dan Doyle and resulted in Mo' Breau and Last Sessions

Last Sessions

Last Sessions is an album by Canadian jazz guitarist Lenny Breau, released in 1987.-History:After signing a three-album deal with Gene Rosenthal for Adelphi Records in 1977, Breau recorded material over period of a few months. Rosenthal produced the first sessions which would become Five O'Clock...

.

Originally released on LP

LP album

The LP, or long-playing microgroove record, is a format for phonograph records, an analog sound storage medium. Introduced by Columbia Records in 1948, it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry...

 in 1981, it was reissued in 1987 on the Genes label and again reissued along with Five O'Clock Bells

Five O'Clock Bells

Five O'Clock Bells is an album by Canadian guitarist Lenny Breau, released in 1979.-History:After signing a three-album deal with Gene Rosenthal for Adelphi Records, Breau recorded enough material over a few months in 1977. Rosenthal produced the first sessions which would become Five O'Clock Bells...

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Reception

Track listing

1. "Ebony Queen/Pam's Pad" (McCoy Tyner
   McCoy Tyner
   McCoy Tyner is a jazz pianist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, known for his work with the John Coltrane Quartet and a long solo career.-Early life:...
   
    / Lenny Breau) – 7:30
2. "Autumn Leaves
   Autumn Leaves (song)
   "Autumn Leaves" is a much-recorded popular song. Originally it was a 1945 French song "Les Feuilles mortes" with music by Joseph Kosma and lyrics by poet Jacques Prévert. Yves Montand introduced "Les feuilles mortes" in 1946 in the film Les Portes de la Nuit...
   
   " (Joseph Kosma
   Joseph Kosma
   Joseph Kosma was a Hungarian-French composer, of Jewish background.-Biography:Kosma was born József Kozma in Budapest, where his parents taught stenography and typing. He had a brother, Akos. A maternal relative was the photographer László Moholy-Nagy, and another relative was the conductor Georg...
   
   , Johnny Mercer
   Johnny Mercer
   John Herndon "Johnny" Mercer was an American lyricist, songwriter and singer. He is best known as a lyricist, but he also composed music. He was also a popular singer who recorded his own songs as well as those written by others...
   
   , Jacques Prévert
   Jacques Prévert
   Jacques Prévert was a French poet and screenwriter. His poems became and remain very popular in the French-speaking world, particularly in schools. Some of the movies he wrote are extremely well regarded, with Les Enfants du Paradis considered one of the greatest films of all time.-Life and...
   
   ) – 2:01
3. "...But Beautiful
   But Beautiful (song)
   "But Beautiful" is a popular song with music written by Jimmy Van Heusen, the lyrics by Johnny Burke. The song was published in 1947.One of five songs written by Burke and Van Heusen featured in the Paramount Pictures movie Road to Rio , it was introduced by Bing Crosby and is also associated with...
   
   " (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke
   Johnny Burke (lyricist)
   Johnny Burke was a lyricist, widely regarded as one of the finest writers of popular songs in America between the 1920s and 1950s.-Biography:...
   
   ) – 5:04
4. "Emily
   Emily (Johnny Mandel and Johnny Mercer song)
   "Emily" is a popular song composed by Johnny Mandel, with lyrics by Johnny Mercer. It was the title song to the 1964 film The Americanization of Emily, where it was introduced by Julie Andrews. It has since been recorded by numerous artists, notably Bill Evans and Tony Bennett...
   
   " (Johnny Mandel
   Johnny Mandel
   Johnny Mandel is an American composer and arranger of popular songs, film music and jazz. Among the musicians he has worked with are Count Basie, Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee, Anita O'Day, Barbra Streisand, and Shirley Horn.-Life:...
   
   , Johnny Mercer
   Johnny Mercer
   John Herndon "Johnny" Mercer was an American lyricist, songwriter and singer. He is best known as a lyricist, but he also composed music. He was also a popular singer who recorded his own songs as well as those written by others...
   
   ) – 3:40
5. "New York City" (Breau) – 5:04
6. "I Remember Hank" (Breau) – 5:18
   • This is a medley of "Please Release Me" and "Cold, Cold Heart
     Cold, Cold Heart
     "Cold, Cold Heart" is a country music and popular music song, written by Hank Williams. This blues ballad is both a classic of honky tonk and an entry in the Great American Songbook....
     
     "
7. "Marlborough Street" (Breau) – 2:06
   • This is actually "Beautiful Love
     Beautiful Love (1931 song)
     "Beautiful Love" is a popular waltz composed by Wayne King, Victor Young and Egbert Van Alstyne with lyrics by Haven Gillespie. It was introduced by the Wayne King Orchestra in 1931...
     
     "
8. "Lone Pine" (Breau) – 4:02
   • A medley of "I'll Remember April
     I'll Remember April (song)
     "I'll Remember April" is a popular song. The music for the song was written by Gene de Paul, and the lyrics were written by Patricia Johnston and Don Raye....
     
     " and "Back in the Saddle Again
     Back in the Saddle Again
     "Back in the Saddle Again" was the signature song of American cowboy entertainer Gene Autry. It was co-written by Autry with Ray Whitley and first released in 1939...
     
     "