Vocalist Shirley Horn's 1992 album Here's to Life (Verve) is a jazz masterpiece. The album has long been considered Horn's most emotionally penetrating album and Johnny Mandel's greatest triumph as a string arranger and orchestra conductor. In '93, he won the Grammy for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal for the album. Unfortunately, Horn …
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