My First Affair

My First Affair
Soundtrack album by Lari White
Released	April 6, 2007
Genre	Cabaret
Label	Skinny WhiteGirl Records
Producer	Lari White

My First Affair was a cabaret show and the soundtrack later released by American Broadway-country-gospel artist Lari White.^[1]

Show

The cabaret show was at the Oak Room Cabaret at The Algonquin Hotel in Manhattan, New York City on February 12, 2007.^[2][3][4] The show included a mix of pop, country, gospel and Broadway songs including several original compositions by White.^[5] The album was released on April 6, 2007 on Skinny White Girl Records.^[6]

Track listing

1. “Please Be Kind/ Gotta Have Me Go With You” (Sammy Kahn, Saul Chapman/ Harold Arlen, Ira Gershwin) - 2:30
2. “There’s A Terrific Band” (Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Billy Goldenberg) - 3:32
3. “Doatsy Mae” (Carol Hall) - 3:12
4. “Minor Changes” (Lari White) - 2:14
5. “Museums” (Steven Lutvak) - 4:33
6. “Forgiveness’ Embrace” (Stephen Schwartz) - 4:00
7. “Love Me or Leave Me” (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) - 2:15
8. Richard Rogers Medley: “Falling in Love With Love” (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) / “A Cockeyed Optimist” (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers) - 2:49
9. “Over and Over” (Lari White) - 3:46
10. “It Ain’t My Business” (DeSpain, Anderson-Lopez) - 3:26
11. Yentl Medley: “Where is it Written?” (Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Michel Legrand) / “No Wonder” (Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Michel Legrand)/ “A Piece of Sky” (Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Michel Legrand) - 6:42
12. “It’s A New World” (Ira Gershwin, Harold Arlen) - 2:04

Production

• Producer: Lari White
• Recorded Live by: Chris Herles and Jean Pierre Perreaux At the Metropolitan Room at Gotham, courtesy Chris Mazzilli
• Directed by: Eric Michael Gillett
• Piano: Don Rebic
• Bass: Steve Doyle

References

1. ^ "Grammy Winner White Mixes Nashville, Broadway in Cabaret Debut". Bloomberg News. March 1, 2007. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aVzEy2yygQPU&refer=home. Retrieved 2010-10-16. "Lari White, a gamin powerhouse with several Grammys, made her New York cabaret debut Tuesday at the Algonquin Hotel in a high-energy set titled ``My First Affair that offered Johnny Cash and Broadway standards with equal volume, and equal finesse." 
2. ^ Brian Scott Lipton (February 28, 2007). "Lari White: My First Affair". http://www.theatermania.com/new-york/reviews/02-2007/lari-white-my-first-affair_10177.html. Retrieved 2010-10-16. "Broadway star Lari White is making a most auspicious cabaret debut in a show cheekily entitled My First Affair, which runs only through March 3." 
3. ^ (2007) Album notes for My First Affair by Lari White [CD].
4. ^ Stephen Holden (March 1, 2007). "The Broadway-country-gospel singer Lari White pulled a fast one in the opening moments of her New York cabaret debut in the Oak Room of the Algonquin Hotel on Tuesday evening. ...". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/01/arts/music/01lari.html?_r=2. Retrieved 2010-10-15. 
5. ^ Peter Haas, Cabaret Scenes, March 1, 2007, "[1]"
6. ^ All Music Guide, "[2]"