1954 Album including songs such as Lullaby Of Birdland, April In Paris and many more + bonus track September Song [orchestral version] (1956). 1. September Song 2. Lullaby of Birdland 3. Im Glad There is You 4. Youre Not the Kind 5. Jim 6. Hes My Guy 7. April In Paris 8. Its Crazy 9. […]
The present date has the wonderful Sarah Vaughan backed by a jazz trio formed by Sir Roland Hanna on piano, Richard Davis on bass, and Percy Brice on drums. It was recorded in Los Angeles in early 1961 for a series of public service radio programs called “The Navy Swings,” but although they were aired […]
The 1950s were a time of changes and the music of the decade both reflected the cultural changes that were happening while still holding on to the societal norms of the past. Many of the traditional pop artists of the 1950s were interpreters of pop standards who would take the old well-known songs and put […]
When it comes to vocal jazz, the ladies win. Body and Soul features great jazz standards sung by some of the best-known and most influential female jazz vocalists in history. Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Nina Simone, Dinah Washington, Sarah Vaughan: these performers are so beloved that their first names are enough. This album presents signature […]
Shirley Horn (1934-2005) is considered one of the great jazz singers of the nineteen fifties and sixties, often compared to Ella Fitzgerald, Dinah Washington and Sarah Vaughan. Her outstanding career would span over fifty years. Shirley’s voice was smooth and expressive, but never hurried. She was one of the slowest singers in jazz. Embers and […]
– 1 – 1. The Sound of Music -Preludium 2:20 2. The Sound of Music 2:42 3. Maria 3:24 4. My Favorite Things 2:50 5. Do-Re-Mi 5:56 6. Sixteen Going On Seventeen 3:52 7. The Lonely Goatherd 3:23 8. How Can Love Survive? 3:04 9. The Sound of Music [Reprise] 3:15 10. Aendler 2:26 11. […]
Although she never gained the same kind of popularity as her colleagues Ella Fitzgerald or Sarah Vaughan, Helen Merrill (born in 1930) is considered among jazz cognoscenti to be one of the best singers in the genre’s history and became an icon in Europe. Whats New? (originally issued with just her name on the cover) […]
3 LP Auger Incorporated is a career spanning triple vinyl / double CD compilation of the legendary Brian Augers’ music. Lauded and loved by artists as diverse as Mose Allison to Emma-Jean Thackray, his tracks have been sampled by Mos Def & Common, his original compositions covered by Sarah Vaughan, Richard Groove Holmes and The […]
No one has ever sung or will ever sing like Billie Holiday (1915-1959). Although her vocal range was much more limited than those of other famous jazz singers like Sarah Vaughan or Ella Fitzgerald (both of whom had an astonishing versatility from the low to the high registers), Billie made her interpretations so expressive that […]
