Live...At the Losers/We Remember Mildred Bailey (1997)

About this title: Vee Jay Records, started in 1953, was the first black-owned record company. It put to disc a wide variety of artists and styles, and was the first U.S. company to record the Beatles. It also made several good jazz recordings. Since going bankrupt in1966, the label has been resuscitated from time to time under various names. Blue Moon Records of Spain has now revived the Vee Jay name and has been reissuing selected items from the company's jazz catalog. This album is a two-fer consisting of LPs by vocalists Ann Richards and Mavis Rivers. Richards' session is a live performance from the Losers ... read more

Tracks:

1. I Only Have Eyes for You [Dubin/Warren]
2. I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) [Ellington/Webster]
3. (Back Home Again In) Indiana [Hanley/MacDonald]
4. Come Rain or Come Shine [Arlen/Mercer]
5. Dearly Beloved [Kern/Mercer]
6. Bye Bye Blackbird [Dixon/Henderson]
7. Lonesome Road [Busby/Davis]
8. Little Girl Blue [Hart/Rodgers]
9. Let Me Love You [Howard]
10. Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe [Arlen/Harburg]
11. Lover, Come Back to Me [Hammerstein/Romberg]
12. Easy to Love [Porter]
13. Georgia on My Mind [Carmichael/Gorrell]
14. I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart [Ellington/Mills/Nem]
15. Confessin' [Daugherty/Reynolds/]
16. Please Be Kind [Cahn/Chaplin]
17. Lover, Come Back to Me [Hammerstein/Romberg]
18. Rockin' Chair [Carmichael]
19. It Seems Like Old Times [Stept/Tobias]
20. My Last Affair [Johnson]
21. Someday, Sweetheart [Spikes/Spikes]
22. I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You [Crosby/Washington]
23. There'll Be Some Changes Made [Higgins/Overstreet]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.