The Blue Angel Years 1945-1947 (2000)

About this title: In 1944, Mildred Bailey was getting back on track after a disastrous recording ban that held up her career as well as those of other jazz and popular music performers. Then things started going her way. Bailey was offered a radio show by CBS and, when Max Gordon opened his new Blue Angel jazz club, Bailey signed on with a trio headed by young pianist Ellis Larkins. She remained there until 1947. Baldwin Street Music has found several recordings from this period of Bailey's life, as well as a few with groups aside from the Larkins trio. Of the 22 tracks, three are previously unreleased and ... read more

Tracks:

1. That Ain't Right [Cole/Mills]
2. I Don't Want To Miss Mississippi [Ellis]
3. I'll Close My Eyes [Kaye/Reid]
4. That Ain't Right [Cole/Mills]
5. You Started Something [Gorney/Harburg]
6. Born to Be Blue [Torme/Wells]
7. Can't We Be Friends? [James/Swift]
8. Don't Worry 'Bout Strangers [Moore]
9. Gone on That Guy [Sauter]
10. You Started Something [Alternate Take] [Gorney/Harburg]
11. Don't Worry 'Bout Strangers [Alternate Take] [Moore]
12. The Love I Long For [Dietz/Duke]
13. The Man I Love [Gershwin/Gershwin]
14. Gypsy in My Soul [Boland/Jaffe]
15. I'm Glad There Is You [Dorsey/Mertz]
16. It's Never Too Late to Pray [Livingston/Robison]
17. These Foolish Things [Strachey/Link/Marve]
18. I've Got the World on a String [Koehler/Arlen]
19. Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man [Hammerstein/Kern]
20. Summertime [Gershwin/Gershwin]
21. More Than You Know [Rose/Eliscu/Youmans]
22. Honeysuckle Rose [Razaf/Waller]
23. Baldwin Street Music Preview Track

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