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Top Drawer

Top Drawer (1983) more music like this

by George Shearing with Mel Tormé

A year after their first meeting on record, pianist George Shearing and singer Mel Torme (this time with Don Thompson on bass) had an equally successful joint recording. The material is often a bit offbeat (including the obscure swing song "Shine on Your Shoes," "How Do You Say Auf Wiedersehen" and the early bop vocal "What's This") but there are ...

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Perfectly Frank: An American Classic Celebrates 80

Perfectly Frank: An American Classic Celebrates 80 (2006) more music like this

by Tony Bennett

Perfectly Frank is just that -- a group of covers that came to define Frank Sinatra as a vocal legend. Here, Tony Bennett pays homage to "the Voice" in a way only he can. This massive, 24-track compilation runs through the list of standards that made Sinatra legendary. "Night and Day," "East of the Sun (West of the Moon)," and "The Lady Is a Tramp ...

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Perfectly Frank

Perfectly Frank (1992) more music like this

by Tony Bennett

Perfectly Frank is just that -- a group of covers that came to define Frank Sinatra as a vocal legend. Here, Tony Bennett pays homage to "the Voice" in a way only he can. This massive, 24-track compilation runs through the list of standards that made Sinatra legendary. "Night and Day," "East of the Sun (West of the Moon)," and "The Lady Is a Tramp ...

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The Complete Concord Recordings

The Complete Concord Recordings (2002) more music like this

by Mel Tormé & George Shearing

Beside Marty Paich, none of Mel Tormé's collaborators exerted such a large influence on the singer's career as George Shearing, the pianist whose understated, expressive accompaniment contributed to Tormé's resurgence during the early '80s. Their six excellent albums together -- two of which, An Evening With... and Top Drawer, earned Grammy awards ...

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Dream: The Lyrics and Music of Johnny Mercer

Dream: The Lyrics and Music of Johnny Mercer (2003) more music like this

by Johnny Mercer

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Straight Life

Straight Life (2007) more music like this

by Jimmy Smith

The tracks that make up Straight Life had been sitting in the Blue Note vaults since they were recorded on June 22, 1961, representing the only recorded output that year by Jimmy Smith and his trio of the era, which included guitarist Quentin Warren and drummer Donald Bailey. Somehow these ten songs got lost in the shuffle between the 1960 Blue ...

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Quintology

Quintology (2004) more music like this

by Greg Hopkins Quintet

Trumpeter Greg Hopkins' second CD as leader for Summit is a meeting of five veterans, three of whom (guitarist Mick Goodrick, tenor saxophonist Bill Pierce, and bassist Jim Stinnett) are seasoned jazz educators; the final member of the group is drummer Gary Chaffee. Together they explore Hopkins' creative post-bop compositions. The opener, the ...

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Great American Songwriters, Vols. 1-5 [Box]

Great American Songwriters, Vols. 1-5 [Box] (1995) more music like this

by Various Artists

Rhino's Great American Songwriters, Vol. 1-5 gathers all of the volumes of the Great American Songwriters series into a five-disc box set. The collection celebrates the talents of George and Ira Gershwin, Johnny Mercer, Rodgers & Hart, Irving Berlin, and Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn, collecting some of the finest pop and vocal jazz ...

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Tippin'

Tippin' (1992) more music like this

by Hal Galper Trio

Hal Galper decided upon a lighter touch on this trio date, which focuses primarily on ballads that were popular in the 1940s and 1950s. Accompanied by bassist Wayne Dockery and drummer Steve Ellington, Galper takes a breezy approach to Duke Ellington's "Love You Madly," giving the tune a bop flavor, although Ellington's brushwork keeps it swinging ...

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Matt Monro [EMI]

Matt Monro [EMI] (2000) more music like this

by Matt Monro

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That Kind of Woman (1960) more music like this

by Joe Williams

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The Best of Dick Haymes [MCA] (1982) more music like this

by Dick Haymes

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Beautiful Ballads

Beautiful Ballads (1967) more music like this

by Nat King Cole

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Deep in a Dream

Deep in a Dream (2003) more music like this

by Pat LaBarbera

Pat LaBarbera has long been known as a hard-driving tenor saxophonist who is able to play consistently exciting solos. Deep in a Dream is a change of pace for LaBarbera sticks exclusively to ballads, including quite a few that are obscure. Backed by pianist Don Thompson, bassist Neil Swainson, and his brother drummer Joe LaBarbera, Pat shows the ...

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My Night to Dream: The Ballads Collection (1997) more music like this

by Mel Tormé

Singer Mel Tormé recorded many of his finest sets during his long period with the Concord label. This 1997 sampler has a dozen previously released ballads and features many examples of Tormé's wondrous breath control and beautiful voice; highlights include "More Than You Know," "If You Could See Me Now," and "I'll Be Seeing You." However, the ...

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Look to the Rainbow (2003) more music like this

by Anita Ellis

A superior cabaret singer whose stage fright kept her from appearing in public that often, Anita Ellis was 57 when she taped two of Alec Wilder's radio shows in 1977. It is from those programs that these previously unreleased performances are drawn. Ellis is particularly wonderful on ballads and her voice is strong, quite expressive and very ...

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Here's to My Lady (1988) more music like this

by Phil Woods

Altoist Phil Woods took a rare vacation from playing with his regular group to collaborate with pianist Tommy Flanagan, bassist George Mraz and drummer Kenny Washington on this fine straight-ahead quartet date. The 13 selections are fairly concise (clocking in between 3-7 minutes apiece) and most of the material (other than "Canadian Sunset," ...

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An American Legend [5 CD Box] more music like this

by Frank Sinatra

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