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In the Wee Small Hours
(1954)
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Frank Sinatra
Expanding on the concept of Songs for Young Lovers!, In the Wee Small Hours was a collection of ballads arranged by Nelson Riddle. The first 12" album recorded by Sinatra, Wee Small Hours was more focused and concentrated than his two earlier concept records. It's a blue, melancholy album, built around a spare rhythm section featuring a rhythm ...
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Shearing Piano
(1956)
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George Shearing
This is one of the earliest releases to feature George Shearing exclusively as a solo pianist, and the CD reissue of the long unavailable LP adds ten previously unissued tracks. He is rather surprisingly low-key on most of these interpretations, even though they are mostly ballads, possibly because of Capitol's original marketing concept. "Stella ...
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Oceana
(2006)
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Till Brönner
For those in America who hadn't previously heard of Germany's most famous contemporary jazz musician, it would only take a few notes from his crisp, distant trumpet to elicit a comparison to Chris Botti. Beyond his tonal approach and penchant for relaxing, atmospheric, and lushly arranged standards, Till Brönner has much in common with his ...
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Setting Standards: New York Sessions
(2007)
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Keith Jarrett/Gary Peacock/Jack DeJohnette
Setting Standards: New York Sessions, a specially priced three-disc set issued by ECM, marks the 25th anniversary of the "standards" trio formed by Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock, and Jack DeJohnette at a very particular time in jazz history. It assembles -- for the first time in one place -- the first three offerings by the trio recorded in its ...
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A Jazz Romance: A Night in With Verve
(2001)
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Various Artists
In jazz, ballads have a way of separating the men from the boys and the women from the girls. They show what an improviser is made of emotionally. On ballads, technique for the sake of technique doesn't cut it -- you have to bring some genuine feeling and honest-to-God emotion to the table. And there is plenty of honest-to-God emotion on this four ...
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The Very Best of Nancy Wilson: The Capitol Recordings 1960-1976
(2007)
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Nancy Wilson
The career of Nancy Wilson has been compiled many times and in many ways, but never like this. Focusing in-depth on her Capitol recordings during the 15 years of her prime, this three-disc set is a wonderful collection for those who appreciate Wilson's ability to combine Broadway power and finesse with jazz rhythm (and a certain degree of ...
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The Runaway Bride
(1999)
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Original Soundtrack
Since the reunion of Julia Roberts and Richard Gere in Runaway Bride was designed to be a crowd-pleasing romantic comedy, it isn't surprising that its accompanying soundtrack was also a crowd-pleaser, with a little bit of something to please everybody. It is somewhat surprising that an album that tackles so many different styles -- alternative pop ...
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At the Opera House
(1957)
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Stan Getz with J.J. Johnson
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Sinatra: Vegas
(2006)
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Frank Sinatra
Frank Sinatra accomplished so much in his career that the fact that he virtually created the swinging style that became known as the sound of Las Vegas at its peak seems like a mere footnote to his legacy. Perhaps it is a footnote, but it's a fascinating footnote and one that still holds sway over the popular imagination, both in their perception ...
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Portrait of Sinatra: Columbia Classics
(1943)
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Frank Sinatra
The beauty of any Frank Sinatra collection is that, depending upon how it is put together by the producers for whatever purpose they have in mind, each one allows the listener to focus on a different aspect of the singer's work and pick out new and varied details. On one level, this double-CD set is a good compromise for listeners who aren't ...
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In Love Again
(2002)
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Stacey Kent
Stacey Kent is back, with her regular combo, for an engaging tribute to Richard Rodgers. In addition to routinely covered songs like "It Never Entered My Mind" and "Bewitched," the Britain-based vocalist looks to the South Pacific book and comes up with two items seldom performed in a jazz context -- "I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair" ...
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The Intimate Miss Christy
(1962)
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June Christy
On June Christy's excellent run of albums for Capitol Records the vocalist was most often backed by Pete Rugolo's complex orchestral charts or by small, freewheeling jazz groups led by her husband, Bob Cooper. So The Intimate Miss Christy is a special treat for her fans as it finds the cool blonde singer backed only by Al Viola's guitar and Don ...
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In the Sun
(2002)
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Jane Monheit
Jane Monheit's third album attempts to combine a number of elements: jazz standards, Brazilian repertoire, ballads lushly orchestrated by Alan Broadbent and Vince Mendoza, and even pop vehicles originally sung by Linda Ronstadt and Judy Collins. The young vocalist is usually at her best fronting a small combo; here one wishes she had relied more ...
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When Love Goes Wrong
(2003)
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Various Artists
Bill Maher (as in Politically Incorrect) once stated that marriage is a lot like communism--it sounds great on paper, but in reality, it doesn't work. That's a very cynical view of romance; some marriages do work, and they work well. But at the same, one can certainly understand where Maher is coming from--half of American marriages, after all, ...
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Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster
(1957)
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Coleman Hawkins w/ Ben Webster
W/ Ben Webster. These aren't encounters in the confrontational sense, but a merger of great musical minds. Ron Wynn, All Music Guide
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Miles Davis Plays for Lovers [Bonus Tracks]
(2003)
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Miles Davis
Miles Davis Plays for Lovers collects a number of ballads from the trumpeter's mid-'50s albums to create a lovely late-night disc for friends, night owls, and couples in love. The core band for three-quarters of the album consists of trumpeter Davis, tenor John Coltrane, pianist Red Garland, bassist Paul Chambers, and drummer Philly Joe Jones. ...
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Sings Ballads
(1985)
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Rosemary Clooney
Rosemary Clooney continued her string of jazz sets for Concord in 1985 with this lyrical program. Clooney interprets ten ballads with the assistance of tenor saxophonist Scott Hamilton, cornetist Warren Vaché, guitarist Ed Bickert, pianist John Oddo (her musical director), bassist Chuck Israels and drummer Jake Hanna. Clooney's versions of such ...
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The Very Best of the Rodgers and Hart Song Book
(2007)
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Ella Fitzgerald
After the initial impact of her first songbook venture (Cole Porter) in early 1956, Ella Fitzgerald returned to the studio quickly with the same arranger/conductor (Buddy Bregman) and recorded nearly three dozen songs from the pens of Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart. Released just six months after the Porter volume, Sings the Rodgers and Hart Song ...
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After Ours
(1997)
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Ann Hampton Callaway
Ann Hampton Callaway is one of the top cabaret singers of the past decade. She has always been influenced a bit by jazz, and this 1997 release was her first full jazz recording. Callaway has a haunting voice and, as with most cabaret singers, a great respect for the lyrics she interprets; her singing on "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" is a ...
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Jazz Moods: An Intimate Evening
(2000)
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Various Artists
The three-disc box set Jazz Moods: An Intimate Evening is a straight-up repackaging of three previous releases in the Jazz Moods series: Dinner by Candlelight, Jazz by the Fire, and Jazz at Night's End. It's designed to take the listener through the various stages of a romantic evening at home with that special someone, and it actually doesn't do ...
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Once to Every Heart
(2005)
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Mark Murphy
Beyond merely skilled, beyond the horizon of hip, past the narrow classification of "jazz singer," Mark Murphy has, for decades, given listeners breathtaking performances that underscore the very heart of song itself. Once to Every Heart was produced by ace flügelhorn master Till Bronner; it is a collection of torch songs and ballads showcasing ...
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The Very Best
(2005)
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Miles Davis
This set combines highlights from Miles Davis' 1949 Birth of the Cool sessions for Capitol in 1949 with his two early-'50s sessions (one with a sextet and one with a quartet) for Blue Note Records, material that had previously been collected on the Birth of the Cool, Ballads and Blues and Young Man with a Horn LPs, and as a single three-disc set ...
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Introducing Tierney Sutton
(1998)
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Tierney Sutton
Tierney Sutton has the kind of voice that you can take for granted. After just a couple of tunes, you know you can relax-she's not going to flub a note, she's not going to screech trying to reach beyond her range, she's not going to show off. That frees you up to sit back, close your eyes, and alternate between wonder at her pure technique and ...
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The Great American Songbook
(2005)
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Nancy Wilson
The Great American Songbook has many top-drawer interpreters, but Nancy Wilson is rarely spoken of in the same breath as Ella Fitzgerald or Dinah Washington or Frank Sinatra or Mel Tormé. The reason lies less with her talents, which are sizeable, and more with her orientation, which fits the show tunes concept of putting the song across with ...
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Chet [Keepnews Collection]
(2007)
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Chet Baker
Chet Baker was to record only one more album after this one for the Riverside label before starting down the road to those many other labels he was to visit during the rest of his career. It is somewhat ironic that one of the major figures in West Coast jazz would record for a label that played a leading role in the propagation of East Coast jazz. ...
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