The Great American Songbook (1972) more music like this

by Carmen McRae

On this popular two-LP set, singer Carmen McRae interprets songs by Duke Ellington, Cole Porter, Michel Legrand, Warren & Dubin, Henry Mancini, and Jimmy Van Heusen, among others, but it is her rendition of a humorous Jimmy Rowles novelty ("The Ballad of Thelonious Monk") that is best remembered. Joined by pianist Rowles, guitarist Joe Pass, ...

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The Collection: I Left My Heart in San Francisco/Art of Excellence/Astoria [2005 Reissue] (2005) more music like this

by Tony Bennett

This "three-fer" from Columbia includes the classic Tony Bennett I Left My Heart in San Francisco, Art of Excellence and Astoria. As a collection of music, it's a fairly good bargain, but listeners who are expecting a little window dressing will find nothing in the way of liner notes or photos, as these are just the single-issue CDs thrown ...

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Golden Greats [Disky] (2002) more music like this

by Billie Holiday

Like other entries in its Golden Greats series, this compilation from Dutch label Disky is a bare-bones miscellany of tracks recorded by the featured artist and transferred from secondary sources according to the more liberal copyright laws in effect in Europe. It has length and price going for it, sprawling across three CDs containing 73 tracks, ...

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1935-1936 (1935) more music like this

by Teddy Wilson

The second CD in Classics' Teddy Wilson series features the definitive swing pianist on two piano solos and leading all-star groups. There are seven generally familiar Billie Holiday vocals (including classic renditions of "I Cried for You" and "These Foolish Things"), a pair from Ella Fitzgerald (her first recordings outside of the Chick Webb ...

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The Billie Holiday Story, Vol. 2 (1973) more music like this

by Billie Holiday

There are listeners who fall so deeply in love with Lady Day that they want every record, even the ones where she sounds almost like the old woman who asked for a dollar for a bottle of wine on the street corner the other day. Out of the prime of her recording period came a multitude of brilliant sides, and the way this material has been endlessly ...

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