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Betcha Bottom Dollar
(2007)
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Puppini Sisters
Poised somewhere between the Andrews Sisters and Nouvelle Vague, the Puppini Sisters modernize vocal harmony pop while keeping its "so traditional, it's hip" appeal. On their debut Betcha Bottom Dollar, the Sisters' style is their substance; it's not a coincidence that the founding Puppini, Marcella, worked for fashion icon Vivienne Westwood ...
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Live at Tavern on the Green
(2005)
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Nancy Lamott
There's a very good reason that the sticker on this lovely cabaret-styled live concert date is billed as the singer's "first new release in eight years" -- she died of cancer in December, 1995, just weeks after the performance documented here. The release of this disc and the rest of her catalog in 2005 isn't quite like the Eva Cassidy story. ...
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Songs for Young Lovers/Swing Easy!
(1955)
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Frank Sinatra
Combining Frank Sinatra's first two ten-inch albums for Capitol, the compact disc Songs for Young Lovers/Swing Easy! not only contains some of the best music Sinatra recorded, it captures a turning point in popular music. Songs for Young Lovers was the first album Frank Sinatra recorded for Capitol, as well as his first collaboration with Nelson ...
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The Gene Krupa Story [Box Set]
(1999)
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Gene Krupa
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My Reverie
(2006)
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Clinton, Larry/Bea Wain
Sometimes compared with Claude Thornhill and Reginald Forsythe, Larry Clinton devised danceable swing music for big band, some of it pleasantly quirky enough to compare favorably with the work of Raymond Scott. He also led a modestly popular dance orchestra that featured warm and personable vocalist Bea Wain. Prior to the time period represented ...
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Basie Swings, Bennett Sings
(1958)
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Count Basie and Tony Bennett
The Roulette half of the two Bennett/Basie sessions is a band singer's paradise, with the Basie band caught at a robust and swinging peak and Bennett never sounding happier or looser in front of a microphone. The Count himself, alas, appears on piano only on two numbers ("Life Is a Song" and "Jeepers Creepers"), while Bennett's perennial pianist ...
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Bing Sings Whilst Bregman Swings
(1956)
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Bing Crosby With Buddy Bregman
In early 1956, Bing Crosby ended the two long-term company affiliations that had defined his career for more than 20 years, leaving his exclusive associations with Paramount Pictures and Decca Records. Thereafter, he made movies and records on a freelance basis. The immediate results were more felicitous for his film work than his recording, as he ...
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The Classic Early Recordings in Chronological Order
(2000)
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Django Reinhardt
This budget five-disc box collects Reinhardt's first 124 recordings between 1934-1939. Curiously enough, despite the title, these sides aren't chronological, a fact that engineer Ted Kendall admits in the liner notes. Rather, while each disc's featured sessions are presented mostly chronologically, the discs themselves are rather awkwardly ...
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With the Count Basie Big Band [Classic World]
(1999)
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Tony Bennett
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A Musical Thrill
(2006)
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The Hi-Lo's
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Gypsy Jazz
(2007)
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Various Artists
Proper Records presents a four-CD, 97-track anthology devoted to music recorded during the golden years of Gypsy jazz, from swing to bop to a bit of the cool (1934-1956). Happily, this tradition is still very much alive, and the recordings compiled herein demonstrate why even Joseph Goebbels, Adolf Eichmann, and Heinrich Himmler couldn't stamp it ...
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Georgia on My Mind
(1999)
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Nat Gonella
British trumpeter Nathaniel Charles "Nat" Gonella (1908-1998) was posthumously honored in 1999 by the Living Era label with this excellent album containing 25 of his best performances recorded between 1931 and 1941. Initially a prominent member of bands led by Billy Cotton, Roy Fox, Ray Noble, and Lew Stone, his major influence was Louis Armstrong ...
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Small Fry: Capitol Sings Kids' Songs for Grownups
(1992)
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Various Artists
Small Fry: Capitol Sings Kids' Songs for Grownups is an excellent collection of exactly what the title promises: a star-studded lineup of Capitol's stars of the '40s, '50s, and early '60s doing kids' songs. It is noncheesy fun all the way through, guaranteed to warm the heart of even the iciest cynic. Even if you hate kiddy songs, the smooth and ...
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Paper Doll [Dynamic Entertainment]
(2007)
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The Mills Brothers
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Hollywood's Best: The Thirties
(1997)
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Various Artists
Rhino's Hollywood's Best series is a budget-line collection that samples highlights from the label's Turner Classic Movies soundtrack series. Each disc contains 16 tracks and liner notes from Will Friedwald, and they are excellent, affordable samplings of the music that defined Hollywood and American pop culture. Hollywood's Best: The Thirties ...
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Hello, Dolly!
(1963)
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Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong's commercial resurgence with the song "Hello, Dolly!" -- a number one hit that unseated the Beatles' "Can't Buy Me Love" from the top spot -- came as such a surprise that Kapp Records hastened to produce an album to go along with it. The resulting long-player, appropriately titled Hello, Dolly!, also went to number one and produced ...
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Tjader Plays Tjazz
(1954)
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Cal Tjader
In a change of pace, for this recording vibraphonist Cal Tjader recorded cool-toned bop without a Latin rhythm section. Half of the ten songs (mostly jazz standards) feature Tjader switching to drums (his original instrument) in a quartet also including the obscure trombonist Bob Collins, guitarist Eddie Duran and bassist Al McKibbon. Tjader is ...
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Forever Gold
(1999)
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Louis Armstrong
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Ain't Misbehavin' and Other Hits
(2003)
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Louis Armstrong
An intriguing but much too brief collection of Louis Armstrong performances that were featured in various films from the 1930s through the 1960s, this set is quite pleasant, with solid takes on such Armstrong standards as "Ain't Misbehavin'" (the version here is from 1951), "Jeepers Creepers" (from 1938), and "Basin Street Blues" (also from 1951, ...
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Blueberry Hill [Milan]
(1962)
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Louis Armstrong
An obscure concert performance, probably from around 1961-63 (no date is given), the erratic recording quality and somewhat typical repertoire keep this from being highly recommended but it has its strong moments, most notably a beautiful version of "That's My Home" and a relaxed run-through of "Jazz Me Blues." Scott Yanow, All Music Guide
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Dreams of Contentment
(1993)
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The Dells
The Dells never made it over the hump while at Vee-Jay, despite making many impressive singles. They were a top-flight doo wop group, but they couldn't find a way to advance beyond the R&B margins. Only when they moved to Chess, changed their style, and made Marvin Junior the lead singer did they enjoy the success they deserved. Still, as this 24 ...
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Swingin' in the Rain
(1998)
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Maria Muldaur
Swingin' in the Rain is an enchanting collection of classic swing tunes from the '30s and '40s -- such as "A Bushel and a Peck," "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah," "Jeepers Creepers," "Mairzy Doats," "If I Baked a Cake," "Abba Dabba Honeymoon" and, of course, "Singin' in the Rain" -- that are given sweet, sunny arrangments designed to appeal to children. There ...
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Close as Pages in a Book
(1969)
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Maxine Sullivan
After a period off the music scene during which she worked as a nurse, Maxine Sullivan (who had not recorded a full album since 1956) really started her successful comeback with this strong effort. Originally made for Monmouth-Evergreen and later reissued on Audiophile, the set features the subtle and lightly swinging singer sharing the spotlight ...
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Swings Cohn & Kahn
(2001)
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Elliot Lawrence
Elliot Lawrence, who was born in 1925, formed a big band at the very end of the swing era, much too late to make a strong impression. A fine pianist/arranger/composer, Lawrence primarily wrote for radio and television. In the 1950s he recorded quite frequently for such labels as Decca, King, Columbia, Groove, Vik, Camden, and, particularly, ...
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The Platinum Anthology
(2005)
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Tony Bennett
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