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The Concert Sinatra
(1963)
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Frank Sinatra
The Concert Sinatra is one of Frank Sinatra's best records of the early '60s, an album that successfully rearranges a selection of show tunes, primarily those composed by Richard Rodgers, for the concert stage. Nelson Riddle arranged and conducted one of the largest orchestras that had ever supported Frank Sinatra, and his work is light and ...
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Lost in the Stars
(1996)
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Chanticleer
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Life Is Beautiful
(1975)
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Tony Bennett
Recorded for his own Improv label, Tony Bennett's Life Is Beautiful appeared the same year as his impressive jazz collaboration with Bill Evans, and represents a return to full orchestration after the quiet majesty of The Tony Bennett Bill Evans Album. Anchored by the Torrie Zito Trio but also including frequent strings and brass, Bennett makes ...
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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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Kurt Weill in America
(2007)
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Various Artists
Kurt Weill in America is a studio recording recreating a concert of the same name staged as part of the "Lyrics and Lyricists" series at the 92nd Street Y in Manhattan; the artistic director of the show was nightclub singer Andrea Marcovicci, and the album is released by her Andreasong record label. Of course, Kurt Weill was a composer, not a ...
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Fifty Years: The Artistry of Tony Bennett
(2004)
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Tony Bennett
When the first version of this impressive box set was originally released in 1991 (as Forty Years: The Artistry of Tony Bennett), it put the capstone upon Tony Bennett's remarkable return to prominence by looking back at a legacy that had been overshadowed by that of the colossus Sinatra. The collection methodically traced his career from his ...
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The Best of the Columbia Years: 1943-1952
(1943)
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Frank Sinatra
This four-CD set stands midway between the 12-CD Complete Collection 1943-1952 box (which is worth every cent, for those who can afford it) and the single-CD 15-song Essential Frank Sinatra: The Columbia Years -- in its favor, along with an affordable price, is its thorough and wide-ranging overview of the least well-known part of Frank Sinatra's ...
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Which?
(1999)
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Jackie Allen
Jackie Allen is a fine jazz singer from Chicago with an appealing voice, a solid sense of swing, and the ability to caress a melody. On this 1999 recording, she is joined by six of Los Angeles' top bop-based musicians: pianist Bill Cunliffe (who arranged all but one selection), Red Holloway on tenor, altoist Gary Foster, trombonist Bruce Paulson, ...
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A Touch of Elegance
(1960)
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Andre Previn
This CD draws its material from five of pianist Andre Previn's Columbia albums of the 1961-62 period. Three of the five albums (13 of the 18 selections on this sampler) feature Previn's piano backed by string orchestras on well-played but easy-listening music that rarely wanders from the melody. Two other songs are taken from a quartet set with ...
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On the Cool Side
(1985)
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Ben Sidran
Ben Sidran's musical persona has always been one of cool-cat hipster, talk-singing his songs in a style reminiscent of his mentor, Mose Allison. On the Cool Side was one of his more commercially viable solo releases, finding an audience on the small coterie of contemporary jazz stations in the mid-'80s. The title track is a classic of the genre, ...
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Judy [32 Jazz]
(1998)
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Judy Garland
Producer Joel Dorn acquired rights to the audio and video recordings of the 1963-4 television series The Judy Garland Show, but then became more ambitious in creating this four-CD (plus half-hour VHS tape) box set. Apparently with the assistance of Garland fan Scott Schecter, Dorn acquired other Garland recordings, notably airchecks, and licensed ...
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Counterfeit²
(2003)
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Martin L. Gore
Martin Gore's Counterfeit² beat David Gahan's Paper Monsters to the punch by just over a month; with some better timing -- and, you know, a synchronous album from Andrew Fletcher -- Depeche Mode could've pulled a Kiss. This first full-length from DM's principal songwriter follows an EP he released 14 years prior. On that EP, Gore covered some of ...
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That Old Feeling: Classic Ballads from The Judy Garland Show
(2005)
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Judy Garland
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Abbey Is Blue
(1959)
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Abbey Lincoln
Abbey Lincoln's third of three Riverside albums (all of these recommended sets have been reissued on CD) directly precedes her more adventurous work with drummer (and then-husband) Max Roach. With fine backup from trumpeter Kenny Dorham, pianist Wynton Kelly, Les Spann (doubling on guitar and flute), bassist Sam Jones and drummer Philly Joe Jones) ...
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Classics & Collectibles
(2005)
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Scott Walker
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Greatest Hits of the '50s
(2006)
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Tony Bennett
Released the month that Tony Bennett turned 80, this LP-length compilation of his 1950s records gives a good account of his first decade of recording, even if it does not live up to the "greatest hits" claim of its title. Some of Bennett's greatest hits of the '50s are included, among them the Billboard chart-toppers "Because of You," "Cold, Cold ...
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The Complete Improv Recordings
(2004)
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Tony Bennett
For those new to the music of Tony Bennett, Improv was a label started by Tony Bennett and businessman Bill Hassett. Bennett was fed up with the suits at Columbia Records, who were trying to make him sing rock & roll. When his contract expired at the beginning of the 1970s, he and Hassett formed a label to help him realize his aesthetic ambitions, ...
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Forty Years: The Artistry of Tony Bennett
(2003)
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Tony Bennett
When this impressive box set was first released in 1991, it put the capstone upon Tony Bennett's remarkable return to prominence by looking back at a legacy that had been overshadowed by that of the colossus Sinatra. The collection methodically traces his career from his first Columbia record, "Boulevard of Broken Dreams," in 1950, through the hit ...
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So in Love
(1993)
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Samuel Ramey
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Lost in the Stars: The Music of Kurt Weill
(1985)
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Various Artists
Not to be confused with Sony's 1997 soundtrack release, September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill, which was inspired by this 1985 CD on A&M, and co-produced by visionary Hal Willner, Lost in the Stars: The Music of Kurt Weill indeed contains the "eclectic updates of Kurt Weill's distinctive German theater music" with help from Sting, Marianne ...
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Mello'day
(1978)
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Anita O'Day
For this studio set, Anita O'Day performs with the Lou Levy trio and guests Ernie Watts on reeds, percussionist Paulinho Da Costa and either Laurindo Almeida or Joe Diorio on guitar. She mostly sticks to fresher material, some of it of more recent vintage than usual. High points include "Lost in the Stars," "You're My Everything," "Them There Eyes ...
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Smile Blue
(1991)
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Ricky Peterson
When a busy session player records an album of his own, you never know what to expect. Will it be a cold, mechanical, strictly-for-the-money release? Or will creativity prevail? In the case of Ricky Peterson's Smile Blue, creativity usually prevails. Having backed everyone from David Sanborn to Prince, Paula Abdul and the Jets, the keyboardist ...
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Great Solo Performances by Guest Artists from the Tom Jones Show, Vol. 2
(1999)
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Various Artists
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God Bless the Child
(1971)
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Kenny Burrell
Kenny Burrell's guitaristry is well-documented in his years with Oscar Peterson and on his first dates as a leader on the Blue Note label, but God Bless the Child, his only date for CTI in 1971, is an under-heard masterpiece in his catalog. Burrell's band for the set includes bassist Ron Carter, percussionist Ray Barretto, Richard Wyands on piano, ...
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Jazz 'Round Midnight: Gerry Mulligan
(1992)
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Gerry Mulligan
A '92 anthology featuring cuts from albums that baritone saxophonist Gerry Mulligan recorded with fellow greats Johnny Hodges, Zoot Sims, and Ben Webster, among others. It's an interesting idea, but the full album packages are far more enjoyable. This is a good sampler or introductory package. Ron Wynn, All Music Guide
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