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The Look of Love
(2001)
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Diana Krall
Diana Krall is an attractive lady with a good voice who plays decent piano, but this somewhat ridiculously packaged Verve CD seems like an obvious attempt to turn her into a pop icon, and sex symbol to boot. The bland arrangements by Claus Ogerman (who conducts the London Symphony Orchetra or the Los Angeles Session Orchestra on each track) border ...
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Live in Paris
(2002)
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Diana Krall
Recorded "live" at the Paris Olympia, Live in Paris offers listeners Diana Krall's understanding of the musical techniques of composition, piano, and vocal improvisation on 12 songs from the Great American Songbooks of Cole Porter,Harold Arlen, George and Ira Gershwin, and contemporary artists Joni Mitchell and Billy Joel. Accompanied by the award ...
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Where Are You?
(1957)
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Frank Sinatra
Following the hard-driving A Swingin' Affair, Frank Sinatra released another all-ballads record, Where Are You? The album was the first he recorded at Capitol without Nelson Riddle, as well as the first he recorded in stereo. Where Riddle's down beat albums are stately and sullen, Jenkins favors lush, melancholy arrangements played by large, ...
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Hit Parade 1948
(2007)
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Various Artists
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The Misty Miss Christy
(1955)
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June Christy
Using Anita Day as starting point -- but eschewing many of her scat-song histrionics in favor of pure tonal power and melancholic shading -- June Christy honed her singing skills with Stan Kenton's band before going solo in the '50s. Christy's relatively accessible vocal approach and blonde good looks eventually helped her gain success with such ...
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Teardrops: The Very Best of Lee Andrews & the Hearts
(2002)
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Lee Andrews & the Hearts
Lee Andrews & the Hearts scored only three hits, "Long Lonely Nights," "Tear Drops," and "Try the Impossible," in 1957-1958, so this collection contains plenty of the group's (and solo act Andrews') also-rans along with the successes. Liner notes author Marv Goldberg contributes an affectionate biography that traces the group's career, but doesn't ...
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Their Biggest Hits
(1981)
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Lee Andrews & The Hearts
A 12-song budget collection that nonetheless offers a nice cross-section of the group's early Gotham and later Chess material. Early takes like "The Fairest" and "The White Cliffs of Dover" are one step removed from being a cappella, with only sparse piano accompaniment to back up the gorgeous harmonies. The version of "Long Lonely Nights" is the ...
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Songs by Kay Starr
(1956)
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Kay Starr
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Lightly and Politely
(1961)
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Betty Roché
It is ironic that what is arguably singer Betty Roché's finest all-around recording was also her last. For this session, which has been reissued in the OJC series on CD, Roché (backed by pianist Jimmy Neeley, guitarist Wally Richardson, bassist Michel Mulia, and drummer Rudy Lawless) improvises constantly and uplifts a variety of superior ...
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Sweet Sounds of Success
(1990)
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Jimmy Roselli
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One Million Years of Doo-Wop
(1998)
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Various Artists
This compilation originally started out as a 14 track vinyl doo-wop collection of rarities from the Jamie-Guyden catalog issued in 1974. Originally mastered from vinyl sources, one of the tracks actually skipped on the vinyl incarnation of this set! Fortunately, digital remastering from the original tapes brings us all but one of those original 14 ...
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Acappella Starlight Sessions, Vol. 1
(2006)
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Magic Touch
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Live with the Mel-Tones, Vol. 1
(1998)
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Mel Tormé
By the time most adult-pop listeners began hearing them, mixed-gender vocal choruses had become reprehensible white-bread smootheners and straighteners of every glorious imperfection and interpretation a solo vocalist could conjure. Before the '50s, though, the best vocal choruses were capable of tremendous harmonies, and the Mel-Tones were ...
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Side by Side
(1998)
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Kay Starr
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Live in Paris [Canada Bonus Track]
(2002)
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Diana Krall
Recorded "live" at the Paris Olympia, Live in Paris offers listeners Diana Krall's understanding of the musical techniques of composition, piano, and vocal improvisation on 12 songs from the Great American Songbooks of Cole Porter,Harold Arlen, George and Ira Gershwin, and contemporary artists Joni Mitchell and Billy Joel. Accompanied by the award ...
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A Musical Prodigy
(2006)
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Gordon Jenkins
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(No More) Lonely Weekends
(2005)
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Billy & The Essentials
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The Gordon Jenkins Collection
(1997)
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Gordon Jenkins
In effect, this is a greatest hits album covering Gordon Jenkins' decade at Decca Records, 1945-55. Though he is better known today as one of Frank Sinatra's conductor/arrangers, Jenkins had an extensive career as a songwriter, composer and recording artist as well, especially before he hooked up with Sinatra, Nat "King" Cole and other singers at ...
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The Real Thing
(1990)
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Carol Sloane
Singer Carol Sloane is in excellent voice throughout this 1990 recording. Joined by Phil Woods (on both alto and clarinet), pianist Mike Renzi (who contributed both the arrangements and occasional synthesizers), bassist Rufus Reid and drummer Grady Tate, Sloane mostly sticks to standards, which she manages to make sound quite fresh. Tate interacts ...
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Live at Stratford 57 & Rare Interviews
(2001)
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Billie Holiday
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My Foolish Heart
(2004)
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Steve Conway
Steve Conway (born Walter James Groom in the working-class East London neighborhood of Bethnal Green) was the new Al Bowlly to British audiences of the '40s, a smooth crooner who straddled that thin line between big-band jazz balladry and the more straight-laced world of "light orchestral" easy listening. However, Conway fell much more into the ...
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Tenderly
(1959)
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Pat Boone
This landmark album from 1959 represents the most finely finished work of Pat Boone's career. When examined as a composite whole in which song selection, vocal performance, arrangements and orchestration, and choral accompaniment are all carefully considered, it may be fairly stated that no other Pat Boone album realizes the accomplished ...
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Blue Gene
(1964)
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Gene Pitney
This 1963 album found Gene Pitney pursuing the blend of rock, pop, and pre-rock ballads that defined his unique style. The big highlight of this album is "Twenty Hours From Tulsa," a guilt-wracked Burt Bacharach/Hal David narrative about a man who strays from fidelity just 24 hours shy of reaching his true love. This song blended Pitney's operatic ...
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When Your Lover Has Gone
(1959)
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Teresa Brewer
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100 Strings and Joni
(1960)
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Joni James
Joni James became the first American pop vocalist to record in the hallowed halls of Abbey Road Studios. James' then-husband and musical director, Anthony Acquaviva, had wanted to record her in a studio setting backed by a mammoth orchestra, much in keeping with the effect achieved during her appearance at Carnegie Hall with Arturo Toscanini's 100 ...
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