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1	Standard Time (2001) more music like this by Steve Tyrell Steve Tyrell has had a long journeyman's career in the music business, serving as record company executive, songwriter, and producer. But no one could have predicted the twist his career took in the late '90s. After he sang standards on the soundtracks of the films Father of the Bride (1991) and Father of the Bride 2 (1995), he was signed up by ... see all copies from $3.99! new only from $11.06!
2	The Best of the Songbooks (1993) more music like this by Ella Fitzgerald Simply a grand and eloquent performance put together by Verve records highlighting the best years of Ella Fitzgerald -- that sassy, charming legendary singer in jazz. The Best of the Songbooks features a captivating lineup of some of jazz's greatest composers and arrangers. It is here that Fitzgerald records and sings songs of Cole Porter, Richard ... see all copies from $3.49! new only from $10.29!
3	Portrait of Sinatra: Columbia Classics (1943) more music like this by 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 ... see all copies from $10.98! new only from $22.24!
4	The Best of Bucky and John Pizzarelli (2006) more music like this by Bucky Pizzarelli/John Pizzarelli see all copies from $8.91! new only from $8.91!
5	Midnight Special (1960) more music like this by Jimmy Smith Midnight Special is a perfect complement to Back at the Chicken Shack, which was recorded the same day. Organist Jimmy Smith, tenor saxophonist Stanley Turrentine, and guitarist Kenny Burrell always make for a potent team, and with drummer Donald Bailey completing the group, the quartet digs soulfully into such numbers as the groovin' "Midnight ... see all copies from $23.52! new only from $23.52!
6	Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane (1958) more music like this by Kenny Burrell/John Coltrane For his final Prestige-related session as a sideman, John Coltrane (tenor sax) and Kenny Burrell (guitar) are supported by an all-star cast of Paul Chambers (bass), Jimmy Cobb (drums), and Tommy Flanagan (piano). This short but sweet gathering cut their teeth on two Flanagancompositions, another two lifted from the Great American Songbook, and a ... see all copies from $10.29! new only from $10.29!
7	All the Things You Are: The Jerome Kern Songbook (1952) more music like this by Various Artists The legacy of composer Jerome Kern is celebrated on this hodgepodge release which collects together 16 performances of his songs by a variety of singers: Ella Fitzgerald, Arthur Prysock, Helen Merrill, Sarah Vaughan, Joe Williams, Jackie and Roy, Ernestine Anderson, Fred Astaire, Billie Holiday, Bing Crosby and three by Margaret Whiting. None of ... see all copies from $18.75!
8	Ballads: Remembering John Coltrane (2001) more music like this by Karrin Allyson Jazz vocalist Karrin Allyson strikes a sentimental chord with this super fine 2001 release, inspired by tenor sax titan John Coltrane's infamous Ballads LP. The diva exhibits her near flawless phraseology and alluring vigor throughout these wonderfully executed pieces. Allyson also receives exemplary support from what some might consider an all ... see all copies from $6.00! new only from $10.29!
9	Lady Day: The Master Takes and Singles (2007) more music like this by Billie Holiday Billie Holiday's story is so huge, her artistry so vast, and her impact so incalculable, that even attempting to corral a representative sampling of it within a single collection of recordings is an overwhelming, perhaps foolhardy task. Many have tried, of course, and literally hundreds of options of varying quality and legitimacy, scattered ... see all copies from $27.09! new only from $42.20!
10	Billie Holiday: The Legacy Box 1933-1958 (1933) more music like this by Billie Holiday The logic behind this sampler is puzzling. Rather than reissue the very best of Billie Holiday's Columbia recordings on a three-CD box set or a package of her rare alternate takes, CBS tries it both ways by including 60 common selections already available in the Quintessential series along with 10 rarities that were either unissued or alternates. ... see all copies from $10.20!
11 view cover	Columbia Album of Jerome Kern (1991) more music like this by Paul Weston & His Orchestra Yeah, this is the stuff your parents probably listened to on the record player when you weren't playing Elvis or Chuck Berry, but it's still great music, and Weston was one of the top interpreters of pop standards of the 1950s. His recordings of Jerome Kern's hits (two LPs on a 70-minute-plus CD) are among the best work he ever did. The sound is ... see all copies from $24.00!
12 view cover	Sings the Jerome Kern Song Book [Original CD] (1963) more music like this by Ella Fitzgerald By 1963, Ella Fitzgerald's Songbook series had almost run its course and was becoming much less ambitious in scope. Her Jerome Kern set features her interpretations of 14 songs while backed by an orchestra arranged by Nelson Riddle. Treatments of such classics as "A Fine Romance," "All the Things You Are," and "Yesterdays" are pretty ... see all copies from $7.71! new only from $7.71!
13 view cover	Collection: 1947-1972 (1998) more music like this by Johnny Hartman Just where Johnny Hartman's name ends up in the pantheon of great jazzy pop singers is still left open to debate. But his talents and mastery of a lyric come to the fore on this marvelous two-CD set of tunes cherry-picked from his long, if not particularly prolific, career, leaving no doubt about his prodigious talents. Hartman went through label ... see all copies from $19.52! new only from $19.52!
14 view cover	Legends: Solo Guitar Performances (1976) more music like this by Johnny Smith/George Van Eps Despite the impression one could reasonably get from the cover of this reissue, these two guitar legends do not perform together, unfortunately. The next best thing are these solo sessions recorded almost 20 years apart. The first 12 items on the play list belong to Smith and capture his tasteful, clean sound coupled with complex chordal voices, ... see all copies from $11.16! new only from $12.20!
15 view cover	Bergen Sings Morgan/The Party's Over (1999) more music like this by Polly Bergen This Collectables two-fer includes the first two albums that Polly Bergen recorded for Columbia, Bergen Sings Morgan and The Party's Over, which were also her only charting albums. Apparently stuck in the torch-singing mold of Helen Morgan, the Broadway star whom she saluted on her first album, Bergen sings a cavalcade of anthems for a lonely ... see all copies from $11.66! new only from $11.66!
16 view cover	The Essential Judy Garland [Capitol] (2006) more music like this by Judy Garland The '50s were a good time for jazz singers, and although Judy Garland was hardly a jazz singer, she matched the work of the best -- Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Mel Tormé -- while she recorded for Capitol, from 1955 to 1964. Working with the best arrangers in the business (Nelson Riddle, Gordon Jenkins, André Previn), Garland crafted many of ... see all copies from $16.51! new only from $16.51!
17 view cover	Best of the Mercury Years (2001) more music like this by Vic Damone see all copies from $10.10! new only from $10.10!
18 view cover	Sure Thing, the Jerome Kern Songbook (1994) more music like this by Sylvia McNair/André Previn This album by classical singer Sylvia McNair brings to mind the albums made by another "crossover" classical singer, Eileen Farrell, who issued several recordings starting in the 1960s and running into the 1990s. In her endeavor, McNair picked a composer whose music can and has accommodated many styles of singing. She is joined by another musician ... see all copies from $4.99! new only from $14.78!
19 view cover	Music of Jerome Kern (1999) more music like this by Andre Kostelanetz see all copies from $9.30! new only from $12.15!
20 view cover	Strictly Swing & Jive (2000) more music like this by The New 101 Strings Orchestra see all copies from $3.41! new only from $3.41!
21 view cover	Sings the Jerome Kern Song Book (1960) more music like this by Margaret Whiting Given Margaret Whiting's limitations as a stylist, you certainly wouldn't expect an album of Jerome Kern-penned Broadway standards to rank among her jazziest, most lively LPs, but the great arranger Russ Garcia truly outdoes himself, masterminding a delightfully energetic session that's undeniably appealing. While Garcia and sidemen including ... see all copies from $13.71! new only from $13.71!
22 view cover	Jazz to Soul (1992) more music like this by Aretha Franklin She's Billie Holiday. No, she's Ella Fitzgerald. No, wait, she's Dinah Washington. The conventional wisdom on Aretha Franklin's tenure at Columbia Records is that the label didn't know what to do with her, and that may be true, but you can't say they didn't try. On these 39 recordings, spread across two discs and cut between 1960 and 1965, ... see all copies from $18.91! new only from $18.91!
23 view cover	The Lady Sings [Proper] (2001) more music like this by Billie Holiday The digital marketplace contains a large number of Billie Holiday compilations with the phrase "Lady Sings" in the title. The one you are looking for is surprisingly inexpensive and intelligently presented. The Proper label specializes in affordably priced box sets that contain enough music -- usually around 100 tracks -- to impart a strong ... see all copies from $23.63! new only from $23.63!
24 view cover	Again (2001) more music like this by Vic Damone see all copies from $10.83! new only from $10.83!
25 view cover	16 Most Requested Songs (1993) more music like this by Billie Holiday 16 Most Requested Songs is a mid-priced collection that spotlights many of Billie Holiday's best-known and most popular performances for Columbia Records, including "Body and Soul," "The Way You Look Tonight," and "Easy Living." 16 Most Requested Songs is far from a perfect retrospective of her total career, but it is a nice sampler of good ... see all copies from $4.95! new only from $10.00!

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