Another Lazy Sunday - Volumes Three and Four - various jazz artists

 

Another Lazy Sunday - Volume Three

Another Lazy Sunday - Volume Four

Dreaming Of Love - various artists compilation

 

1 Peggy Lee– Them There Eyes

2 Billie Holiday– Crazy He Calls Me

3 Beryl Davis– Don't Blame Me

4 Kay Starr– If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight)

5 Ella Fitzgerald– Soon

6 JO Stafford– Ev'ry Day I Love You (Just A Little Bit More)

7 Margaret Whiting– Guilty

8 Lena Horne– 'Deed I Do

9 Jimmy Dorsey And His Orchestra– All Of Me

10 Doris Day– Put 'Em In A Box, Tie 'Em With A Ribbon And Throw 'Em In The Deep Blue Sea

11 Kay Starr– Stormy Weather

12 Nan Wynn And Her Orchestra– Think It Over

13 Dinah Shore– Love That Boy

14 Coleman Hawkins And His Orchestra– He's Funny That Way

15 Judy Garland– A Journey To A Star

16 Sarah Vaughan With Dizzy Gillespie All Stars– Lover Man

17 Dorothy Lamour– The Man I Love

18 Billie Holiday– Practice Makes Perfect

Dreaming Of Love

Billie Holiday: The Definitive Collection: 1939-1948

 

CD 1

·         1. Billie Holiday - Porgy 

·         2. Billie Holiday - There Is No Greater Love 

·         3. Billie Holiday - Blues Are Brewin' 

·         4. Billie Holiday - Baby I Don't Cry Over You 

·         5. Billie Holiday - Good Morning Heartache 

·         6. Billie Holiday - Big Stuff 

·         7. Billie Holiday - That Old Devil Called Love 

·         8. Billie Holiday - He's Funny That Way 

·         9. Billie Holiday - Lover, Come Back to Me 

·         10. Billie Holiday - I'm Yours 

·         11. Billie Holiday - Embraceable You 

·         12. Billie Holiday - Trav'lin' Light 

·         13. Billie Holiday - Strange Fruit 

·         14. Billie Holiday - I'm Gonna Lock My Heart (And Throw Away the Key) 

·         15. Billie Holiday - My Man 

·         16. Billie Holiday - Mean to Me 

·         17. Billie Holiday - Carelessly 

·         18. Billie Holiday - Pennies from Heaven 

·         19. Billie Holiday - Way You Look Tonight 

·         20. Billie Holiday - These Foolish Things

CD 2 

·         1. Billie Holiday - Weep No More 

·         2. Billie Holiday - Solitude 

·         3. Billie Holiday - Guilty 

·         4. Billie Holiday - I'll Look Around 

·         5. Billie Holiday - No Good Man 

·         6. Billie Holiday - You Better Go Now 

·         7. Billie Holiday - Lover Man 

·         8. Billie Holiday - On the Sunny Side of the Street 

·         9. Billie Holiday - As Time Goes By 

·         10. Billie Holiday - My Old Flame 

·         11. Billie Holiday - It's a Sin to Tell a Lie 

·         12. Billie Holiday - God Bless the Child 

·         13. Billie Holiday - I Hear Music 

·         14. Billie Holiday - Very Thought of You 

·         15. Billie Holiday - Sailboat in the Moonlight 

·         16. Billie Holiday - Me, Myself, And I 

·         17. Billie Holiday - Moanin' Low 

·         18. Billie Holiday - This Year's Kisses 

·         19. Billie Holiday - I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm 

·         20. Billie Holiday - I Can't Give You Anything But Love

 Billie Holiday: The Definitive Collection: 1939-1948

Dorothy Dandridge ‎– Smooth Operator - rare 1958 sessions with Oscar Peterson Trio

 

Dorothy Jean Dandridge (November 9, 1922 – September 8, 1965) was an American actress, singer and dancer. She is the first African-American film star to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress, which was for her performance in Carmen Jones (1954). Dandridge performed as a vocalist in venues such as the Cotton Club and the Apollo Theater. During her early career, she performed as a part of The Wonder Children, later The Dandridge Sisters, and appeared in a succession of films, usually in uncredited roles.

In 1959, Dandridge was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Porgy and Bess. She is the subject of the 1999 HBO biographical film, Introducing Dorothy Dandridge. She has been recognized with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Dandridge first gained fame as a solo artist from her performances in nightclubs, usually accompanied by Phil Moore on piano. Although she was known for her renditions of songs such as "Blow Out the Candle", "You Do Something to Me", and "Talk Sweet Talk To Me", she recorded very little on vinyl. It is unknown whether her lack of recording was due to personal choice or lack of opportunity. 

This release is her only recording session as a leader and features an augmented Oscar Peterson Trio. Most tracks were from this 1958 session with 4 tracks recorded in 1961 with an orchestra.

It's Easy To Remember     2:24
What Is There To Say?     3:11
That Old Feeling     3:05
The Touch Of Your Lips     2:58
When Your Lover Has Gone     2:59
The Nearness Of You     3:17
(In This World) I'm Glad There Is You     4:02
I've Grown Accustomed To Your Face     1:48
Body And Soul     3:38
How Long Has This Been Going On?     3:30
I've Got A Crush On You     2:28
I Didn't Know What Time It Was     2:37
Somebody     2:48
Stay With It     2:35
It's A Beautiful Evening     2:38
Smooth Operator     3:06

 Smooth Operator

 

Roberta Sherwood 'I Gotta Right To Sing' The Rare Singles and More

 

Roberta Sherwood (1913–1999) was an American singer, notable in part for her sudden rise to fame at the age of 43.

Roberta's father, Robert Sherwood, was the manager of a traveling minstrel show; she and her sister Anne were raised on the road after their mother died. Roberta started performing in vaudeville at age 11, and the sisters soon became a vaudeville and nightclub act. In 1932 they met Broadway actor Don Lanning, who mentored Roberta and ultimately married her in 1938. They both abandoned careers to settle in Miami, opening a small nightclub where she continued to perform. After the restaurant lost its lease, they got a concession to operate a hotel lounge. In 1953 Don was diagnosed with lung cancer and lost their concession. After an attempt to start another nightclub failed, Sherwood began to seriously pursue her career.

For several years she met with little success. A trip to Las Vegas failed to advance her career. In September 1955 a chance meeting led to a nightclub gig in a Miami Beach club, and in January 1956 she suddenly became a success. The comedian Red Buttons became a fan and brought columnist Walter Winchell to see her; he gave her rave reviews. Soon she was performing in clubs nationwide and had a contract with Decca Records. She was profiled in Life magazine in October. A November 1956 Billboard poll of DJs picked her as the 19th most popular "album artist" and #8 on a list of "Most Promising Female Vocalists".

Sherwood was usually described as a torch singer; she appeared on stage in a sweater and glasses, and used a cymbal held in her hand for accompaniment. Life described her as "flashy, richly sentimental, as unsubtle as her crashing cymbal and as unpretentious as her $49.50 dress"!

This 2CD collection contains three complete albums, 'I Gotta Right To Sing', 'My Golden Favorites' & 'Live Performance!', plus 25 rare single sides. A must for fans and collectors, but also a terrific way for new listeners to discover her unique voice and vocal style.

 https://youtu.be/RgzL9bjxPE8

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Atlantic Jazz Singers...classic jazz vocal tunes by the classic jazz vocalists

-Ray Charles Hard Times (No One Knows Better Than I) 2:53
–Joe Turner I Want A Little Girl 4:16
–Jimmy Witherspoon Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do 5:11
–Joe Mooney Have You Met Miss Jones 2:48
–Lavern Baker Empty Bed Blues 4:50
–Ruth Brown I Can Dream, Can't I 2:32
–Helen Merrill Any Time 2:36
–Lurlean Hunter Crazy He Calls Me 3:22
–Ann Richards Love Is A Word For The Blues 1:59
–Mose Allison Your Mind Is On Vacation 2:34
–Chris Connor Lonely Woman 4:05
–Mel Tormé Whisper Not 2:45
–Nancy Harrow Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do 4:10
–João Gilberto Deasfinado 1:57
–Betty Carter The Good Life 2:32
–Vi Redd         Salty Papa Blues 2:38
–Esther Phillips Confessin' The Blues 2:58
–Earl Coleman There's No You 3:54
–Carmen McRae I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good 3:26
–Al Hibber  Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me 4:38
–Aretha Franklin Moody's Mood 2:55
–Peggy Lee Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight 4:02
–Sarah Vaughan Something 4:16
–Sylvia Syms Lonely Woman 4:15
–The Manhattan Transfer Sing Joy Spring 4:15

Atlantic Jazz Singers

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Mel Torme..Swingin' On the Moon...classic album from 1960 on Verve

Mel Tormé was so outrageously talented that even the fans of his "velvet fog" timbre under-estimate him--undoubtedly the one singer who approaches Lady Ella in terms of his commanding musicianship, his voice and all that he could do with it. He had definitely reached his prime by 1960, and this Sinatra-type "concept album," an idea stolen from Frank, pre-dates by five years the album ("Moonlight Sinatra") Ole Blue devoted to moon songs. Either way you can't go wrong.

Melvin Howard Tormé (September 13, 1925 – June 5, 1999), nicknamed The Velvet Fog, was an American musician, best known as a singer of jazz standards. He was also a jazz composer and arranger, drummer, an actor in radio, film, and television, and the author of five books. He composed the music for "The Christmas Song" ("Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire") and co-wrote the lyrics with Bob Wells.

Swingin' On the Moon