Jazz singers

[razzgospel]

I thought I'd sneak in a thread about jazz singers, amidst all the threads about instrumentalists. Here's one of my favorites, Carmen McRae, singing Our Love is Here to Stay. This track comes from a reissued lp I bought back in the sixties, and have treasured ever since. I love the small comb setting. It gives Carmen the chance to lightly swing out.

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[razzgospel]

This CD originally came out in mono in 1953, the year I graduated from highschool. This is another redord I worn smooth. Christy was a singer with the Stan Kenton Orchestra. Many of my favorite jazz musicians came out of that orchestra, even though I didn't like Stan Kenton all that much. In addition to Pete Rugolo, guitarist Sal Salvadore, Stan Levy, pianist Claude Willaimson.and the Four Freshmen were all Kenton alumni. THis album sounds as fresh today as it did,sixty years ago.

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[tom1960]

I was never much into jazz singers but will make exceptions for Pops and Ella, some Sara Vaughan and Dinah Washington. My absolute favorite jazz vocal album and one of the very few for which I own is this one:



This is classic stuff! Hartman had such a great voice. From what I understand, Hartman and Coltrane along with the rest of the band had only gone over the material only 1 or 2 times before recording this session. Pretty amazing especially after listening to this album.

[tom1960]

Jim, if I happen to hear some Sinatra on the radio I wouldn't change the station. Like I said, I'm just not into jazz vocalists. I do want to make another addition to vocalists that I overlooked. This is a real good one:



I own this as part of the Bill Evans Fantasy box set.