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Today's Great American Songbook Playlist

Blossom Dearie
Verve Jazz Masters 51

Verve (1996)

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Tony Bennett / Bill Evans
The Tony Bennett / Bill Evans Album

Fantasy / Original Jazz Classics (1975/1991)

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Jeri Southern
The Very Thought of You: The Decca Years, 1951-1957

Verve (1999)

In November 1955, Southern headlined at Birdland, and one of the accompanying acts was the recently revitalized founder of the cool, Miles Davis himself, then introducing his quintet with John Coltrane. Within a few months,the Davis-Coltrane fivesome would be one of the most important bands in American music, but at the time of that gig, Southern was the big news. When Nat Hentoff reviewed the bill ... for Down Beat, most of his column inches went to Southern; he noted that this was her first Birdland appearance in six years, ... comparing the event to a "warm sunny day in the dead of winter." Contrastingly, Hentoff's praise for Davis was mainly limited to how the trumpeter's group "made for a generally effective complementary billing with Jeri."
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-- Will Friedwald

Southern was devastatingly effective at delivering songs charting the downhill romantic life of world-weary everywoman characters.
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-- allmusic.com

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Intriguing title.

How is 'Avant Gershwin'?

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edit - seeing your pic of Sammy and Carmen McCrae reminded me of this. It's wonderful.

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'Sammy Davis Jr. Sings, Laurindo Almeida Plays'
 
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satkinsn said:
Intriguing title.

How is 'Avant Gershwin'?
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When I saw this CD at the GW a couple of years ago, I had no idea that she had done R&B and Disco. Loved the cover, and the list of songs, so went for it. Wasn't disappointed. She's done a few other G.A.S. albums, I wouldn't hesitate to buy if I came across one.
 
Just back from having the tires rotated on SWMBO's car. While waiting, we walked over to Cost Plus (or World Imports or something like that?) to pass the time. Music was playing in the store, the usual schlocky "smooth jazz". Then I heard a very familiar voice - Carmen McRae, singing Bye, Bye, Blackbird. Killer. Just looked it up, her 1958 album Birds of a Feather is now on the wish list.
 
Dianne Reeves
A Little Moonlight

Blue Note (2003)

Having just rung in the new year with Dianne live from Yoshi's on NPR's Toast of the Nation, this great jazz album is appropriately the first play of the year off the music server.

Backed by a young and hungry rhythm section featuring drummer Greg Hutchinson, bassist Reuben Rogers, and pianist Peter Martin, Reeves finds herself in a straight-ahead setting where she can show off her jazz chops without compromising to pop-oriented concepts and expectations. The result is a recording of unadulterated and honest jazz in the classic sense. Her skillful blending of the best of Sarah Vaughan and Betty Carter is evident on Richard Rodger's "Loads of Love." The Brazilian guitarist Romero Lubambo adds Joe Pass strains to Cole Porter's "I Concentrate on You," while trumpeter Nichlolas Payton lend his mellow tones to Reeve's heartfelt rendition of "You Go to My Head."
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--Eugene Holley, Jr.

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Peggy Lee / June Christy
Blue Moon

Just discovered this vast archive of ripped '78's. Amazingly good sound, will be hitting this archive frequently. What a great version of this classic song. :music:

http://www.archive.org/details/PeggyLeeJuneChristy-BlueMoon1945

After a couple of listens, I think it's all Peggy Lee, not June Christy.

Here are a few more, also appear to be just Peggy:

http://www.archive.org/details/PeggyLeeJuneChristy-SometimesImHappy1945
http://www.archive.org/details/PeggyLeeJuneChristy-SwingingOnAStar1945
http://www.archive.org/details/PeggyLee-OhJohnnyOhJohnnyOh
http://www.archive.org/details/PeggyLee-ImJustWildAboutHarry
http://www.archive.org/details/PeggyLee-Bill1959

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Looks like these are from the Capitol transcriptions. Wouldn't mind having the 5-CD set of Peggy & June transciptions:

http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=5913


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