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The great jazz and pop vocal albums
Title
The great jazz and pop vocal albums / Will Friedwald.
ISBN
9780307379078
0307379078
Edition
First edition.
Publication
New York : Pantheon Books, [2017]
Physical Description
xxv, 402 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Notes
Includes discography.
Summary
"Each of the fifty-seven albums discussed here captures the artist at a high point, if not at the expected moment, of her or his career. The individual cuts are evaluated, the sequencing explicated, the songs and songwriters heralded; anecdotes abound of how songs were born and how artists and producers collaborated. And in appraising each album, Friedwald balances his own opinions with those of musicians, listeners, and critics."--Dust jacket flap.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
December 11, 2017
Contents
Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction: The origins and development of the pop music album from To Mother to The Voice
Louis Armstrong, Louis Armstrong meets Oscar Peterson
Fred Astaire, The Astaire story
Chet Baker, Let's get lost : the best of Chet Baker sings
Tony Bennett and Bill Evans, The Tony Bennett / Bill Evans album and Together again
Ray Charles, Modern sounds in country and western music
June Christy, Something cool
Rosemary Clooney, Blue rose
Nat King Cole, After midnight
Nat King Cole, St. Louis blues
Bing Crosby, Bing with a beat
Bing Crosby and Louis Armstrong, Bing & Satchmo
Doris Day, Day by day and day by night
Doris Day and Robert Goulet, Annie get your gun
Blossom Dearie, My gentleman friend
Matt Dennis, Matt Dennis plays and sings Matt Dennis ; Bobby Troup, Bobby Troup sings Johnny Mercer
Billy Eckstine, Billy's best!
Ella Fitzgerald, Lullabies of birdland
Ella Fitzgerald, Mack the knife : Ella in Berlin
Judy Garland, Judy at Carnegie Hall
Johnny Hartman, John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman
Dick Haynes, Rain or Shine
Billie Holiday, Lady in satin
Lena Horne, Lena Horne at the Waldorf Astoria
Barb Jungr, Every grain of sand : Barb Jungr sings Bob Dylan
Dave Lambert, Jon Hendricks, and Annie Ross, Sing a song of Basie ; Annie Ross, Sings a song with Mulligan!
Eydie Gormé and Steve Lawrence, Eydie and Steve sing the golden hits
Peggy Lee, Black coffee
Peggy Lee, The man I love
Marilyn Maye, Meet marvelous Marilyn Maye
Carmen McRae, As time goes by : live at the Dug
Anita O'Day, Anita O'Day sings the winners
Della Reese, Della Della cha cha cha
Jimmy Scott, The source and Lost and found
Bobby Short, Bobby Short
Nina Simone, Nina Simone and piano!
Frank Sinatra, In the wee small hours
Frank Sinatra, Songs for swingin' lovers!
Jo Stafford, Jo Stafford sings American folk songs and Jo Stafford sings songs of Scotland
Jo Stafford, I'll be seeing you (G.I. Jo)
Kay Starr, I cry by night
Maxine Sullivan, Memories of you : a tribute to Andy Razaf
Jack Teagarden, Think well of me
Tiny Tim, God bless Tiny Tim
Mel Tormé, Mel Tormé with Marty Paich Dek-Tette (Lulu's back in town)
Sarah Vaughan, Sara Vaughan
Sarah Vaughan, "Live" in Japan
Dinah Washington, Dinah Washington sings Fats Waller
Margaret Whiting, Margaret Whiting sings the Jerome Kern song book
Lee Wiley, Night in Manhattan
Cassandra Wilson, Belly of the sun
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