Size: 72,8 MB
Time: 31:01
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1962/2015
Styles: Jazz Vocals
Art: Front
01. Prelude To A Kiss (4:18)
02. Aren't You Glad (2:00)
03. Little Girl Blue (3:52)
04. Who Cares (2:31)
05. My Ship (2:57)
06. Will You Still Be Mine (2:13)
07. The More I See You (2:33)
08. Deep Purple (3:10)
09. Life Is Just A Bowl Of Cherries (1:55)
10. My Silent Love (3:29)
11. Night And Day (1:58)
Carol Sloane, who made a strong impression with her performance at the 1961 Newport Jazz Festival, shortly after recorded her first album (originally on Columbia) which has been reissued on this Koch CD along with a previously unreleased "April in My Heart" and Sloane's 45 version of "I Want You to Be the First to Know." At the time, her voice sounded a little like Ella Fitzgerald's in spots, but Sloane's own personality frequently pops through. She mostly sticks to ballads, along with an occasional swinger, on this set, and the only partly identified band is mostly confined to a quiet supporting role by arrangers Bill Finegan and Bob Brookmeyer. After recording a second album for Columbia, Sloane would slip into obscurity until her rediscovery (at first by the Japanese) in the late '70s but, as this reissue shows, Carol Sloane was a highly appealing singer from the start. ~Review by Scott Yanow
Out Of The Blue
Size: 77,8 MB
Time: 32:59
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1962/2015
Styles: Jazz Vocals
Art: Front
01. Chicago (2:28)
02. Love Walked In (2:37)
03. Spring Is Here (3:45)
04. Taking A Chance On Love (2:01)
05. My Melancholy Baby (2:29)
06. On The Street Where You Live (2:40)
07. Basin Street Blues (3:09)
08. In A Sentimental Mood (3:42)
09. Don't Get Around Much Anymore (2:16)
10. Never Never Land (2:51)
11. Stars Fell On Alabama (2:01)
12. It Never Entered My Mind (2:54)
Personnel:
Bass – George Duvivier
Drums – Sol Gubin
Guitar – Bucky Pizzarelli
Piano – Bill Rubenstein
Producer – Mike Berniker
Vocals – Carol Sloane
Singer Carol Sloane started singing professionally when she was 14 and at 18 she toured Germany in a musical comedy. She was with the Les and Larry Elgart orchestra during 1958-1960 and, after appearing at a jazz festival in 1960, she was heard by Jon Hendricks who later sent for her to sub for Annie Ross with Lambert, Hendricks and Ross. Sloane made a big impression at the 1961 Newport Jazz Festival and soon cut two records for Columbia. Unfortunately, her career never got going and, except for a live set from 1964 released on Honey Dew, Sloane would not record again until 1977, working as a secretary in North Carolina and singing just now and then locally.
However, in the mid-'70s she became more active again, caught on in Japan (where she began to record frequently), and her career finally got on more solid footing. Sloane's releases for Audiophile, Choice, Progressive, Contemporary, and later Concord feature a mature bop-based singer with a sound of her own. ~by Scott Yanow
Bass – George Duvivier
Drums – Sol Gubin
Guitar – Bucky Pizzarelli
Piano – Bill Rubenstein
Producer – Mike Berniker
Vocals – Carol Sloane
Singer Carol Sloane started singing professionally when she was 14 and at 18 she toured Germany in a musical comedy. She was with the Les and Larry Elgart orchestra during 1958-1960 and, after appearing at a jazz festival in 1960, she was heard by Jon Hendricks who later sent for her to sub for Annie Ross with Lambert, Hendricks and Ross. Sloane made a big impression at the 1961 Newport Jazz Festival and soon cut two records for Columbia. Unfortunately, her career never got going and, except for a live set from 1964 released on Honey Dew, Sloane would not record again until 1977, working as a secretary in North Carolina and singing just now and then locally.
However, in the mid-'70s she became more active again, caught on in Japan (where she began to record frequently), and her career finally got on more solid footing. Sloane's releases for Audiophile, Choice, Progressive, Contemporary, and later Concord feature a mature bop-based singer with a sound of her own. ~by Scott Yanow
Live At 30th Street
Thank you, Mai, for shining a light on a very talented artist who seems to have faded almost out of sight.
ReplyDeleteexcellent post! MANY thanks
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