Time: 33:16
Size: 76.2 MB
Styles: Vocal jazz
Year: 1959/2010
Art: Front
[3:04] 1. All About Ronnie
[2:48] 2. Miser's Serenade
[2:16] 3. Everything I Love
[2:59] 4. Indian Summer
[2:17] 5. I Hear Music
[2:42] 6. Come Back To Sorrento
[2:52] 7. Out Of This World
[2:51] 8. Lush Life
[2:27] 9. From This Moment On
[3:24] 10. A Good Man Is A Seldom Thing
[2:30] 11. Don't Wait Up For Me
[3:00] 12. Fly Me To The Moon
One of the classy, cool jazz vocalists from the 1950s, Chris Connor was in the midst of a comeback at age 48 when she appeared at the Great American Music Hall on October 22, 1976. A one-time singer for the Stan Kenton Orchestra, she had a successful run as a solo artist with Atlantic Records, beginning with 1956's self-titled debut and concluding with 1962's Free Spirits. There followed a lull in her recording career until 1972's Sketches on the obscure Stanyan label, which included her jazzy renditions of pop hits of the day. For this GAMH performance, the husky-voiced singer with the perfect intonation, fluid phrasing and assured sense of swing alternated between jazz standards and interpretations of current pop tunes. Her sublime take on Billy Strayhorn's melancholy, harmonically rich "Lush Life" is imbued with deep understanding of the lyrics and a stirring delivery. The full range of Connors' haunting voice is on display here. She is clearly in command of her emotive powers at this stage in her career.
Lush Life
Thanks a lot for this album! Didn't have it, although I've many CC recordings.
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Thank you Mat Tiggas, to me Chris Connor is in a class of her own.
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