Sue Raney - Sue Raney Volume II

Styles: Vocal Jazz

Year: 2004

File: MP3@320K/s

Time: 48:38

Size: 111,7 MB

Art: Front

(2:22)  1. Someone To Watch Over Me

(1:57)  2. I Hear Music

(2:10)  3. Trouble Is A Man

(2:59)  4. Breezin Along With The Breeze

(2:36)  5. Little Girl Blue

(2:24)  6. Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams

(1:28)  7. Deed I Do

(1:59)  8. Love Me Or Leave Me

(1:56)  9. No Place To Go

(2:41) 10. Five Definitions Of Love

(2:47) 11. With A Little Help From My Friends

(2:58) 12. My Love Is A Wanderer

(3:58) 13. Umbrellas Of Cherbourg (Watch What Happens)

(2:24) 14. Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams

(3:28) 15. Burnt Sugar

(2:26) 16. I Ain't Got Nobody

(2:03) 17. Deed I Do

(1:55) 18. Breezin Along With The Breeze

(2:01) 19. Goodbye Charlie

(1:57) 20. Bluesette

Sue Raney, who has always had a beautiful voice, first gained some recognition for her work in jazz and popular music in the late 1950s. She has been a fixture in Los Angeles ever since, becoming a well-known vocal coach and teacher in addition to continuing her solo career. The second volume of previously unreleased material from Studio West features Raney in four different settings. Nine selections team her with a quartet led by pianist Page Cavanaugh that perfectly fits her singing. Two songs have her joined by Page 7 (a septet led by Cavanaugh), there are five numbers with a quartet co-led by clarinetist Buddy DeFranco and accordionist Tommy Gumina, and the remaining four selections are with the 1970 version of Shelly Manne & His Men. The performances are usually brief but Raney takes advantage of each moment, stretching her repertoire from swing standards to the Beatles"With a Little Help From My Friends" and Michel Legrand's "Umbrellas of Cherbourg." Highlights include "Trouble Is a Man," "Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams," and two versions apiece of "Breezin' Along With the Breeze" and "'Deed I Do." Because Sue Raney has never recorded often enough, this set of rarities is particularly recommended to listeners unfamiliar with the talented singer. ~ Scott Yanow http://www.allmusic.com/album/volume-ii-mw0000152127

Personnel: Sue Raney (vocals); Tommy Gumina (accordion); Buddy DeFranco (clarinet); Shelly Manne & His Men, Page Cavanaugh Quartet.

Sue Raney Volume II

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