Ella Mae Morse - Capitol Collectors Series

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 60:22
Size: 138.2 MB
Styles: Blues/Jazz/Country vocals
Year: 1992
Art: Front

[3:11] 1. Cow Cow Boogie
[3:00] 2. Mr. Five By Five
[2:55] 3. The Thrill Is Gone
[3:03] 4. Get On Board, Little Chillun
[3:15] 5. Shoo Shoo Baby
[2:34] 6. No Love, No Nothin'
[2:36] 7. Milkman, Keep Those Bottles Quiet
[3:11] 8. Tess' Torch Song (I Had A Man)
[2:53] 9. The Patty Cake Man
[2:50] 10. Captain Kidd
[2:58] 11. Rip Van Winkle
[2:56] 12. Buzz Me
[2:53] 13. The House Of Blue Lights
[2:51] 14. Pig Foot Pete
[2:31] 15. Get Off It And Go
[2:18] 16. Tennessee Saturday Night
[3:04] 17. The Blacksmith Blues
[2:26] 18. Oakie Boogie
[2:51] 19. Forty Cups Of Coffee
[2:39] 20. I Love You, Yes I Do
[3:18] 21. Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive

After being out of print for many years, a well-chosen sampling of Morse's groundbreaking recordings are now available on this splendid compilation. Her ten charting solo singles are here, along with sides recorded with Freddie Slack and some obscure tracks. Morse blazes through every song, particularly "House of Blue Lights," "Milkman, Keep Those Bottles Quiet," "Pig Foot Pete," "The Blacksmith Blues," and her first recording, "Cow Cow Boogie." The album has terrific liners and superlative sound. ~Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Capitol Collectors Series

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Ella Mae Morse & Freddie Slack - The Hits Of

Styles: Vocal And Piano Jazz
Year: 2011
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 38:59
Size: 91,0 MB
Art: Front

(3:13)  1. Cow-Cow Boogie
(2:52)  2. The House of Blue Lights
(3:02)  3. Riffette
(2:22)  4. Get Off It and Go
(2:39)  5. I Love You, Yes I Do
(3:03)  6. Mr Five By Five
(1:57)  7. Oakie Boogie
(3:02)  8. The Blacksmith Blues
(2:53)  9. Big Foot Pete
(3:01) 10. Strange Cargo
(2:51) 11. 40 Cups of Coffee
(2:30) 12. Down the Road a Piece
(2:59) 13. Buzz Me
(2:31) 14. Rock 'N' Roll Wedding

One of the most talented and overlooked vocalists of the '40s, Ella Mae Morse blended jazz, country, pop, and R&B; at times she came remarkably close to what would be known as rock & roll. When she wasn't yet 14, Morse had her first taste of the big time, when Jimmy Dorsey's band came to Dallas for a stay at the Adolphus Hotel and she called for an audition. Unbeknownst to her, the band needed a new female vocalist. Believing that Morse was indeed 19, as she and her mother claimed, Dorsey hired her. When he received a letter from the school board declaring that he was responsible for The Morse's care, Dorsey fired her. Morse joined former Dorsey pianist Freddie Slack's band in 1942; she was only 17 when they cut "Cow Cow Boogie," which became Capitol Records' first gold single. 

The following year, Morse began recording solo. Although her recordings were consistently solid and sold fairly well (frequently charting better on the Black charts than on the pop charts), Morse never obtained a huge following. She retired from recording in 1957, and died of respiratory failure on October 16, 1999. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine  https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/ella-mae-morse/id73169047#fullText

The Hits Of

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The Red Norvo Quintet - The Red Norvo Quintet With Guest Vocalists Mavis Rivers & Ella Mae Morse

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 52:55
Size: 121.2 MB
Styles: Cool jazz, Vibraphone jazz
Year: 1962/1990
Art: Front

[3:21] 1. Spider's Web
[4:38] 2. What Is This Thing Called Love
[4:55] 3. Don't Get Around Much Anymore
[2:51] 4. About A Quarter To Nine
[3:56] 5. Lena And Lenny
[3:55] 6. Undecided
[4:06] 7. Rhee, O, Rhee
[2:16] 8. One Minute To One
[4:37] 9. Perdido
[4:01] 10. Lena And Lenny (Alternate)
[4:19] 11. What Is This Thing Called Love
[2:02] 12. That Old Black Magic
[3:52] 13. Don't Get Around Much Anymore
[4:00] 14. Rhee, O, Rhee (Alternate)

This CD, taken from radio transcriptions cut for the radio show "The Navy Swings," features vibraphonist Red Norvo's group in 1962, which by itself is rather notable, for Norvo made no other recordings as a leader from 1960-68.

Red's quintet (which also includes guitarist Al Viola, pianist Jack Wilson, bassist Jimmy Bond and drummer Bill Goodwin) plays very much in the cool-toned but often heated style of his earlier trios. Mavis Rivers and Ella Mae Morse take a total of three vocals, but it is the 11 instrumentals (counting four alternate takes) that are particularly memorable, most notably "Spider's Web," "Lena and Lenny" and "Rhee, O, Rhee."

The Red Norvo Quintet With Guest Vocalists Mavis Rivers & Ella Mae Morse

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