Showing posts with label Helen Carr. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Helen Carr. Show all posts

Friday, June 1, 2018

Helen Carr - Down In The Depths On The 90th Floor (Remastered)

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 24:56
Size: 57.1 MB
Styles: Vocal jazz
Year: 1955/2014
Art: Front

[3:01] 1. Not Mine
[5:15] 2. I Don't Want To Cry Anymore
[2:20] 3. Tulip Or Turnip
[2:48] 4. Memory Of The Rain
[3:11] 5. Down In The Depths Of The 90th Floor
[2:54] 6. You're Driving Me Crazy
[2:58] 7. I'm Glad There Is You
[2:25] 8. Moments Like This

Charlie Mariano: Alto Saxophone; Don Fagerquist: Trumpet; Helen Carr: Vocals; Max Bennett: Bass; Donn Trenner: Piano; Stan Levy: Drums.

One of the darkest vocal jazz albums of the 50s - packaged with a great title and cover image that features a lone lit window in a New York skyscraper! Helen has incredible backing on the record - a small combo that includes Charlie Mariano on alto sax, Don Fagerquist on trumpet, and Donn Trenner on piano - all gently sliding in behind Carr's blue vocals in a way that's similar to some of the Chris Connor work on Bethlehem from the same time. Titles include a near-perfect reading of 'Down In The Depths On The 90th Floor', plus 'Not Mine', 'Tulip Or Turnip', 'Moments Like This', 'I'm Glad There Is You', and 'Memory Of The Rain'.

Down In The Depths On The 90th Floor 

Monday, April 16, 2018

Helen Carr - Why Do I Love You (Remastered)

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 31:23
Size: 71.9 MB
Styles: Vocal, Easy Listening
Year: 1955/2014
Art: Front

[1:53] 1. Be Careful, It's My Heart
[3:52] 2. My Kind Of Trouble Is You
[2:21] 3. Lonely Street
[2:20] 4. Symphony
[3:31] 5. You're Getting To Be A Habit With Me
[2:27] 6. Bye Bye Baby
[2:18] 7. Then You've Never Been Blue
[1:57] 8. Summer Night
[3:39] 9. Got A Date With An Angel
[2:33] 10. Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man/Why Do I Love You
[2:24] 11. Do I Worry
[2:02] 12. I've Got A Feelin' You're Foolin'

Acoustic Bass – Red Mitchell; Guitar – Howard Roberts; Lead Vocals – Helen Carr; Trumpet – Cappy Lewis.

Standards and pre-rock singer who recorded in mid-'50s for Bethlehem. What might have been some interesting late '50s material for Atlantic with King Curtis, Al Casey and the Cumming Sisters never was released. ~ Ron Wynn

Why Do I Love You