Jean DuShon - Feeling Good

Styles: Vocal 
Year: 1965
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 33:24
Size: 79,3 MB
Art: Front

(3:19)  1. Wild Is The Wind
(2:17)  2. Goodbye Is A Lonesome Sound
(2:30)  3. Out In The Cold Again
(2:49)  4. The Heather On The Hill
(2:07)  5. I'll Never Find Another You
(2:41)  6. You Don't Know
(2:49)  7. Feeling Good
(2:52)  8. Take A Chance
(2:44)  9. What Now My Love
(2:40) 10. Watching The World Go By
(3:07) 11. If I Ruled The World
(3:25) 12. Make Him Your Own

Jean Du Shon's third and final album for Chess records maintains the high standards of two previous LPs. She's again accompanied by Herman Foster (piano), Earl May (bass), and Bruno Carr (drums) -- members of Lou Donaldson's band who also supported her on Make Way for Jean Du Shon. Oliver Nelson's orchestrations are stellar and Phil Ramone's engineering crisp and clear. Du Shon delivers crafty renditions of "Wild Is the Wind" and "Feeling Good," as well as the jazz/pop standards "Out in the Cold Again," "You Don't Know," "What Now My Love," and "If I Ruled the World." Not included on this or any of her Chess albums is her original rendition of "For Once in My Life" (cut while at Chess), which Berry Gordy supposedly had pulled from the market in favor of Stevie Wonder's. The song was co-written by Ron Miller, who was under contract to Motown at the time. It's time MCA (they own the Chess catalog) reissues Jean Du Shon's rare nuggets on CD. ~ Andrew Hamilton https://www.allmusic.com/album/feeling-good-mw0001879624

Feeling Good

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Ramsey Lewis Trio, Jean DuShon - You Better Believe Me

Styles: Vocal And Piano Jazz
Year: 1965
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 38:09
Size: 89,4 MB
Art: Front

(2:37)  1. You'd Better Believe Me
(2:51)  2. Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)
(2:37)  3. Night Time
(2:44)  4. Something You Got
(3:31)  5. He Was Too Good To Me
(3:59)  6. Goodbye Lover, Hello Friend
(3:01)  7. Corcovado (Quiet Nights)
(3:20)  8. Ain't Nobody's Business
(3:09)  9. Let It Be Me
(2:57) 10. It Had Better Be Tonight
(4:13) 11. My Coloring Book
(3:05) 12. I'm Beginning To See The Light

Jean Du Shon chases her Argo debut with this collaboration with the Ramsey Lewis Trio. (John Levy managed both at the time.) The pairing was a stroke of genius that went unnoticed to the masses. They groove on Woodrow "Buddy" Johnson's "You'd Better Believe Me" and mix Latin rhythms with cocktail vibes on Antonio Jobim's "Corcovado." "Goodbye Lover, Hello Friend," "It Had Better Be Tonight," and "Night Time" are other well-crafted joints from the out-of-print album's eight tracks. ~ Andrew Hamilton https://www.allmusic.com/album/you-better-believe-me-mw0000852572

Personnel:  Piano – Ramsey Lewis; Vocals – Jean DuShon;  Alto Saxophone, Flute – Ronald Wilson; Bass – Cleveland Eaton, Eldee Young; Cello – Eldee Young; Drums – Red Holt; Guitar – Roland Faulkner 

You Better Believe Me

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Jean DuShon - Make Way For Jean Dushon

Styles: Vocal
Year: 1964
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 36:20
Size: 83,8 MB
Art: Front

(4:40)  1. I'm Thru With Love
(2:59)  2. The Best Is Yet To Come
(4:59)  3. Don't Explain
(2:41)  4. Hitch Hike
(2:53)  5. Night Song
(2:56)  6. More
(2:53)  7. Evenin'
(2:36)  8. Early One Morning
(3:47)  9. Lorna's Here
(3:06) 10. Baia
(2:46) 11. If Ever I Should Leave You

Jean Du Shon revisits her jazz roots on her Chess/Argo debut. Previous labels ABC Paramount, Okeh, and Atlantic recorded Du Shon as an R&B/soul artist.

Three-fifths of the Lou Donaldson Quintet also signed to Argo Herman Foster (piano), Earl May (bass), and Bruno Carr (drums) accompanies the lovely songbird on 11 well-arranged tracks. The tasty morsels include Lee Adams and Charles Strouse's "Lorna's Here" from Golden Boy; Alan Lerner and Frederick Loewe's "If Ever I Should Leave You"; and Arthur Herzog and Billie Holiday's "Don't Explain," "The Best Is Yet to Come," and "Night Song." ~ Andrew Hamilton https://www.allmusic.com/album/make-way-for-jean-du-shon-mw0000855121

Personnel: Vocals – Jean DuShon; Bass – Earl May; Drums – Bruno Carr; Piano – Herman Foster

Thank You Flyingfinger! 

Make Way For Jean Dushon

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