Marian Montgomery - What's New

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s

Time: 35:02

Size: 80.2 MB

Styles: Jazz vocals

Year: 1966/2005

Art: Front

[1:47] 1. Give Me The Simple Life

[2:16] 2. I'm The Lonesomest Gal In Town

[3:00] 3. Me And My Shadow

[2:44] 4. It Makes No Difference

[3:03] 5. There's A Time And Place For Everything

[3:41] 6. Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do

[2:50] 7. What's New

[3:29] 8. Something I Dreamed Last Night

[3:24] 9. I Finally Got A Break

[3:01] 10. Then I'll Be Tired Of You

[3:20] 11. Love Is Only Love

[2:22] 12. I'll Sing You One Song

The jazz instrumentalist who does more with less has long been popular with aficionados, though the same has not been true of jazz singers, who often seem obliged to wear the music's virtuosity on their sleeve. It is as if by performing jazz on an instrument they were born with is a form of tax-avoidance, and pretending to be a saxophone instead is the only way to pay off the dues. Only Billie Holiday seemed immune to the complaint that, in touching the original materials of a song with the lightest of breaths, she wasn't really singing jazz at all.

Marion Montgomery, who died aged 67, was just such a minimalist vocalist. Had she been born a decade earlier, she might have benefited more from the ripples spread by young female artists - such as Diana Krall or Stacey Kent - with improvisational sensibilities, but also a cabaret singer's awareness of the curve and drama of a lyric's storyline, and the mood of an audience. ~John Fordham

What's New?

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Marian Montgomery - Lovin' Is Livin'.... And Livin' Is Lovin

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2004
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 25:48
Size: 68,8 MB
Art: Front

(2:17)  1. Teach Me Tonight
(3:07)  2. Just A Dream
(1:53)  3. There! I've Said It Again
(2:01)  4. The Moment Of Truth
(1:50)  5. Lovin' Is Livin'
(2:00)  6. I Still Get Jealous
(2:00)  7. Put Your Arms Around Me, Honey
(2:18)  8. I Wanna Be Loved
(2:27)  9. I'm Falling For You
(2:10) 10. Please Do It Again
(3:40) 11. Love Is An Old Maid's Dream

Born Maude Runnels, 17 November 1934, Natchez, Mississippi, USA, d. 22 July 2002, Bray, Berkshire, England. Montgomery quit school to sing on television in Atlanta, Georgia. After working in advertising and publishing, performing in plays and singing in strip joints and jazz clubs, she became an established cabaret performer. Montgomery was signed to Capitol Records after Peggy Lee heard her demo tape, and she recorded three albums for the label. She moved to the UK in 1965 to sing at a new London club, the Cool Elephant, with John Dankworth’s band. That same year she married composer and musical director Laurie Holloway and began to establish herself on the London club scene, equally at home at Ronnie Scott’s jazz club as she was on the less demanding cabaret circuit.

Possessing a voice that was once likened to ‘having a long, cool glass of mint julep on a Savannah balcony’, she expanded her career with a starring role in the 1969 West End revival of Anything Goes, and frequent appearances on radio and television, as well as concerts and cabaret in the UK and abroad. Her one-woman show was televised by the BBC in 1975. Besides her musical association with Holloway, she successfully collaborated with classical composer/pianist Richard Rodney Bennett on several projects, including Puttin’ On The Ritz, Surprise Surprise andTown And Country. With an instantly recognizable, relaxed and intimate style, Montgomery became one of a handful of American artists to take up permanent residence in the UK. She lost her long battle against cancer contracted from passive smoking in July 2002. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/marian-montgomery-mn0000233883

Lovin' Is Livin'.... And Livin' Is Lovin

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Marian Montgomery - Let There Be Love, Let There Be Swing, Let There Be Marian Montgomery

Styles: Vocal
Year: 1963
File: MP3@256K/s
Time: 28:11
Size: 59,3 MB
Art: Front

(2:42)  1. Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home
(2:31)  2. Hum-Drum Blues
(1:45)  3. There'll Be Some Changes Made
(2:38)  4. Romance In The Dark
(2:33)  5. Danke Schoen
(2:08)  6. Kansas City
(2:18)  7. They Can't Take That Away From Me
(1:53)  8. Candy
(2:28)  9. I Wonder
(2:24) 10. Alright, Okay, You Win
(2:08) 11. The Good Life
(2:37) 12. Let There Be Love

Born Maude Runnels, 17 November 1934, Natchez, Mississippi, USA, d. 22 July 2002, Bray, Berkshire, England. Montgomery quit school to sing on television in Atlanta, Georgia. After working in advertising and publishing, performing in plays and singing in strip joints and jazz clubs, she became an established cabaret performer. Montgomery was signed to Capitol Records after Peggy Lee heard her demo tape, and she recorded three albums for the label. She moved to the UK in 1965 to sing at a new London club, the Cool Elephant, with John Dankworth’s band. That same year she married composer and musical director Laurie Holloway and began to establish herself on the London club scene, equally at home at Ronnie Scott’s jazz club as she was on the less demanding cabaret circuit.

Possessing a voice that was once likened to ‘having a long, cool glass of mint julep on a Savannah balcony’, she expanded her career with a starring role in the 1969 West End revival of Anything Goes, and frequent appearances on radio and television, as well as concerts and cabaret in the UK and abroad. Her one-woman show was televised by the BBC in 1975. Besides her musical association with Holloway, she successfully collaborated with classical composer/pianist Richard Rodney Bennett on several projects, including Puttin’ On The Ritz, Surprise Surprise andTown And Country. With an instantly recognizable, relaxed and intimate style, Montgomery became one of a handful of American artists to take up permanent residence in the UK. She lost her long battle against cancer contracted from passive smoking in July 2002. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/marian-montgomery-mn0000233883

Let There Be Love, Let There Be Swing, Let There Be Marian Montgomery

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Marian Montgomery - Swings For Winners and Losers

Styles: Vocal
Year: 1962
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 29:56
Size: 72,4 MB
Art: Front

(1:50)  1. Breezin Along With The Bree
(2:35)  2. Confessin The BLues
(3:06)  3. When Sunny Gets Blue
(2:53)  4. Can't Help It
(2:34)  5. Wee Baby Blues
(2:17)  6. My Buddy
(1:48)  7. Roll Em Pete
(2:34)  8. The Exciting Mister Finch
(2:39)  9. Deed I Do
(3:10) 10. Good Morning Heartache
(2:11) 11. All By Myself
(2:14) 12. When Your Lover Has Gone

Born  Maude Runnels, 17 November 1934, Natchez, Mississippi, USA, d. 22 July 2002, Bray, Berkshire, England. Montgomery quit school to sing on television in Atlanta, Georgia. After working in advertising and publishing, performing in plays and singing in strip joints and jazz clubs, she became an established cabaret performer. Montgomery was signed to Capitol Records after Peggy Lee heard her demo tape, and she recorded three albums for the label. She moved to the UK in 1965 to sing at a new London club, the Cool Elephant, with John Dankworth’s band. That same year she married composer and musical director Laurie Holloway and began to establish herself on the London club scene, equally at home at Ronnie Scott’s jazz club as she was on the less demanding cabaret circuit.

Possessing a voice that was once likened to ‘having a long, cool glass of mint julep on a Savannah balcony’, she expanded her career with a starring role in the 1969 West End revival of Anything Goes, and frequent appearances on radio and television, as well as concerts and cabaret in the UK and abroad. Her one-woman show was televised by the BBC in 1975. Besides her musical association with Holloway, she successfully collaborated with classical composer/pianist Richard Rodney Bennett on several projects, including Puttin’ On The Ritz, Surprise Surprise andTown And Country. With an instantly recognizable, relaxed and intimate style, Montgomery became one of a handful of American artists to take up permanent residence in the UK. She lost her long battle against cancer contracted from passive smoking in July 2002. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/marian-montgomery-mn0000233883/biography

Swings For Winners and Losers

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