Nancy Wilson - The Early Years: 2 Complete Albums Plus Bonus Singles

Size: 158,0 MB
Time: 65:54
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2016
Styles: Jazz Vocals
Art: Front

01. On The Street Where You Live (1:43)
02. Night Mist (2:36)
03. You Leave Me Breathless (2:29)
04. The More I See You (2:10)
05. I Want To Be Loved (2:17)
06. Almost Like Being In Love (1:44)
07. People Will Say We're In Love (1:58)
08. Passion Flower (2:21)
09. Sometimes I'm Happy (Sometimes I'm Blue) (1:49)
10. In Other Words (Fly Me To The Moon) (2:52)
11. All Of You (1:50)
12. If It's The Last Thing I Do (2:05)
13. Teach Me Tonight (2:52)
14. This Time The Dream's On Me (2:17)
15. I'm Gonna Laugh You Out Of My Life (2:38)
16. I Wish You Love (2:00)
17. Guess Who I Saw Today (3:23)
18. If Dreams Come True (1:46)
19. What A Little Moonlight Can Do (2:25)
20. The Great City (2:44)
21. He's My Guy (2:29)
22. Something Happens To Me (1:59)
23. Call It Stormy Monday (2:24)
24. Something Wonderful Happens (2:47)
25. The Seventh Son (2:22)
26. My Foolish Heart (2:32)
27. Next Time You See Me (2:40)
28. The Verdict (2:28)

Nancy Wilson was one of the most prolific singers of the 1960s. Her style was all encompassing, taking in ballads, jazz, R&B, show tunes and pop music, making her classification as a singer hard to define but that is part of her charm and a key element in her seemingly endless career which continues today. Collected here are her first two albums 'Like In Love' and 'Something Wonderful' plus four bonus tracks which include "My Foolish Heart", which was her first taste of chart success. Although this collection of Nancy's early material may lack charting hits, it is chock full of great songs including a wonderful version of T-Bone Walker's "Call It Stormy Monday".

The Early Years

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Nancy Wilson, Cannonball Adderley - S/T

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s

Time: 43:57

Size: 100.6 MB

Styles: Standards, Vocal jazz

Year: 1962/1993

Art: Front

[2:42] 1. Save Your Love For Me

[2:17] 2. Never Will I Marry

[2:58] 3. The Old Country

[2:23] 4. Happy Talk

[4:15] 5. The Masquerade Is Over

[2:32] 6. A Sleepin' Bee

[2:13] 7. Little Unhappy Boy

[4:29] 8. Teaneck

[4:55] 9. I Can't Get Started

[5:09] 10. One Man's Dream

[3:56] 11. Never Say Yes

[6:03] 12. Unit 7

An excellent collaboration of the Nancy Wilson voice with the Cannonball Adderley alto sax from the early '60s. While this 1961 recording was the first time Wilson was with Adderley in the studio, it was not the first time they had worked together. After singing with Rusty Bryant's band, Wilson had worked with Adderley in Columbus, OH. (It was there that Adderley encouraged her to go to N.Y.C. to do some recording, eventually leading to this session.) Not entirely a vocal album, five of the 12 cuts are instrumentals. A highlight of the album is the gentle cornet playing of Nat Adderley behind Wilson, especially on "Save Your Love for Me" and on "The Old Country." Cannonball Adderley's swinging, boppish sax is heard to excellent effect throughout. Joe Zawinul's work behind Wilson on "The Masquerade Is Over" demonstrates that he is a talented, sensitive accompanist. On the instrumental side, "Teaneck" and "One Man's Dream" are especially good group blowing sessions. On the other end of the spectrum, Adderley's alto offers a lovely slow-tempo treatment of the Vernon Duke-Ira Gershwin masterpiece, "I Can't Get Started. the listeners on their musical toes, the first couple of bars of "Save Your Love for Me" are quotes from "So What" from the Miles Davis Sextet seminal Kind of Blue session. Given the play list and the outstanding artists performing it, why any serious jazz collection would be without this classic album is difficult to comprehend. ~Dave Nathan

Nancy Wilson, Cannonball Adderley

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Various - Capitol Sings Johnny Mercer

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 71:03
Size: 162.7 MB
Styles: Vocal, Easy Listening
Year: 1991
Art: Front

[3:17] 1. Ella Mae Morse - Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive
[3:11] 2. Martha Tilton - And The Angels Sing
[2:49] 3. Gordon MacRae - Autumn Leaves
[3:12] 4. Jo Stafford - Blues In The Night
[1:53] 5. Blossom Dearie - Charade
[3:40] 6. Judy Garland - Come Rain Or Come Shine
[2:22] 7. Nat King Cole - Day In-Day Out
[3:16] 8. Matt Monro - Days Of Wine And Roses
[2:47] 9. The Pied Pipers - Dream
[2:32] 10. Benny Goodman - Goody Goody
[2:52] 11. Johnny Mercer - Glow Worm
[2:55] 12. The Four Freshmen - I Thought About You
[2:49] 13. Dinah Shore - I'm Old Fashioned
[2:57] 14. Dean Martin - In The Cool Cool Cool Of The Evening
[2:16] 15. Stan Kenton & His Orchestra - Jeepers Creepers
[2:22] 16. Vic Damone - Laura
[3:26] 17. Lena Horne - Moon River
[3:03] 18. Johnny Mercer - On The Atchison, Topeka & The Sante Fe
[4:13] 19. Harold Arlen - One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)
[2:58] 20. Kay Starr - P.S. I Love You
[2:21] 21. Nancy Wilson - Satin Doll
[4:00] 22. Hoagy Carmichael - Skylark
[2:54] 23. Keely Smith - That Old Black Magic
[2:47] 24. Andy Russell - Too Marvelous For Words

Singer/songwriter Johnny Mercer was one of the founders of Capitol Records in the early '40s, so it's appropriate that he rates his own volume in the label's various-artists songbook compilation series of the 1990s (one that has already had discs devoted to Cole Porter and George Gershwin). As a lyricist working over a long career, Mercer provides a varied range of material for inclusion. This is a man who was setting words to 1930s swing hits like "And the Angels Sing," "Goody Goody," and "Satin Doll," and was still going strong in the 1960s, when he was writing movie themes like "Moon River" and "The Days of Wine and Roses" with Henry Mancini. In between, there were standards of the ‘40s such as "Blues in the Night" and "That Old Black Magic," and ‘50s favorites like "Autumn Leaves" and "In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening." Capitol was devoted to singers, which allowed it to take advantage of the post-swing era of the late ‘40s and ‘50s when singers ruled. Tops among them was Frank Sinatra, a Capitol artist, who apparently didn't allow his recordings to be compiled on this sort of collection. But many other important singers are included, among them Judy Garland, Nat King Cole, Dinah Shore, and Dean Martin. And Mercer himself pops in several times, as do a couple of his composer collaborators, Harold Arlen and Hoagy Carmichael. Although Mercer has an identifiable writing style, full of a self-invented Southern slang ("swingeroonie!," "my huckleberry friend"), his teaming with different sorts of composers allows for many different musical styles on this disc, making it one of the rangier volumes in the series. ~William Ruhlmann

Capitol Sings Johnny Mercer

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Various - Capitol Sings Rodgers & Hammerstein

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 59:07
Size: 135.4 MB
Styles: Vocal, Easy Listening
Year: 1994
Art: Front

[2:52] 1. Bobby Darin - Hello, Young Lovers
[3:11] 2. Jo Stafford - Some Enchanted Evening
[3:07] 3. Ray Anthony - The Surrey With The Fringe On Top
[3:12] 4. Peggy Lee - Something Wonderful
[2:57] 5. Jeff Alexander Singers - Medley Happy Talk-Honey Bun
[2:56] 6. Helen O'connell - No Other Love
[2:44] 7. Al Martino - If I Loved You
[1:56] 8. Nancy Wilson - People Will Say We're In Love
[3:09] 9. The Andrews Sisters - Younger Than Springtime
[1:59] 10. Bobby Darin - Love Look Away
[2:49] 11. Jo Stafford - The Gentleman Is A Dope
[2:45] 12. The Starlighters - I Whistle A Happy Tune
[2:11] 13. Peggy Lee - I Enjoy Being A Girl
[1:58] 14. Tennessee Ernie Ford - My Favorite Things
[2:46] 15. Margaret Whiting - A Wonderful Guy
[3:06] 16. Dick Haymes - It Might As Well Be Spring
[2:32] 17. Nancy Wilson - Getting To Know You
[3:30] 18. Vic Damone - The Sound Of Music
[4:06] 19. Judy Garland - You'll Never Walk Alone
[5:12] 20. Sinfonia Of London - The Carousel Waltz

For nostalgia buffs and fans of the American popular song hit parade, here's a blast directly out of "this was your life": 20 tracks from the good old days of pop-cum-jazz via the Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein songbook bring you such talented -- but ultimately soft-soap -- singers as Peggy Lee, Al Martino, Vic Damone, and Judy Garland, vocal groups the Andrews Sisters and the Starlighters, a jazzier young Nancy Wilson, and the much hipper Bobby Darin. The funniest number is Jo Stafford's "The Gentleman Is a Dope," the weirdest is Tennessee Ernie Ford doing "My Favorite Things," and the most out-of-context cut is the finale by the Sinfonia of London? Quaintness and reverence for the old days does have an appeal, albeit limited in modern times, so if you wax poetic for this type of show tunes and don't have these artists in your home, this could fill the bill. ~Michael G. Nastos

Capitol Sings Rodgers & Hammerstein

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Various - Capitol Sings Harry Warren

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 55:33
Size: 127.2 MB
Styles: Easy Listening, Vocal
Year: 1995
Art: Front

[2:49] 1. Nat King Cole - I Found A Million Dollar Baby (In A Five And Ten Cent Store)
[2:36] 2. Ray Anthony & His Orchestra - Chattanooga Choo Choo
[2:53] 3. Bobby Darin - You'll Never Know
[2:22] 4. Dakota Staton - September In The Rain
[2:39] 5. Helen Forrest - I Had The Craziest Dream
[3:07] 6. The Four Freshmen - Lulu's Back In Town
[3:09] 7. Ethel Ennis - Serenade In Blue
[2:59] 8. Chet Baker - There Will Never Be Another You
[2:12] 9. Nancy Wilson - The More I See You
[3:10] 10. Nat King Cole Trio - I'll String Along With You
[3:02] 11. Al Belletto - Jeepers Creepers
[2:56] 12. Ann Richards - Lullaby Of Broadway
[3:01] 13. Time-Life Orchestra - At Last
[2:09] 14. June Christy - I Know Why (And So Do You)
[1:32] 15. Count Basie - With Plenty Of Money And You
[3:35] 16. Dinah Shore - I Only Have Eyes For You
[2:26] 17. The Four Freshmen - On The Atchison, Topeka & The Santa Fe
[2:41] 18. Peggy Lee - You're Getting To Be A Habit With Me
[3:00] 19. Nat King Cole - An Affair To Remember
[3:06] 20. Dean Martin - That's Amore

If this era and genre of music is your taste then you will love this collection. The various singers add a wonderful blend of variety and the orchestrations are time capsules of a day long gone by. (Sad). But this music will bring you back and make you appreciate popular music again. ~Aurexia

Capitol Sings Harry Warren

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Various - Capitol Sings Cole Porter: Anything Goes

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s

Time: 64:44

Size: 148.2 MB

Styles: Standards, Easy Listening

Year: 1991

Art: Front

[2:16] 1. Annie Ross - All Of You

[2:03] 2. Peggy Lee - Always True To You In My Fashion

[2:21] 3. Count Basie - Anything Goes

[3:26] 4. Gordon Macrae - Begin The Beguine

[2:44] 5. Martha Tilton - Blow, Gabriel, Blow

[3:47] 6. Stan Kenton - Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye

[1:50] 7. Peggy Lee - From Now On

[2:41] 8. Stan Kenton - I Get A Kick Out Of You

[2:53] 9. Judy Garland - I Happen To Like New York

[2:15] 10. Helen O'connell - In The Still Of The Night

[2:38] 11. Dinah Shore - It's All Right With Me

[2:35] 12. Louis Prima - I've Got You Under My Skin

[2:13] 13. Nat King Cole - Just One Of Those Things

[2:37] 14. Liza Minnelli - Looking At You

[2:08] 15. Frances Faye - Miss Otis Regrets (She's Unable To Lunch Today)

[2:25] 16. John Raitt - So In Love

[2:30] 17. Dean Martin - True Love

[1:51] 18. Keely Smith - What Is This Thing Called Love

[3:16] 19. Margaret Whiting - Why Shouldn't I

[2:48] 20. Jo Stafford - Wunderbar

[2:35] 21. Nancy Wilson - You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To

[2:35] 22. Jean Turner - You're The Top

[2:11] 23. Trudy Richards - Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love)

[3:03] 24. Jeri Southern - Get Out Of Town

[2:50] 25. The Andrews Sisters - You Do Something To Me

As far as all-star Cole Porter compilations go, Capitol Sings Cole Porter: Anything Goes is recommended as an entertaining sampler of 25 titles performed by some of the label's biggest stars. These include, on the hip end of the spectrum, Nat King Cole, Nancy Wilson, Frances Faye, Jo Stafford, and Annie Ross, a disarming vocalist who collaborates warmly with baritone saxophonist Gerry Mulligan. Peggy Lee is heard with George Shearing, Keely Smith with Louis Prima, Dinah Shore with Red Norvo, Tony Bennett with Count Basie and Chris Connor, and June Christy with Stan Kenton. Pop singers heard on this collection include Judy Garland, Liza Minnelli, Margaret Whiting, Dean Martin, Gordon MacRae, and the Andrews Sisters. This mini-survey of great moments in mid-20th century pop culture is suitable for casual listening (and optional singalong) while cleaning house, preparing food, shampooing the cat, or operating heavy machinery during rush hour. ~arwulf arwulf

Capitol Sings Cole Porter: Anything Goes

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Nancy Wilson - Live At The Syracuse Jazz Disc 1, Disc 2

Album: Live At The Syracuse Jazz Disc 1
Styles: Vocal
Year: 2003
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 50:18
Size: 116,9 MB
Art: Front

(16:30) 1. Night in Tunisia
(16:00) 2. Manteca
( 7:36) 3. Things To Come
( 3:32) 4. Strike Up The Band
( 6:37) 5. More Love

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Album: Live At The Syracuse Jazz Disc 2
Time: 40:10
Size: 94,1 MB

( 4:10) 1. I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart
( 5:49) 2. I Can't Make You Love Me
(10:09) 3. It Don't Mean a Thing If it Ain't Got that Swing
( 5:09) 4. All Of Me
( 8:34) 5. You'll See-My Funny Valentine
( 6:16) 6. False start-Announcements-Day in, Day Out

American jazz singer Nancy Wilson, an award-winning singer whose beguiling expressiveness in jazz, R&B, gospel, soul and pop, made her a crossover recording star for five decades and who also had a prolific career as an actress, activist and commercial spokeswoman. Wilson resisted the label of “jazz singer” for much of her career, although jazz was the form to which she returned time and again and in which she had her greatest critical and popular success. She considered herself above all “a song stylist,” she once told The Washington Post. “That’s my essence,” she said, “to weave words, to be dramatic.”

She sought to meld the seemingly incongruous styles of her two greatest influences: the ethereal Jimmy Scott and the penetrating and sultry Dinah Washington. Wilson’s singing was at once regal and vulnerable, and she inspired two generations of singers, including Patti LaBelle, Anita Baker and Nnenna Freelon. “She has such a classy sound, but she’s never afraid to be a woman, or to tell it like it is,” Freelon once told the San Jose Mercury News.

Jazz historian and critic Will Friedwald, in his volume “A Biographical Guide to the Great Jazz and Pop Singers,” called Wilson a formidable presence in pop, jazz and blues - “the most important vocalist to come along after these three genres were codified and move freely among them.” She passed away in 2018 at the age of 81.http://bigozine2.com/roio/?p=5343

Live At The Syracuse Jazz Disc 2

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Nancy Wilson & The Three Sounds - Sittin' In At Jorgie's Jazz Club

Styles: Vocal
Year: 1961
Time: 19:56 + 25:14
Size: 46,8 MB + 58,6 MB
Art: Front

Album: The Nancy Wilson Side

(1:41)  1. Intro
(7:11)  2. Since I Fell For You
(0:48)  3. Intro
(4:56)  4. Time After Time
(5:19)  5. The Theme

Album: The Three Sounds Side

(9:03)  1. On Green Dolphin Street
(9:44)  2. The Spirit Is Here
(3:53)  3. Time After Time
(2:32)  4. Salt Peanuts

Diva Nancy Wilson was among contemporary music's most stylish and sultry vocalists; while often crossing over into the pop and R&B markets and even hosting her own television variety program she remained best known as a jazz performer, renowned for her work alongside figures including Cannonball Adderley and George Shearing. Born February 20, 1937, in Chillicothe, Ohio, Wilson first attracted notice performing the club circuit in nearby Columbus; she quickly earned a growing reputation among jazz players and fans, and she was recording regularly by the late '50s, eventually signing to Capitol and issuing LPs including 1959's Like in Love and Nancy Wilson with Billy May's Orchestra. Her dates with Shearing, including 1960's The Swingin's Mutual, solidified her standing as a talent on the rise, and her subsequent work with Adderley arguably her finest recordings further cemented her growing fame and reputation. In the years to follow, however, Wilson often moved away from jazz, much to the chagrin of purists; she made numerous albums, many of them properly categorized as pop and R&B outings, and toured extensively, appearing with everyone from Nat King Cole and Sarah Vaughan to Ruth Brown and LaVern Baker. She even hosted her own Emmy-winning variety series for NBC, The Nancy Wilson Show, and was a frequent guest performer on other programs; hits of the period included "Tell Me the Truth," "How Glad I Am," "Peace of Mind," and "Now, I'm a Woman." Regardless of how far afield she traveled, Wilson always maintained her connections to the jazz world, and in the '80s, she returned to the music with a vengeance, working closely with performers including Hank Jones, Art Farmer, Ramsey Lewis, and Benny Golson. By the 1990s, she was a favorite among the "new adult contemporary" market, her style ideally suited to the format's penchant for lush, romantic ballads; she also hosted the Jazz Profiles series on National Public Radio. In the early 2000s, Wilson recorded two albums with Ramsey Lewis for Narada (2002's Meant to Be and 2003's Simple Pleasures). Her 2004 album R.S.V.P. (Rare Songs, Very Personal) was a blend of straight-ahead jazz and ballads, similar to her next record, 2006's Turned to Blue, which, like R.S.V.P., used a different instrumentalist for each track. In 2005, Capitol released a three-part series to pay tribute to Wilson's contributions to music in the '50s and '60s: Guess Who I Saw Today: Nancy Wilson Sings Songs of Lost Love, Save Your Love for Me: Nancy Wilson Sings the Great Blues Ballads, and The Great American Songbook. Nancy Wilson died at her home on December 13, 2018 after a long illness. ~ Jason Ankeny https://www.allmusic.com/artist/nancy-wilson-mn0000368367/biography

Personnel: Nancy Wilson, vocals ; The Three Sounds (Gene Harris, piano ; Andrew Simpkins, bass ; Bill Dowdy, drums).

Sittin'In At Jorgie's Jazz Club

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The Cannonball Adderley Quintet - In Person (Live)

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 1969
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 45:55
Size: 105,8 MB
Art: Front

(11:44)  1. Rumplestiltskin
( 3:08)  2. I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water
( 4:43)  3. Save Your Love For Me
( 2:03)  4. The Scene
( 5:35)  5. Somewhere
( 9:54)  6. The Scavenger
( 5:13)  7. Sweet Emma
( 3:31)  8. Zorba

Almost everything soulful at Capitol Records in the mid 60s packed together in one sweet little place! The set's a winner in a great line of Cannonball Adderley live dates from the time produced by David Axelrod, and done with that great mix of angular, slightly electric groove the combo was virtually pioneering thanks to help from Joe Zawinul on electric piano, and Nat Adderley on cornet! Cannon also plays some great soprano sax an instrument that he was taking off beautifully with at the time and sets fire to a few great tunes with the instrument. But as if that's not enough, Lou Rawls joins in on vocals on a few cuts, and Nancy Wilson comes in on a few more and the album alternates singing with instrumentals in a really great way. Titles include two very nice extended tracks by Joe Zawinul  "Rumplestiltskin" and "The Scavenger", both of which are over 10 minutes long, and which have the group stretching out in a nice live vein and other cuts include "The Scene", "Somewhere", "Sweet Emma", and "Zorba".  © 1996-2019, Dusty Groove, Inc. https://www.dustygroove.com/item/838654/Cannonball-Adderley-with-Nancy-Wilson-Lou-Rawls:In-Person

Personnel:  Cannonball Adderley - alto saxophone, soprano saxophone; Nat Adderley - cornet; Joe Zawinul - piano; Victor Gaskin - bass; Roy McCurdy - drums; Lou Rawls - vocals (track 2); Nancy Wilson - vocals (track 3)

In Person (Live)

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Nancy Wilson - Dearly Beloved

Styles: Vocal Jazz
Year: 2018
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 33:08
Size: 76,5 MB
Art: Front

(2:37)  1. You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To
(3:43)  2. Did I Remember
(2:53)  3. The Second Time Around
(2:50)  4. Wild Is The Wind
(2:30)  5. Almost In Your Arms
(2:56)  6. When Did You Leave Heaven?
(2:44)  7. I'll Never Stop Loving You
(2:13)  8. Dearly Beloved
(3:04)  9. Secret Love
(2:07) 10. Moon River
(3:27) 11. Days Of Wine And Roses
(1:57) 12. My Shining Hour

Diva Nancy Wilson was among contemporary music's most stylish and sultry vocalists; while often crossing over into the pop and R&B markets and even hosting her own television variety program she remained best known as a jazz performer, renowned for her work alongside figures including Cannonball Adderley and George Shearing. Born February 20, 1937, in Chillicothe, Ohio, Wilson first attracted notice performing the club circuit in nearby Columbus; she quickly earned a growing reputation among jazz players and fans, and she was recording regularly by the late '50s, eventually signing to Capitol and issuing LPs including 1959's Like in Love and Nancy Wilson with Billy May's Orchestra. Her dates with Shearing, including 1960's The Swingin's Mutual, solidified her standing as a talent on the rise, and her subsequent work with Adderley arguably her finest recordings further cemented her growing fame and reputation. In the years to follow, however, Wilson often moved away from jazz, much to the chagrin of purists; she made numerous albums, many of them properly categorized as pop and R&B outings, and toured extensively, appearing with everyone from Nat King Cole and Sarah Vaughan to Ruth Brown and LaVern Baker. She even hosted her own Emmy-winning variety series for NBC, The Nancy Wilson Show, and was a frequent guest performer on other programs; hits of the period included "Tell Me the Truth," "How Glad I Am," "Peace of Mind," and "Now, I'm a Woman." Regardless of how far afield she traveled, Wilson always maintained her connections to the jazz world, and in the '80s, she returned to the music with a vengeance, working closely with performers including Hank Jones, Art Farmer, Ramsey Lewis, and Benny Golson. By the 1990s, she was a favorite among the "new adult contemporary" market, her style ideally suited to the format's penchant for lush, romantic ballads; she also hosted the Jazz Profiles series on National Public Radio. In the early 2000s, Wilson recorded two albums with Ramsey Lewis for Narada (2002's Meant to Be and 2003's Simple Pleasures). Her 2004 album R.S.V.P. (Rare Songs, Very Personal) was a blend of straight-ahead jazz and ballads, similar to her next record, 2006's Turned to Blue, which, like R.S.V.P., used a different instrumentalist for each track. In 2005, Capitol released a three-part series to pay tribute to Wilson's contributions to music in the '50s and '60s: Guess Who I Saw Today: Nancy Wilson Sings Songs of Lost Love, Save Your Love for Me: Nancy Wilson Sings the Great Blues Ballads, and The Great American Songbook. Nancy Wilson died at her home on December 13, 2018 after a long illness. ~ Jason Ankeny https://www.allmusic.com/artist/nancy-wilson-mn0000368367/biography

Dearly Beloved

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Nancy Wilson - Turned To Blue

Styles: Vocal Jazz
Year: 2006
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 52:09
Size: 120,7 MB
Art: Front

(5:56)  1. This Is All I Ask
(4:30)  2. Take Love Easy
(4:02)  3. Turned To Blue
(3:53)  4. Knitting Class
(3:55)  5. Be My Love
(3:17)  6. Taking A Chance On Love
(4:21)  7. Just Once
(6:10)  8. The Golden Years
(5:17)  9. I Don't Remember Ever Growing Up
(5:24) 10. Old Folks
(5:17) 11. I'll Be Seeing You

This recording is like heirloom silver: finely etched and gleaming with a rich and mellow sheen. Its many delights include top-level players, excellent arrangements and production values, and a variety of configurations from a smoking all-star big band to intimate quartets. There are also great solo turns by the likes of John Clayton, James Moody, Bob Mintzer, Hubert Laws, Tom Scott, Dave Samuels, Andy Narrell and Billy Taylor. Then there's the introduction of splendid new material, including a great breakup song ("Knitting Class") that's sure to be covered more often than cake at a picnic. Maya Angelou's poetry becomes a haunting ballad, "Turned to Blue," while the composer of the profoundly moving "Here's to Life" offers a sequel: "I Don't Remember Ever Growing Up," which could be the next boomer anthem. All of this provides the perfect setting for the center sparkler, Nancy Wilson herself. At age 69, she remains the musical definition of class, using her lovely, flexible, still-powerful voice to caress and swing, whisper and wail. Unlike much of the current crop of female singers, she aims her spotlight on emotional meaning, rather than melismatic tricks; the ever-elegant Wilson, a master of nuanced dynamics, never crosses the line into schmaltz. And when she tells her song-stories, you believe every word she's met love and loss in all their permutations, and her disclosures reach out to touch the listener, heart to heart. Wilson's genuine lyrical connection and deep musicality are evident throughout (catch that involuntary sensuous reaction to uber-bassist Clayton's solo opening on "Just Once"), and her trademark is here her bluesy vocal hitch, that patented uptick that conveys such passion and soul. This release will surely delight the legions of long-term Wilson fans, even as it gains her new ones. Turned to Blue is a worthy followup to Wilson's 2005 Grammy-winner, R.S.V.P. (Rare Songs, Very Personal), adding to the growing reputation of the MCG Jazz label for carefully crafted, reliably excellent music. ~ Dr Judith Schlesinger https://www.allaboutjazz.com/turned-to-blue-nancy-wilson-review-by-dr-judith-schlesinger.php

Personnel: Nancy Wilson: vocal; Alon Yavnai, Llew Matthews, Dr. Billy Taylor: piano; Marty Ashby, acoustic guitar; Nilson Matta, Rufus Reid, Kip Reed, John Clayton: bass; Mike Tomaro, Tia Fuller, alto saxophone; Bob Mintzer, Tom Scott, Andy Snitzer, Eric DeFade, Jimmy Heath, James Moody, tenor saxophone; Jim Hynes, Steve Hawk, Sean Jones, Jack Schantz, trumpet; Ed Kocher, Douglas Purviance, Jay Ashby, trombone; Hubert Laws, Jennifer Conner: flute; Mike Tomaro: clarinet, bass clarinet; Jim German: baritone saxophone; Jeremy Black, Kate Black, Kate Hatmaker, Stephanie Tertick: violin; Mikhail Istomin: cello; Vito DiSalvo: accordian; Andy Narrell: steel pans; Dave Samuels: vibraphone; Winard Harper, Jamey Haddad, Roy McCurdy, Terry Clarke, Portinho, Jay Ashby: drums, percussion.

R.I.P.
Born:  February 20, 1937
Died: December 13, 2018

Turned To Blue

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Diva Jazz - A Swingin' Life

Styles: Jazz, Post Bop
Year: 2014
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 54:46
Size: 127,7 MB
Art: Front

(4:53)  1. What The World Needs Now Is Love Sweet Love
(6:32)  2. Nothin'
(5:03)  3. All My Tommorrows
(2:45)  4. All Of Me
(6:09)  5. The Very Thought Of You
(4:38)  6. Pennies From Heaven
(4:17)  7. Blues Medley [Goin' To Chicago Blues; Kansas City; Every Day I Have The Blues]
(5:15)  8. Blackberry Winter
(2:58)  9. Wonder Why
(6:38) 10. Nocturne #6 Opus 9, Number 2
(5:34) 11. Blues For Hamp

What do you get when you have fifteen talented and swinging female jazz musicians in an orchestral setting? The answer, drummer Sherrie Maricle and the DIVA Jazz Orchestra offering A Swingin' Life as proof that hard-charging big band music is not the exclusivity of the male gender. Building upon the work of more than a dozen previous albums, DIVA presents music from the Great American Songbook and more, capturing eleven audacious tracks recorded live by Jazz at Lincoln Center at Dizzy's Club Coca Cola in New York and, at the renowned Manchester Craftsman's Guild in Pittsburgh.  Adding to the experience of these live performances are two very special guests, two giants of the business, two vocalists who have left their mark on the jazz world. Legendary singers Marlena Shaw and Nancy Wilson lend their vocal charm on five beautiful charts and while some are certainly swinging tracks for sure, there are a couple of ballads that take your breath away. Wilson takes the Van Heusen/Sammy Cahn standard "All My Tomorrows," to another level expressing heart-felt emotion as the band plays humbly. Vocalist Shaw lays down a warm and gentle performance delivering a fantastic interpretation of Alec Wilder's "Blackberry Winter" for the two soft spots of the album.  However, the limited tender material here is the exception and not the rule as the swinging times obviously carry the date. Opening up with a rousing rendition of Burt Bacharach's "What The World Need Now Is Love," the DIVA's announce their intentions with a full blast of the brass and reeds capped off by a solo from tenor saxophonist Janelle Reichman. 

Appearing once again as one of the main soloist, Reichman, this time on the clarinet, joins trumpeter Jami Dauber on the Stanley Kay piece "Nothin,'" another perky burner showcasing the band. On another of the few light tunes, Nadje Noordhuis on the flugelhorn is simply enchanting on the time-honored Ray Noble classic "The Very Thought of You" as Maricle is heard on the soft brushes making this number, one to remember. The group gets back to some hard-driving sounds on the swinging version of "Pennies from Heaven." Maricle and the girls get real bluesy on "Blues Medley," a fusion of "Going to Chicago Blues," "Kansas City," and "Every Day I have the Blues," featuring singer Shaw. 

The DIVAs show their powerful instrumental voices on the last three tunes showcasing their reach on "Wonder Why," "Nocturne #6 Opus 9, Number 2," and the Terry Gibbs arranged finale "Blues For Harp," demonstrating quite ably why this orchestra is regarded as one of the best jazz bands in the business. Kudos to Sherrie Maricle and the DIVA Jazz Orchestra as they roar through a splendid repertoire of big band jazz on A Swingin' Life, combining instrumental muscle with the elegant vocals in a live setting that is thankfully, documented well here. ~ Edward Blanco https://www.allaboutjazz.com/a-swingin-life-diva-jazz-mcg-review-by-edward-blanco.php

Personnel: Sherrie Maricle: drums; Sharel Cassity: alto saxophone, flute; Karoline Strassmayer: alto saxophone (3, 4); Leigh Pilzer: alto saxophone, flute, baritone saxophone (3, 4); Kristy Norter: alto saxophone (3, 4); Janelle Reichman: clarinet, tenor saxophone (3, 4); Anat Cohen: clarinet, tenor saxophone (3, 4); Roxy Coss: tenor saxophone; Scheila Gonzalez: tenor saxophone (3, 4); Lisa Parrott: baritone saxophone; Tanya Darby: lead trumpet, Flugelhorn; Liesl Whitaker: lead trumpet (3, 4); Jami Dauber: trumpet , Flugelhorn; Barbara Laronga: trumpet (3, 4); Carol Morgan: trumpet, Flugelhorn; Nadje Noordhuis: trumpet, Flugelhorn; Deborah Weisz: trombone; Jennifer Krupa: trombone; Lori Stuntz: trombone (3, 4); Leslie Havens: bass trombone; Tomoko Ohno: piano; Chihiro Yamanaka: piano (3, 4); Noriko Ueda: bass; Nancy Wilson: vocals (3, 4); Marlena Shaw: vocals (7, 8, 9).

Swingin' Life

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Nancy Wilson - Forbidden Lover

Styles: Vocal Jazz
Year: 1987
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 40:39
Size: 94,0 MB
Art: Front

(4:17)  1. Forbidden Lover
(3:18)  2. I Was Telling Him About You
(4:24)  3. If You Only Knew
(4:47)  4. Deeper
(3:40)  5. Puttin' My Trust
(4:23)  6. You Know
(4:21)  7. Too Good To Be True
(3:53)  8. I Never Held Your Heart
(3:32)  9. What Will It Take This Time
(4:00) 10. A Song For You

Billed as the 50th album by this 50-year-old singer, Nancy Wilson's Forbidden Lover is an attempt to contemporize her sound, with arrangements that recall Luther Vandross and the Earth, Wind & Fire horn section. The title track, a duet with Carl Anderson, seems intended to heat up the R&B charts and, if it did, there would be other tracks to follow. It's reasonable that Columbia Records, which signed Wilson up after her long tenure at Capitol, should try to get a return on its investment. But Wilson the jazz-R&B song stylist gets lost on most of these recordings. "I Was Telling Him About You" is a ballad that lets her get across her personality, and the string-filled closer, Leon Russell's "A Song About You," really gives her room to shine and probably will turn out to be the only keeper on this collection. Pop music performers almost always want to sound contemporary, but this is one singer who would be better off acting her age. ~ William Ruhlmann https://www.allmusic.com/album/forbidden-lover-mw0000192687

Personnel:  Alto Saxophone – Ernie Watts;  Electric Piano [Steinway Piano, Rhodes Piano], Synthesizer [Oberheim OB-8, DX-Z, Mini Moog] – Masahiko Satoh;  Backing Vocals – Desiree McAlpin, Jim Gilstrap, Marlena Jeter, Valeria Mayo;  Bass – Abraham Laboriel, Jimmy Johnson ;  Bass Trombone – Bill Reichenbach;  Cello – Armen Ksajikian, David Shamban, Raymond Kelley;  Concertmaster – Gerald Vinci;  Congas, Percussion – Paulinho Da Costa;  Drums – Ed Greene ;  French Horn – James A. Decker, Richard E. Perissi;  Guitar – Paul Jackson Jr.;  Harp – Ann M. Stockton;  Tenor Saxophone – Gerald Albright , Marc Russo;  Trombone – Bill Reichenbach, Charles Loper, Lew McCreary;  Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Gary Grant, Jerry Hey;  Viola – Harry Shirinian, Myer Bello, Roland Kato;  Violin – Assa Drori, Betty Moor, Robert Sanov, Irma Neumann, Mari Tsumura Botnick, Patricia Ann Johnson, Robert Sushel, Ronald Folsom, Sheldon Sanov

Forbidden Lover

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Nancy Wilson - Like In Love

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 25:36
Size: 58.6 MB
Styles: Standards, Vocal
Year: 1960/2001
Art: Front

[1:39] 1. On The Street Where You Live
[2:31] 2. Night Mist
[2:24] 3. You Leave Me Breathless
[2:08] 4. The More I See You
[2:19] 5. I Wanna Be Loved
[1:43] 6. Almost Like Being In Love
[1:54] 7. People Will Say We're In Love
[2:23] 8. Passion Flower
[1:43] 9. Sometimes I'm Happy
[2:48] 10. Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words)
[1:50] 11. All Of You
[2:08] 12. If It's The Last Thing I Do

Capitol Records was the place to be a jazz-pop vocalist in the 1950s and early '60s, and with this winning debut, Nancy Wilson proved herself to be up to the challenge of recording alongside such labelmates as Frank Sinatra, Nat "King" Cole, and Peggy Lee. Only 22 years old on her first recording date, Wilson's Sarah Vaughan-meets-Dinah Washington vocal style was already firmly in place and is perfectly in sync with star arranger Billy May's typically expert big band jazz charts. Many of May's backings, particularly the ballads such as "Fly Me to the Moon," have a subtle Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn luster to them. Not only does Duke's star alto saxophonist Willie Smith contribute some choice solos on this date, but Wilson gets to sing Strayhorn's sublime "Passion Flower." While this solid release had the swank Capitol house sound down, it was actually Wilson's two small-group jazz recordings with George Shearing and Cannonball Adderley that would break her to the general public and help turn her into the label's biggest-selling act of the early '60s. As good as those small group sessions were, Wilson would thankfully continue working with the gifted Billy May and their next recording together, 1960's Something Wonderful, somehow managed to improve on this winning debut and remains one of her all-time best albums. ~Nick Dedina

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Various - Capitol Sings Rodgers & Hart

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 72:24
Size: 165.8 MB
Styles: Easy Listening
Year: 1992
Art: Front

[1:51] 1. Susan Barrett - Manhattan
[2:27] 2. June Christy - You Took Advantage Of Me
[2:32] 3. Vic Damone - I Could Write A Book
[2:37] 4. The Dinning Sisters - Where Or When
[2:49] 5. Nancy Wilson - Little Girl Blue
[3:09] 6. Mel Tormé - Blue Moon
[3:04] 7. Margaret Whiting - Lover
[2:18] 8. Sarah Vaughan - Have You Met Miss Jones
[3:30] 9. Gordon MacRae - My Funny Valentine
[2:38] 10. The Andrews Sisters - My Romance
[2:41] 11. Peggy Lee - My Heart Stood Still
[2:28] 12. Nat King Cole - This Can't Be Love
[4:56] 13. June Christy - Bewitched, Bothered And Bewildered
[2:42] 14. Margaret Whiting - Thou Swell
[3:15] 15. Dean Martin - It's Easy To Remember
[2:49] 16. Nancy Wilson - It Never Entered My Mind
[2:34] 17. Dolores Gray - Isn't It Romantic
[2:08] 18. Vic Damone - The Most Beautiful Girl In The World
[4:10] 19. Sarah Vaughan - Glad To Be Unhappy
[2:31] 20. Peggy Lee - The Lady Is A Tramp
[3:43] 21. The Four Freshmen - Spring Is Here
[2:58] 22. Dinah Shore - Falling In Love With Love
[2:26] 23. Jane Froman - With A Song In My Heart
[5:57] 24. Les Brown & His Band Of Renown - Slaughter On Tenth Avenue

The songwriting partnership of composer Richard Rodgers and lyricist Lorenz Hart ended with Hart's death on November 22, 1943. The earliest track on this album of Rodgers & Hart songs from the Capitol Records vaults, the Dinning Sisters' version of the 1937 copyright "Where or When" (from the Broadway musical Babes in Arms), was recorded less than a month later, on December 17, 1943, and the latest one, Nancy Wilson's reading of "It Never Entered My Mind" (from the 1940 show Higher and Higher), on November 3, 1967. So, the collection consists of recordings made in the quarter-century after the Rodgers & Hart era. That's appropriate, since Capitol was co-founded by singer/songwriter Johnny Mercer to showcase the rise of individual pop singers in the waning days of the big-band period, and they often sang old show tunes with new, post-swing arrangements like those here, written by the likes of Billy May and Nelson Riddle. The leader in this sort of thing, of course, was Frank Sinatra, who was a Capitol artist. But he must have had a contractual right of refusal to have his recordings used on compilations like this, since he appears only as the conductor of Peggy Lee's version of "My Heart Stood Still." Most of the rest of Capitol's roster of singers is included, however, such as June Christy, Margaret Whiting, Nat King Cole, and Dean Martin. Only four of the tracks date from the 1940s, so this is really the music of the ‘50s and early ‘60s primarily, with the swing charts varied occasionally by a Latin treatment (Lee's "The Lady Is a Tramp") or a bongos-and-flute accompaniment (Dinah Shore's "Falling in Love with Love"). Variety is also provided by vocal groups like the Andrews Sisters and the Four Freshmen. Most of these performers are not jazz singers, but Mel Tormé gets to apply his pipes to "Blue Moon," and Sarah Vaughan goes all-out on an individual treatment of "Have You Met Miss Jones?" (or "old Jones," as she alters it), scatting like crazy. Richard Rodgers was notoriously hostile to liberal rearrangements of his songs, but he and Hart were done many favors by the Capitol singers who helped keep their copyrights alive and flourishing decades after the tunes were written. ~William Ruhlmann

Capitol Sings Rodgers & Hart

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Nancy Wilson - Gentle Is My Love/How Glad I Am

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 63:51
Size: 146.2 MB
Styles: Vocal jazz
Year: 2009
Art: Front

[2:37] 1. (You Don't Know) How Glad I Am
[2:05] 2. The Grass Is Greener
[2:14] 3. The Boy From Ipanema
[2:48] 4. The Show Goes On
[2:11] 5. Don't Rain On My Parade
[2:19] 6. Never Less Than Yesterday
[2:04] 7. I Want To Be With You
[1:52] 8. It's Time For Me
[3:41] 9. People (From Funny Girl )
[1:59] 10. West Coast Blues
[2:01] 11. Quiet Nights (Corcovado)
[2:40] 12. Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)
[2:40] 13. There Will Never Be Another You
[3:10] 14. If Love Is Good To Me
[2:58] 15. My One And Only Love
[2:11] 16. Funnier Than Funny
[3:10] 17. More (Theme From Mondo Cane)
[2:35] 18. Gentle Is My Love
[2:30] 19. At Long Last Love
[2:55] 20. Time After Time
[2:55] 21. If Ever I Would Leave You
[2:43] 22. When He Makes Music
[2:39] 23. Save Your Love For Me
[2:14] 24. Such A Night
[2:27] 25. Something's Going On

Nancy Wilson was one of the biggest stars of the 1960s; until the Beatles came along, she was the biggest-selling artist on the Capitol Records roster. The title track of the singles collection How Glad I Am was Wilson's biggest hit of the era and won a Grammy in 1964. While "How Glad I Am" is a tart, country-flavored soul number, the album also features Wilson doing vocal pop, jazz-blues (the juicy, Hammond B-3-filled "West Coast Blues" is the set's best number), R&B, and bossa nova. The title tune remains a favorite of the British Northern soul scene but most of these numbers haven't endured the way that Wilson's album cuts from the same period have. Though this album is long out of print, almost all of the songs on it can be found on various Nancy Wilson CD collections. [In 2009 the DRG label reissued 1964's How Glad I Am combined with the following year's Gentle Is My Love on a single CD.] ~Nick Dedina

Gentle Is My Love/How Glad I Am

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Various - Capitol Sings Hollywood

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 58:43
Size: 134.4 MB
Styles: Vocal, Easy Listening
Year: 1995
Art: Front

[2:57] 1. Betty Hutton - Stuff Like That There
[2:56] 2. Bob Manning - That Old Feeling
[2:41] 3. Bobby Darin - There's A Rainbow 'round My Shoulder
[1:53] 4. Dakota Staton - On Green Dolphin Street
[2:17] 5. Dean Martin - Louise
[3:01] 6. Ethel Ennis - My Foolish Heart
[3:04] 7. Johnny Mercer - If I Had A Talking Picture Of You
[3:13] 8. Julie London - It Could Happen To You
[2:39] 9. June Christy - They Can't Take That Away From Me
[3:29] 10. June Hutton - My Baby Just Cares For Me
[3:12] 11. Keely Smith - When Your Lover Has Gone
[2:48] 12. Lena Horne - Singin' In The Rain
[2:46] 13. Mark Murphy - Put The Blame On Mame
[3:11] 14. Mel Tormé - Again
[4:02] 15. Nancy Wilson - But Beautiful
[2:54] 16. Nat King Cole - Smile
[3:07] 17. Peggy Lee - Stormy Weather
[4:17] 18. Sue Raney - I Remember You
[2:06] 19. Trudy Richards - You Brought A New Kind Of Love To Me
[2:00] 20. Vic Damone - Stella By Starlight

Capitol Records has one of the most distinctive buildings in Los Angeles and if a movie shows the city begin destroyed by aliens or tornadoes it usually involves the destruction of the round building that bears the company's name. Capitol was founded by songwriter Johnny Mercer in 1942, the first major label on the West Coast competing with New York City's Columbia, Decca and RCA-Victor. Starting with artists like Paul Whiteman and Martha Tilton, by the end of the decade the label was recording Bing Crosby, Peggy Lee, Les Brown, Nat King Cole, and Frank Sinatra. While the works of Crosby and Sinatra are exempt from the Capitol Sings series, you will always find familiar singers singing familiar songs, as with the title track sung by Lena Horne, as often as you hear unfamiliar songs sung by forgotten singers, such as Ethel Ennis singing "My Foolish Heart."

"Captiol Sings Hollywood" is Volume 20 in the series and one brings together twenty tracks representing a particular venue (e.g., Broadway) instead of a specific songwriter (e.g., Irving Berlin). Just be aware that if a song originated in a Broadway show that was made into a Hollywood musical then it is exempt from being included in this collection. That would explain why you may well be unfamiliar with most of these twenty songs. "Singin' in the Rain" and "Stormy Weather" are recognizable classics, and the same should be said for Charlie Chaplin's "Smile," sung here by Nat King Cole in one of the best tracks on the album. and June Christy's swing version of "They Can't Take That Away From Me." But after that you may recognize singers like Dean Martin, Bobby Darin, and Mel Torme more than "Louise," "There's a Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder," and "Again." Still you will find a few new little gems on this album, what with Sarah Vaughn's "I Remember You" and Nancy Murphy's saucy "Put the Blame on Mame." That last is from the movie "Gilda" (I mention this because I was drawing blanks on the vast majority of these tracks as to what movies they were culled from and this one immediately jumped to my mind, as did the fact that Anita Ellis sang it for Rita Haywroth).

Despite the unfamiliar songs this is still an enjoyable album, even if it is a lesser one by the standard of the Capitol Sings series. But if you like one of these albums you will certainly enjoy the rest of them. Final Note: On this album Peggy Lee sings Harold Arlen's "Stormy Weather," but on the "Over the Rainbow: Capitol Sings Harold Arlen" the song is sung by Keely Smith. So even when a song by a particular composer or lyricist shows up on more than one album, you will find different cover versions on each album. Again, this simply reflects how deep the Capitol vault is when it comes to these songs. ~Lawrence Bernabo

Capitol Sings Hollywood

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Various - Capitol Sings Duke Ellington

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s

Time: 71:57

Size: 164.7 MB

Styles: Easy Listening

Year: 1994

Art: Front

[ 5:04] 1. Duke Ellington - Duke's Place

[ 2:20] 2. Nancy Wilson - Satin Doll

[ 3:49] 3. Sarah Vaughan - Solitude

[ 3:20] 4. Nat King Cole - Mood Indigo

[ 2:53] 5. June Christy - Just A-Sittin' And A-Rockin'

[ 4:46] 6. Annie Ross - I'm Just A Lucky So And So

[ 2:44] 7. Lou Rawls - Just Squeeze Me (But Don't Tease Me)

[ 3:06] 8. Dinah Washington - I Didn't Know About You

[ 3:49] 9. Dinah Shore - I Ain't Got Nothin' But The Blues

[ 3:08] 10. Nat King Cole - Don't Get Around Much Anymore

[ 2:54] 11. Hank Jones - In A Sentimental Mood

[ 3:04] 12. Harry James & His Orchestra - I'm Beginning To See The Light

[ 5:31] 13. Duke Ellington - I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)

[ 2:10] 14. Peggy Lee - Jump For Joy

[ 2:15] 15. Dinah Washington - Do Nothing 'til You Hear From Me

[ 2:43] 16. June Christy - I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart

[ 2:42] 17. Nat King Cole - Caravan

[ 2:29] 18. Nancy Wilson - Sophisticated Lady

[ 2:42] 19. The King Sisters - Take The A Train

[10:17] 20. Duke Ellington - It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)

If you like Duke Ellington's music, you will love this collection. The disc includes some very well known versions of Ellington's big hits. As expected from the title, all the versions are from the Capitol Records' vault. I miss Ella Fitzgerald. A few cuts from her would have made this album perfect. But that's a minor point as the overall collection of artists represented here is outstanding. The artists range from Duke's own orchestra to Sarah Vaughan, Nancy Wilson, Dinah Washington, Peggy Lee, Lou Rawls and the King Sisters. The title track, "Mood Indigo" is performed by Nat King Cole - simply the best.

The songs have been digitally remastered and the sound is as close to perfect as modern technology can make it. The music is as clean and bright on this album as it was when it was originally recorded. Great songs; great artists; excellent sound -- so, turn up the volume and swing the house! Highly recommended! ~Penumbra

Capitol Sings Duke Ellington

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Various - Capitol Sings Coast To Coast

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 51:46
Size: 118.5 MB
Styles: Easy Listening, Vocal
Year: 1994
Art: Front

[2:45] 1. Margaret Whiting - Moonlight In Vermont
[2:24] 2. Susan Barrett - Old Cape Cod
[2:48] 3. Dakota Staton - Broadway
[2:39] 4. Jo Stafford - Autumn In New York
[2:48] 5. Dean Martin - When It's Sleepy Time Down South
[3:03] 6. Judy Garland - Carolina In The Morning
[2:39] 7. The Four Knights - Georgia On My Mind
[3:02] 8. Peggy Lee - Basin Street Blues
[2:05] 9. Dinah Shore - Mississippi Mud
[2:36] 10. Ray Anthony & His Orchestra - Chattanooga Choo Choo
[2:13] 11. Kay Starr - Indiana (Back Home Again In Indiana)
[3:38] 12. Nat King Cole - (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66
[2:00] 13. Sandler & Young - Chicago
[2:17] 14. June Christy - You Came A Long Way From St. Louis
[2:13] 15. Gordon Macrae - When It's Springtime In The Rockies
[2:50] 16. Peggy Lee - I Lost My Sugar In Salt Lake City
[2:54] 17. Johnny Mercer - San Fernando Valley
[2:21] 18. Nancy Wilson - I Left My Heart In San Francisco
[2:15] 19. Ella Fitzgerald - Hawaiian War Chant (Ta-Hu-Wa-Hu-Wai)
[2:07] 20. The Pied Pipers - Avalon

In the 1950's, Capitol Records had some of the best talent in the music industry, including Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin, both of whom were at the apex of their respective forms. At least Dean is present in this collection of songs, all of which are tied to the theme of places within the United States (continental and otherwise). Even though Frank is not represented, some of my favorite voices of the era are here, including Jo Stafford, Margaret Whiting, Nat "King" Cole, Peggy Lee, Tony Bennett and the incomparable Johnny Mercer. Unfortunately, the songs don't always match up to the talent. There are some stand-outs, such as "Moonlight in Vermont," "Old Cape Cod," "Autumn in New York" and "Georgia on My Mind." ~Sarah Bellum

Capitol Sings Coast To Coast

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Various - Capitol Sings Around The World: Far Away Places

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 58:01
Size: 132.8 MB
Styles: Vocal pop
Year: 1994
Art: Front

[2:31] 1. Nat King Cole - Around The World
[3:18] 2. Lena Horne - I Love Paris
[3:08] 3. The Andrews Sisters - Tulip Time
[2:18] 4. Vic Damone - The Moon Of Manakoora
[2:16] 5. Dakota Staton - A Foggy Day
[3:16] 6. Dean Martin - Canadian Sunset
[3:24] 7. Bing Crosby - New Vienna Woods
[2:39] 8. The Dinning Sisters - Brazil
[2:30] 9. Bobby Darin - Sunday In New York
[1:54] 10. Kay Starr - On A Slow Boat To China
[2:11] 11. Nancy Wilson - The Boy From Ipanema
[3:07] 12. Peggy Lee - Bali Ha'i
[2:47] 13. The Four Freshmen - Frenesi
[2:54] 14. Dinah Shore - April In Paris
[3:12] 15. The Andrews Sisters - The Japanese Sandman
[4:45] 16. Nat King Cole - A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square
[2:49] 17. June Christy - A Night In Tunisia
[2:39] 18. Dean Martin - Arrivederci Roma
[3:13] 19. Margaret Whiting - Far Away Places
[3:01] 20. The King Sisters - Aloha Oe (Hawaiian Farewell Song)

Capitol Sings Around The World: Far Away Places

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