Pinky Winters - Lonely One

Styles: Vocal
Year: 1958
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 31:45
Size: 73,6 MB
Art: Front

(2:22)  1. Lonely One
(3:36)  2. Polka Dots And Moonbeams
(2:02)  3. Cheek To Cheek
(2:15)  4. It Never Entered My Mind
(2:11)  5. You Smell So Good
(3:47)  6. Easy Living
(2:38)  7. Jeeper's Creepers
(2:43)  8. I've Got Plenty Of Love
(2:59)  9. Gone With The Wind
(2:39) 10. Pennies From Heaven
(2:48) 11. My Heart's A Child
(1:40) 12. October's Dream

The zenith of the slim Pinky Winters catalog, Lonely One remains a lost classic of the West Coast jazz idiom. Buoyed by the contributions of drummer Chico Hamilton, pianist Gerald Wiggins, and guitarist Howard Roberts, its lithe and lively approach proves the perfect complement for Winters' intimate vocals. Despite its melancholy title cut (one of four originals composed by the team of Dick Grove and Jack Smalley), Lonely One for the most part favors up-tempo material well matched to Hamilton's spirited rhythms. Winters may not redefine standards like Irving Berlin's "Cheek to Cheek" and Johnny Mercer's "Jeepers Creepers," but she nevertheless invests the lyrics with uncommon intelligence and care, clearly savoring the give-and-take with her crack supporting unit. ~ Jaspn Ankeny http://www.allmusic.com/album/lonely-one-mw0000921714

Lonely One

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Pinky Winters - Let's Be Buddies

Styles: Vocal Jazz
Year: 2015
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 43:27
Size: 100,3 MB
Art: Front

(3:14)  1. Along With Me
(3:50)  2. Everything I Love
(4:02)  3. Someone To Light Up My Life
(3:50)  4. Trolley Song
(2:01)  5. You Are There
(3:18)  6. One Morning In May
(2:01)  7. Nobody Else But Me
(2:27)  8. Let's Be Buddies
(2:59)  9. Never Will I Marry
(4:51) 10. Embraceable You
(4:20) 11. I've Got Rhythm / He Ain't Got Rhythm
(3:35) 12. I've Got Beginner's Luck
(2:51) 13. My Shining Hour

Pinky Winters is a favorite of listeners who cherish superior songs sung with fealty to the intentions of the composers and lyricists who created them. Much of her best work was done with pianist Lou Levy after the two weathered an uncomfortable first encounter and eventually became professional and personal partners. They recorded Let s Be Buddies when their musical understanding was at full flower. With Monty Budwig, one of the greatest bassists of his generation, Levy and Ms. Winters performed 14 songs by the cream of contemporary songwriters including Cole Porter, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Johnny Mandel, Hoagy Carmichael and the Gershwin brothers. Among the singers who cherished Levy as an accompanist were Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan and Peggy Lee. In this collection, he and Pinky Winters rival all of them in intimacy, musicality and depth of interpretation. ~ Doug Ramsey – Editorial Reviews http://www.amazon.com/Pinky-Winters-Lets-Be-Buddies/dp/B00WQUTLN4

Featuring: Pinky Winters (vcl), with Lou Levy (p), Monty Budwig (b)

Let's Be Buddies

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