Thelma Gracen - Night And Day

Styles: Vocal
Year: 1955
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 38:03
Size: 88,5 MB
Art: Front

(2:54)  1. I'll Remember April
(3:03)  2. Night And Day
(4:20)  3. I'll Never Be The Same
(2:35)  4. Tea For Two
(3:43)  5. I'll Get By
(2:38)  6. Out Of Nowhere
(4:01)  7. Solitude
(1:47)  8. Just You, Just Me
(4:15)  9. I'm Yours
(2:47) 10. People Will Say We're In Love
(3:51) 11. More Than You Know
(2:03) 12. Let There Be Love

Thelma Gracen began singing at the age of 15 and in the following years she appeared on the swing bands of Shep Fields (first recordings)  and Jimmy Dorsey . In 1947 she sang in the Gay Claridge Orchestra  ("Juke Box Serenade");  In 1955, she was in Los Angeles by Maynard Ferguson discovered  and was vocalist for Freddie Slack ( "Cow Cow Boogie" ( EmArcy Records ), u. A. With Shorty Sherock , Herbie Harper , Justin Gordon , Al Hendrickson , Morty Corb , Jack Sparrow). In November 1955, she recorded her only self-titled album for Wing with a studio band of West Coast jazz musicians ( Quen Anderson , Georgie Auld , Lou Levy , Barney Kessel , Joe Comfort, and Sid Bulkin ) (ReAssue on EmArCy).  She then interpreted standards such as " I'll Get By ", " I'll Remember April ", " More Than You Know ", " Out of Nowhere ", " Solitude " and " Tea for Two ". Translate By Google https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thelma_Gracen

Night And Day

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Thelma Gracen - Thelma Gracen / Introducing Milli Vernon

Styles: Vocal 
Year: 1955
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 71:01
Size: 165,5 MB
Art: Front

(2:50)  1. I’ll Remember April
(3:01)  2. Night and Day
(4:17)  3. I’ll Never Be the Same
(2:34)  4. Tea for Two
(3:40)  5. I’ll Get By
(2:35)  6. Out of Nowhere
(3:55)  7. Solitude
(1:47)  8. Just You, Just Me
(4:14)  9. I’m Yours
(2:46) 10. People Will Say We’re in Love
(3:48) 11. More Than You Know
(1:59) 12. Let There Be Love
(2:19) 13. Weep for the Boy
(2:11) 14. Moments Like This
(2:58) 15. Spring Is Here
(2:48) 16. ST. James Infirmary
(3:14) 17. My Ship
(2:05) 18. This Year’s Kisses
(3:03) 19. Moon Ray
(2:35) 20. Everything but You
(3:02) 21. Every Time
(2:52) 22. Blue Rain
(2:39) 23. I Don’t Know What Kind of Blues I’Ve Got
(3:37) 24. I Guess I’ll Have to Hang My Tears out to Dry

Thelma Gracen
Just where the boundary lies between the singer of popular songs and the real jazz singer is very often difficult to delineate. Thelma Gracen’s name may not ring any bells for neither jazz fan nor pop addict, but don’t let that deter you. After enjoying a few of her songs, you will realize that she had what it takes to be not only a good singer, but a good jazz singer. She has the beat, the feeling, and that special inner understanding of a lyric that can make an indifferent song sound good, a good song sound great, and a great song sound the way it was meant to sound.

Introducing Milli Vernon
Before this recording session, Jazz singer Milli Vernon was virtually unknown, and for good reason. She had served her apprenticeship singing with various bands under the name Pat Cameron, and on club dates in the New York area for about six years. Her voice was pretty and expressive, and she had a strong sense of time, good intonation and a kind of flexible, intimate quality to her voice that makes her sound like no other. For her first album, Milli was backed beautifully by Dave McKenna, Jimmy Raney, Wyatt Ruther, Jo Jones, and on all but three of the tracks by Ruby Braff as well, in a collection of seldom recorded tunes which include Artie Shaws’s moody Moon Ray. https://www.freshsoundrecords.com/thelma-gracen-milli-vernon-albums/46591-thelma-gracen-introducing-milli-vernon-2-lp-on-1-cd.html

Personnel: Thelma Gracen, Milli Vernon (vcl), Ruby Braff (tp), Georgie Auld (ts), Quentin Anderson (tb), Lou Levy, Dave McKenna (p), Barney Kessel, Jimmy Raney (g), Joe Comfort, Wyatt Rhuter (b), Sid Bulkin, Jo Jones (d)

Thelma Gracen / Introducing Milli Vernon

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