#vocaljazz

The Songs Of Bobby Troup by Bobby Troup, released on Bethlehem Records in 1955. Robert William Troup Jr. (October 18, 1918 – February 7, 1999) was an American actor, jazz pianist, singer, and songwriter. He composed the rhythm and blues standard "(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66" and portrayed Dr. Joe Early in the television program Emergency! co-starring with his wife Julie London, in the 1970s. - Wikipedia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szimHlxVGes&list=RDszimHlxVGes&start_radio=1 #BobbyToup #Jazz #Blues #50sPop #VocalJazz #Music

Afro Blue is the debut studio album by American jazz singer Dee Dee Bridgewater. The record was released in Japan in 1974, when she was 23, via Trio Records label.[4] The album was recorded in Tokyo with a quintet of musicians including brothers Ron and Cecil Bridgwater. - Wikipedia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ug7EiTrr7zE&list=OLAK5uy_mqtJToScTmx40Z8iXcndP_hAGCJfc3fPg #DeeDeeBridgewater #VocalJazz #Music #AfroBlue #RolandHanna #Jazz

Comme à la radio is the fourth album by experimental French singer Brigitte Fontaine, recorded with Areski Belkacem (in their first collaboration) and the Art Ensemble of Chicago. It was released in 1969 on the Saravah label after a series of concerts in 1969. It is Fontaine's most famous album, and is known outside of France on the 1990s alt-rock scene, thanks to laudatory comments from Beck and Sonic Youth The album received the Grand Prix du Disque of the Académie Charles Cros that same year. The single "Comme à la radio" has been covered by Japanese artist Jun Togawa in 2000 - Wikipedia I picked this up in a bargain bin in the 80s, knowing the Art Ensemble but not Brigitte Fontaine. Taking a chance was rewarded. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmpW0soAwok&list=RDFmpW0soAwok&start_radio=1 #BrigetteFontaine #ArtEnsembleofChcago #Areski #Jazz #VocalJazz #Music #FrenchMusic #Chanson #ChamberJazz

A Natural Woman is a 1969 album by Peggy Lee. It was arranged and conducted by Bobby Bryant and Mike Melvoin. John Engstead took the cover photograph. Review by John Bush A Natural Woman was her most successful fusion yet, thanks to the work of arrangers/conductors/upstarts Mike Melvoin and Bobby Bryant (neither of whom were true youngsters, though Melvoin had apparently gleaned much from session work with the Beach Boys, Curt Boettcher, and Judy Collins)...Lee does perform a superb version of Randy Newman's "I Think It's Going to Rain Today" (Newman actually arranged "Is That All There Is?"), and utterly transforms the one standard from an earlier era, Billie Holiday's classic "Don't Explain.".. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxF7V56mmxc&list=RDBxF7V56mmxc&start_radio=1 #PeggyLee #RandyNewman #60sPop #Soul #VocalJazz #BobbyBryant #MikeMelvoin #FemaleSinger #Music

Presenting Joe Williams and Thad Jones/Mel Lewis, the Jazz Orchestra is a 1966 big band jazz album recorded by Joe Williams with the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra and released on the Solid State Records label. Review by Scott Yanow Accompanied by the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra, the singer is heard at the peak of his powers. The big band primarily functions as an ensemble (Snooky Young gets off some good blasts on "Nobody Knows the Way I Feel This Morning"), but the inventive Thad Jones arrangements ensure that his illustrious sidemen have plenty to play. Many of the selections (half of which have been in the singer's repertoire ever since) are given definitive treatment on this set (particularly a humorous "Evil Man Blues," "Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You," and "Smack Dab in the Middle"), and Williams scats at his best on "It Don't Mean a Thing." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeNn4JqOZ8A&list=OLAK5uy_mQWlXcOTk-X3S6U3aOctsTXxNI9BPV81M #JoeWilliams #ThadJones #MelLewis #BigBand #Jazz #VocalJazz #Music #SoildState #BlueNote

Now! Hear! by Andy And The Bey Sisters, released on Prestige in 1964 Review by Michael G. Nastos Expressive vocalists hook up with Jerome Richardson (sax and flute), Kenny Burrell (guitar) for expansive treatments of jazz. I love that the first lines of the liner notes for this LP from 1964 by Joel Dorn are "We live in the age of the computer,. We have been area codes, zip coded and IBMed to the nth degree" https://ia600401.us.archive.org/21/items/cd_andy-bey-and-the-bey-sisters_andy-bey-and-the-bey-sisters/cd_andy-bey-and-the-bey-sisters_andy-bey-and-the-bey-sisters.pdf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKt8dRdb5-4&list=RDPKt8dRdb5-4&start_radio=1 #AndyBey #AndyBeyandtheBeySisters #SalomeBey #VocalJazz #Jazz #Music #PrestigeRecords #JeromeRichardson #KennyBurrell

Andy And The Bey Sisters by Andy And The Bey Sisters, released on RCA Victor in 1961. Produced by Chet Atkins! Andrew Wideman Bey Jr. (October 28, 1939 – April 26, 2025) was an American jazz singer and pianist. Bey had a wide vocal range, with a four-octave baritone voice. He worked on the 1959/1960 television show Startime with Connie Francis, and sang for Louis Jordan. At age 17, he formed a trio with his siblings Salome Bey and Geraldine Bey (de Haas) called Andy and the Bey Sisters. The trio went on a 16-month tour of Europe. The jazz trumpeter Chet Baker's 1988 documentary Let's Get Lost includes footage of Bey and his sisters delighting a Parisian audience... - Wikipedia "I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree A tree whose hungry mouth is pressed Against the earth's sweet-flowing breast;" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKcjwqo2Pwo&list=RDYKcjwqo2Pwo&start_radio=1 #AndyBey #AndyBeyandtheBeySisters #VocalJazz #ChetAktins #Jazz #VocalJazz #Trees #Music