Sings The Country Standards [Import]

1. Green Green Grass Of Home

2. Desperado

3. You Needed Me

4. Lay Down Beside Me

5. Sweet Music Man

6. Coward Of The County

7. Blaze Of Glory

8. Somethings Burning

9. The Gambler

10. The Son Of A Hickory Hollers Tramp

11. Just The Way You Are

12. Baby Im A Want You

13. Love Will Turn You Around

14. Together Again

15. Let It Be Me

16. Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song

17. Puttin In Overtime At Home

18. Abraham Martin And John

19. Youve Lost That Loving Feeling

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Crystal Gayle Sings the Heart & Soul of Hoagy Carmichael
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Heart&Soul,Crystal Gayle

Can this woman sing or what?

Talented singer pays homage to great American composer

Crystal Gayle Never Disappoints

This One's From The Heart & Soul

Crystal Gayle Sings the Heart & Soul of Hoagy Carmichael
Crystal Gayle
Manufacturer: Intersound Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0001CNQPI
Release Date: 2004-04-06

Tracks:

Heart And Soul
Stardust
In The Cool, Cool, Cool Of The Evening
One Morning In May
Lazybones
Old Buttermilk Sky
Georgia On My Mind
Two Sleepy People
I Get Along Without You Very Well
Lazy River
Rockin Chair
The Nearness Of You
Small Fry
Skylark
Cant Get Indiana Off My Mind

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Crystal Gayle always left the twangy stuff to big sister Loretta Lynn in order to concentrate on more mainstream pop balladry, a form she still handles with grace and style. Although born in Kentucky, Gayle was actually raised in Indiana, and here she interprets 15 gems from fellow Hoosier Hoagy Carmichael. Credit Gayle for putting Carmichael's timeless melodies front and center on this delightful, charming record. Though the arrangements range from small ensemble to full orchestra, they are always in service to the song, as are Gayle's elegant readings, which are tastefully colored with tinges of blues and jazz. Willie Nelson, no stranger to the American standard, duets on one track, and like Gayle, he's wise enough to let great songs do most of the work for him. --Marc Greilsamer

Customer Reviews:

Heart&Soul,Crystal Gayle.......2007-05-11

This masterpiece is professionaly done ,produced,arrainged by some
of the best.Crystal's emote and timing is top notch,the romance is
intense.We need to start a new catagory for music like this,"ADULT ROMANCE
This set is an all time classic and a must for connoisseurs of sophiticated music.Hoagy Carmichael ,of course, was a big band superstar
in the 40's and is famous for the song"stardust".I love "buttermik sky"
here and the song could be perfect for weddings.You won't regret buying
this.I guarrentee it.

Can this woman sing or what?.......2005-09-19

In an age where sounding just like the singer next to you seems the safest bet, Ms. Gayle stands out with a voice that is hers alone - melodic, vibrant and emotional. You can hear the smile or the tears in every one of the songs on this CD. Heart and Soul, In the Cool Cool Cool of the Evening, Lazy River, Nearness of You and Two Sleepy People (her Willie Nelson duet) are my favorites. Listen and you will find you have several favorites, too.

Talented singer pays homage to great American composer.......2005-02-01

If you are a fan of any of the following, buy this CD!
- The songs of Hoagy Carmichael
- Traditionally jazzy music
- Crystal Gayle
Don't be deterred by the fact that this CD is apparently out of print; order one of the new or used copies from Amazon (I did).
This is classic American music, beautifully performed by Ms. Gayle.
- You might think that "Heart and Soul" is just that simplistic little duet that kids play on the piano. In fact, it's a sweet, pretty love song, as you'll find when you listen to the lovely arrangement on this CD.
- How about "Georgia on my Mind"; you've heard the Ray Charles version, but try Crystal's -- it'll make you homesick for Georgia even if you've never been there.
- And "Stardust", Hoagy's most famous song, has been performed in countless different versions. Crystal's is one of the prettiest I've heard.
- Next is "In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening". When it starts up, you may conclude that it's just an old-fashioned, corny song; but when Crystal swings into the refrain, you might not be able to keep from tapping your toes.
- "Two Sleepy People" is a Hoagy song I was not familiar with; Crystal teams up with Willie Nelson (another Carmichael fan) to deliver a charming duet.
And it goes on and on, one wonderful song after another.
This CD is a winner all the way. Highly recommended!

Crystal Gayle Never Disappoints.......2004-11-22

Crystal Gayle has a great voice and while this album is quite different than her country and pop albums, she does a very good job on most of the songs. "Stardust" is a difficult song to sing well and while Crystal does a passable job on it, maybe it could have been better. Everything else sounds wonderful, even though a couple of songs may sound a bit different than the way you might have heard them originally. That's probably a good thing; Crystal does her own interpretation and it's not the same old tired renditions that you may have heard many times before.
For those who like these old songs, you should enjoy this album a lot. This was unavailable for a while, so if it's back in print, I suggest you snag a copy before it is withdrawn again.

This One's From The Heart & Soul.......2003-04-01

WOW! What a spectacular return to the recording studio! I know this woman had to go raise her children and put her recording-singing career aside, but, they should be grown by now and it's time for "reinvention". I have the soundtrack to "One From The Heart"(1982) and she explores a Jazz atmosphere throughout with Tom Waits[as a duet partner and on a few solos]too perfectly to just set it aside. Crystal, if you're reading the reviews on your incredibly impassioned Hoagy tribute, PLEASE, if it works for Natalie Cole, then you should resume your career in JAZZ. You definitely have an awesome voice that is extremely well suited to sing whatever you desire to conquer. This Hoagy cd is flawless, from the song selection, SINGER, & musicians all the way up to the passionately performed vocals...this one's from the heart and soul!

Lorez Sings Pres: A Tribute to Lester Young

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Lorez The Great
Lorez Sings Prez:A Brilliant Tribute From A Brilliant Artist
Lorez Sings Prez:A Brilliant Tribute From A Brilliant Artist
Superb jazz musicianship from a gifted singer

Lorez Sings Pres: A Tribute to Lester Young
Lorez Alexandria
Manufacturer: King
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Singing Songs Everyone Knows
Alexandria the Great
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ASIN: B00000177A
Release Date: 1994-03-14

Tracks:

Introduction
Fine And Dandy
Fooling Myself
D. B. Blues
You're Driving Me Crazy
Easy Living
Polka Dots And Moonbeams
No Eyes blues
This Years Kisses
There Will Never Be Another You
Jumpin' With Symphony Sid

Customer Reviews:

Lorez The Great.......2004-02-17

Lorez Alexandria never received the recognition she was due as an exquisite jazz vocalist. Aside from her talents for timing, phrasing and capturing the nuances of a song, she is a straight ahead scat artiste. Those who are not familiar with her work are in for a real treat when exposed to her fine vocal abilities. The timbre of her voice and the way she effortlessly let's her scatting become another musical instrument is phenomenal. A classy, unforgettable perfomer who exhibits extraordinary vocal technique in the jazz genre.

Lorez Sings Prez:A Brilliant Tribute From A Brilliant Artist.......2003-02-16

In a small intimate club setting, Miss Alexandria's awesome performance promulgates quite emphatically a sterling empirical fact. In concurrence with the more erudite Jazz cognoscenti, she is indeed one of the three greatest Jazz Singers who ever lived. During this magnificent live set recorded in 1958, all of her superb artistic skills are in abundance even at this relatively early stage of her career. Her brilliant command of dynamics, formidable sense of timing and rhythm, her flawless phrasing, impeccable diction and intonation are all stunningly evident throughout her performance of these 11 tunes.

Miss Alexandria's astute and dynamic musicianship allows her to be in complete cohesion with her bandmates at every single moment and nuance of this album. Her tight interplay with her musicians, and total command of the musical environment gives the effect of her voice being just another instrument in the whole aggregate. Her consummate skills and control of her instrument allows her to scat so effortlessly and naturally, her voice sounds and feels like a beautiful Bermuda breeze on an exquisite summer day. Her extensive knowledge of the depths and intricacies of this complex and difficult artform, permits her to navigate deep inside the chord changes as if her voice were a horn and a finely tuned and calibrated laser beam performing complicated and complex musical surgery with us the patient experiencing a painfree euphoria and cultural bliss. God, what a magnificent singer!

Her partners in musical crime on this date is the wonderfully explosive King Fleming Septet, with whom she has worked from her early beginnings. The set opens with an intoxicating "Fine and Dandy" and boy is it just that! It seques into a beautiful ballad rendition of "Fooling Myself". Her velvety soft dynamics paint exquisite pastel colours that flow into a rambunc-tious "D.B.Blues. She scats playfully and rhythmically with the band underpinning her playful romp right through to "You're Driving Me Crazy"."Easy Living" is soft and easy, while "Polka Dots and Moonbeams" become her personal vehicle where she takes us on a breathless floating journey to the cosmos. Here the timbre of her voice and her phrasing clearly shows Sarah's influence on Lorez whom she idolized and adored.

Charles Stepney's vibes and Paul Serrano's muted trumpet create a exquisite palette for Lorez to paint these magnificent colours and textures resulting in a gorgeous latticework of golden embroidered elegance. She has made this ballad hers. Floating right on through "This Years Kisses", "There Will Never Be Another You", bouncing merrilly through "No Eyes Blues"
and ending with a scatting tour de force with the entire band making "Jumpin' With Symphony Sid" a real live Jam Session.

Rounding out the band is King Fleming on piano, Sy Hubb on bass trumpet, Earl May on bass, and Vernell Fournier on drums. There is no producer credited. This is a smokin' tribute to Prez.

Although highly regarded and admired by her peers, and devotedly adored by her fans, Miss Alexandria's struggle for proper respect and recognition for her work continued until her passing last year. She was disgracefully treated and horrendously victimised with racism by the powers that be, because of her strong nonobsequious personality and uncompromising sense of self and ethnic pride. As a result she was blatantly robbed of her rightful status in the industry. Systematically denied respect and exposure to a wide audience, she was banished and relegated to virtual obscurity her entire career which spanned over 45 years!

Blessed with a voice more melodic, controlled and unique than Carmen McRae, and far more refined and elegant than Billie Holiday along with a discography in excess of 30 odd albums, her treatment at the hands of the industry was deplorable and down right criminal. It absolutely astonishes everyone who is just becoming aware of this magnificent womans' gifts how someone so gifted and talented with such a wide body of glorius and stupendous work could be kept from being exposed to the wider world for some 45 years!

Her illustrious body of work which includes her additional five masterpieces: "This Is Lorez", Sing No Sad Songs For Me", "Deep Roots", Alexandria The Great", and "More Of The Great Lorez Alexandria" securely and firmly establishes her place in the pantheon of the Queens of this African-American artform called Jazz, right beside the other two greatest singers of all time: Sarah Vaughn and Ella Fitzgerald. Everyone take off your hats and your shoes and genuflect to the uncrowned third Queen of Jazz, The Illustrious and Effulgent Miss Lorez Alexandria. Rest in Peace Lorez, you will finally begin to receive your just due.

Abdul R. Hakeem
Jazz Singer and Devoted Fan
Hamilton, Bermuda

Lorez Sings Prez:A Brilliant Tribute From A Brilliant Artist.......2003-02-16

In a small intimate club setting, Miss Alexandria's awesome performance promulgates quite emphatically a sterling empirical fact: in concurrence with the more erudite Jazz cognoscenti, she is indeed one of the three greatest Jazz Singers who ever lived. During this magnificent live set recorded in 1958, all of her superb artistic skills are in abundance even at this early stage of her career. Her brilliant command of dynamics, formidable sense of rhythm and timing, her flawless phrasing, impeccable diction and intonation are all stunningly evident throughout her performance.

Miss Alexandria's astute and dynamic musicianship permits her to be in complete cohesion with her bandmates throughout this album. Her tight interplay with her musicians, and total command of the musical environment gives the effect of her voice being just another instrument in the whole aggregation. Her consummate skills and control of her instrument allows her to scat so effortlessly and naturally, her voice sounds and feels as if it were a beautiful Bermuda breeze on an exquisite summer day.

Her extensive knowledge of the depths and intricacies of this complex artform, permits her to navigate deep inside the chord changes as if her voice were a horn and a highly calibrated laser beam performing complicated and perplexing musical surgery, with us the patient experiencing a painfree euphoria of cultural bliss. God, what a magnificent singer!

Her partners in musical crime on this date is the wonderfully explosive King Fleming Septet, with whom she has worked from her beginnings. The set opens with an intoxicating "Fine and Dandy" and boy is it just that! It seques into a beautiful ballad rendition of "Fooling Myself". Her velvety soft dynamics paint exquisite pastels that flow into a rambuctious "D.B.Blues. She scats playfully and rhythmically with the band underpinning her playful romp right through to "You're Driving Me Crazy". "Easy Living" is soft and easy, while "Polka Dots and Moonbeams" become her personal vehicle where she takes us on a breathless floating journey to the cosmos. Here, the timbre of her voice and her phrasing clearly shows Sarah's influence whom she idolized and adored.

Charles Stepney's vibes and Paul Serrano's muted trumpet create an exquisite palette for Lorez to paint magnificent colours and textures resulting in a gorgeous latticework of golden embroidered elegance. She has made this ballad hers. Floating right on through to "This Years Kisses", "There Will Never Be Another You", and bouncing merrily through "No Eyes Blues" and ending with a scatting tour de force with the entire band making "Jumpin' With Symphony Sid" a real live Jam Session.

Rounding out the band is King Fleming on piano of course, Sy Tubb on bass trumpet and trombone, Earl May on bass, and Vernell Fournier on drums. The arrangements and the production were the brilliant work of the aforementioned bandleader; King Fleming. This is a smokin' tribute to Prez.

Although a brilliant artist, and highly regarded and adored by her peers and fans, Lorez was deplorably treated and horrendously victimised with racism by the powers that be. As a result of her nonobsequious personality and strong sense of ethnic pride, she was blatantly robbed of her rightful status in the industry. Systematically denied respect and exposure to a wider audience, she was banished and forced to exist in Sarah's shadow and relegated to virtual obscurity her entire career which spanned over 45 years! Her struggle for respect for her work and knowledge of her existence by the masses continued until her passing in 2001 at the age of 71. Adored by Sarah, Miles, Dakota, Dizzy and all the greats, she was continuously ignored by the powerful industry insiders for refusing to compromise her integrity and independence.

Blessed with a voice more melodic, controlled and unique than Carmen McRae, and far more refined and elegant than Billie Holliday's, along with a discography in excess of 30 odd albums, her treatment at the hands of the industry was down right criminal. How could an artist so magnificently gifted with a body of work so extensive remain virtually unknown except to the most knowledgable Jazz enthusiasts for the past 45 years? It was a disgraceful travesty of justice by this industry.

Her illustrious body of work which includes her additional masterpieces: "This Is Lorez", Sing No Sad Songs For Me", "Deep Roots", Alexandria The Great", and "More Of The Great Lorez Alexandria" securely and firmly establishes her place in the pantheon of the Queens of this African-American artform called Jazz. She belongs right beside the other two greatest Jazz Singers of all time: Sarah Vaughan and Ella Fitzgerald.
Everyone take off your hats and your shoes and genuflect to the uncrowned third Queen of Jazz: the Glorious and Effulgent Lorez Alexandria.

Your time has finally come Lorez, you will now ultimately begin to receive your just due. We love you. Rest In Peace.

Abdul R. Hakeem Jazz Singer and Devoted Fan. Hamilton, Bermuda

Superb jazz musicianship from a gifted singer.......2002-02-25

Never having heard her in live performance, I can judge the late Lorez Alexandria solely on the basis of her recordings. On that basis, my opinion is that she is not of the stature of a Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan or Ella Fitzgerald. But she's very close.

On this live, club-date recording--which appears to date from the 1950s, subtitled "A Tribute to Lester Young"--she's backed by a rhythm section, a trumpet and a trombone, as well as a vibraphone on one cut.

Alexandria clearly was already a very confident, polished performer when this date was recorded; her phrasing and scatting are perfection and her interaction with the other musicians is easy yet tight at the same time.

While I prefer her choice of material and backup on the later "Deep Roots" (1960), on this reissue CD Alexandria makes standards like "Fine and Dandy," "Easy Living" and "There Will Never Be Another You" very much her own. Her voice is rich, supple and expressive, but the most singular aspect of this CD is her scatting.

Unlike many jazz singers of her generation, Alexandria was a natural at scatting (compare her work to Dianne Reeves's pretentious, overwrought live performances on recording).
On a number of cuts, her confident, straight-ahead scatting makes her voice simply another of several instruments on the bandstand.

Tracks:

It's A Fine Day For Walkin' Country Style
It's So Peaceful In The Country
Moon And Sand
Blackberry Winter
If Someday Comes Ever Again
Be A Child
Where Do You Go?
Lovers And Losers
The Lady Sings The Blues
The Worm Has Turned
Where's That Heartache?
'S Gonna Be A Cold, Cold Day
Who Can I Turn To?
I'll Be Around

Customer Reviews:

A difficult listen..........2003-09-25

What she recorded in the 60s is fantastic, and she's undoubtedly the one opera singer who crossed over into pop successfully, but her pitch problems are abundant here, and it makes this, and in fact, the entire Reference Recordings issues a difficult listen.

The Best Kept Secret.......2000-04-26

Alec Wilder is one of America's most unknown compser-lyricists. He is also one of the best. Even people in the know are only aware of "While We're Young", "I'll Be Around", and "It's So Peaceful in the Country". For years, I thought he only wrote ballads. This album, along with the sets by Marlene Ver Planck, Vic Juris, Marion McPartland, and Jackie and Roy Kral have opened my ears to the beauty and complex magic of Wilder's work. Loonis McGlohon is close to the tastiest accompanist in the business today and he keeps Ms. Farrell swinging. Anyone intersted in the finest American music needs to check out this set.

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