Carol Sloane - Out Of The Blue (2019) [Hi-Res]

Carol Sloane, who made a strong impression with her performance at the 1961 Newport Jazz Festival, shortly after recorded her first album (originally on Columbia) which has been reissued on this Koch CD along with a previously unreleased "April in My Heart" and Sloane's 45 version of "I Want You to Be the First to Know." At the time, her voice sounded a little like Ella Fitzgerald's in spots, but Sloane's own personality frequently pops through. She mostly sticks to ballads, along with an occasional swinger, on this set, and the only partly identified band is mostly confined to a quiet supporting role by arrangers Bill Finegan and Bob Brookmeyer. After recording a second album for Columbia, Sloane would slip into obscurity until her rediscovery (at first by the Japanese) in the late '70s but, as this reissue shows, Carol Sloane was a highly appealing singer from the start.

Tracklist:
01. Carol Sloane - Prelude To A Kiss (Remastered) (4:23)
02. Carol Sloane - Aren't You Glad You're You? (Remastered) (2:04)
03. Carol Sloane - Little Girl Blue (Remastered) (3:59)
04. Carol Sloane - Who Cares? (Remastered) (2:35)
05. Carol Sloane - My Ship (Remastered) (3:01)
06. Carol Sloane - Will You Still Be Mine? (Remastered) (2:20)
07. Carol Sloane - The More I See You (Remastered) (2:37)
08. Carol Sloane - Deep Purple (Remastered) (3:16)
09. Carol Sloane - Life Is Just A Bowl Of Cherries (Remastered) (2:00)
10. Carol Sloane - My Silent Love (Remastered) (3:35)
11. Carol Sloane - Night And Day (Remastered) (2:10)
12. Carol Sloane - I Want You To Be The First One To Know (Remastered) (2:39)
13. Carol Sloane - April In My Heart (Remastered) (3:28)