Lena Horne - Stormy Weather, The Legendary Lena 1941-1958 (1990) FLAC

Tracks

01. You're My Thrill
02. Good-For-Nothin' Joe
03. Love Me A Little Little
04. Don't Take Your Love From Me
05. Stormy Weather
06. What Is This Thing Called Love?
07. Ill Wind
08. The Man I Love
09. Where Or When
10. I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues
11. Moanin' Low
12. I Didn't Know About You
13. One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)
14. As Long As I Live
15. I Ain't Got Nothin' But The Blues
16. How Long Has This Been Going On?
17. It's Love
18. Let Me Love You
19. It's All Right With Me
20. People Will Say We're In Love
21. Just In Time
22. Get Out Of Town


Although the very attractive Lena Horne has never really been a jazz singer, her vocals are generally of interest to jazz listeners and she has occasionally recorded in jazz settings. This Bluebird CD is pretty definitive of the first half of her career. Horne sings a pair of ballads with Charlie Barnet's 1941 orchestra and two songs (including "Don't Take Your Love From Me") with a unique Artie Shaw-led all-star band that includes Benny Carter, Red Allen, and a string section. The remainder of the disc features Horne backed by studio orchestras, and the results are superior (if sometimes overly dramatic) renditions of standards as rendered by a top-notch cabaret singer. Highlights include "Stormy Weather," "Ill Wind," "Moanin' Low," "As Long As I Live," and "It's All Right With Me."

Scott Yanow