June Christy - Four Classic Albums (Something Cool / Misty Miss Christy / Gone for the Day / Ballads for Night People) (Digitally Remastered) (2018)

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Artist: June Christy
Title: Four Classic Albums (Something Cool / Misty Miss Christy / Gone for the Day / Ballads for Night People) (Digitally Remastered)
Year Of Release: 2018
Label: AVID Jazz
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 2:21:34
Total Size: 635 MB
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist:

1. Something Cool (Something Cool) (04:21)
2. It Could Happen to You (Something Cool) (01:58)
3. Lonely House (Something Cool) (03:59)
4. This Time the Dream's on Me (Something Cool) (01:33)
5. The Night We Called It a Day (Something Cool) (04:51)
6. Midnight Sun (Something Cool) (03:16)
7. I'll Take Romance (Something Cool) (02:22)
8. A Stranger Called the Blues (Something Cool) (03:59)
9. I Should Care (Something Cool) (02:11)
10. Softly as in a Morning Sunrise (Something Cool) (02:12)
11. I'm Thrilled (Something Cool) (02:43)
12. That's All (Misty Miss Christy) (03:21)
13. I Didn't Know About You (Misty Miss Christy) (02:52)
14. Day-Dream (Misty Miss Christy) (02:58)
15. Sing Something Simple (Misty Miss Christy) (02:15)
16. Maybe You'll Be There (Misty Miss Christy) (02:50)
17. Dearly Beloved (Misty Miss Christy) (01:36)
18. 'Round Midnight (Misty Miss Christy) (03:57)
19. A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening (Misty Miss Christy) (02:23)
20. The Wind (Misty Miss Christy) (03:46)
21. This Year's Kisses (Misty Miss Christy) (02:02)
22. For All We Know (Misty Miss Christy) (02:49)
23. There's No You (Misty Miss Christy) (02:09)
24. It's so Peaceful in the Country (Gone for the Day) (04:21)
25. When the Sun Comes out (Gone for the Day) (03:10)
26. It's a Most Unusual Day (Gone for the Day) (02:24)
27. Interlude (Gone for the Day) (04:44)
28. Love Turns Winter to Spring (Gone for the Day) (03:32)
29. When You Awake (Gone for the Day) (02:29)
30. Lazy Afternoon (Gone for the Day) (03:18)
31. When the World Was Young (Gone for the Day) (04:37)
32. Gone for the Day (Gone for the Day) (02:03)
33. Love in a Summer Night (Gone for the Day) (04:12)
34. Give Me the Simple Life (Gone for the Day) (02:17)
35. (Love's Got Me in A) Lazy Mood (Gone for the Day) (02:30)
36. Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered (Ballads for Night People) (04:57)
37. Night People (Ballads for Night People) (03:22)
38. Do Nothing 'Til You Hear from Me (Ballads for Night People) (04:09)
39. I Had a Little Sorrow (Ballads for Night People) (03:52)
40. I'm in Love (Ballads for Night People) (02:46)
41. Shadow Woman (Ballads for Night People) (03:15)
42. Kissing Bug (Ballads for Night People) (02:43)
43. My Ship (Ballads for Night People) (04:00)
44. Don't Get Around Much Anymore (Ballads for Night People) (02:59)
45. Make Love to Me (Ballads for Night People) (03:06)

June Christy's Something Cool, originally released as a 10" LP in 1954, single-handedly inaugurated the cool jazz vocal movement. Christy had been a star vocalist with the Stan Kenton Orchestra in the late '40s, enjoying major hits with "Tampico" and "Shoo Fly Pie & Apple Pan Dowdy." Soon after she left the band, she began working with key Kenton arranger Pete Rugolo and a slew of top West Coast studio musicians (including her husband, tenor saxophonist Bob Cooper) on her first solo album for Capitol Records. The result was Something Cool, which is both a winning showcase for Christy's wistful style and a landmark of cool jazz modernism. From the start, Christy established herself as an artist who strove for the very best in song selection, arrangements, and notably intelligent interpretation. There were perhaps other vocalists with greater vocal equipment, but few could match June Christy's artistic integrity. The celebrated title track is the soliloquy of a female barfly of a certain age, reminiscing (and fantasizing) about better days to a fellow male patron who just might buy her another drink. It immediately became Christy's signature performance, and remained so throughout her career. Other highlights include a swinging "It Could Happen to You," "Midnight Sun," and an ambitious arrangement of Kurt Weill's "Lonely House." © Richard Mortifoglio

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