VA - Jazz Divas - Gold [Remastered] (2007)

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Title: Jazz Divas - Gold
Year Of Release: 2007
Label: The Verve Music [000974702]
Genre: Vocal Jazz, Easy Listening
Quality: FLAC (tracks +.cue,log)
Total Time: 2:17:19
Total Size: 661 mb
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There are no less than 20 CD compilations on the market with the words "Jazz Divas" in the title, and another eight that use the phrase "Divas of Jazz." Those two nouns, so carelessly bandied about, describe improvising female vocalists whose works are an extension of a tradition established by Bessie Smith, Adelaide Hall, Ethel Waters, Mildred Bailey, Ivie Anderson, Valaida Snow, Una Mae Carlisle, and Lee Wiley, none of whom appear on Verve's 2007 double-disc anthology titled Jazz Divas: Gold. Although a collection this diverse is vulnerable to criticism, particularly in regards to the song choices that were made, the temporal range -- May 1938 through June 1997 -- allows for a healthy overview of stylistic evolution. Thirty singers are represented here, with Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan, Dinah Washington, and Nina Simone checking in twice (each of the five has her own volume in Verve's Gold series). This is a mainstream selection; while the omission of Ada Moore, Jeanne Lee, and June Tyson is therefore not surprising, the absence of Pearl Bailey, Betty Roché, and Etta Jones is most unfortunate. On the positive side, it's an entertaining survey of mostly great recordings made over a span of six decades by a variegated assortment of female jazz vocalists.

TRACKLIST:

Disc 1
01. Ella Fitzgerald - A-Tisket, A-Tasket 02:40
02. Helen Humes With Count Basie - Blame It On My Last Affair 02:47
03. Billie Holiday - Lover Man 03:17
04. Lena Horne - Take Love Easy 03:05
05. Billie Holiday - Good Morning Heartache 03:09
06. Peggy Lee - Black Coffee 03:07
07. Sarah Vaughan - Lullaby Of Birdland 04:02
08. Helen Merrill - Born To Be Blue 05:16
09. Dinah Washington - Blue Gardenia 05:20
10. Anita O'Day With Gene Krupa - Let Me Off Uptown 03:23
11. Carmen McRae - My Funny Valentine 04:22
12. Sarah Vaughan - Misty 03:01
13. Dinah Washington - This Bitter Earth 02:29
14. Morgana King - Body And Soul 04:09
15. Nancy Wilson With Rusty Bryant - Don’t Tell Me 02:51
16. Cleo Laine - Early Autumn 03:20
17. Ernestine Anderson - Harlem Nocturne 03:05
18. Etta James - These Foolish Things 03:58

Disc 2
01. Ella Fitzgerald - Mack The Knife (Live) 05:07
02. Freda Payne - After The Lights Go Down Low 03:26
03. Astrud Gilberto - I Will Wait For You 04:37
04. Lorez Alexandria - Show Me 04:02
05. Nina Simone - I Loves You Porgy (Live) 02:31
06. Gloria Lynne - Joey, Joey, Joey 03:39
07. Marlena Shaw - Go Away Little Boy 02:46
08. Annie Ross - Twisted 07:42
09. Blossom Dearie - Surrey With The Fringe On Top 04:18
10. Sheila Jordan - The Inch Worm 06:07
11. Betty Carter - My Favorite Things 04:40
12. Nina Simone - My Baby Just Cares For Me (Live) 03:02
13. Shirley Horn - Here’s To Life 05:37
14. Cassandra Wilson - Angel 04:37
15. Abbey Lincoln - I Must Have That Man (Live) 04:18
16. Dee Dee Bridgewater - Shiny Stockings (Live) 03:49
17. Teri Thornton - Somewhere In The Night 03:45