Various Artists - BD Music & Cabu Present 50 Singing Ladies (2011) [Hi-Res]

You are about to rediscover a multitude of voices, warm and sensual, ranging from “cool” tones to breathy ones (June Christy, Chris Connor, Helen Merrill, Jeri Southern…), those that whisper (Blossom Dearie) or swing and vocalize like Annie Ross. Also paying tribute in this collection are Julie London, notably absent from the excellent Jazz Dictionary, and Nan Wynn who doubled for Rita Hayworth in Hollywood.

Almost all of these forgotten singers are here, from Ernestine Anderson accompanying Gigy Gryce to Ivie Anderson with Duke Ellington's orchestra, Helen Humes, with that of Count Basie, Maxine Sullivan with her husband's sextet, John Kirby, delivering a poignant "The Heart You Stole from Me ” alongside the “historical” and “great” names that immediately come to mind when discussing vocalists: Sarah, Ella, Billie, Peggy, Anita, Dinah. A special mention goes to Nina Simone with her contralto voice in a moving “He Needs Me ” from 1957, while during the same period, Betty Carter launches an exhilarating and unparalleled “Let’s Fall in Love”.

Tracklist:
1-1 Lorez Alexandria - Fine and Dandy [2:22]
1-2 Ernestine Anderson - Social Call [2:48]
1-3 Ivie Anderson - All God's Chillun Got Rhythm [2:29]
1-4 Mildred Bailey - Lover, Come Back to Me [3:15]
1-5 Pearl Bailey - Tired [3:26]
1-6 Connie Boswell - The River's Takin' Care of Me [3:00]
1-7 Una Mae Carlisle - Beautiful Eyes [3:08]
1-8 Thelma Carpenter - I Didn't Know About You [3:23]
1-9 Betty Carter - Let's Fall in Love [2:00]
1-10 June Christy - Something Cool [4:21]
1-11 Chris Connor - Jeepers Creepers [2:23]
1-12 Kay Davis - It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) [3:03]
1-13 Doris Day - You Won't Be Satisfied [3:08]
1-14 Blossom Dearie - Some Other Time [3:58]
1-15 Ella Fitzgerald - Day Dream [4:01]
1-16 Helen Forrest - Oh! Look at Me Now [2:56]
1-17 Adelaide Hall - I Must Have That Man [3:12]
1-18 Billie Holiday - I'll Be Seeing You [3:33]
1-19 Lena Horne - Honeysuckle Rose [2:57]
1-20 Helen Humes - My Heart Belongs to Daddy [2:58]
1-21 Alberta Hunter - My Castle's Rockin' [2:37]
1-22 Viola Jefferson - I Got Rhythm [2:33]
1-23 Morgana King - If You Could See Me Now [3:25]
1-24 Yvonne Lanauze - Love You Madly [3:00]
2-25 Peggy Lee - Black Coffee [3:12]
2-26 Abbey Lincoln - Little Niles [5:07]
2-27 Julie London - Somebody Loves Me [3:02]
2-28 Mary Ann McCall - I Got It Bad [3:18]
2-29 Carmen McRae - Something to Live For [3:15]
2-30 Helen Merrill - What's New [5:02]
2-31 Marilyn Moore - I'm Just a Lucky so and So [2:58]
2-32 Anita O'Day - Love Me or Leave Me [2:36]
2-33 June Richmond - Wham! [3:05]
2-34 Betty Roché - Take the "A" Train [3:12]
2-35 Annie Ross - Twisted [2:41]
2-36 Nina Simone - He Needs Me [2:31]
2-37 Bessie Smith - Do Your Duty [3:32]
2-38 Valaida Snow - You're Driving Me Crazy [2:22]
2-39 Jeri Southern - I Don't Know Where to Turn [3:12]
2-40 Kay Starr - What Can I Say After I Say I'm Sorry [1:52]
2-41 Maxine Sullivan - The Heart You Stole from Me [2:58]
2-42 Sylvia Syms - Can't You Just See Yourself? [2:02]
2-43 Sarah Vaughan - Smoke Gets in Your Eyes [4:01]
2-44 Dinah Washington - I Cried for You [2:32]
2-45 Ethel Waters - Baby What Else Can I Do [3:01]
2-46 Lee Wiley - I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues [2:47]
2-47 Nan Wynn - Laugh and Call It Love [2:58]
2-48 Nancy Wilson - The More I See You [2:11]