Mavis Rivers - Four Classic Albums Plus (Take a Number / The Simple Life / Hooray for Love / Mavis) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (2024)
Artist: Mavis Rivers
Title: Four Classic Albums Plus (Take a Number / The Simple Life / Hooray for Love / Mavis) (2024 Digitally Remastered)
Year Of Release: 2024
Label: AVID Jazz
Genre: Jazz
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 2:35:49
Total Size: 897 MB
WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:Title: Four Classic Albums Plus (Take a Number / The Simple Life / Hooray for Love / Mavis) (2024 Digitally Remastered)
Year Of Release: 2024
Label: AVID Jazz
Genre: Jazz
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 2:35:49
Total Size: 897 MB
WebSite: Album Preview
1. One Minute to One (Take a Number) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (02:34)
2. Two Lovers Have I (Take a Number) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (04:05)
3. Three Coins in the Fountain (Take a Number) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (03:09)
4. Four a.m. (Take a Number) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (03:03)
5. Five O’Clock Whistle (Take a Number) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (02:36)
6. Six Lessons from Madame La Zonga (Take a Number) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (02:54)
7. Seven-League Boots (Take a Number) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (02:46)
8. Dinner at Eight (Take a Number) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (03:27)
9. About a Quarter to Nine (Take a Number) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (03:06)
10. On the Ten O’ Ten (Take a Number) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (02:17)
11. At the Eleventh Hour (Take a Number) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (03:03)
12. It's Twelve O’Clock (Take a Number) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (03:36)
13. Walkin' by the River (The Simple Life) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (02:50)
14. Give Me the Simple Life (The Simple Life) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (02:37)
15. Early Autumn (The Simple Life) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (02:30)
16. A Tree in the Meadow (The Simple Life) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (02:29)
17. In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening (The Simple Life) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (02:21)
18. Far Away Places (The Simple Life) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (02:39)
19. Home (The Simple Life) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (03:00)
20. At Sundown (The Simple Life) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (01:50)
21. Spring Is Here (The Simple Life) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (03:19)
22. Get out and Get Under the Moon (The Simple Life) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (01:56)
23. Try a Little Tenderness (The Simple Life) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (03:41)
24. It's a Great Feeling (The Simple Life) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (02:02)
25. Love You Madly from Swing Along with Mavis (2024 Digitally Remastered) (02:33)
26. Life Is so Peculiar from Swing Along with Mavis (2024 Digitally Remastered) (02:29)
27. On Second Thought from Swing Along with Mavis (2024 Digitally Remastered) (03:07)
28. Things to Do Today from Swing Along with Mavis (2024 Digitally Remastered) (03:04)
29. Hooray for Love (Hooray for Love) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (02:39)
30. I Fall in Love Too Easily (Hooray for Love) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (02:19)
31. Do You Love Me (Hooray for Love) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (02:22)
32. Like Love (Hooray for Love) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (02:49)
33. Speak to Me of Love (Parlez Moi D’Amour) (Hooray for Love) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (01:56)
34. There Is No Breeze (To Cool the Flame of Love) (Hooray for Love) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (02:40)
35. The Glory of Love (Hooray for Love) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (02:13)
36. You Don't Know What Love Is (Hooray for Love) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (02:58)
37. Love (Hooray for Love) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (02:27)
38. In Love in Vain (Hooray for Love) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (03:16)
39. Love of My Life (Hooray for Love) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (02:37)
40. Almost Like Being in Love (Hooray for Love) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (02:49)
41. Honeysuckle Rose (Mavis) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (03:08)
42. Day in, Day out (Mavis) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (02:20)
43. There's No You (Mavis) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (04:04)
44. Hurry Home (Mavis) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (02:18)
45. Candy (Mavis) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (03:11)
46. People Will Say We're in Love (Mavis) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (01:55)
47. It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) (Mavis) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (02:12)
48. A Sleepin’ Bee (Mavis) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (03:38)
49. You'd Be so Nice to Come Home to (Mavis) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (02:23)
50. All My Tomorrows (Mavis) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (03:01)
51. Massachusetts (Mavis) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (02:50)
52. Saturday Night (Is the Loneliest Night in the Week) (Mavis) (2024 Digitally Remastered) (02:30)
53. There I've Said It Again from Swing Along with Mavis (2024 Digitally Remastered) (03:18)
54. This Could Be It from Swing Along with Mavis (2024 Digitally Remastered) (03:01)
55. Can I Forget You from Swing Along with Mavis (2024 Digitally Remastered) (02:48)
56. Love and the Weather from Swing Along with Mavis (2024 Digitally Remastered) (02:39)
FRANK SINATRA’S FAVOURITE SINGER!!
AVID Jazz are proud to feature a wonderful jazz singer who remained relatively unknown during her lifetime and perhaps had she not been born in Samoa, a fairly remote part of the world in 1929 could have potentially been one of it’s brightest stars. Mavis Rivers was born in Apia, Western Samoa in 1929, one of thirteen children and began her musical career singing in her father’s jazz band entertaining the American troops during World War 2 in Pago Pago, American Samoa. In 1949 her family moved to Auckland where she fell into a day job but continued playing in jazz bands around New Zealand. Her first recordings were on small labels like Tanza and later Zodiac before relocating to the U.S.A. in the 1953 to study. A short return home was followed by a more permanent move in 1955. By 1958 Mavis had signed to Capitol Records and went on to make three records with the label all included here on this fabulous set, the first of which “Take A Number” was arranged and produced by the legendry Nelson Riddle. In a later interview, Mavis confessed she was so overwhelmed to be recording with the great man, she would often just break down into fits of sobbing. By 1962, Mavis left Capitol with no hits but a growing reputation (as the new Ella!?) Legend has it that Frank Sinatra heard her at a club and immediately signed her to his new label Reprise. Here she made the classic “Mavis” album featuring such legendary musicians as Marty Paich arranging and producing, Bill Perkins -tenor, Bud Shank -alto, Al Porcino -trumpet, Stu Williamson- trombone, Vincent De Rosa -French horn, Red Callender-tuba, Joe Mondragon- bass and Mel Lewis-drums. This was followed by another great set with “Swing Along With Mavis” of which, due to timing constraints we have featured eight of the best cuts as bonus tracks. Mavis Rivers was never to reach the dizzying heights of fame as Ella or Billie or Sarah but she did get to play with Goodman, Norvo and Bob Crosby and duet with Frank on a Christmas album, (“those were nice times” she later said enigmatically!). Plans to record a hit single with Frank would later sadly fall through. She did however make some incredible jazz vocal albums, 4 ½ of which you can hear on this classic albums 2 x CD set! In later life she enjoyed playing live with her son, saxophonist and arranger, Matt Catingub reassuringly accompanying her at the piano and made her last appearance in New Zealand in 1990. As with all AVID releases, we hope you enjoy this classic set and check out our extensive catalogue for more great music across jazz, blues and many other musical genres.
AVID Jazz are proud to feature a wonderful jazz singer who remained relatively unknown during her lifetime and perhaps had she not been born in Samoa, a fairly remote part of the world in 1929 could have potentially been one of it’s brightest stars. Mavis Rivers was born in Apia, Western Samoa in 1929, one of thirteen children and began her musical career singing in her father’s jazz band entertaining the American troops during World War 2 in Pago Pago, American Samoa. In 1949 her family moved to Auckland where she fell into a day job but continued playing in jazz bands around New Zealand. Her first recordings were on small labels like Tanza and later Zodiac before relocating to the U.S.A. in the 1953 to study. A short return home was followed by a more permanent move in 1955. By 1958 Mavis had signed to Capitol Records and went on to make three records with the label all included here on this fabulous set, the first of which “Take A Number” was arranged and produced by the legendry Nelson Riddle. In a later interview, Mavis confessed she was so overwhelmed to be recording with the great man, she would often just break down into fits of sobbing. By 1962, Mavis left Capitol with no hits but a growing reputation (as the new Ella!?) Legend has it that Frank Sinatra heard her at a club and immediately signed her to his new label Reprise. Here she made the classic “Mavis” album featuring such legendary musicians as Marty Paich arranging and producing, Bill Perkins -tenor, Bud Shank -alto, Al Porcino -trumpet, Stu Williamson- trombone, Vincent De Rosa -French horn, Red Callender-tuba, Joe Mondragon- bass and Mel Lewis-drums. This was followed by another great set with “Swing Along With Mavis” of which, due to timing constraints we have featured eight of the best cuts as bonus tracks. Mavis Rivers was never to reach the dizzying heights of fame as Ella or Billie or Sarah but she did get to play with Goodman, Norvo and Bob Crosby and duet with Frank on a Christmas album, (“those were nice times” she later said enigmatically!). Plans to record a hit single with Frank would later sadly fall through. She did however make some incredible jazz vocal albums, 4 ½ of which you can hear on this classic albums 2 x CD set! In later life she enjoyed playing live with her son, saxophonist and arranger, Matt Catingub reassuringly accompanying her at the piano and made her last appearance in New Zealand in 1990. As with all AVID releases, we hope you enjoy this classic set and check out our extensive catalogue for more great music across jazz, blues and many other musical genres.
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