VA - Best Of The Jazz Vocalists (Compact Jazz) (1990)@flac

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From a label with no shortage of first-rate jazz material come this very attractive vocal sampler. Staying true to the Compact Jazz ethos, Best of the Jazz Vocalists favors quality over hits and comes with a budget price tag.
The majority of songs are from the label's prime '50s and '60s run, including a cloud-bound "Summertime" by Helen Merrill and one of the all-time great versions of "If You Could See Me Now," compliments of Billy Eckstine. Continuing with this balancing act between the sexes, the collection also includes fine work by Bill Henderson, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Abbey Lincoln, Jon Hendricks, Shirley Horn, and Anita O'Day; latter-day entries include Lincoln's "I've Got Thunder and It Rings" from her 1990 Verve debut and Horn's "I Got Lost in His Arms" from 1988's Close Enough for Love. Nicely wrapped up with Nina Simone's Afro-percussion clarion call "Come Ye," this Verve roundup works as the perfect primer for more adventurous trips through the label's fertile stores of essential jazz. (AMG)

01. Ella Fitzgerald - It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) [4:14]
02. Mel Torme - Just In Time [3:27]
03. Helen Merrill - Summertime [4:30]
04. Billy Eckstine - If You Could See Me Now [3:26]
05. Anita O'Day - Sweet Georgia Brown [4:15]
06. Abbey Lincoln - I Got Thunder (And It Rings) [5:47]
07. Bill Henderson - The Folks Who Live On The Hill [3:43]
08. Betty Carter - That Sunday, That Summer [4:56]
09. Louis Armstrong - Blues In The Night [5:14]
10. Sarah Vaughan - How High The Moon [2:38]
11. Shirley Horn - I Got Lost In His Arms [4:14]
12. Jon Hendricks - Shiny Stockings [4:07]
13. Dinah Washington - Blue Gardenia [5:20]
14. Billie Holiday - I Wished On The Moon [3:27]
15. Joe Williams - Too Marvelous For Words [5:28]
16. Nina Simone - Come Ye [3:37]
Compiled by James Isaacs and Richard Seidel
Liner Notes by James Isaacs
Label: Verve / Polygram
Released: 1992
Catalogue: 845 466-2

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Compression Level: 6
Quality: High
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