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  • Mogger Since

    August 21, 2006

  • Addiction

    Buying every Jazz Vocal CD I can find!

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    Engineer

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Swing it Keely!
over 2 years ago
  • Artist:
  • Album:
    Essential Capitol Collection [7/17]
  • Track:
    Nothing's Too Good for My Baby

This compilation CD from the peak of her Capitol Records years contains over two dozen of her best recordings.Little Dorothy Keely, later known as "Keely Smith" would go on to marry Louis Prima ("Just a Gigolo" and "Swing, Swing, Swing") and be a part of the Vegas "In Crowd" that included Dean Martin (she used to sing the songs to him that the record company wanted him to record while he was pl...

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Baseball & Jazz!
over 2 years ago
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  • Album:
    Clouds In My Coffee 1965-1995
  • Track:
    Take Me Out To The Ballgame

Ok,You might ask, "What do Baseball and Jazz have to do with each other?"Well, there are a couple of tracks on this "Baseball: A Film by Ken Burns" PBS soundtrack that really swing!My favorite is "Take Me Out to the Ballgame":http://www.amazon.com/gp/music/wma-pop-up/B000005J2P001029/ref=mu_sam_wma_001_029 performed by Carly Simon. Although she did a version of this great American song back in ...

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Sing, You Sinners!
over 2 years ago

So, there I was! At my local Border's walking around enjoying my $2.00 cup of plain coffee! On my way throught the Rock/Pop section to Jazz, I happened to look at the display above the rack and saw this CD.I've mentioned how difficult it is for modern performers to compete with dead jazz singers before. Michael Buble is a good example. The kid has a good voice, but he uses a band that copies th...

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