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Lee Wiley: Complete Fifties Studio Masters
by Craig Jolley
Like most great ballad singers Lee Wiley was grounded in the blues. Not that blues monopolized her repertoire (There is only one blues among the 51 tunes in this two-CD set.), but her blues-informed phrasing and timing gave her music a depth beyond that of the let's-cut-to-the-chase cutie pies. Combined with her cool, sensual sound and tiny vibrato (This is where Peggy Lee came from.) she was the preferred singer of many contemporary jazz musicians. By the 1950's her voice ...
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by Craig Jolley
Like most great ballad singers Lee Wiley was grounded in the blues. Not that blues monopolized her repertoire (There is only one blues among the 51 tunes in this two-CD set.), but her blues-informed phrasing and timing gave her music a depth beyond that of the let's-cut-to-the-chase cutie pies. Combined with her cool, sensual sound and tiny vibrato (This is where Peggy Lee came from.) she was the preferred singer of many contemporary jazz musicians. By the 1950's her voice ...
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