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Last of the Vo-Cool School: Chris Connor, 1927-2009
There's a report today on the Yahoo Songbirds listserv that singer Chris Connor, , passed away Saturday at the age of 81. Connor was one of the last living singers from the big-band era, and the last of the original, so-called “vo-cool school” of vocalists that included Anita O’Day, Mel Torme, and June Christy–singers noted for ...
Lainie Cooke: Speaking to the Heart
by Esther Berlanga-Ryan
When Lainie Cooke sings, the heart sinks in poetry made music; air seems to stop to avoid interrupting the flowing of such a magical, beautiful voice. She fills the barely-noticeable silence between notes with a voice that caresses the heart. Her life has been a jazz-bound adventure inspired by an early need to entertain others, landing ...
'Tis Autumn: The Search for Jackie Paris
by Victor L. Schermer
Jackie Paris'Tis Autumn: The Search for Jackie ParisOutsider PicturesWritten and Directed by Raymond De FelittaProducer: David Zellerford 2009 “You don't understand! I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I coulda been somebody."--Marlon Brando as Terry Malloy in On the Waterfront
All About Chris
By Chris Connor
Label: FiveFour
Released: 2006
Track listing: All About Ronnie; Lullaby Of Birdland; What Is There To Say?; Try A Little Tenderness; Spring Is Here; Why Shouldn't I?; Lush Life; Out Of This World; A Cottage For Sale; How Long Has This Been Going On?; Stella By Starlight; Goodbye; He's Coming Home; Riding High; Blame It On My Youth; Trouble Is A Man; All This And Heaven Too; I Concentrate On You; A Good Man Is A Seldom Thing; Don't Wait Up For Me; Fly Me To The Moon.
Chris Connor: All About Chris
by David Rickert
Chris Connor is one of many blond-haired kittens whose vocals were popular during the fifties. Like many of her fellow canaries, she got her start in the big bands (Thornhill's and Kenton's, in this case) before becoming successful enough to strike out on her own. Leaving the big band sound behind for the intimacy of the ...
Haunted Heart
By Chris Connor
Label: Unknown label
Released: 2001
Track listing: By Myself, Haunted Heart, Snowfall, But Not For Me, Stairway to the Stars, Key Largo, Only the Lonely, Day In Day Out, I Wished on the Moon, Drinking Again
Chris Connor: Haunted Heart
by Mathew Bahl
There is always a moment of trepidation when a jazz legend produces a new record after an absence of several years; a fear that what is will diminish the memory of what was. Thankfully, that is not the case with Haunted Heart, Chris Connor’s wonderful new CD on the HighNote label. Vocally, the 73-year old singer ...
Warm Cool: The Atlantic Years
By Chris Connor
Label: 32 Records
Released: 1999
Track listing: Strike Up the Band; Good Morning Heartache; But Not for Me; All the Things You Are; When the Wind Was Green; Poor Little Rich Girl; Lonely Woman; I Miss You So; I Am Gonna Go Fishin'.
Chris Connor: Warm Cool: The Atlantic Years
by C. Andrew Hovan
There's no doubt that labels have a purpose in terms of organizing things, but they also tend to get in the way when looking at such less objective items as art and music. For example, if you were to ask the average jazz buff to name singers that fit the category of “cool vocalists" names to ...
