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Chris Connor, Jazz Singer Whose Voice Embodied a Wistful Cool, Dies at 81
Chris Connor, the great jazz singer whose lush, foggy voice and compressed emotional intensity distilled a 1950s jazz reverie of faraway longing in a sad cafe, died on Saturday in Toms River, N.J. She was 81 and lived in Toms River. The cause was cancer, her publicist, Alan Eichler, said. A singer who used little vibrato ...
Chris Connor (1927-2009)
Chris Connor, a breathy jazz singer whose powerful caressing voice could ignite a big band as easily as steam up a trio or quartet, died on Saturday of cancer in Toms River, N.J. She was 81. Unfairly compared over the years to June Christy and Anita O'Day--both of whom preceded her in Stan Kenton's big band--Chris ...
Chris Connor Dies at 81; Big-Band and Solo Jazz Singer
She was known for 'All About Ronnie,' which she did as part of the Stan Kenton Orchestra. She became a soloist in the 1950s and had hits with 'Trust in Me' and 'About the Blues.' After recording hits with the Stan Kenton Orchestra, Chris Connor became a soloist who often worked with small groups. Some of ...
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
