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Teri Thornton: I'll Be Easy To Find
by John Sharpe
Vocalist and pianist Teri Thornton recorded a number of albums in the early 60s and then virtually disappeared from the scene. I'll Be Easy To Find finds Ms. Thornton, now 64-years-old, in fine form, her voice still strong. Thornton’s vocal interpretations display the kind of maturity and sincerity often born of hard times. The opening track, ...
Ella Fitzgerald: Something To Live For
by David Adler
Created as an aural companion to a recent PBS documentary, this marvelous compilation features some of Ella Fitzgerald’s best work for Decca and Verve from 1937 to 1966. Her sheer versatility is what comes through first and foremost, making one question critics who lament Fitzgerald’s alleged stylistic limitations. She’s a small-group bebop juggernaut on scat masterpieces ...
Kurt Rosenwinkel: The Enemies of Energy
by David Adler
The material that would eventually become Kurt Rosenwinkel's Verve debut was recorded back in late 1996. Lacking a record deal, Rosenwinkel scraped up the money to record his group independently and has managed, at long last and through much perseverance, to make the results public. So listeners ought to keep in mind that on this disc, ...
Teri Thornton: I'll Be Easy to Find
by David Adler
Singer Teri Thornton gained fairly wide recognition in the early 1960s but then fell into prolonged obscurity. Recently “rediscovered" by manager/producer Suzi Reynolds, the talented Thornton, now 65 years old and battling cancer, placed in the 1998 Thelonius Monk International Jazz Vocals Competition, played the Village Vanguard, and got signed to Verve. I’ll Be Easy to ...
A Patch of Blue
Label: Verve Music Group
Released: 1999
Track listing: A Patch of Blue (Part 1), A Patch of Blue (Part 2), Bacon & Eggs, High Hopes, Alone in the Park (Part 1), Alone in the Park (Park 2), Selina
All The Sad Young Men
By Anita O'Day
Label: Verve Music Group
Released: 1999
Track listing: Boogie Blues, You Came a Long Way from St. Louis, I Want to Sing a Song, A Woman Alone with the Blues, The Ballad of all Sad Young Men, Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me, One More Mile, Night Bird, Up State, Se
Sphere
By Sphere
Label: Verve Music Group
Released: 1999
Track listing: We See, Isfahan, Uncle Bubba, Hornin' In, Buck and Wing, Twilight, The Surrey with the Fringe On Top.
Heroes
By J.J. Johnson
Label: Verve Music Group
Released: 1999
Track listing: Carolyn (in the Morning); Ten-85; Thelonious the Onliest; Vista; In Walked Wayne; Better Days; Blue in Green; Blue Train; Carolyn (in the Evening).
