The Warm Singing Style of Jeri Southern The Complete Roulette Capitol Recordings

Description: The Warm Singing Style of Jeri Southern The Complete Roulette & Capitol Recordings 1957-1959 Personnel: Jeri Southern (vcl & p), Sy Oliver, Lennie Hayton, Marty Paich, Billy May, Bob Thompson (orch), Johnny Smith (g) Reference: FSRCD 833_3 This 3-CD set contains all recordings by Jeri Southern that the Roulette and Capitol labels released on albums and singles between 1957-1959. Also includes a 40-page booklet including biography, rare photos, and complete discography (matrix & catalog numbers, personnel, location and recording date). All tracks in this collection appear in chronological order of recording. A total of 65 songs performed in Jeri's warm and inimitable singing style. As a bonus, the set also includes four bonus tracks recorded by the singer during two of her appearances in the TV show Stars of Jazz. Sophisticated, witty, charming and always distinctive and arresting, Jeri Southern was a singer equally at home in an orchestral setting as she was in the intimacy of a small group. That she could also bring a rare sensitivity and considerable interpretive range to both settings is amply displayed in this collection, which includes the five albums and all the rare singles she recorded for Roulette and Capitol, as well as two dazzling TV performances. Both labels ensured only the best worked with her; arrangers like Sy Oliver on the first four tunes, and Lennie Hayton, who contributed the apt, lush backgrounds for the fine ballad interpretations of Coffee, Cigarettes and Memories, while on Southern Breeze, a warm and evocative Jeri responds to the solidly swinging settings provided by arranger and conductor Marty Paich and the pertinent contributions of such great West Coast jazzmen as Don Fagerquist, Bob Enevoldsen, Herb Geller, Georgie Auld, and Mel Lewis. Her art could also flourish in the intimacy of the small group. Both Meets Johnny Smith, with the great jazz guitarist, which was her last album for Roulette, and At The Crescendo, her last for Capitol, gave her the kind of context in which she first attracted attention. In a situation indelibly associated with her she delivers a series of virtually faultless performances. But it is perhaps her reaction to the utterly contrasting demands of Meets Cole Porter that reveals her range conclusively. Billy May supplied a series of witty scores, matched by Southerns joyous, exuberant readings of some of the most brilliantly sophisticated songs Porter ever wrote. In these stellar performances she showed an appreciation of the material that, like her art, remains undimmed by time. Tracklisting: CD 1 Orchestra Conducted by Sy Oliver (45 rpm singles) 01. Just When Were Falling In Love 2:48 02. Life Does a Girl a Favor 2:33 03. Were Not Children 2:31 04. Oh Sure I Do 2:28 Orchestra Conducted by Lennie Hayton (LP) 05. Deep in a Dream 2:59 06. This Time the Dreams On Me 2:33 07. Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year 3:15 08. I'm Stepping Out with a Memory Tonight 2:58 09. I'll Never Be the Same 2:19 10. I Must Have That Man 3:11 11. Yesterdays 2:31 12. Coffee, Cigarettes and Memories 2:49 13. Yesterdays Gardenias 2:27 14. The Song Is Ended 2:02 15. Maybe I Love You Too Much 2:21 16. Detour Ahead 2:43 Orchestra Conducted by Marty Paich (LP) 17. A Warm Kiss and a Cold Heart 2:53 18. Who Wants to Fall In Love 3:13 19. Then I'll Be Tired of You 3:46 20. Isn't This a Lovely Day? 2:57 21. He Reminds Me of You 3:12 22. Are These Really Mine? 3:39 CD 2 Orchestra Conducted by Marty Paich (LP) 01. Ridin' High 2:18 02. Crazy He Calls Me 3:45 03. Porgy 3:34 04. Down with Love 3:10 05. Lazy Bones 3:04 06. I Like the Likes of You 2:52 The Johnny Smith Quartet (LP) 07. Robins and Roses 2:04 08. Without a Word of Warning 3:18 09. Ungrateful Heart 3:19 10. Isn't It Romantic? 3:00 11. Music, Maestro, Please 3:08 12. Two Sleepy People 3:12 13. Where or When 3:49 14. When the Sun Comes Out 2:58 15. Until the Real Thing Comes Along 4:27 16. The Things I Love 3:56 17. Shake Down the Stars 2:23 18. Have You Forgotten So Soon? 3:42 Bonus tracks: From the TV Show Stars of Jazz 19. I Hadn't Anyone 'Till You 1:31 20. Something I Dreamed Last Night 3:58 21. Ive Got Five Dollars 1:21 22. He Was Too Good to Me 3:05 CD 3 Orchestra Conducted by Billy May (LP) 01. I Concentrate On You 3:45 02. Get Out of Town 3:02 03. Which 2:38 04. After You 2:47 05. It's All Right with Me 4:42 06. Why Shouldnt I? 2:27 07. Looking at You 2:29 08. Weren't We Fools? 2:46 09. It's Bad for Me 2:10 10. You're the Top 2:46 11. Let's Fly Away 2:28 12. Don't Look at Me That Way 2:55 Orchestra & Chorus Arranged and Conducted by Bob Thompson (45 rpm singles) 13. Run 2:06 14. Señor Blues 1:46 15. Take Me Back Again 2:13 Jeri Southern At the Crescendo (LP) 16. I Thought Of You Last Night 2:31 17. I Get a Kick Out of You 3:41 18. Dancing on the Ceiling 3:42 19. Blame It On My Youth 3:26 20. Remind Me 4:24 21. You Better Go Now 2:34 22. I'm Just a Woman 3:23 23. Something I Dreamed Last Night 4:41 24. Nice Work If You Can Get It 1:55 25. When I Fall In Love 3:16 Jeri Southern vocals in all tracks, with orchestral or rhythm accompaniment All tracks recorded in New York or Los Angeles and originally issued as 7" EP or albums in Roulette, Calliope and Capitol Records. Roulette albums [CD 1 & 2 · 1957-1958] -Coffee, Cigarettes and Memories (R-25039) -Southern Breeze (R-52010) -Meets Johnny Smith (SR-52016) Capitol albums [CD 3 · 1958-1959] -Meets Cole Porter (ST-1173) -Jeri Southern At The Crescendo (ST-1278) The Roulette recordings were originally produced by Hugo & Luigi. Capitol sessions by Tom Morgan. Stars of Jazz performances produced by Jimmie Baker Compiled and produced for CD release by Jordi Pujol Hi-Fi / Stereo · 24-Bit Digitally Remastered

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