The great jazz and pop vocal albums / Will Friedwald.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Friedwald, Will, 1961- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jazz vocals--Discography.

Popular music--Discography.

Singers--Discography.

Sound recordings--Reviews.

Jazz vocals.

Popular music.

Singers.

Sound recordings.

MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Jazz.

MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Pop Vocal.

MUSIC / History & Criticism.

Local Subjects:

MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Jazz.

MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Pop Vocal.

MUSIC / History & Criticism.

Genre:

Discographies.

Jazz vocals.

Music criticism and reviews.

Reviews.

Physical Description:

xxv, 402 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Pantheon Books, [2017]

Summary:

"Each of the fifty-seven albums discussed here captures the artist at a high point, if not at the expected moment, of her or his career. The individual cuts are evaluated, the sequencing explicated, the songs and songwriters heralded; anecdotes abound of how songs were born and how artists and producers collaborated. And in appraising each album, Friedwald balances his own opinions with those of musicians, listeners, and critics."--Dust jacket flap.

Contents:

Preface and Acknowledgments

Introduction: The origins and development of the pop music album from To Mother to The Voice

Louis Armstrong, Louis Armstrong meets Oscar Peterson

Fred Astaire, The Astaire story

Chet Baker, Let's get lost : the best of Chet Baker sings

Tony Bennett and Bill Evans, The Tony Bennett / Bill Evans album and Together again

Ray Charles, Modern sounds in country and western music

June Christy, Something cool

Rosemary Clooney, Blue rose

Nat King Cole, After midnight

Nat King Cole, St. Louis blues

Bing Crosby, Bing with a beat

Bing Crosby and Louis Armstrong, Bing & Satchmo

Doris Day, Day by day and day by night

Doris Day and Robert Goulet, Annie get your gun

Blossom Dearie, My gentleman friend

Matt Dennis, Matt Dennis plays and sings Matt Dennis ; Bobby Troup, Bobby Troup sings Johnny Mercer

Billy Eckstine, Billy's best!

Ella Fitzgerald, Lullabies of birdland

Ella Fitzgerald, Mack the knife : Ella in Berlin

Judy Garland, Judy at Carnegie Hall

Johnny Hartman, John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman

Dick Haynes, Rain or Shine

Billie Holiday, Lady in satin

Lena Horne, Lena Horne at the Waldorf Astoria

Barb Jungr, Every grain of sand : Barb Jungr sings Bob Dylan

Dave Lambert, Jon Hendricks, and Annie Ross, Sing a song of Basie ; Annie Ross, Sings a song with Mulligan!

Eydie Gormé and Steve Lawrence, Eydie and Steve sing the golden hits

Peggy Lee, Black coffee

Peggy Lee, The man I love

Marilyn Maye, Meet marvelous Marilyn Maye

Carmen McRae, As time goes by : live at the Dug

Anita O'Day, Anita O'Day sings the winners

Della Reese, Della Della cha cha cha

Jimmy Scott, The source and Lost and found

Bobby Short, Bobby Short

Nina Simone, Nina Simone and piano!

Frank Sinatra, In the wee small hours

Frank Sinatra, Songs for swingin' lovers!

Jo Stafford, Jo Stafford sings American folk songs and Jo Stafford sings songs of Scotland

Jo Stafford, I'll be seeing you (G.I. Jo)

Kay Starr, I cry by night

Maxine Sullivan, Memories of you : a tribute to Andy Razaf

Jack Teagarden, Think well of me

Tiny Tim, God bless Tiny Tim

Mel Tormé, Mel Tormé with Marty Paich Dek-Tette (Lulu's back in town)

Sarah Vaughan, Sara Vaughan

Sarah Vaughan, "Live" in Japan

Dinah Washington, Dinah Washington sings Fats Waller

Margaret Whiting, Margaret Whiting sings the Jerome Kern song book

Lee Wiley, Night in Manhattan

Cassandra Wilson, Belly of the sun

Discography.

Notes:

Includes discography.

ISBN:

9780307379078

0307379078

OCLC:

951833385

Publisher Number:

99974470770