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Junes Got Rhythm
June Christy
Junes Got Rhythm
Genres: Jazz, Pop, Broadway & Vocalists
 
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All Artists: June Christy
Title: Junes Got Rhythm
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Blue Note Records
Original Release Date: 1/1/2005
Re-Release Date: 8/16/2005
Genres: Jazz, Pop, Broadway & Vocalists
Styles: Cool Jazz, Traditional Jazz & Ragtime, Vocal Jazz, Oldies, Vocal Pop, Musicals, Traditional Vocal Pop
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 724347754821, 724347754852

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June Christy's jazziest set
Ben Glenn | The nation's capital | 08/16/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)

"Recorded in 1958, JUNE'S GOT RHYTHM marked a turning point in Christy's marvelous years at Capitol Records. Rather than working with the esteemed Pete Rugolo, for this session the beloved singer looked to husband Bob Cooper (a superb musician in his own right) to provide the arrangements. Cooper assembled a small group of Kenton alumni, and the resulting ensemble clearly put Christy at ease, as the results are relaxed, lilting, and arguably the jazziest recordings of Christy's career.



As with previous Christy reissues, producer Michael Cuscuna has produced a first-rate package, with superb remastering, original album art, and new liner notes by Will Friedwald.



A tasty bit of 1950s West Coast jazz at its peak, JUNE'S GOT RHYTHM is simply splendid."
After 47 years, we can retire our LPs
Steve Emerine | Tucson, AZ United States | 09/24/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)

"My 47-year-old LP of "June's Got Rhythm," bought for $3 at an Air Force BX when I was a young, single lieutenant, has been scratchy for a lot of years, but it's finally been replaced with this CD, which also features some bonus tracks from another Christy album. If you've never heard this Christy effort, it's one of her best. If you have, it's probably time to replace your LP, too. The CD reveals that the "George Spelvin" listed on the original LP as a flutist and saxophonist with June and husband Bob Cooper was really the great Bud Shank, still going strong in Tucson and around the world as he approaches his 80th birthday. Check out his new CD with Phil Woods after you've heard this one. Better yet, consider buying them both."
Great album
Jim Andrews | Chicago, Illinois USA | 08/24/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)

"On the way I to buying this new issue of "June's Got Rhythm" I mused at length on exactly what made and makes June Christy so special. After listening to her 50 years I still can't figure it out. How surprised and amused I was to find Will Friedwald musing on the same topic in his album notes. This is one of June's most relaxed albums, a true jazz outing with the cream of instrumentalists on a tasty menu of standards, some better known than others. "Rock Me To Sleep" and "When Lights Are Low" long have been regarded as this album's notable bookends but there is much admirable between.

Tracks have been added from "The Cool School," June's unusual collection of mostly kids' songs in a jazz setting. That should be reissued completely. The remastering here is admirable and this is music that never wears out its welcome."