"Get started with this Concord Jazz series collection"
J. Lovins | Missouri-USA | 09/12/2000
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Concord Jazz presents, a series entitled - "JAZZ 101 - Jazz With No Prerequisites", this particular album "Introduction to Jazz Vocals", featuring fourteen of the very best vocal performances, you'll ever want in your collection of jazz.If you're looking to start your own "jazz collection", look no further, this new series has it all. Features a variety of world-class jazz artists, inspired with timeless performances, highly accessible and enjoyable, to the first-time jazz listener.Jazz vocalists bring their own personal conception and interpretation, the way a tune should be presented, by phrasing, and their own particular styles. Countless number of singers made their mark in this fashion, Louis Armstrong, Nat "King" Cole, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan and Joe Williams. Stand outs: "I DON'T STAND A GHOST OF A CHANCE WITH YOU" by Carmen McRae, "I GOT IT BAD(AND THAT AIN'T GOOD)" with Carol Sloane, "JUST FRIENDS" by Mel Torme/Red McConnell & The Boss Brass, "AS TIME GOES BY" with Rosemary Clooney, what a classic rendition, by a classic "girl singer".Start your own collection today, a multi-faceted music called "jazz", you'll be happy you did - this is quality entertainment at its finest!Total Time: 65:57 on 14 Tracks/ Concord Jazz - CCD 4914 2 (2000)"