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I Should Care
"I Should Care" is a popular song with music by Axel Stordahl and Paul Weston and lyrics by Sammy Cahn, published in 1944. Cahn said that the title came to him by the time they played the first 4 bars. It first appeared in the MGM film '' Thrill of a Romance''. The song has become a popular standard, and a jazz standard, with recordings by many artists. Notable recordings *Frank Sinatra – 1945 recording with orchestra directed by Axel Stordahl ( 78 single B-side of "When Your Lover Has Gone") *Peggy Lee – 1945 transcription recording with Dave Barbour and His Orchestra *Harry James – 1946 recording live at Meadowbrook Gardens, CA (''One Night Stand With Harry James'', 1975, Joyce LP-1014) *Bud Powell – 1947 recording on ''The Bud Powell Trio'' (1951), ''Blues in the Closet'' (1956), ''Budism'' (1962), and ''Earl Bud Powell, Vol. 10 – Award at Birdland, 64'' (1964) *Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra with Johnny Hartman – recorded 1949 (''The Complete RCA Victor Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommy Dorsey
Thomas Francis Dorsey Jr. (November 19, 1905 – November 26, 1956) was an American jazz trombone, trombonist, composer, conductor and bandleader of the big band era. He was known as the "Sentimental Gentleman of Swing" because of his smooth-toned trombone playing. His theme song was "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You". His technical skill on the trombone gave him renown among other musicians. He was the younger brother of bandleader Jimmy Dorsey. After Dorsey broke with his brother in the mid-1930s, he led an extremely successful band from the late 1930s into the 1950s. He is best remembered for standards such as "Opus No. 1, Opus One", "This Love of Mine" (no. 3 in 1941) featuring Frank Sinatra on vocals, "Song of India (song), Song of India", "Marie", "On Treasure Island", and his biggest hit single, "I'll Never Smile Again" (no. 1 for 12 weeks in 1940). Early life Born in Mahanoy Plane, Pennsylvania, Thomas Francis Dorsey Jr. was the second of four children born to Thomas Fra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Hartman
John Maurice Hartman (July 3, 1923 – September 15, 1983) was an American jazz singer, known for his rich baritone voice and recordings of ballads. He sang and recorded with Earl Hines' and Dizzy Gillespie's big bands and with Erroll Garner. Hartman is best remembered for his collaboration in 1963 with saxophonist John Coltrane, '' John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman'', a landmark album for both him and Coltrane. Biography Born to an African American family in Louisiana and raised in Chicago, Hartman began singing and playing the piano by the age of eight. He attended DuSable High School studying music under Walter Dyett before receiving a scholarship to the Chicago Musical College. He sang as a private in the Army's Special Services during World War II, but his first professional break came in September 1946 when he won a singing contest at the Apollo Theater, earning him a one-week engagement with Earl Hines, which lasted a year. Hartman's first recordings were with Marl You ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy May
Edward William May Jr. (November 10, 1916 – January 22, 2004) was an American composer, arranger and trumpeter. He composed film and television music for ''The Green Hornet (TV series), The Green Hornet'' (1966), ''The Mod Squad (TV series), The Mod Squad'' (1968), ''Batman (TV series), Batman'' (with ''Batgirl'' theme, 1967), and ''Naked City (TV series), Naked City'' (1960). He collaborated on films such as ''Pennies from Heaven (1981 film), Pennies from Heaven'' (1981), and orchestrated ''Cocoon (film), Cocoon'', and ''Cocoon: The Return'', among others. May wrote arrangements for many top singers, including Frank Sinatra, Yma Sumac, Nat King Cole, Anita O'Day, Peggy Lee, Vic Damone, Bobby Darin, Johnny Mercer, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Prima, Keely Smith, Jack Jones (singer), Jack Jones, Bing Crosby, Sandler and Young, Nancy Wilson (jazz singer), Nancy Wilson, Rosemary Clooney, The Andrews Sisters and Ella Mae Morse. He also collaborated with satirist Stan Freberg on several c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nat King Cole
Nathaniel Adams Coles (March 17, 1919 – February 15, 1965), known professionally as Nat King Cole, alternatively billed as Nat "King" Cole, was an American singer, jazz pianist, and actor. Cole's career as a jazz and Traditional pop, pop vocalist started in the late 1930s and spanned almost three decades where he found success and recorded over 100 songs that became hits on the pop charts. Cole started his career as a jazz pianist in the late 1930s, when he formed the King Cole Trio, which became the top-selling group (and the only black act) on Capitol Records in the 1940s. Cole's trio was the model for small jazz band, jazz ensembles that followed. Starting in 1950, he transitioned to become a solo singer billed as Nat King Cole. Despite achieving mainstream success, Cole faced intense racial discrimination during his career. While not a major vocal public figure in the civil rights movement, Cole was a member of his local NAACP branch and participated in the 1963 March ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cool Voice Of Rita Reys
''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pronoun ''thee' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rita Reys
Rita Reys (born Maria Everdina Reijs; 21 December 1924 – 28 July 2013) was a jazz singer from the Netherlands. She was promoted as "Europe's First Lady of Jazz". In the 1980s, Rita returned to the American Songbook, recording albums such as ''Memories of You'' with the Lex Jasper orchestra. She died in Breukelen Breukelen () is a town and former municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of Utrecht. It is situated to the northwest of Utrecht, along the river Vecht and close to the lakes of the Loosdrechtse Plassen, an area of natural and tourist i ..., the Netherlands, on 28 July 2013. Discography * '' The Cool Voice of Rita Reys'' (Columbia, 1956) * ''The Cool Voice of Rita Reys No. 2'' (Philips, 1957) * ''New Voices'' (Dawn, 1957) * ''Two Jazzy People'' with Bengt Hallberg (Philips, 1959) * ''Marriage in Modern Jazz'' with Pim Jacobs (Philips, 1960) * ''Jazz Pictures at an Exhibition'' with Pim Jacobs (Philips, 1961) * ''Jazz Sir, That's Our Baby'' (Philips, 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Introducing Nat Adderley
''Introducing Nat Adderley'' is an album by jazz cornetist Nat Adderley first released on the Wing label featuring performances by Adderley and his brother Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, Horace Silver, Paul Chambers, and Roy Haynes.Cannonball Adderley discography accessed February 15, 2010 The album was later released on the label and also rereleased on the label as ''Them Adderleys'' Reception The |
Nat Adderley
Nathaniel Carlyle Adderley (November 25, 1931 – January 2, 2000) was an American jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Its roots are in blues, ragtime, European harmony, African rhythmic rituals, spirituals, h ... trumpeter and composer. He was the younger brother of saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, with whom he played for many years. Adderley's composition "Work Song (Adderley song), Work Song" (1960) is a jazz standard, and also became a success on the pop charts after singer Oscar Brown Jr. wrote lyrics for it. Early life Nat Adderley was born in Tampa, Florida, Tampa, Florida, but moved to Tallahassee, Florida, Tallahassee when his parents were hired to teach at Florida A&M University. His father played trumpet professionally in his younger years, and he passed down his trumpet to Cannonball. When Cannonball picked up ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julie Is Her Name
''Julie Is Her Name'' is the first LP album by Julie London, released by Liberty Records in December, 1955, under catalog numbers LRP-3006, in monaural form. It was subsequently reprocessed to produce a stereophonic album, and this stereophonic version was released on May 25, 1960 as catalog number LST-7027. The album featured Barney Kessel on guitar and Ray Leatherwood on bass. The first track, " Cry Me a River", was released as a single (Liberty 55006) and was London's biggest chart success. The album was reissued, combined with the 1958 Julie London album '' Julie Is Her Name, Volume II,'' in compact disc format, by EMI in 1992. Another reissue as a CD was produced by Hallmark Music, combined with the 1956 Julie London album, '' Lonely Girl.'' Critical reception A ''Cash Box'' magazine reviewer noted that London combines in the album a more than generous amount of passionate, sexy and sophisticated presentation of material, which was carefully selected taking into account ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julie London
Julie London (born Julie Peck; September 26, 1926 – October 18, 2000) was an American singer and actress whose career spanned more than 40 years. A torch song, torch singer noted for her contralto voice, London recorded over thirty albums of pop and jazz standards between 1955 and 1969. Her recording of "Cry Me a River (Arthur Hamilton song), Cry Me a River", a song she introduced on her debut album ''Julie Is Her Name,'' was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2001. In addition to her musical notice, London was nominated for a Golden Globe Awards, Golden Globe Award in 1974 for her portrayal of Nurse Dixie McCall in the television series ''Emergency!'' Born in Santa Rosa, California, to Vaudeville, vaudevillian parents, London was discovered while working as an elevator operator in downtown Los Angeles, and she began her career as an actress. London's 35-year acting career began in film in 1944, and included roles as the female lead in numerous Western film, Western ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Something Cool
''Something Cool'' is the debut solo album by June Christy, released on Capitol Records first as a 10-inch LP of seven selections in August of 1954, and then as a 12-inch LP of eleven selections the following August, both times in monophonic sound. The original seven selections for the 1954 release were recorded over seven sessions from August 1953 through March 1954, with the additional four for the 1955 issue from four additional sessions in December 1954 as well as May and June of 1955, with arrangements for all sessions written and conducted by Pete Rugolo. Her saxophonist husband, Bob Cooper, also played on many of these sessions. In April 1960, Christy and Rugolo re-recorded all 11 selections in stereophonic sound, so that a stereo version of ''Something Cool'' could be issued. For many years, this re-recorded version of the album was the only one commercially available. Background and reception Christy had been associated with "cool" jazz since her vocal work with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pete Rugolo
Pietro Rugolo (December 25, 1915 – October 16, 2011), known professionally as Pete Rugolo, was an American jazz composer, arranger, and record producer. Life and career Rugolo was born in San Piero Patti, Sicily. His family emigrated to the United States in 1920 and settled in Penngrove, California. He began his career in music playing the baritone horn, like his father, but he quickly branched out into other instruments, notably the French horn and the piano. He received a bachelor's degree from San Francisco State College and then went on to study composition with Darius Milhaud at Mills College in Oakland, California, and earn his master's degree. After he graduated, he was hired as an arranger and composer by guitarist and bandleader Johnny Richards. He spent World War II playing with altoist Paul Desmond in an Army band. After the war, Rugolo worked for Stan Kenton. He and songwriter Joe Greene collaborated on songs that made Kenton's band one of America's most popu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
