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| | Jazz Singer | | | Music Artist : | | Rosemary Clooney | | Music Style : | | Traditional Vocal Pop | | Record Label : | | Sbme Special Mkts. | | Release Date : | | 2008-02-01 | | Store Price : | | $6.99 | | Artistopia's Price: $6.99 | | Usually ships in 24 hours | | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
2. I'll Be Around
3. How About You?
4. Blues in the Night
5. Memories of You
6. I'm Checkin' Out -- Go'om Bye
7. What Is There to Say?
8. Lady Is a Tramp
9. Bad News
10. Hey Baby
11. It's Bad for Me
12. Touch of the Blues
13. Together
14. Learnin' the Blues
15. Don'cha Go 'Way Mad
16. Sophisticated Lady
17. Come Rain or Come Shine
18. Goodbye
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 Clooney at her best
Submitted on: 2007-08-27 |
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| Wasn't Rosemary Clooney wonderful? This is a good collection --- absent Come Over to My House, which is okay. This collection reminds me why R. Clooney was the female Frank Sinatra. |
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Like rare wine Rosemary got better as the years passed.
Submitted on: 2006-11-10 |
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| I was a fan of Rosemary Clooney when she first appeared on the scene. White Christmas, with Bing Crosby, was Rosemary's break thru performance. After a difficult time in life Rosemary re-appeared and began singing in Jazz clubs around the country. Her voice and interpretation of the songs on this CD are superb. This CD is a treasure. |
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Can't be "best of" when it's all good.
Submitted on: 2006-01-08 |
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This is another one of those "Best of--" collections representing an artist's work from several different recording sessions. You can't blame Columbia/Sony for trying to capitalize on a revival of interest in what was at the time a comparatively neglected dimension of Rosemary Clooney's talent. Not until she later became identified as a "jazz singer" during her extensive tenure with Concord records did many listeners discover perhaps her very best, albeit "non-commercial," early recordings for Columbia--sessions with the likes of Nelson Riddle, Benny Goodman and, above all, Duke Ellington. This last session--"Blue Rose"--is such quintessential Ellington as well as Clooney that nothing less than the original recording will do.
Duke's biggest "hit"--"Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue" from the Newport 1956 album --was in many respects no more representative of his artistry than "Come On A My House" was of Rosemary's. As a result, "Blue Rose" was a rare opportunity for the public to catch a glimpse of both performers in full bloom. In the wordless vocals of the title song and the vocal harmonies of "Mood Indigo" as well as the rich woodwind choirs complementing the voice on "Sophisticated Lady" and "I've Got It Bad," Clooney and Ellington achieve a balance that practically erases any distinction between solo and accompaniment let alone the two "star" performers.
Which is not to say that each doesn't shine in their own light--but it's more a reflected luminescence picked up from an inspiring companionable source. Even Johnny Hodges' jaw-dropping, virtuoso playing on Strayhorn's "Passion Flower" (easily worth the price of the album all by itself) becomes an organic element in a programmatic whole. As for Rosemary, she's never sounded better--nor, for that matter, has Ellington.
The previous reviewers are on target concerning the quality of the music on the present anthology--which is all the more reason to skip this sampler and go to the original sources. |
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Delightful
Submitted on: 2005-11-21 |
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| A wonderful collection of songs, preformed perfectly by the best singer the world has had. If you are a fan of Rosie you will not be disappointed and if you aren't a fan yet you probably will become one! |
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Late-blooming fan
Submitted on: 2004-10-08 |
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I think in the last 2 years, I've bought every Rosie CD I could get my hands on, including this one! I'm 42, and for some reason, picked up my much older parents' taste in music, instead of my brothers'. They would have been 80 and 84 if they were still alive. Rosemary brings back fond memories of them everytime I listen to her. "Memories of You" brings tears to my eyes when I hear it. "Bad for Me" is a great swinging song that picks me back up!
I listen to her when at the gym, at home or in the car. This CD is a great addition to any Rosemary fan's collection.
Also, check out the reissue of "Rosie Solves the Swingin' Riddle" with Nelson Riddle. ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC!! |
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