Chris Connor & Maynard Ferguson - Double Exposure (1961)

2015-05-07T15:40:51Z

Chris Connor & Maynard Ferguson - Double Exposure (1961)


A1 	Summertime 	3:11
A2 	I Only Have Eyes For You 	2:34
A3 	It Never Entered My Mind 	5:04
A4 	Two Ladies In De Shade Of De Banana Tree 	2:36
A5 	Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most 	4:17
B1 	The Lonesome Road 	4:20
B2 	All The Things You Are 	2:48
B3 	Black Coffee 	3:37
B4 	Happy New Year 	4:23
B5 	That's How It Went, All Right 	3:11

Chris Connor - vocals
Maynard Ferguson – trumpet, trombone, french horn
Bill Berry, Chet Ferretti, Rick Kiefer, Rolf Ericson - trumpet
Kenny Rupp, Ray Winslow – trombone
Willie Maiden – clarinet, tenor saxophone
Lanny Morgan – flute, alto saxophone
Joe Farrell – flute, soprano & tenor saxophone
Frank Hittner – bass clarinet, baritone saxophone
Jaki Byard – piano
Charlie Saunders – bass
Rufus Jones – drums
Don Sebesky (tracks: 1 to 4, 6, 8 to 10), Willie Maiden (tracks: 5, 7) arranger

Singer Chris Connor was nearing the end of her Atlantic years (which were really her prime) when she recorded this interesting, if not quite classic set with the Maynard Ferguson Orchestra, last reissued on a 1984 LP. With the exception of trumpeter Ferguson, there are few significant solos, and the big band mostly acts as an ensemble. Both Connor and MF were Kenton alumni, and there are moments where the orchestra reminds one of that band, but the focus is mostly on the singer. She is in particularly fine form on "I Only Have Eyes for You," "It Never Entered My Mind," "Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most" and "The Lonesome Road," although one wishes there was more interplay with the orchestra. --- Scott Yanow, Rovi

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Chris Connor – Lover Come Back To Me (1981)

2016-02-19T16:57:31Z

Chris Connor – Lover Come Back To Me (1981)


1.It Might As Well Be Spring
2.Anyplace I Hang My Hat is Home
3.Where Flamingos Fly
4.All or Nothing At All
5.Good Morning Heartache
6.I've Got You Under My Skin
7.A Foggy Day
8.Lover Come Back To Me
9.Lush Life
10.Get Out of Town
11.Glad To Be Unhappy
12.I Hear The Music Now
13.All About Ronnie
14.Just In Time
15.My Heart Stood Still

Chris Connor (vocals)
Fred Hersch (piano)
Stephen LaSpinna (bass)
Tony Tedesco (drums)

The performance featured on LOVER COME BACK TO ME was originally broadcast on National Public Radio's "Jazz Alive!" program in October 1981. This release (made in association with NPR) marks the first time it has been available commercially. --- whenintime.com

A 45-minute set taken from New York's Sweet Basil, Lover Come Back to Me was recorded in 1981 with Connor fronting a piano-bass-drums trio. Connor's voice is warm and dynamic for many of her freewheeling favorites: "It Might as Well Be Spring," "Anyplace I Hang My Hat Is Home," "Get Out of Town." Even "All or Nothing at All" is taken at a brisk tempo, though Connor dims the lights soon after for "Good Morning Heartache." While her voice betrays her several times, Connor had honed her interpretive skills during the decades she'd been performing, and the result is an inviting date of top-flight vocal jazz. --- John Bush, Rovi

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