Julie - Julie London

Free And Easy

Julie
Julie London

With The Jimmy Rowles Orchestra

Producer: Bobby Troup

Engineer: Ted Keep
Liberty LRP 3096
1958

From the back cover: Dear Julie: Perhaps you can help me put down this kaleidoscope of impression tha tens through my mind as I listen to the final assembly of this, your newest and truly most magnificent album...

I hear the relaxed self-assured musician that you have become, and a wonderful nostalgia takes me back to the beginning of our association. Those first sides, "Cry Me A River", etc., that set an easy-singing stylist into the minds of the listener, then constantly being bombarded by a bevy of 'belters' and 'shouters'. Pure sincerity and desire, Julie, were the ingredients, plus a candid, applaudable courage that carried you beyond the confines of the "frightening" microphone and into the hearts of all of us that were lucky enough to be there from the beginning.

Did you know you are now singing a good third lower than those first efforts?... Perhaps this is indicative of the mellowed confidence that you have attained with each new album release.

And in "Julie!" you practically launch a new Julie. Long have we suspected that your roots were embedded in jazz -- here is proof positive. Impeccable as is the intonation and phrasing, none of the famous London approach of a basic honesty is sacrificed. And, Julie, to my mind this bespeaks true artistry. No matter how great the mood, how swinging the beat, we believe each word that you tell us.

Fortunately, when this idea was launched, a young man with ideas as fresh and fertile as your approach was available and more than eager to lend his talents to the project... Jimmy Rowles. Heretofore he has been recognized as one of the leading pianists of our time; but these arrangements backing you, I'm sure, will establish him in the forefront of modern conductor-arrangers. And a great deal of credit is due his side-men, some of the greatest purveyors of jazz in the world.

Bug, back to you, Julie – this album is a triumph! To my mind is relaxed jazz at its very best. I'm full clear up to 'here' with good feelings; your the best... what more can I say! 

With Love – Si Waronker

From Billboard - May 26, 1958: Soft-voiced Julie London works up a fine romance here with a nice set of relaxed jazz standards, showcased perfectly by unobtrusive but well-done backings by Jimmy Rowles' ork. Her sultry off-beating on "Daddy" is enough to make any red-blooded deejay race to his turntable, and the cover shot of leggy Miss London relaxing in a wire chair in a set of Baby Doll pajamas, will play havoc with masculine blood pressures.

Somebody Loves Me
Dream Of You
Daddy
Bye Bye Blackbird
Free And Easy
All My Life
When The Red, Red Robbin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along
Midnight Sun
You'er Getting To Be A Habit With Me
Don'cha Go Way Mad
Indiana
For You