Singin' Kay Starr - Swingin' Erroll Garner

 

Good For Nothing Joe

Singin' Kay Star

Swingin' Erroll Garner

Art Direction & Production: Florette Bihari

Crown Records CLP 5003

From the back cover: In presenting Singin' Kay Starr, the One and Only, and the Great Swingin' Erroll Garner, is a rare collection item that will live through music history. This session was taped direct from a live show staged at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.

Kay made her debut while still in high school on a local local radio station. She sang briefly with the Glenn Miller Orchestra and gained much of her experience while singing with Bob Crosby and Joe Venuti Orchestras. She was first well known in Jazz as a vocalist with Charlie Barnet – later becoming nationally known as a top solo artist. Still steeped in the tradition of the big voiced blues singers of the past, Kay retained some of these Jazz qualities. Such a combination makes her one of the finest vocalists of all time.

Erroll Garner – one of the all time great pianists did not study music nor did he ever learn to read music. He is one of the rare born musical talents. He was an early associate of Billy Strayhorn. He began playing with many of the local bands and soon came to New York where he was featured in night clubs and on many recording dates with The Slam Stewart Trio. After appearing at The Paris Jazz Festival, he achieved recognition with the public through a style that was found acceptable by many non-jazz minded people. He uses the spread chords and melodic variations on the popular themes, and on the faster tempo, a delayed-action, single note, right handed style accompanied by the strumming of the chords, with the left hand, in a guitar-like fashion.

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Good For Nothing Joe

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Just For You, Just Me

Them There Eyes

Blue Lou

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Little Girl