The Hits Of Nancy & Lee - Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood

Some Velvet Morning

The Hits Of Nancy & Lee
Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood
Produced by Lee Hazlewood
Arranged and Conducted by Billy Strange
Engineers: Eddie Brackett in Hollywood and London; Jim Malloy in Nashville
Recordist: Winston Wong
Cover Concept and Photo: Ron Joy
Reprise STEREO 6273
Warner Bros., Seven Arts Records, Inc.
1968

You've Got That Lovin' Feelin'
Elusive Dreams
Greenwich Village Folk Song Salesman
Summer Wine
Storybool Children
Sundown, Sundown
Jackson
Some Velvet Morning
Sand
Lady Bird
I've Been Down So Long (It Looks Like Up To Me)

20 Golden Moments Of Magic Strings

 

Love Me Forever 

20 Golden Moments Of Magic Strings

Diplomat Records D 2429

I Talk To The Trees
Musetta Waltz
Love Me Forever
Rachmaninoff 2nd Concerto
Debussy's Reverie
Moonbeams
Love In My Heart
Your Love
Absinthe Frappe
Merry Widow Waltz
They Call The Wind Marie
Gypsy Love Song
Fiesta El Madrid
Vilia
One Lonely Night
One Fine Day
Rose Of The World
Kiss Me Again
Orpheus
Claire De Lune

Dedicated To The King! - Chuck Jackson

 

Hound Dog

Dedicated To The King!

Chuck Jackson

Produced  by Stan Green

Cover Photo and Design: Burt Goldblatt

Wand WDM 680

A Division of Scepter Records, Inc.

1966

Hound Dog

Heartbreak Hotel

Don't Be Cruel (To A Heart That's True)

Jailhouse Rock

Teddy Bear

Love Me Tender

Crying In The Chapel

Don't

I Forgot To Remember To Forget You

It's Now Or Never

Annie Get Your Gun - Mary Martin & John Raitt

 

Doin' What Comes Natur'lly

Annie Get Your Gun

Mary Martin & John Raitt
Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin
Book by Herbert and Dorothy Fields
Production directed by Vincent J. Donehue
Production designed by George Jenkins
Costumes designed by Dorothy Jenkins
Musical Direction by Louis Adrian
Produced by Edwin Lester in association with Richard Halliday
Capitol Records High Fidelity Recording W913
1957

From the back cover: Introduced on Broadway in 1946 and later appearing on the screen, Annie Get Your Gun reached a vast new audience in 1957, in the production that is showcased here. It played to packed houses in San Francisco and Los Angeles, and was selected by NBC for a lavish television spectacular. There are two reasons for the enthusiastic response greeting this new version of the show, and their names are Mary Martin and John Raitt. These stars are the principals in the familiar story of Annie Oakley, a buckskin-clad girl wandering out of the backwoods with a squirrel rifle over her shoulder, ready and able to "shoot it out" with the world. Once discovered as the dead-eye delight that she was, she toured the world, hitting the mark wherever she went. Only with handsome young Frank Butler, a professional marksman of note, did she enjoy less than total victory. She won the match, but lost her heart. They married, toured together, and eventually he gave up his career to manage hers.

The roles of Annie Oakley and Frank Butler are here recreated in song by Mary Martin and John Raitt, two of American's outstanding theater personalities. Miss Martin's recent triumphs include South Pacific on the stage, and her remarkable stage and TV performance of Peter Pan. Mr. Raitt hit the top as Bill Bigelow in the Broadway production of Carousel followed by a long run in The Pajama Game, a role that he also transferred to the screen.

Overture
I'm A Bad, Bad Man
Doin' What Comes Natur'lly
The Girl That I Marry
You Can't Get A Man With A Gun
Moonshine Lullaby
They Say It's Wonderful
My Defenses Are Down
I'm An Indian Too
I Got Lost In His Arms
I Got The Sun In The Morning
Anything You Can Do
There's No Business
Like Show Business

Chamber Music Of The New Jazz - Ahman Jamal

 

New Rumba

Chamber Music Of The New Jazz
Ahmad Jamal Trio
Album Production: Dave Usher
High Fidelity (Electronically altered to simulate stereophonic)
Cadet Records CA-602

Piano: Ahmad Jamal
Bass: Israel Crosby
Guitar: Ray Crawford

From the back cover: Ahmad Jamal, though only twenty-five, is probably the most original musical talent to come out of Chicago since the war, although born and educated in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. With the recent issue of his first LP record he has strengthened his position as an integral part of the new jazz. It has been Jamal's job to show, in his own special way, that the new style can be as delicate and subtle as a glass thread. It is amusing to notice, in this respect, that Errol Garner influenced Jamal in the beginning; however, judging from recent releases, we wee that the distinct style of the young master is now influencing Garner himself.

If we stress the delicacy of Jamal's style, we do not mean that this quality is absent from his contemporaries, they all have it in varying degrees, but no one has pushed the quiet tone to it's limit as he has done, for example, in the opening strains of his Perfedia, or Will You Still Be Mine, and his records on Okeh, which made him famous. His recent releases on Argo seem to point to a second Jamal phase, a new development of the quietly rhythmic. In passing it might be said that his first LP has one side superior to the other, the one with I Get A Kick Out Of You, Jeff, Darn That Dream.

In this accent on the delicate beat Jamal is as different from his contemporaries as Mozar trio is from Beethoven's ninth symphony. In introducing the light lyric, one might almost say the "pastoral" tone, into the new jazz has found a style as original as any of his contemporaries. The predominance of the big register, played softly but with great rhythm, and in simple swing patterns without a great deal of chording and fireworks, is probably the leading formal aspect of his style. His combo, whose most noticeable feature is a guitar doubling for a high-pitched bongo effect, also has a distinct style. This bongo effect is very successful. At its best, it is like listening to bubbling brook on a jazz kick.

In addition to the new style is a great mood in Jamal. His contemporaries are spectacular and complicated in comparison to the quiet joy, the fairylike simplicity and ease of this young pianist. In his tremulous lyrics we find something of a friendly child, something natural and clear. This music, however, is not cheaply relaxing. Its simple beauty is born of a tender sadness, the wonderment of a lost child in short, this music has the rarest form of vibrancy and joy, the kind that knows of tragedy.

At this point Jamal is just starting his musical career. He has been recording for four years and is now only twenty-five years old. He is highly regarded by fellow musicians, like Dave Brubeck, and has the same agent as Louis Armstrong. He has played in many of America's finest night clubs, from coast to coast, including our own Blue Note. Talking with Jamal on the eve of his recent departure for Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and then New York, one had the impression of talk gin to a large child, yet to someone far beyond simple innocence. At times he seems at once young and a century old. Soft-spoken, grave, calm, and ascetic who does not even smoke. He still has something of the elegant and precious about him that is not at all puritanical – he talks with a light humor, but keeps about him a quiet dignity and strength most impressive in this age which counts so heavily on the spectacular. His personality is reflected in his music, which in its clarity, calm and subtle joy, deserves to be called the chamber of contemporary jazz. – Herbert C. Lust

New Rumba
A Foggy Day
All Of You
It Ain't Necessarily So
Medley
I Get A Kick Out Of You
Jeff
Darn That Dream
Spring Is Here

The Deputy Sings - Allen Case

 

Someone To Watch Over Me

The Deputy Sings
Allen Case
Orchestra under the direction of Frank DeVol
Columbia CL 1406
1958

From the back cover: Judging by his background, it might seem that Allen Case has made such versatility the keynote of most of his twenty-five years. He grew up in Dallas, Texas, spent two years at Southern Methodist University, and then forsook books for buskin in the form of a job on a daily TV variety show in Dallas. It was the first time Case – a shower baritone until then – was paid for singing. Eight months later he quit and moved to New York, where he got a tryout on Arthur Godfrey's morning show. He stayed on that program five weeks, when switched to nightclubs in Miami, Florida and Atlantic City, New Jersey.

Case returned to New York to appear in the musical, "Reuben, Reuben," and later, another musical,
"Pleasure Dome" both of which closed out of town. He then went on tour with "Damn Yankees" for a year. Another year was spent back in New York, in "South Pacific," the Broadway "Damn Yankees," club dates, another casualty called "The Carefree Heart," and a few more appearances on the Godfrey show. Early in 1958, he made a guest appearance on the "Jack Parr Show." A small part in a movie led to roles in several TV Westerns: "Wagon Train," "Gunsmoke," "Have Gun Will Travel," "The Rifleman" and "Sugarfoot," Returning to New York for the off-Broadway musical success "Once Upon A Mattress," he left that to do "The Deputy," one of the brightest new shows on television, in which he is seen with Henry Fonda.

"The Deputy Sings" present Allen Case in yet another role, that of a young man interpreting a dozen songs written by this century's most outstanding popular composers. Rodgers and Hart's Bewitched, George and Ira Gershwin's Someone To Watch Over Me... these are some of the songs whose creative inventiveness demands that they by sung with wit, understanding and a complete grasp of musical values. And it is just these values that "The Deputy" – Allen Case – brings to them.

Bewitched
The Very Thought Of You
Don't Blame Me
Again
Someone To Watch Over Me
These Foolish Things
I'm Always Chasing Rainbows
I Only Have Eyes For You
My Romance
For All We Know
That Old Feeling
I'll Be Seeing You

Romantic Zither - Ruth Welcome

 

Laura

Romantic Zither
Sophisticated Solo Stylings by Ruth Welcome
Produced by Andy Wiswell
Capitol Records
High Fidelity Recording ST 1527
1961

From Billboard - March 20, 1961: A group of lovely standards are played with warmth and feeling here by Ruth Welcome on zither. Her use of the instrument creates a tender and romantic feeling on such tunes are "Love Is A Many Splendored Thing," "Red Sails In The Sunset," "As Time Goes By" and "Far Away Places." A set that makes for appealing mood music.

Love Is A Many Splendored Thing
Red Sails In The Sunset
I Love Paris
As Time Goes By
True Love
Laura
Far Away Places
Embraceable You
Theme From Limelight
I'll See You Again
At The Eleventh Hour
They Didn't Believe Me

Favorite Selections By Johnny Ukulele

 

Jungle Song

Favorite Selections By Johnny Ukulele
Featuring the instrument for which his is named and famed
Produced by Bill Miller
Capitol Records High Fidelity Recordings T 1425
1960

From the back cover: Uku is an Hawaiian word meaning "insect" – lele means "to leap." The Islanders long ago gave the four string instrument its name because the action of the performer's fingers reminded them of a jumping bug. And yet, through the years, the ukulele has been strummed more often than really played, with the result that it has come to be regarded all too frequently as a mere toy.

Johnny Ukulele does not "strum." He plays. His technical ability and musical inventiveness are beyond compare, and under his fleet fingers the ukulele becomes a full-fledged instrument with a charming, distinctive sound.

Featured in this album as soloist with a fine rhythm group, Johnny presents a varied selection of melodies ranging from the traditional to the contemporary. Such tunes as Maui Chimes, Hawaiian Wedding Song and Wailing capture the romantic charm of Johnny's Hawaiian ancestry. His versions of Tea For Two Cha Cha and The Third Man Theme bring to mind more modern but equally romantic pictures.

The career of Johnny Ukulele has been long and colorful. Born on the "Big Island" of Hawaii, Johnny came to the U.S. mainland at the age of fifteen. His desire to become a musician was so strong that within a few years he was singing and playing guitar in the country's biggest theaters. In those days he was billed as "Chief Cold Moon," part of an Indian act. After he left the act he continued to play the top houses as a single. Johnny has remained ever since a feature attracting in all phases of the entertainment world. He has become especially well known in recent year through numerous radio, television, and night club appearances. During his long tenure with the Harry Owens Show he acquired the name "Johnny Ukulele." His real name is Johnny Kaaihue.

Interesting sidelights to Johnny's career include the fact that he is an avid and excellent swimmer. He has competed against such aquatic notables as Johnny Weissmuller and Buster Crabbe. In addition to his own successful career as an entertainer, Johnny is directly responsible for another top entertainment attraction: the Mary Kaye Trio. He is the father of Mary and Norman Kaye.

From Billboard - September 5, 1960: Johnny Ukulele, whose real name is Johnny Kaaihue, and who also happens to be the father of Mary and Norman Kaye, is one of the top exponents of ukulele in the world. On this set he shows off his remarkable technique with attractive performances of some Hawaiian tunes as well as "Tea For Two," "Third Man Theme," and other pop-type efforts. He is backed by an instrumental group on most of the selections.

Ua Like No A Like
Maui Chimes
Hawaiian Wedding Song
Jungle Song
Blue Hawaii
Tea For Two Cha Cha
Hawaiian War Chant
Wailana (Drowsy Waters)
The Third Man Theme
Kohala March
Hawaiian Music Box
Black and White Rag

More Of Les - Les Paul

 

Blue Skies

More Of Les

Les Paul and His Trio

Photo: Stuart Becker

Decca Records DL 8589

1957

From the back cover: When he was still a youngster, Les began to feel an affinity for the guitar. However, he discovered many limitations in the ordinary guitar, and began to experiment with the more complicated, infinitely more sensitive electric guitar – of which he has become the country's outstanding exponent. Les Paul has one of the largest collections of guitars and chooses the instrument best suited to each song he plays. With these varied instruments he has initiated more guitar sounds and unique effects than any group of guitarists in America. In addition, he does his own arranging and editing – usually at home in New Jersey, in the wee hours of the morning.

As the strings of Les' guitar sing out the plaintive Hawaiian songs, you are magical transported to a "Hawaiian Paradise," It is not difficult to imagine dark-eyed girls swaying to the rhythm of the ancient hula; their hands telling a romantic story; their flowered leis symbolizing the gaiety of the island. Hawaii is truly "My Isle Of Golden Dreams," whose very air is drenched with the heady perfume of exotic flowers.

Born in Waukesha, Wisconsin, Les played in a school band there and, at the age of 14, took his first step toward a musical career. He was heard on radio in Racine, Wisconsin, and it was not long before word of his fast-maturing musicianship spread to Chicago. The Chicago World's Fair of 1933 gave Les an opportunity to branch out on his own as a featured entertainer at one of the exposition's many attractions. The engagement led to many network appearances.

The turning point in Les' career came in 1937, when he began an association with the famous Waring organization which lasted for three years. It was at this time that the Les Paul Trio came into being. Its popularity was such that it became a regular feature on the Waring shows. The group has become one of the busiest in the country, with a reputation that is still growing.

Guitar Boogie
Blue Skies
Begin The Beguine
Dream Dust
Dark Eyes
Steel Guitar Rag
Hawaiian Paradise
My Isle Of Golden Dreams
Song Of The Island
Sweet Leilani
To You Sweetheart Aloha
Aloha Oe

Ernie Heck At The Fabulous Fairmont

 

Sophisticated Swing

Ernie Heckscher At The Fabulous Fairmont
Verve Records MG V-4020
1958

From the back cover: High atop Nob Hill stands the Fabulous Fairmont, a symbol of the grace and elegance that is San Francisco. In the magnificent Venetian Room, where the top stars of the entertainment world appear nightly, Ernie is now in the tenth year of his record breaking engagement. Dancers and visitors from all parts of the world have acclaimed his matchless rhythm and the versatility of his superb orchestra.

From Billboard - October 27, 1958: Ernie Heckscher, for the past decade the nabob of Nob Hill, is heard in a characteristic set of hotel-styled dance medleys which have kept them filling the floor at San Francisco's Fairmont. Based on the brisk business enjoyed by his earlier package, the 29 standards packed into this album will attract a healthy share of the society band buying clan.

Fine and Dandy
Can This Be Love
You've Got That Thing
You Do Something To Me

I Can't Get Started
There's A Small Hotel
Josephine

It's Only A Paper Moon
Will You Still Be Mine
You're So Amusing (But So Confusing)

Wunderbar

The Continental

I Won't Dance
I'm Just Wild About Harry
Black Bottom
When The Saints Go Marching In

Button Up Your Overcoat
You're The Cream In My Coffee
If You Knew Susie
Chicago

Sophisticated Swing

Love For Sale

Music, Maestro, Please!
At Sundown
My Heart Belongs To Daddy

Rica Pulpa

Who Cares
Dirty Lady
No! No! Nora!