June Christy - June Sings The Standards (Remastered) '2019
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Artist | June Christy Related artists |
Album name | June Sings The Standards (Remastered) |
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Date | 2019 |
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Play time | 53:15 min |
Format / Bitrate | 24 BIT Stereo 1420 Kbps / 44.1 kHz |
Media | CD |
Size | 261; 517 MB |
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Though she was the epitome of the vocal cool movement of the 1950s, June Christy was a warm, chipper vocalist able to stretch out her impressive voice on bouncy swing tunes and set herself apart from other vocalists with her deceptively simple enunciation. From her time in Stan Kentons Orchestra, she inherited a focus on brassy swing from arranger friends like Pete Rugolo. Rugolo would become a consistent companion far into her solo days, too, arranging most of her LPs and balancing her gymnastic vocal abilities with a series of attentive charts. Born Shirley Luster in Springfield, IL, she began singing early on and appeared with a local society band during high school. She moved to Chicago in the early 40s, changed her name to Sharon Leslie, and sang with a group led by Boyd Raeburn. In 1945, after hearing that Anita ODay had just left Stan Kentons Orchestra, she auditioned for the role and got it early that year. Despite an early resemblance (physically and vocally) to ODay, the singer — renamed June Christy — soon found her own style: a warm, chipper voice that stretched out beautifully and enlivened Kentons crossover novelties (Shoo Fly Pie and Apple Pan Dowdy, the million-selling Tampico) as well as the leaders intricately arranged standards (How High the Moon). As she became more and more popular within the Kenton band, arranger Pete Rugolo began writing charts with her style especially in mind. After the Kenton orchestra broke up in 1948, Christy worked the nightclub circuit for awhile before reuniting with Kenton for his 1950 Innovations in Modern Music Orchestra, a very modern 40-piece group that toured America. She had already debuted as a solo act the year before, recording for Capitol with a group led by her husband, Kenton tenor saxophonist Bob Cooper. Christys debut LP for Capitol, 1954s Something Cool, was recorded with Rugolo at the head of the orchestra. The album launched the vocal cool movement and hit the Top 20 album charts in America, as did a follow-up, The Misty Miss Christy. Her 1955 Duet LP paired her voice with Kentons piano, while most of her Capitol LPs featured her with various Kenton personnel and Rugolo (or Bob Cooper) at the head of the orchestra. She reprised her earlier big-band days with 1959s June Christy Recalls Those Kenton Days, and recorded a raft of concept LPs before retiring in 1965. Christy returned to the studio only once, for 1977s Impromptu on Musicraft. ~ John Bush Tracklist: 2:49 | 01. June Christy - For All We Know (Remastered) 4:07 | 02. June Christy - Do Nothin Till You Hear From Me (Remastered) 2:41 | 03. June Christy - They Cant Take That Away From Me (Remastered) 1:53 | 04. June Christy - It Dont Mean A Thing (If It Aint Got That Swing) (Remastered) 2:31 | 05. June Christy - Stompin At The Savoy (Remastered) 2:29 | 06. June Christy - Baubles, Bangles And Beads (Remastered) 2:41 | 07. June Christy - Im Glad There Is You (Remastered) 3:16 | 08. June Christy - Willow Weep For Me (Remastered) 2:38 | 09. June Christy - Cry Like The Wind (Remastered) 2:45 | 10. June Christy - Bei Mir Bist Du Schon (Remastered) 2:33 | 11. June Christy - Swinging On A Star (Remastered) 2:27 | 12. June Christy - Give A Little Whistle (Remastered) 2:34 | 13. June Christy - When You Wish Upon A Star (Remastered) 4:57 | 14. June Christy - Bewitched, Bothered And Bewildered (Remastered) 2:34 | 15. June Christy - How High The Moon (Remastered) 3:10 | 16. June Christy - I Get Along Without You Very Well (Remastered) 4:22 | 17. June Christy - The Song Is You (Remastered) 2:49 | 18. June Christy - The Way You Look Tonight (Remastered)
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- July 24, 1958 - August 19, 1960 The Song Is June!
- 2024 Swing When You Sing (The Big Band Special)
- 2021 Five Classic Albums (June's Got Rhythm / This Is June Christy / The Song Is June / Those Kenton Days / Off Beat) (Digitally Remastered)
- 2019 The Intimate Miss Christy
- 2019 Off Beat [2]
- 2019 Make Love To Me: The Small Group Recordings
- 2019 The Cool School [2]
- 2019 Cocktail Hour With June [2]
- 2019 A Best Of June Christy: Jazz Sessions [2]
- 2019 Another Cocktail Hour With June [2]
- 2019 Big Band Specials [2]
- 2019 Duets [2]
- 2019 Gone For The Day [2]
- 2019 June Sings Some Standards [2]
- 2019 The Merriest [2]
- 2019 With The Kentones [2]
- 2019 Im Thrilled...
- 2019 June Sings The Standards (Remastered)
- 2019 Let There Be Love
- 2019 The Best Of June Christy
- 2019 The Cool Jazz of June Christy (Remastered)
- 2019 The Merriest! (Remastered)
- 2019 The Uncollected
- 2019 With The Kentones...Again! (Remastered)
- 2019 Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams
- 2019 Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams.... Radio Sessions Vol 3
- 2018 June's Got Rhythm [Hi-Res]
- 2018 Ballads For Night People [2]
- 2018 The Misty Miss Christy [2]
- 2018 Four Classic Albums (Something Cool / Misty Miss Christy / Gone for the Day / Ballads for Night People) (Digitally Remastered)
- 2015 Just The Way I Am
- 2015 The Merriest
- 2009/2019 Another Cocktail Hour With June!
- 2009; 2019 Let Me Love You (Remastered)
- 2009 BD Music Presents June Christy
- 2007/2019 Soothe Me-The Complete Studio Recordings
- 2006 The Cool School, Do Re Mi
- 2005 June's Got Rhythm
- 2001 Complete Capitol Small Group Transcriptions
- 2001 Something Cool
- 2001 Cocktail Hour
- 2000 The Ballad Collection
- 1998 Ballads For Night People & The Intimate Miss Christy
- 1996 The Best Of June Christy: Jazz Sessions 1949-1968
- 1995 Through The Years
- 1995 Spotlight on June Christy (Great Ladies of Song No. 9)
- 1987 The Uncollected June Christy Vol II
- 1986 The Uncollected Vol.1 (June Christy With The Kentones)
- 1986 June Christy With The Kentones
- 1962/2019 Big Band Specials!
- 1961 This Time Of Year
- 1960/2019 Off Beat (The Song Is... June)
- 1958/2019 This Is.... June
- 1957 Gone for the Day/Fair and Warmer!
- 1957 The Uncollected Vol.2
- 1956/1959 This Is June Christy / Recalls Those Kenton Days
- 1956 The Misty Miss Christy
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