June Christy - With The Kentones...Again! (Remastered) '2019

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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:
2:35 | 01. June Christy - Lullaby In Rhythm (Remastered)
3:17 | 02. June Christy - This Is Romance (Remastered)
3:35 | 03. June Christy - Supper Time (Remastered)
3:09 | 04. June Christy - Im Thrilled (Remastered)
1:59 | 05. June Christy - I Cant Give You Anything But Love (Remastered)
3:07 | 06. June Christy - How Long Has This Been Going On? (Remastered)
3:01 | 07. June Christy - Youre Blase (Remastered)
3:01 | 08. June Christy - Prelude To A Kiss (Remastered)
3:14 | 09. June Christy - Whats New? (Remastered)
2:15 | 10. June Christy - Wherever Theres Me Theres You (Remastered)
2:18 | 11. June Christy - All The Cats Join In (Remastered)
3:13 | 12. June Christy - A Nightingale Can Sing The Blues (Remastered)
3:18 | 13. June Christy - Come Rain Or Come Shine (Remastered)
2:24 | 14. June Christy - The Best Man (Remastered)
2:15 | 15. June Christy - If You Were The Only Boy (Remastered)
2:31 | 16. June Christy - Love Doesnt Grow On Trees (Remastered)
2:12 | 17. June Christy - I Guess Ill Get The Papers And Go Home (Remastered)
3:02 | 18. June Christy - My Sugar Is So Refined (Remastered)

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