Ethel Ennis - Lullabies For Losers '1955/2019

Tracks list

Baltimore jazz institution Ethel Ennis was born November 28, 1932. Beginning her
vocal career while a pianist in a high school jazz group, she quickly went on to
sing with everyone from Louis Armstrong to Duke Ellington to Count Basie. Ennis
debut LP, Lullabies for Losers, appeared on Jubilee in 1955, with the follow-up,
Change of Scenery, issued two years later on Capitol. Around the same time, she
toured Europe with Benny Goodman, but finding the grind of the road too intense,
she returned home to Baltimore, and -- much to the detriment of her rising fame
-- rarely played outside of the Charm City area in the decades to come. After
1958s Have You Forgotten?, Ennis did not resurface until six years later,
landing at RCA for This Is Ethel Ennis; three more LPs -- Once Again, Eyes for
You, and My Kind of Waltztime -- quickly followed by another eight-year studio
hiatus which finally ended with the 1973 release of the BASF album 10 Sides of
Ethel Ennis. That same year, she also sang the National Anthem at the
re-inauguration proceedings of President Richard Nixon. Ennis next turned up on
vinyl in 1980 with Live at Maryland Inn; a self-titled follow-up was 14 years in
the making, with If Women Ruled the World appearing in 1998. Ennis died
following a stroke on February 17, 2019; she was 86 years old.

Tracks:

01. Ethel Ennis - Love for Sale (Remastered) [03:23] 
02. Ethel Ennis - Dreamer-Dreamer (Remastered) [04:34] 
03. Ethel Ennis - Blue Prelude (Remastered) [02:59] 
04. Ethel Ennis - Off Shore (Remastered) [02:56] 
05. Ethel Ennis - Casually (Remastered) [04:01] 
06. Ethel Ennis - Hey Jacques! (Remastered) [03:07] 
07. Ethel Ennis - Lullaby for Losers (Remastered) [03:03] 
08. Ethel Ennis - Say It Aint So, Joe (Remastered) [03:02] 
09. Ethel Ennis - You Better Go Now (Remastered) [03:12] 
10. Ethel Ennis - Blue Willow (Remastered) [03:26] 
11. Ethel Ennis - Bon Voyage (Remastered) [04:19] 
12. Ethel Ennis - Ive Got You Under My Skin (Remastered) [02:52] 
13. Ethel Ennis - Got It in My Blood (Remastered) [03:17] 
14. Ethel Ennis - A Pair of Fools (Remastered) [02:33] 

Personnel:

Ethel Ennis - vocal, 
Hank Jones - piano, 
Eddie Biggs - guitar, 
Abie Baker - bass, 
Kenny Clark - drums

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