There's no doubt that if it was your Dad's, then you have an unsurpassable reason for it being your 'best' For myself that 'best' is a versionof Dukes "A Train " from an LP ( now CD) entitled 'Uptown ' with Betty Roche doing the vocal. Have a listen and let me know-david
Doesn't show Christy at best. Try 'Bewitched' or 'Midnight Sun' It's her earlier younger voice that produces memorable music. Didnt she marry Rugolo ?
@grandcarriage1 Christy was magnificent doing anything-I reckon. And re-listening I enjoyed it very much-For me though, still not oneof her greatest - Made me think of so many nights at big band sessions up and down UK where in the case of John Dankworth and Cleo Lane, she "coasted a couple" Same with Ted Heath's singers and with Denis Lotis, they occasionally 'rested' a song out and thats the kind of message I took from this BUT Christy was a landmark singer no doubt at all.david
@teazle2 LOL: It could also be that the mono version of "Softly" was my father's and my introduction to her...To me, the album is the definitive June... I love the unaffectedness of the singing, the clarity of tone. It's still my favorite rendition of the song, which admittedly, isn't a show-stopper.
The melody of "Softly" is very close to the melody of Kenton's theme song "Artistry in Rhythm." Rugolo was a genius. He adored Christy and said he could bring in the toughest arrangement and she could sail through it and do anything he asked. But she needed things written out; she was not an improviser even when she sounds like she's improvising. Besides being a remarkable artist, she was cute as a button.
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1941hachiuma 8 months ago
There's no doubt that if it was your Dad's, then you have an unsurpassable reason for it being your 'best' For myself that 'best' is a versionof Dukes "A Train " from an LP ( now CD) entitled 'Uptown ' with Betty Roche doing the vocal. Have a listen and let me know-david
teazle2 1 year ago
Doesn't show Christy at best. Try 'Bewitched' or 'Midnight Sun' It's her earlier younger voice that produces memorable music. Didnt she marry Rugolo ?
teazle2 1 year ago
@teazle2 I have to disagree...This song and recording shows how lovely her range is... Her lower voice especially shines in this rendition.
grandcarriage1 1 year ago
@grandcarriage1 Christy was magnificent doing anything-I reckon. And re-listening I enjoyed it very much-For me though, still not oneof her greatest - Made me think of so many nights at big band sessions up and down UK where in the case of John Dankworth and Cleo Lane, she "coasted a couple" Same with Ted Heath's singers and with Denis Lotis, they occasionally 'rested' a song out and thats the kind of message I took from this BUT Christy was a landmark singer no doubt at all.david
teazle2 1 year ago
@teazle2 LOL: It could also be that the mono version of "Softly" was my father's and my introduction to her...To me, the album is the definitive June... I love the unaffectedness of the singing, the clarity of tone. It's still my favorite rendition of the song, which admittedly, isn't a show-stopper.
grandcarriage1 1 year ago
The melody of "Softly" is very close to the melody of Kenton's theme song "Artistry in Rhythm." Rugolo was a genius. He adored Christy and said he could bring in the toughest arrangement and she could sail through it and do anything he asked. But she needed things written out; she was not an improviser even when she sounds like she's improvising. Besides being a remarkable artist, she was cute as a button.
waynebrasler 2 years ago
Notice that Pete Rugulo pays a tribute
to Artie Shaw in his arrangement by
playing the refrain of Shaw's theme,
Nightmare, in the back ground.
rminnewawa 2 years ago
This is great.
Tarjaholic96 2 years ago
Excellent. Nice choice. Thx.
xavier1850 2 years ago