June Christy & Stan Kenton - Lovely Way To Spend An Evening

[klrietmann]

This is also the title track of an excellent CD of June released by Jasmine Records. That version tops my list. Great vocalist.

[poetessbritt]

thumbs up if Weeds brought you here!

[kristinlee]

great arrangement~!

[casch0101]

Great, great, great!....you musicians out there notice when the arrangement modulates a half-tone above and she nails it in the air with sheer easyness!. Great husky voice, great phrasing, very sexy, great musicianship, one of the best female singers, ever!.

[tnmone1]

Still in a class bt itself --- just Great

[Bobbbiejean]

wonderful to hear the great June Christie....and Stan the man.....my favoriates for many years....love them so thanks.......how about posting :;",something cool.'..by June

[laurafygi887]

A jazz lady pioneer. June Christy had

that husky, great voice. Great vintage video.

[nejazzguy]

June had crazy stage fright, its so great to see some live performances, even though she was best in the studio

[spellkiss]

hopefully june christy is singing

in heaven

[lettore725580]

Chi come me ha sempre amato le grandi big band americane oltre a Count Basie ricorda sempre il tipico timbro degli otto ni e ance dell'orchestra di Stan Kenton e il suo "progressive jazz":Fra le cantanti di Kenton,va ricordata la fosca,sensuale e ritmica voce di June Christy la bionda cantante dell'Illinois,morta nel 1990 che succedette ad Anita O'Day,altra voce regi na Usa,che con Sarah Vaughn influenzò pareccchio June che ricordiamo partuco larmente in "Tampico"del 1945. 72_5580

[grenadian11]

Newstart2009 she only had a daughter.

[lovetosing14]

i love this song

and her singing it is the best :)

[PBTrumpet]

right on!

[Radioaxiom]

Great Voice!

[newstart2009]

twenty years before she passed. She did an admirable thing. She raised her kids first before anything, that totally explains her absence in the music field, which i totally respect. She did all those lovely recordings. and I'm thankful for them.

[BrunoJazzmanLeicht]

Would have loved to spend an evening with her ... but without the other guys LOL

Thanks for posting this beautiful video.

Best,

Bruno 'Brew Lite' Leicht

[ChadMurrey]

Lovely lady and very nice voice.

[spellkiss]

i put her ahead of ella,dinah and the rest

June Christy the best.

[laughingtiger123]

Past her prime...and totally nails it. Right on, June!

[grenadian11]

she was only 40 in this video.

[grenadian11]

actually 38 years old!

[GenericGene]

Thank you for this introduction to this great singer I have missed out on - Great Post Thanks, and to YouTube for making it possible.

[padleynj]

I can't believe I have a collection of her LP's, I must be getting old but after listening I'm getting younger!!! I think I them autographed!! I have to dig them out>>>>

[jkargan]

This arrangement really hurried June through the song. On the CD (The Misty Miss Christy), she does it with perfect pacing and enjoyment. This has been one of my top 10 songs of all time since I use to hear it on The Firestone Hour in the early days of B&W TV. It was the theme song of the program.

The real "Misty Miss Christy", unhurried, at her own pace, is on her CDs. The sensousness she attained in the sound studio is entirely missing in these videos. Buy the CDs. Hear for yourself.

[Spare0]

I totally agree. This is definitely not her best version of the song, and the version on The Misty Miss Christy is lovely. I wish they had more of her songs on here. Seems there are only five or six and some artists have 20 some. She has an awesome voice.

[grenadian11]

I have also heard the her original version on Misty Miss Christy however I like both versions and like this one here better because her voice improved like fine wine in my opinion.

[ToucheTurtle]

That was great! Please, please post the clips of "My Shining Hour" and "Midnight Sun" if you have them.

[tassonpa]

Thanks so much for posting this great clip. It's wonderful to see June in live performance as there isn't that much film of her. Please post more. Thanks again.

[thombro]

Thanks for posting this! More June, please!!

[jimnick1]

What year is this from? Is there any more of June in this concert?

[peejay1975]

It's from 1965 - two other titles performed are "My Shining Hour" and "Midnight Sun".

[jimnick1]

I hope you will put them up!

[jimnick1]

What is this from, What year? Is there any more of June from this concert?

[mhern32750]

Brings back my college days.....

[LindaMoyer]

The great Stan Kenton and wonderful June Christy-sigh, I wish music was still this good.

[waynebrasler]

I saw Kenton and Christy with the Four Freshmen at Arie Crown Theatre here in Chicago. Was new in town and unsteady about driving there but did it as I knew this would be the last time I might ever see them together. She was in a word enchanting. She sang "Midnight Sun," "Something Cool" and much more with total magic.

[ruglenjock]

Top rated of the Kenton singers along with Jean Turner and Ann Richards. Timeless music I'll take to that great big bandstand in the sky when my time comes. Many thanks.

Eddie Barnes

[evo644]

any more kenton , great to see this i have never seen this before thanks.

[katella12]

Thank you for posting this. Short but very sweet!