June Christy 1950

[casch0101]

Great phrasing, beautiful voice, great ears ;-), faultless intonation, simply wonderful!. I agree with PENNSY671E. "One of the best female jazz vocalists ever ..."

[casch0101]

Great phrasing, beautiful voice, great ears ;-), simply wonderful. I agree with PENNSY671E. "One of the best female jazz vocalists ever ..."

[M1GARRAND1]

She knows how to breath too. I think that is Roland Bundock on bass. Glenn miller's old Bassist.

[rjbpjb]

LOVED HER SINCE 1955  THANKS

[SKIPINTRO9]

Oh what a wonderful husky voice! She's fantastic! Restrained power and clear enunciation. And I love the way she pronounces "go" , "blow" and "aglow". What a girl! What a discovery! Thanks for posting this!

[casch0101]

@SKIPINTRO9

Totally!...You couldn't have put it better. i strongly recommend you to access Amazon and get her "Something Cool" recording. She recorded this album twice, same songs, same arrangements, slightly changed personnel. First it was in mono, and years later, in stereo when it came along. Both LPs are now comprised in one single CD. Superb orchestra with superb arrangements and conducted by great Pete Rugolo, one of Kenton's (and anyone's) best arrangers.

[SKIPINTRO9]

@casch0101 Many thanks for your information, I ordered already.I am really knocked out by June Christy, she has a magic combination of qualities. Watching this leaves me smiling broadly with pleasure and a pleasant tingling sensation all over. She just makes me feel really good! How wholesome she is ... and I mean that as a great compliment. I'd like to climb into that clip, give her a hug and kiss and tell her how lovely she is! Sadly, she passed on in 1990 - she's singing for the angels now.

[casch0101]

@SKIPINTRO9

Very much so. But she lives on through the wonderful singing registers she left to the planet.  That's the way to transcend!.

[bobthwart1]

If there ever was a moment to show us that Jazz of our times is dead!@! We are gonna have to Breath in the beauty of that age and make it our own in this time, cause there ain't no goin back.

[hastosing]

That last chord? Wow

[jazmaan]

Be still my foolish heart! What a dish!

[Jazsngr]

I love the tone of her voice. I have a double CD of hers called "Something Cool."...That is one of my favorit e songs. Don't you just love visual story songs like that. She was considered West Coast Jazz, but after listening to all the songs on this double CD, I think she was more of a pop or standard (as in the great standard songs) vocalist than Jazz.

[olivebleu]

pure JOY! ♥

[CDonches]

Who is that pianist? He's brilliant!

[jimgriff]

Some one help me. I cannot stop playing this video over and over... June was incredible.

[brengf]

I remember hearing her sing I'll Remember April with Kenton at Symphony Hall Boston in the late 40's and have tried to find a recording of it ever since.

[frankpearce]

Pete Jolly on piano. Nice sound. June was special.

[klrietmann]

You can learn about the Ernie Filice quartet easy enough with a Google. Accordion/guitar/clarinet, where have I heard that before? Oh yeah, Chris Connor's first EP, of all things. What a great sound, and thanks for letting us hear these sounds of that lineup behind another of Kenton's canaries.

[MeetLovelyIvySmith]

Just absolutely beautiful.. music from this era makes my heart melt!

[swinginkatz]

June you are gorgeous,

[TheFrogone]

Rolly Bundock on bass, from the Glenn Miller Band when it was led by Tex Beneke.

[skyla61]

MAJORSNODGRASS 's comment should be attributed to MAJORDUMBASS.

[MAJORSNODGRASS]

Its a man in drag. Look closely.

[swinginkatz]

@MAJORSNODGRASS  And you are nuts.

[Bobbbiejean]

Wow June is so good......different when she was young....Always loved her, but her vocie is different. Wonderful and the group behind her amazing.Thanks so much ....love the Misty, Miss Christy...I believe STan Kenton called. her.....

[KojiRecords]

I clicked on this to see June but I am totally blown away with the accompaniment, they are so in tune with each other, almost making June's vocal secondary. Singers---including myself---search forever to find great musicians like The Ernie Filice Quartet---but would not it be a Quintet as there are 5 in the group? This qunitet is rocking even before June starts to sing. Thanks a million for posting.

[PENNSY671E]

One of the best female jazz vocalists ever - along with the other's who performed with Stan Kenton.

[gregwaits]

I would marry her!

[SKIPINTRO9]

@gregwaits So would I! Are there any women still this natural and lovely? You're right, June was a real heart-stopper!

[eugenesedita]

She's heavenly. I prefer her voice in the early years I think. Although it's always marvelous. It's cleaner. I bet she smoked! That destroyed a lot of lives, a lot of great voices too.

[siolaaduob]

Perfectly swinging, fantastic voice, gorgeous woman, the loveliest smile. Simply: I fell in love with this kind of music and this most beautiful lovely woman. So bad, it's already long ago.

[weightfeather1]

A unique talent and very underrated. Listen to "Something Cool" and you'll have your socks blown off. Girl-next-door gorgeous, like Doris Day's sister, if you know what I mean.

[landsell]

Wake up and smelll the coffee folks.  If you take the swine flu vaccine you will regret it. It is a depopulation attempt by the illuminati.

[flop4andy]

september was fun but wait till october comes, then you'll know what's going on with all the new clothing lines. dark colors.

[Bootrosgali]

In my opinion , its the sound of a new brassy horn, and mastery of it. Hip timing. So hip.

[voldpilot]

OMG she is so . .so beautiful and such a lovely smile, and of course that voice . . I'm

just lost for words - if only you could come back June. God bless and thank you a million times over lovely lady.

[limecookiebugger]

She looks so plain and pretty, but she sounds so incredibly hip. When I finally got to see her on this video, I was so shocked. It was like if Mrs. Brady, from the brady bunch family decided to be an awesome Jazz vocalist.

[AniaJedrzejow]

świetnie wchodzi w dźwięki :) głos bez emocji. brakuje mi dzisiaj tej czystości dźwięku i swingu w głosie :)

[JoeClawsy]

Beaut!

[margotdarby]

This is real American jazz. Jazz as jazz should be.

[AchillesShield]

Very good, but her voice is yet to achieve that richness, depth, and sensuality she would later develop. Just hear 'Do It Again', and you'll see what I mean (particularly the last part!)

[kittgriff]

Her voice is amazing! Just easy and sweet.

[margotdarby]

Real American jazz, the basic stuff, none of that drug-fueled be-bop of the era. The song was co-written by Cole Porter's first cousin, Ted Fetter. Ted Fetter married a Frenchwoman and adopted her son, Patrick Pleven, who later became a prominent TV director and producer, and finally NYC Film Commission head.

[Superphilipp]

"drug-fueled be-bop"

Idiot.

[margotdarby]

Ha ha. A witless person quotes my witty remark and calls me an Idiot. Hmm. Du bist so faul.

[Superphilipp]

Und du schaffst es ernsthaft den Konservativusmus der 50er heute noch auf die bedeutendsten Musiker des zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts anzuwenden.

[grenadian11]

Susan Boyle eat your heart out!

[vodkaymenta]

my god, this lady is an encanto total!

[JimmieBluffdweller]

Jazz accordion is something that has waned in recent years but was once popular, especially as a solo instrument in lounges and restaurants, and often with dance bands. Today it's often thought of as being cheezy, but is actually quite a difficult instrument to handle and master. It works well in small ensemble as part of a rhythm section. I've always loved it and wish there were more young people taking it up.

[Charliebear65]

I was fortunate enough to be at her outing with Kenton in 1945 and was, at once, her number one fan. Through all the good and bad years she remained terrific, tasteful and talented.

[kingkoeller]

It's interesting to note that the arrangement starts out in the Key of A, then after she sings the bridge, they modulate to the Key of Ab, then after the solos' she sings the tune out in Ab, and then after the bridge the band again changes Key , down another half step to the Key of G , where the song ends!!

What a cool arrangement!

June's singing is stellar along such great females vocalists as Julie London, Diana Shore, and Rosemary Clooney.

[bungalowmo]

JimmyBluff...You got that so right.!! I'm 50 & my mom used to play these records & pick us up & dance with us in the house!!

You're right...very distinctive. :-)

[Radioaxiom]

Simply Amazing.

[JimmieBluffdweller]

June had a very distinctive voice, unmistakeable from the beginning to the end of her career. She had a fine ability to improvise and had huge 'ears'...the young folks who are singing like this today can't give it away and the talentless win with vulgarity. It's a pity that the culture has declined so.

[Charliebear65]

I agree with you totally. I detest most of today's

ah...music?

[koreankayagum]

Think about the downfall of popular music in the past sixty years or so. Now we have American Idol types with passable voices who rely on power and annoying vibrato to get themselves across, lacking all subtlety. Or worse, we have hacks like Madonna or Britney Spears and so forth who rely on studio trickery to fool people into thinking that they can sing, which they can't. Imagine them fronting an acoustic ensemble and trying to tackle some jazz standards. THAT would be painful.

[01jazzman01]

another great singer

01jazzman01

[MatuArt]

I was 8 years old already a jazz fan.WNEW, NYC

[mtown78]

the way she sings makes it easy to dance to. Lindy hop works great with her version of "Shoo Fly Pie"

[mtown78]

...and "Apple Pan Dowdy"

[tisha812]

Her timbre is beautiful!

[colnagodean]

Class

[chenarch]

I'm in love

[unkykoko]

for me, it's always been between anita o'day and miss christy. june doesn't flat her notes in the artful way that o'day does but she's still pretty groovy, in the best sense of that word.

[jb478000]

My mothers favorite singer, I grew up hearing June

[dotdadee]

She nailed that key change at :54 then again at 2:35.

I LOVE this lady.

[bdslingerland]

Great chart for a great lady! Loved the musicians on this! A sure pick me up song!

[costernocht]

Wow. I always loved her voice, but didn't realize how adorable she was.

[ausmos]

classy

[bobthwart]

Yeah, I don't think there is any other moment that deserves to be special then this.

[LaharlNoMore]

omg this is soo hacking awsome!!!!!

Plz plz plz plz plz someone send me a link to download it!!!

[RetroSho]

Dotdadee nailed it. What incredible musicianship from one of the jazz immortals. This is one of the finest things I've ever seen or heard from June Christy. Too bad Mr. Snader lost his company on a morals charge - perhaps we'd have had more of these Telescriptions to keep the flame of classic pop and jazz alive a little longer in our own time. Thanks for posting!

[cdadave83814]

Oh, this is so doggone COOOOL....just great!

[lcal39]

Can anyone identify the members of the Ernie Felice Quartet?

[laughingtiger123]

I love Ella.....but June was IT.

[uo12345678910]

nice :)

[masqualero]

I adore June.

[dotdadee]

How many contemporary singers do you think could catch the modulations of key at 00:53, 2:34, and then at 2:53? Maybe uh, ZERO? June Christy was musically INCREDIBLE!JUST Beautiful! Oh, and if your an aspiring singer, I suggest you try singing this song EXACTLY like this video and see if YOU can make those modulations. Practice your sight singing!

[mason104]

This requires several listenings! Super!

[bwm348]

Incomparable vocalist.

[GenericGene]

Gentle Jazz - Good post Thanks.

[TheTokyoDude]

My current favorite clip on YouTube. June Christy make my heart melt, so nice that she was captured on video. Thanks so much for posting this.

Regarding the accordion (which has received some questionable comments), I think it works beautifully in this ensemble. When he's comping the chord voicings he's using make it sound almost like a big band sax section. Regardless, he swings, and that's the most important part.

[JmsRyan60]

June (aka Shirley Luster) was the daughter of my great-aunt. Never met her, though. Moved away before I was born and rarely visited.

Family genealogy has allowed me to discover so much.

Great videos!

[jazmaan]

That's a pretty radical modulation she does after each bridge!

[TheTokyoDude]

It's so nice to find a gem like this. Thank you so much for posting it.

[leonshann]

makes me want to tune into the Voice of America from AFN Stuggart, circa 1955.

[paulostroff99]

A treasure from the past from an unforgettable singer.

[Telcom100]

Love this performance. Curiously, the Ernie Filice quartet has 5 pieces - a bonus. Love the Bop inspired solo on the piano. Did anyone identify the piano player yet?

[rhickok1109]

Claude Williams

[Telcom100]

Thanks. Claude Williamson.

[rhickok1109]

Of course. Williams was a black guitarist/violinist from Oklahoma. Williamson was a white pianist from Vermont. Easy to get them mixed up :-)

[fluteytunes1]

Claude Williams. He was her regular piano player and not a member of the band.

[kt2374]

ooooooooo!

How I hate to see her getting old!

[badfoot22]

Thank you for this wonderful video. I loved June Christy's style. So cool!

[LindaMoyer]

What a great clip! great song, June Christy is wonderful and I love what she does with it-the group is a bit corny but swings well and backs her admirably. She's cute as a bug too! Awesome!

[kt2374]

Wonderful! Just Wonderful!

I love June Christy and her song, especially in 50's.

Maybe I'm born in wrong generation. Ha Ha!

[snmafra]

Take a look at the shine on her eyes!

Beautiful woman with a marvelous voice singing a standard with so much passion!

[ODS31]

Timeless. Wonderful and you can hear the words.

[KapnKoolio]

I keep coming back and listening to this -- what a great tune. Notice how the last note of the "B" (bridge) section is is same as the 1st note of the third "A" section -- pretty clever and seamless.

[19rebel57]

June Christy was always my favorite female singer, going back to the 50's. Thanks for this video!

[NINTHMARINE]

VERY INTERESTING.......C.A.

[KapnKoolio]

Great tune and a great singer -- very sexy BTW.

[xobabydoll714oxo]

LUV THIS SONG. O S0 SWEET.

[eguirald]

Awesome!

[b1970b]

The accordian really makes the song. Just kidding. Very cute.

[KapnKoolio]

I like that squeezebox just fine. Who's to say it isn't perfectly hip?

[b1970b]

Never heard one in a jazz context. I wonder who the piano player is. It's nice to hear her in a small group. They were always teaming up singer babes with big bands back in the day.

[riederman]

Delightful.