JUNE CHRISTY – Five Classic Albums (2 CDS) AVID JAZZ

AVID Jazz continues with its Five Classic Album series with a re-mastered 2CD second set release from June Christy, complete with original artwork, liner notes and personnel details
“June’s Got Rhythm”; “This Is June Christy”; “The Song Is June” “Those Kenton Days” and “Off Beat”.
At last, the wait is over, we hear you cry, again! AVID have finally released a second instalment in our fine June Christy Four Classic Albums series. Ah, but this time we have gone one better, one, as in, an extra featured album making this set Five Classic Albums. “The wait has been worth it” we hear you cry! Ok so we have taken our time in paying tribute to the great lady, but we wanted to get it right, we wanted to select the best albums that truly captured Miss Christy’s huge vocal talents. And we think with the four selections we have chosen we reached the spot! Well, we wrote those lines above for our first June Christy release and re-reading them again while listening to these five fine new selections they are as applicable to the new fab 5 as they were for the old fab 4! June Christy sang her heart out throughout the 1940s and 1950s where she played, toured and recorded with the Stan Kenton orchestra and it was while she was still with the outfit that she began to establish her solo recording career. The high regard she was held in can be seen by the incredible line up of jazz musicians who are featured on our latest five fine selections. The mighty Pete Rugolo (AMSC1176) again takes the arranging and conducting controls on four of our selections while the fifth album “June’s Got Rhythm” finds husband Bob Cooper (AMSC1180) behind the controls and is also heard playing tenor sax and oboe. Musicians you will hear on our selections include the following… Pete Rugolo, Bob Cooper, Bud Shank, Russ Freeman, Paul Horn, Shelly Manne, Laurindo Almeida, Dave Pell, Don Fagerquist, Shorty Rogers, Pete Candoli, Frank Rosolino, John Graas, Joe Castro, Jim Hall, Red Callender, Red Mitchell, Joe Mondragon, Stan Levey and Mel Lewis.
Check out:- Ernestine Anderson (AMSC1170); June Christy (AMSC1305); Ann Richards (AMSC1239); Peggy Lee (AMSC1290); Della Reese (AMSC1295); Dakota Staton (AMSC1259); Tony Bennett (AMSC1391); Joe Williams (AMSC1389); Bud Shank (AMSC1087); Jeri Southern (AMSC1291); Jo Stafford (AMSC1372); Anita O’Day (AMSC1136, 1129, 1126 & 963), Dave Pell (AMSC1076); Bob Cooper (AMSC1180)

CD1
1-11: ‘June’s Got Rhythm’
1. Rock Me To Sleep
2. The Gypsy In My Soul
3. I’m Glad There Is You
4. They Can’t Take That Away From Me
5. It Don’t Mean A Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)
6. My One And Only Love
7. When Lights Are Low
8. I Can Make You Love Me (If You Let Me)
9. Easy Living
10. Blue Moon
11. All God’s Chillun Got Rhythm
12-23: ‘This Is June Christy’
12. My Heart Belongs Only To You
13. Whee Baby
14. You Took Advantage Of Me
15. Get Happy
16. Look Out Up There
17. Great Scot
18. Kicks
19. Why Do You Have To Go Home
20. Bei Mir Bist Du Schon
21. Until The Real Thing Comes Along
22. I’ll Remember April
23. I Never Wanna Look Into Those Eyes Again
24-28: ‘The Song Is June’
24. Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most
25. The One I Love (Belongs To Somebody Else)
26. Nobody’s Heart
27. My Shining Hour
28. I Remember You

CD2
1-5: ‘The Song Is June’
1. Night Time Was My Mother
2. I Wished On The Moon
3. The Song Is You
4. As Long As I Live
5. Saturday’s Children
6-15: ‘Those Kenton Days’
6. Just A-Sittin’ And A-Rockin
7. A Hundred Years From Today
8. The Lonesome Road
9. She’s Funny That Way
10. It’s A Pity To Say Goodnight
11. Willow Weep For Me
12. Easy Street
13. Across The Alley From The Alamo
14. Come Rain Or Come Shine
15. How High The Moon
16-25: ‘Off Beat’
16. Remind Me
17. Out Of This World
18. You Wear Love So Well
19. Off Beat
20. The Bad And The Beautiful
21. Who Cares About April?
22. You Say You Care
23. Out Of The Shadows
24. A Sleepin’ Bee
25. Somewhere If Not In Heaven