One of Frank Sinatra's last great ballad albums for Capitol – a sad and dreamy batch of tunes that kicks off with the incredible "Only The Lonely" – one of those Sinatra torch songs that's so great, so sad, nobody else has ever been able to record a better version, nor have ... read moreCD
Sinatra's final album for Capitol – a contemplative set of tracks that reunites him with arranger Alex Stordahl, a frequent partner during the Columbia years, and an artist who's matured as much as Frank by this point, making a perfect fit for the sadder tone of the material. Tracks are in ... read moreCD
A wonderfully mature album from Frank Sinatra – a set that has him coming to terms with his time in life, and expressing things with a beautiful quality that almost sets a whole new standard for his work! And in a way, the aesthetic here is almost that which would be picked up by a host of ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Tri-color stereo pressing. Cover is lightly aged.)
Nelson Riddle arrangements, very much in the spirit of the Capitol years – and titles that include "Witchcraft", "The Second Time Around", "Put Your Dreams Away", "I've Got You Under My Skin", "Young At Heart", and "Oh What It Seemed To ... read moreCD
This was Sinatra's first swing record for Reprise and his third collaboration with Billy May who arranged and conducted this 1961 recording. It features some standards from the likes of Rodgers & Hart ("Have You Met Miss Jones?") and George & Ira Gershwin ("Love Walked ... read moreCD
(Out of print US pressing. Booklet has a gold promotional stamp.)
Sweet arrangements from Ernie Freeman – who gives Frank Sinatra that great little bounce that made the title hit, and so many other 60s tunes, so great! Titles include "That's Life", "Sand & Sea", "What Now My Love", "Tell Her", "Give Her ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Tri-color stereo pressing. Cover is lightly aged.)
Frank Sinatra —
Voice ... LP Columbia, 1940s. Very Good ...
$8.99
A classic full length collection of early Frank Sinatra recordings for Columbia Records – and maybe the definitive album of his mid 40s material originally issued on 78s! The quality of Sinatra's vocals here definitely live up to "The Voice" promised on the cover – as the ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Mono 6 eye pressing with deep groove. Cover has cutout holes, partially split seams, and some aging.)
A sad little album that has Frank still in the throes of the emotional loss expressed on The Wee Small Hours album – working here with Gordon Jenkins arrangements that use a fair bit of strings to well up the darkness that lurks in the songs on the set. The album kicks off with the sublime ... read moreCD
The album that put Nancy over the top – and one with lots of stellar Lee Hazlewood writing and production, and cuts like "I Move Around", "So Long, Babe", "Flowers On The Wall", and the title cut. Nice liner notes, too – with a conversation in which Nancy ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Some great moments from Nancy's Reprise years – including classic duets with Lee Hazlewood, plus other duets with Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin! Titles include "Jackson", "Friday's Child", "Sugar Town", "Summer Wine", "Things", "Lightning ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(White label stereo promo. Cover has light wear, tracklist sticker, and center split in the bottom seam.)
Nancy Sinatra —
Sugar ... LP Reprise, Late 60s. Very Good+ ...
$14.99
Though one of her groovy Hazlewood produced albums, she only does two Hazlewood-penned tunes on this one: "Coastin", and "Sugar Town". The rest of the songs are the old-timey standards like "Sweet Georgia Brown", "Vagabond Shoes", "Let's Fall In ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Tri-color stereo pressing. Cover has light wear.)
Incredibly groovy vocal work from Japan – a double-length album featuring work by a number of different groups! The first half of the set features the wonderful Singers 3 – a trio of female vocalists who sing together with a soaring, breezy groove that's totally great – one that ... read moreCD
One of the coolest albums ever cut by the Singers Unlimited – thanks to great instrumentation from the mighty Art Van Damme! Art plays accordion – in a way that works perfectly with the banks of sound and sweetness we love from the group – an instrument whose own breathy tones ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(US pressing. Cover has light wear & clear tape along the bottom seam.)
A groovy singer takes on the music of The Beatles – all with a sound that does a heck of a lot for both parties involved in the proceedings! Keely Smith was well into her solo career by the time of this set – having stepped away from Louis Prima, and soaring through some great albums ... read moreCD
A classic album by Keely Smith – Louis Prima's one-time wife and classic singing partner, working here on her own! Swingin Pretty features arrangements by Nelson Riddle – showcasing Keely as a great singer in her own right, able to work in that sophisticated jazz-based style that you'd ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Stanislaw Sojka —
Blublula ... CD Polskie Nagrania (Poland), 1981. New Copy ...
$9.99
Wicked stuff – and a vocalist we'd love to know more about! Stan's a hip Polish singer with a really wonderful sound – an open-ended 70s approach that draws on influences from Leon Thomas and Mark Murphy, yet which also has a gutsy quality that's all its own – personal and ... read moreCD
Great proof that Jeri Southern's a hell of a jazz singer in just the right setting – and this album's just the right setting! The set features Jeri live at the Crescendo – working with small group backing at the famous LA nite spot – including piano from Dick Hazard, who also ... read moreCD
A surprisingly great tribute to the vocal sounds of Chet Baker – served up by the lovely Luciana Souza, an artist we usually know from more Brazilian-styled sessions! Luciana's really got an ear for Chet's phrasing – that very blue, melancholy way of turning over a tune – often ... read moreCD
Marvelous work from Luciana Souza – a very spare set that has the vocalist just working with Chico Pinheiro on guitar and Scott Colley on bass – which makes for a moody approach that really opens up her voice! Luciana has always been a standout singer, but this time around, we find ... read moreCD
A totally groovy little record – and one that was most likely never issued to the public at all! The set's a promo 10" LP by singer/pianist Terri Spencer – recorded professionally by Bones Howe in Hollywood – with a very cool group led by saxophonist Bill Hood, with a lineup ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Paste-on sticker has light aging. Back cover has an autograph from Terri! Sleeve has a light split on the top seam.)
Groovy groovy Dusty Springfield – and wonderful stuff all the way through! Dusty's working here in some of the soulful styles used on her more famous hits of the late 60s – recording with arrangers that include Peter Knight, Keith Mansfield, and John Paul Jones, with production by John ... read moreCD
All the great ones – "Stay Awhile", "You Don't Have To Say You Love Me", "Wishin & Hopin", "All Cried Out", "I Only Want To Be With You", and "In The Middle Of Nowhere". LP, Vinyl record album
(Black label stereo pressing. Cover has light wear, small sticker, and some pen on back. Labels have initials in marker.)
One of the greatest of all Dusty Springfield albums – a gem of a record that mixes British pop, soul, and some very groovy orchestrations! The whole session has that kind of soaring, soulful bounce that Dusty had on her best records – but which was possibly never done nearly as well as ... read moreCD
(Part of the Free Soul 20th Anniversary series!)
Kandace Springs —
Indigo ... CD Blue Note, 2018. New Copy ...
$13.9914.99
Much more of a soul-based set than the debut album by Kandace Springs on Blue Note – really showing the growth in direction the label has been taking in the past decade or so! Kandace is a perfect singer for the sorts of ears that have been brought to Blue Note by some of the work of Robert ... (Neo Soul, Vocalists)read moreCD
Kandace Springs —
Indigo ... LP Blue Note, 2018. New Copy ...
$18.99
Much more of a soul-based set than the debut album by Kandace Springs on Blue Note – really showing the growth in direction the label has been taking in the past decade or so! Kandace is a perfect singer for the sorts of ears that have been brought to Blue Note by some of the work of Robert ... (Neo Soul, Vocalists)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Jo Stafford —
Jo + Jazz ... LP Columbia, 1960. Very Good+ ...
$29.99
They certainly got the title right on this one – as Jo's singing a great batch of jazz-based tracks – and getting help from an array of small group players that include Ben Webster, Johnny Hodges, Conte Candoli, and Ray Nance! Arrangements are by Johnny Mandel, in a warmly chromatic ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Plenty of blue tones in Kay Starr's music here – those sad-tinged sounds that made her a real standout in 50s pop, served up here with some slightly jazzier elements as well! The record's a nice contrast to some of Kay's more familiar hits – in that it still shows her singing strongly ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Stereo pressing. Cover has light aging and a razor mark on front.)
Dakota Staton —
Late Late Show ... CD Capitol/Collectables, Late 50s. Used ...
$4.99
A Capitol classic from Dakota Staton – and the record that made her a real leading lady at the label in the years before Nancy Wilson's rise! The set's got a wonderfully laidback feel that's in keeping with the title, yet it also swings nicely too – kind of a new level of soul in jazz ... read moreCD
A Capitol classic from Dakota Staton – and the record that made her a real leading lady at the label in the years before Nancy Wilson's rise! The set's got a wonderfully laidback feel that's in keeping with the title, yet it also swings nicely too – kind of a new level of soul in jazz ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Rainbow label duophonic pressing. Cover has light wear.)
Dakota Staton —
Madame Foo Foo ... CD Groove Merchant/Ultra Vybe (Japan), 1972. New Copy ...
$16.99
A very cool 70s album from Dakota Staton – quite different than her earlier classics on Capitol Records, thanks to some great work on Hammond from Richard Groove Holmes! The organ adds in this quality of tone to the record that really seems to inspire Dakota, even on the ballads – ... read moreCD
(Part of the Groove Merchant Mo' Groovy Collection!)
Dakota Staton with Manny Albam —
I Want A Country Man ... CD Groove Merchant/Ultra Vybe (Japan), 1973. New Copy ...
$16.99
Very hip work from Dakota Staton – one of her great early 70s albums for the Groove Merchant label! Backings here are by the band of Manny Albam – in a mode that's jazzy, but inflected with plenty of soul – and which has the same sort of rhythmic pulse that you'd find in Lou ... read moreCD
(Part of the Groove Merchant Mo' Groovy Collection!)
Very hip work from Dakota Staton – one of her great early 70s albums for the Groove Merchant label! Backings here are by the band of Manny Albam – in a mode that's jazzy, but inflected with plenty of soul – and which has the same sort of rhythmic pulse that you'd find in Lou ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Bob Stewart's a light-voiced jazz vocalist in the manner of Matt Dennis or Jackie Paris – thin, but with an icy and moody sound that's a perfect match for the combo that backs him on the set! Matt Matthews leads a group that includes Herbie Mann, Joe Puma, Oscar Pettiford, and Kenny Clarke ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Black label pressing with deep groove. Vinyl has some marks that click on "Avalon". Cover has small seam splits, some splitting in the spine, and a lightly bent corner.)
An obscure album from Sylvia Syms – issued on the short-lived Movietone label at ABC, with backing by the combo of pianist Bernie Leighton! Players aren't named, but there's a strong trumpet and tenor component to the album – with deeper soul that makes Sylvia sound hipper than usual. LP, Vinyl record album
Japanese singer Yukihiro Takahashi pays tribute to the classier side of European vocals here in this mellow gem from the late 70s – an album that's done with production help from Ryuichi Sakamoto, in an easygoing mode that fits the "city music" style that was the best side of ... (Rock, Vocalists)read moreCD
A landmark record – not only in the career of Grady Tate, but in the realm of adult vocals as well! Grady's incredible here – cool, classy, and amazingly stepping from the role of being a simple jazz drummer, into a world of sophisticated vocals that really caught the world by surprise. ... read moreCD
Jack Teagarden sings and swings on trombone – that unique groove that was a key updating of his trad style in these later years! As you might guess from the title, the album's made mostly of tunes from spiritual sources – swung in tighter jazzy styles by arranger Van Alexander, who ... (Jazz, Vocalists)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Turquoise label pressing. Cover has light wear with some clear tape along the top seam.)
An extremely rare album by Sylvia Telles! The record is one of the few she ever released in the US – and it features her singing in English on a number of light bossa groovers. The album has a nice light pop bossa kind of groove – and it includes a number of nice tracks that don't ... (Brazil, Vocalists)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A beautiful album of mellow bossa tracks sung by Sylvia Telles – recorded in Rio, but issued (and reissued) here in a US version on Kapp records. The album was one of the few that Sylvia ever issued in the US, and it features a beautiful batch of Jobim tracks, done in a shimmering style that ... (Brazil, Vocalists)read moreCD
A tasty compilation of Leon Thomas' work for the Flying Dutchman label – work that's clearly his best over the years, and which retains the original style of spiritual soul jazz that he pioneered with Pharoah Sanders. The groove here runs from open-ended soul jazz to some tighter numbers ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has light wear and a few small spots of residue on the front.)
A very nice live set by Leon – recorded with a great electric group that has Neal Creque on piano, Cornell Dupree on guitar, Oliver Nelson on alto, and added percussion by Sonny Morgan. The vibe is nice and free, and the tracks have a very spiritual sound, in the manner of the work that ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A wonderful live performance by vocalist Leon Thomas – and a set that seems to link together both his own excellent solo material of the time, and his key Impulse recordings with Pharoah Sanders! The group here is a small one – with the wonderful Oliver Nelson on alto sax, showing off ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Groovy vocals from 70s Japan – a very hip male quintet, and one with the same harmony sound as The Four Freshmen or The Hi-Los! Given the date of the record, the tunes are a bit more contemporary – but still swung by the group with a very jazzy style, one that often has sweet small ... read moreCD
An insane record – simply insane! Mel Torme wrote the California Suite as a tribute to his home state during the glorious postwar years of growth and boom – and it contains some of the weirdest songs he ever sung! At the base, the work is driven by the same west coast jazz ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
One of the most beautiful albums ever from the great Mel Torme – and a set that's a bit different than his other work for the Bethlehem label too! The set features Mel singing to lush backings from arranger Al Pellegrini – who brings in a mode that definitely lives up to the blue tones ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A great little live set from Mel Torme – and one that features the same jazzy style as his studio albums for the Bethlehem label from the 50s! The combo behind Mel is a smallish one – Marty Paich on piano and arrangements, Larry Bunker on vibes, Don Fagerquist on trumpet, Max Bennett ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Red label pressing with deep groove. Vinyl has a mark that clicks a bit on "Autumn Leaves". Cover looks great, with just a bit of wear on the opening.)
One of the grooviest Mel Torme albums ever – a smoking little live set that has the Velvet Fog hitting a whole new soulful sound for the 60s – with a leaner groove than ever before! Backing is from the trio of pianist Jimmy Wisner – although Mel himself also plays a bit of piano ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Blue & green label pressing with AT etch. Cover has a mark that clicks just a bit on "Shakin' The Blue Away". Cover is in great shape, with a bit of gloss separation at the bottom.)
Mel Torme takes on the sound of Broadway at the start of the 60s – but he does so in a very groovy way, thanks to hip backings from the amazing Marty Paich! The style here is as swinging and jazzy as the work that Mel and Marty cut together on the Bethlehem label in the late 50s – and ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(MGM pressing. Cover has a small peeled spot from sticker removal.)
One of Mel's best albums of jazz vocals! The record was cut in London, with work by arrangers Geoff Love, Tony Osborne, and Wally Stott – and it's got a wonderfully full quality that works perfectly with the vocals of "The Velvet Fog". Stott's best known as the arranger for Scott ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(MGM pressing. Cover has some sticker on the opening.)
One of Mel's best for Bethlehem – and an album that's finally getting reissued in a proper format! The record features Mel working with a small group led by Marty Paich, a genius arranger who's still (in our humble opinion) the best person to ever accompany Torme's velvety smooth vocals on ... read moreCD
One of the greatest, straightest sets from Mel Torme – an all-classic batch of tracks that's quite different than his other album for Columbia! Torme checks in as a totally committed, totally serious jazz vocalist here – with an impeccable approach to the music that puts this album ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(360 Sound stereo pressing. Cover has a cutout hole & light wear.)
One of the best-ever Mel Torme jazz vocal albums – right up there with his best Bethlehem recordings! The set was recorded with Marty Paich's Dek-tette, who set the tone perfectly for the warmly perfect style of The Velvet Fog – and who, like Mel, manage to be totally polished, yet ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Yellow vinyl pressing – in beautiful shape!)
Dwight Trible with Matthew Halsall —
Inspirations ... LP Gondwana (UK), 2017. Near Mint- 2LP ...
$18.99
A fantastic setting for the voice of Dwight Trible – one of the few contemporary jazz singers who inherited the style of spiritual jazz greats like Leon Thomas or Joe Lee Wilson! Trible's singing here with backing from a group that includes trumpeter Matthew Halsall, recording on Halsall's ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Great 40s work from this Kansas City legend – recorded in New York, Chicago, and LA – with work from players who include Don Byas and Wild Bill Moore on tenor, Camille Howard and Pete Johnson on piano, Red Saunders on drums, and Riley Hampton on alto sax! (Blues, Vocalists)LP, Vinyl record album
Joe Turner & Count Basie —
Bosses ... LP Pablo, 1974. Very Good- ...
$1.99
One of the grooviest Verve albums of all time – a rare American session from Brazilian legend Marcos Valle – and his only US album to feature vocals! The album's even dreamier than Valle's early bossa sides from Brazil – and the setting has some nice Verve-like touches from ... (Brazil, Vocalists)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
One of the grooviest Verve albums of all time – a rare American session from Brazilian legend Marcos Valle – and his only US album to feature vocals! The album's even dreamier than Valle's early bossa sides from Brazil – and the setting has some nice Verve-like touches from ... (Brazil, Vocalists)read moreCD
The epitome of the sexy RCA songstress of the 50s – with tracks that include "Bed", "Le Rififi", "My Man", "Les Amoureux Du Havre", "Coin De Rue", "Sheridan Square", and "My Man Is Good". LP, Vinyl record album
(Original mono pressing. Top cover seam has a partial split, but the rest of the cover is nice.)
The album that really put Sarah Vaughan on the map – a killer set that really showed how sultry jazz vocals could sound in the postwar years – never overtone, nor torchy-cliched – but right on the money, with a sense of grace and poise that few others can match – even after ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(6 eye mono pressing with deep groove. Cover has a split spin and top seam.)