Chris Connor - Chris Connor

Title: Chris Connor Artist: Chris Connor Release Date: 1956 Re-Released On: 1/13/2008 Label: WEA/Warner, Atlantic, WEA International, Bethlehem High Fidelity, Wrong, WEA Duration: 35:40 UPCs: 081227313821, 4943674059751, 4943674069811, 075678076923, 081227634162, 742827401126 Genre: Vocal Music Styles: Cool, Torch Songs, Traditional Pop, Vocal Jazz Moods: Elegant, Lively, Sophisticated, Autumnal, Boisterous, Dramatic, Freewheeling, Wistful, Intimate, Lush, Playful, Refined/Mannered, Rousing, Stylish, Energetic, Romantic, Sensual, Amiable/Good-Natured, Sentimental Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 1 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. I Get a Kick Out of You
2. Something to Live For
3. Get Out of Town
4. Where Are You?
5. Anything Goes
6. When the Wind Was Green
7. He Was Too Good to Me
8. You Make Me Feel So Young
9. Everytime
10. Way Out There
11. My April Heart
12. Almost Like Being in Love

Year Type Label Catalog # 2008 CD Wrong 273138 2007 CD WEA/Warner 25163 2007 CD WEA 25017 2005 CD Atlantic 2000 CD WEA International 80769 2000 CD Bethlehem High Fidelity 40112

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The first jazz vocal LP ever released on Atlantic Records, Chris Connor's self-titled album is one of her best (among considerable competition). Connor's coarse, throaty tone, sweet phrasing, and unerring rhythm were peaking during the late '50s, and the results are delightful tweaks of the standards "Anything Goes" and "Almost Like Being in Love." With similarly excellent results, Connor also transforms a couple of Sinatra's evergreens: "I Get a Kick Out of You," taken at breakneck pace with a small group including pianist John Lewis, bassist Oscar Pettiford, and drummer Connie Kay; "Where Are You"; and "You Make Me Feel So Young," with a ten-piece featuring tenor Zoot Sims and bassist Milt Hinton. [The sound on Rhino's "Atlantic Original Sound" reissue from 1998 veers from amazingly crisp to only fair.] ~ John Bush, All Music Guide

Name Credits Ahmet Ertegun Supervisor Al Young Saxophone, Clarinet Andree Buchler Re-Release Coordinator Barry Galbraith Guitar Bob Dougherty Engineer Chris Connor Vocals Claude Nobs Re-Release Coordinator, Liner Notes Connie Kay Drums Danny Banks Saxophone, Clarinet Florence Halfon Reissue Supervisor Frank Abbey Engineer Giovanni Scatola Remastering Jean Ristori Mastering Jerry Wexler Supervisor John Lewis Piano John Richard Lewis Piano Keith Shadwick Liner Notes Marcus Blechman Cover Photo Milt Hinton Bass Moe Wechsler Piano Nesuhi Ertegun Supervisor Nick Travis Trumpet Oscar Pettiford Bass Osie Johnson Drums Ralph Burns Conductor Raymond Beckenstein Clarinet, Saxophone Robert Sylvester Liner Notes Thierry Amsallem Re-Release Coordinator Tom Dowd Engineer Urs Tschuppert Design Yves Bigot Liner Notes