Chris Connor - All About Ronnie: The Bethlehem Recordings 1953-1955

Title: All About Ronnie: The Bethlehem Recordings 1953-1955 Artist: Chris Connor Release Date: 6/16/2008 Re-Released On: 7/29/2008 Label: Acrobat Album Type(s): Greatest Hits UPCs: 824046532925, 0824046532925 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. Miser's Serenade
2. Ev'rything I Love
3. Indian Summer
4. I Hear Music
5. Come Back to Sorrento
6. All About Ronnie
7. Out of This World
8. Lush Life
9. From This Moment On
10. Don't Wait Up for Me
11. A Good Man Is a Seldom Thing
12. In Other Words (Fly Me to the Moon)

Year Type Label Catalog # 2008 CD Acrobat 329

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Although she recorded for a longer period with Atlantic, Chris Connor's Bethlehem years were when she blossomed as one of the finest vocal interpreters of the jazz songbook in the business. She could make a standard her own (witness her spirited jaunt through Cole Porter's "From This Moment On"), and she could also discover the qualities worth keeping in songs that weren't quite standards. All About Ronnie: The Bethlehem Recordings 1953-1955 includes 12 tracks of her mid-'50s best, although despite the title it isn't a true Bethlehem compilation; the 12 tracks were indeed recorded throughout her tenure, but they made up a later album titled Chris that was released in 1957, after she had decamped for Atlantic. Regardless, it has several of her gems, including the title track and the wonderful "Indian Summer," whose buildup (in its Sy Oliver arrangement) serves to perfectly frame Connor's cheery but bittersweet lyric and performance. With only a half-hour of running time, this would have been far better if it had been bolstered with more material and released as a true Bethlehem years compilation, but if you need to have all of Connor's work, this will help fill in the gaps. ~ John Bush, All Music Guide

Name Credits Beverly Peer Bass Boomie Richman Sax (Tenor) Chris Connor Vocals, Leader Dave Martin Piano Don Burns Piano-Accordian Ellis Larkins Piano Ellis Larkins Trio Accompaniment Everett Barksdale Guitar Frank Saracco Trombone Herbie Mann Sax (Tenor), Flute J.J. Johnson Trombone Jim Bright Trumpet Jimmy Crawford Drums Jimmy Nottingham Trumpet Joe Cinderella Guitar Joe Puma Guitar Kai Winding Trombone Milt Hinton Bass Milt Yaner Sax (Alto) Osie Johnson Drums Ralph Sharon Piano Ralph Sharon Group Accompaniment Red Solomon Trumpet Sid Block Bass Sid Cooper Sax (Alto) Sy Oliver Conductor Sy Oliver's Orchestra Accompaniment Vern Friley Trombone Vinnie Burke Bass Vinnie Burke Jazz String Quartet Accompaniment Ward Silloway Trombone Will Friedwald Author