June Christy - Sings the Standards

Title: Sings the Standards Artist: June Christy Release Date: 6/25/2002 Label: EMI Music Distribution Album Type(s): Greatest Hits UPCs: 724353939922, 0724353939953, 766488883923 Genre: Vocal Music Styles: Show Tunes, Cool, West Coast Jazz, Cast Recordings, Standards, Traditional Pop, Vocal Jazz Moods: Elegant, Poignant, Sophisticated, Springlike, Stylish, Amiable/Good-Natured, Carefree, Earnest, Refined/Mannered, Reflective, Sentimental, Soothing, Cheerful, Gentle, Intimate, Reserved, Sensual, Wistful, Sweet, Complex, Laid-Back/Mellow, Plaintive, Romantic Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 1 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. For All We Know
2. Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me
3. Fly Me to the Moon
4. Blue Moon
5. They Can't Take That Away from Me
6. It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
7. Stompin' at the Savoy
8. Baubles, Bangles and Beads
9. The More I See You
10. I'm Glad There Is You
11. Willow Weep for Me
12. Cry Like the Wind
13. Bei Mir Bist du Schön
14. Swinging on a Star
15. Give a Little Whistle
16. When You Wish Upon a Star
17. Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered
18. How High the Moon
19. I Get Along Without You Very Well (Except Sometimes)
20. The Song Is You
21. Misty
22. The Way You Look Tonight

Year Type Label Catalog # 2002 CD EMI Music Distribution 539399

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This solid collection may strike June Christy fans as a little ironic because rather than stock her albums with standards the way that most of her peers did, the west coast jazz vocalist was known for unearthing new and obscure songs. It's not that Christy neglected standards (in fact she recorded dozens of them over her 12-year run with Capitol Records), it's just that one gets the feeling that when she sang something like "I'm Glad There Is You" it was because she had something fresh or unique to bring to it. And she does put her own personal and idiosyncratic stamp on 20 of the songs here while two tunes haven't been recorded enough to become standards (the undeservedly obscure "Cry Like the Wind" and the swing-era novelty "Bei Mir Bist Du Schon"). So, when you add the song selection to the fact that this disc features the vocalist in orchestral, small-group jazz and big-band settings, the disc not only offers a much more complete portrait of the artist than the title suggests, but this is also one of the strongest entries in EMI's Sings the Standards series. ~ Nick Dedina, All Music Guide

Name Credits Stan Kenton Performer The Four Freshmen Performer