"ABOUT THE BLUES" JULIE LONDON 1957 UK LONDON MONO LP HA-U 2091 RARE ORIGINAL
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"ABOUT THE BLUES" JULIE LONDON 1957 UK LONDON MONO LP HA-U 2091
Produced by Bobby Troup
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About the Blues Studio album by Julie London Released 1957 Recorded 1956–1957 Genre Traditional pop, vocal jazz Length 45:12 Producer Bobby Troup Julie London chronology Calendar Girl(1956) About the Blues
(1957) Make Love to Me
(1957)
"About the Blues" is an album by Julie London that was released in 1957. The album includes two songs written by Bobby Troup, her husband. Miles Davis recorded a version of one of them, "The Meaning of the Blues". The eighteen-piece band was arranged and conducted by Russell Garcia.
AllMusic Review by Nick Dedina:
"Julie London wasn't really a jazz singer, but she possessed a definite jazz feeling and many of her finest albums (such as "Julie Is Her Name" and "Julie...At Home") feature small-group jazz backings. "About the Blues" was aimed at the 1950s pop market, but it may just be her best orchestral session. Since downbeat torch songs were London's specialty, the album features an excellent selection of nocturnal but classy blues songs that play to her subtle strengths instead of against them. Likewise, Russ Garcia's clever arrangements bleed jazz touches and short solos over the solitary strings and big-band charts. Like June Christy, London usually included a couple of new songs in with a selection of standards, and her husband, Bobby Troup, wrote two excellent numbers for the album. One of them, the emotionally devastating "Meaning of the Blues," is the album's highlight, and was turned into a jazz standard after Miles Davis recorded it the same year for "Miles Ahead". "
Track listing, personnel and credits:
Track listing:
Track number Title Songwriter(s) Time 1 "Basin Street Blues" Spencer Williams 3:03 2 "I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues" Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler 2:56 3 "A Nightingale Can Sing the Blues" Dick Charles, Larry Markes 3:08 4 "Get Set for the Blues" Joe Karnes 2:42 5 "Invitation to the Blues" Doris Fisher, Arthur Gershwin, Allan Roberts 2:48 6 "Bye Bye Blues" Fred Hamm, David Bennett, Bert Lown, Chauncey Gray 1:38 7 "Meaning of the Blues" Bobby Troup, Leah Worth 2:56 8 "About the Blues" Arthur Hamilton 3:05 9 "Sunday Blues" Leonard Adelson, Jeff Clarkson 2:53 10 "The Blues Is All I Ever Had" Troup 2:49 11 "Blues in the Night" Arlen, Johnny Mercer 3:39 12 "Bouquet of Blues" Hamilton 2:55Selected Personnel:
- Julie London - vocals
- Willie Smith - alto saxophone
- Maynard Ferguson - trumpet
- Barney Kessel - guitar
- Shelly Manne - drums
- Russ Garcia - arranger, conductor
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