Recorded at California’s intimate Crescendo Club in the early ’60s, this four-album set only saw release for the first time in 2009. It’s an unearthed testament to the beloved jazz singer’s live prowess, easily balancing emotional extremes like a scratchy-voiced, especially comic take on “A-Tisket, A-Tasket” and the slow, tear-jerking “Angel Eyes”. Beyond confirming her reputation as a world-class improviser, these tracks showcase the sheer exuberance swelling up behind everything she sang—just observe that contagious call-and-response on “Ol’ Man Mose”.
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Other Versions
- Lucky Millinder
- Mel Tormé
- The Solomon Douglas Swingtet
- Louis Armstrong
- Frank Sinatra & Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra
- Various Artists