Personnel:

Carol Sloane (vcl), Nick Travis (tp), Clark Terry (flh), Bob Brookmeyer (v-tb), Al Klink (fl), Bernie Leighton, Bill Rubenstein (p), Jim Hall, Bucky Pizzarelli (g), Art Davis, George Duvivier (b), Walter Perkins, Sol Gubin (d)

 

As a young singer, Carol Sloane didnt expect to be one of the biggest hits at the 1961 Newport festival. Introduced on an afternoon program of lesser lights, she so impressed the meager audience there that she was brought back for a full house on a night program. She repeated her success and Columbia Records signed her immediately.

 

Her main assets were her warmly appealing timbre, good range and secure time, all amply demonstrated in these two albums made in 1961-2. On Out of the Blue, a record with memorable contributions by soloists Bob Brookmeyer, Clark Terry, Nick Travis and Jim Hall, she is backed mostly by Bill Finegans arrangements. On Live at 30th Street, Carol sings great jazz in an intimate studio atmosphere, on which her natural talents and ebullient musical personality shine through to a set of stellar standards.

 

In 1963 she said: I want to be one of these persons who have been around a long time, Mission accomplished, her long career hasembraced the countrys top clubs and regular appearances on TV. Despite a period in the mid 60s when she was groomed for pop by Columbia Records, she is considered today one of the finest jazz singers around. Nat Hentoff wrote in 2004: With all the talk today about new jazz singers, none comes even close to Carol Sloane. This is what jazz is all about.

 

TRACKLIST:

01. Prelude to a Kiss (Gordon-Mills-Ellington) 4:19

02. Arent You Glad Youre You (Burke-Van Heusen) 2:00

03. Little Girl Blue (Rodgers-Hart) 3:53

04. Who Cares (G.& I. Gershwin) 2:31

05. My Ship (Weill-Gershwin) 2:57

06. Will You Still Be Mine (Dennis-Adair) 2:15

07. The More I See You (Warren-Gordon) 2:34

08. Deep Purple (Parish-De Rosa) 3:10

09. Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries (Brown-Henderson) 1:55

10. My Silent Love (Heyman-Suesse) 3:30

11. Night and Day (Porter) 2:00

12. I Want You to Be the First One to Know (Carroll-Siegel) 2:35

13. April in My Heart (Meinardi-Carmichael) 3:27

14. Chicago (Fisher) 2:25

15. Love Walked In (G.& I. Gershwin) 2:31

16. Spring Is Here (Rodgers-Hart) 3:41

17. Taking a Chance on Love (Latouche-Fetter-Duke) 1:58

18. My Melancholy Baby (Norton-Watson-Burnett) 2:26

19. On the Street Where You Live (Lerner-Loewe) 2:36

20. Basin Street Blues (Williams) 3:06

21. In a Sentimental Mood (Ellington-Mills-Kurtz) 3:39

22. Dont Get Around Much Anymore (Russell-Ellington) 2:12

23. Never Never Land (Comden-Green-Styne) 2:49

24. Stars Fell on Alabama (Parish-Perkins) 1:58

25. It Never Entered My Mind (Rodgers-Hart) 2:50

26. Dont Worry Bout Me (Koehler-Bloom) 2:34 *

27. Its All Over for Me (Shuman-Carr) 2:32 *

 

Sources:

Tracks #1-11, from the album "Out of the Blue" (Columbia CS8566)

Tracks #14-25, from the album "Live at 30th Street" (Columbia CS8723)

Tracks #11 & 12, from the Columbia single 4-42334

Tracks #12 & 13, not on the original LP release

Tracks #26 & 27, from the Columbia single 4-42772

 

Carol Sloane, vocals in all tracks

 

Personnel on 'Out of the Blue'

Arrangements by Bill Finegan and Bob Brookmeyer. Conducted by Bill Finegan, with Bob Brookmeyer (vtb); Nick Travis (tp, fl); Clark Terry (flgh); Bernie Leighton (p, celeste); Bill Finegan (celeste); Al Klink (fl); Jim Hall (g); Art Davis, George Duvivier (b); Walter Perkins (d); percussion; harp; strings and woodwinds sections.

Recorded at Columbia Records 30th Street Studio, New York City, 1961 (#1-3,7-9 & 10) and 1962 (#5 & 12), in 1961 (#4-11) and 1962 (#6 & 13)

 

Personnel on 'Live at 30th Street'

Bill Rubenstein (p), Bucky Pizzarelli (g), George Duvivier (b) Sol Gubin (d).

Recorded at Columbia Records 30th Street Studio, New York City, 1962

 

(*) Bonus Tracks (#26 & 27):

 

Orchestra Arranged and Conducted by Joe Sherman

Recorded at Columbia Studio, New York City, 1962

 

Original recordings produced by Mike Berniker

Cover photos: Henry Parker & Don Hunstein

 

This CD release produced by Jordi Pujol

Stereo / Mono · 24-Bit Digitally Remastered