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AVID Jazz here presents four classic Annie Ross albums plus, including original LP liner notes on a finely re-mastered and low priced double CD.
“Annie by Candlelight”, “Gypsy”, “A Gasser” and “ Sings a Song with Mulligan” plus selections from “Singin’ ‘N Swingin’ and “Nocturne for Vocalist”.
(From the liner notes from “Gypsy”)………..”Annie Ross has the unusual distinction of having all her work to date highly rated by critics and laymen alike. A brilliant future seems assured”. Born in Surrey in 1930 Annie led a wild early life due to her Scottish parents’ life as travelling vaudevillians. Becoming a member of the family act at age two she was off to America a year later and by five had been signed to a contract with MGM! Having completed only two films in the decade she was there, (one with Judy Garland), Annie returned to the UK and then on to Paris where she appeared in cabaret singing in both English and French. Tours of Spain and North Africa followed with Coleman Hawkins and also a spell acting for Orson Welles back in Paris. That would seem to be enough activity for one life, but Annie had not even seriously begun her solo career or hooked up with her famous partners in the legendary trio Lambert, Hendricks and Ross! Our four featured albums present Annie solo with such legendary musicians as Zoot Sims, Russ Freeman, Gerry Mulligan and Chet Baker from the West Coast cool jazz school and from the UK, The Tony Crombie 4-tet as heard on “Annie By Candlelight” and with the likes of Pete and Conte Candoli, Stan Getz and Jim Hall on their jazz take on the Broadway show “Gypsy”
All four albums plus have been digitally re-mastered for probably the finest sound quality ever!
CD1
1. The Way You Look Tonight from Singin ‘N Swingin’
2. I’m Beginning To Think You Care from Singin ‘N Swingin’
3.Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea from Singin ‘N Swingin’
4. Everytime from Singin ‘N Swingin’
5-12: ‘Annie By Candlelight’
5. Gypsy In My Soul
6. I Love Paris
7. I Didn’t Know About You
8. The Lady’s In Love With You
9. ‘Taint What You Do
10. Don’t Let The Sun Catch You Crying
11. Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea
12. Don’t Worry ‘bout Me
13. I’ve Told Every Little Star from Nocturne For Vocalist
14. Manhattan from Nocturne For Vocalist
15. Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone from Nocturne For Vocalist
16. Skylark from Nocturne For Vocalist
17-25: ‘Gypsy’
17. Overture
18. Everything’s Coming Up Roses
19. You’ll Never Get Away
20. Some People
21. All I Need Is A Boy
22. Small World
23. Together
24. Let Me Entertain You
25. Reprise
26. Single - Annie’s Lament
CD2
1-10: ‘A Gasser’
1. Everything I’ve Got
2. Invitation To The Blues
3. I Didn’t Know About You
4. I Don’t Want To Cry Anymore
5. Lucky Day
6. I Was Doing All Right
7. You Took Advantage Of Me
8. You’re Nearer
9. Lucky So And So
10. Nobody’s Baby
11-20: ‘Sings A Song With Mulligan’
11. I Feel Pretty
12. How About You
13. I’ve Grown Accustomed To Your Face
14. This Time The Dream’s On Me
15. Let There Be Love
16. All Of You
17. Give Me The Simple Life
18. This Is Always
19. Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea
20. It Don’t Mean A Thing
21. Single - Twisted
22. Single - Farmer’s Market
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