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AVID Jazz here presents four classic Teddi King albums plus, including original LP liner notes on a finely re-mastered and low priced double CD. Bidin My Time; To You From Teddi King; A Girl and Her Songs All The Kings Songs plus selections from Miss Teddi King One of the threads running through the story of Teddi Kings career (other than continued reference to her gamine appearance!) has been her ability to tread a fine line between performing as a popular singer and a jazz singer. By her own admission, according to the original liner notes for Bidin My Time shes singing commercial jazz
middle of the road
.the Sinatra approach. This approach enabled her to appeal to music lovers and the general public and perhaps most importantly to get work in both musicals arenas, jazz rooms and festivals like Newport and the more chic night clubs who didnt want to hear straight ahead jazz! On our first selection Bidin My Time Teddi is joined by such jazz heavyweights as Al Cohn, Joe Newman, Freddie Green, Hank Jones and Osie Johnson. To You From Teddi King finds Teddi joined by George Siravo and his Orchestra for a set of classic tunes arranged and conducted by Siravo in an intimate, tender and sometimes languorous style. George Siravo also conducts and arranges our next selection A Girl and her Songs where again the subject of jazz versus commercial/popular raises its head in the original liner notes. We say let you the listener decide!! Our fourth selection All the Kings Songs finds Teddi paying tribute to twelve of her favourite vocalists. The list is indeed impressive with one thing about them all in common according to Teddi, their sincerity! And who can argue with a line up that includes Al Jolson, Dick Haynes, Nat Cole, Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Fred Astaire and Louis Armstrong! Finally not forgetting our selections from Miss Teddi King described as the greatest work of her career on the original liner notes! Here Teddi is in the company of some true jazz giants, Jimmy Jones on piano, Jo Johnson on drums, Milt Hinton on bass and Ruby Braff on trumpet. Here Teddi finally lays down her jazz vocalist credentials in fine style. Not bad for someone who started her career playing Peter Pan on the stage! All four albums plus have been digitally re-mastered for probably the finest ever sound quality!
CD1 1-12: Bidin My Time 1. Bidin My Time 2. Once Too Often 3. That Old Feeling 4. The Im Not Supposed To Be Blue Blues 5. Careless Love 6. For All We Know 7. When I Grow Too Old To Dream 8. Im In Love With The Honorable Mr. So And So 9. I Cant Get Started 10. Love Walked In 11. I Poured My Heart Into A Song 12. Taking A Chance On Love 13-24: To You From Teddi King 13. The Way You Look Tonight 14. You Go To My Head 15. Where Have You Been? 16. How Come You Do Me Like You Do? 17. The Touch Of Your Lips 18. If I Could Be With You One Hour Tonight 19. I Cant Believe That Youre In Love With Me 20. All I Need Is You 21. The Very Thought Of You 22. Mr, Youve Gone And Got The Blues 23. To You 24. When Did You Leave Heaven? 25. I Saw Stars from Miss Teddi King 26. Love Is A Now And Then Thing from Miss Teddi King 27. Love Is Here To Stay from Miss Teddi King
CD2 1-12: A Girl And Her Songs 1. A Sailboat In The Moonlight 2. Nothin For Nothin 3. After All Its Spring 4. My Future Just Passed 5. You Dont Know What Love Is 6. Indian Summer 7. Chicken Today And Feathers Tomorrow 8. Porgy 9. Laughing At Life 10. Autumn In New York 11. Why Shouldnt I? 12. Alone Together 13-24: All The Kings Songs 13. April Showers 14. A Cottage For Sale 15. Thats For Me 16. Temptation 17. Unforgettable 18. Keepin Out Of Mischief Now 19. Flamingo 20. June In January 21. You Brought A New Kind Of Love To Me 22. This Love Of Mine 23. When Its Sleepy Time Down South 24. Lets Face The Music And Dance 25. Its The Talk Of The Town from Miss Teddi King 26. I Guess Ill Have To Change My Plan from Miss Teddi King 27. Its All In The Mind from Miss Teddi King
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