AVID Jazz presents four classic Lurlean Hunter albums including original LP liner notes on a finely re-mastered and low priced double CD.
“Night Life”; “Blue & Sentimental”; “Lonesome Girl” and “Stepping Out”
For our first title “Night Life” we give you the quoted opinions of some of the arrangers on the album from the original liner notes. “Lurlean and the arrangers and the guys in the band were all gassed with each other” Manny Albam. “I’d known Lurlean from years back in Chicago, but her voice now is much more richer, mature and deeper than it was. She can really become one of the greatest ever”. Ernie Wilkins. “This girl is just great I can gladly stick my neck out and say I don’t think there’s anybody singing more wonderfully right now.” Al Cohn. Here’s a quote from the original liner notes from “Blue & Sentimental”. “A singer like Lurlean Hunter does not need a label. However what she sings stands on its own regardless of any attempts at pigeonholing.” And “Lonesome Girl”…..”Friendly, vocally articulate and intensely warm in personality. Lurlean Hunter is a singer’s singer, with a swinging talent that ordinary mortals can enjoy’. And finally from our last selection “Stepping Out” another great quote to express Miss Hunters fine talent….” Versatility is the word for a pretty young singer named Lurlean Hunter. In a world of speculation Miss Hunter is that musical rarity who sings ballads with a heart, jazz with a beat, and classics with an emotion”. We think it’s now time for you to formulate your own opinion about the sensational Miss Lurlean Hunter!
All four albums have been digitally re-mastered.
CD1
1-12: ‘Night Life’
1. Georgia On My Mind
2. What A Difference A Day Made
3. Have You Met Miss Jones
4. That Old Feeling
5. It’s The Talk Of The Town
6. Gentleman Friend
7. Night Life
8. It Could Happen To You
9. Moondrift
10. Sunday
11. Like Someone In Love
12. This Time The Dream’s On Me
13-23: ‘Blue & Sentimental’
13. Blue Turning Grey Over You
14. If You Could See Me Now
15. My Kinda Love
16. Crazy He Calls Me
17. Just Imagine
18. Blue & Sentimental
19. The Song Is You
20. Then I’ll Be Tired Of You
21. Fool That I Am
22. We’ll Be Together Again
23. As Long As I Live
CD2
1-12: ‘Lonesome Gal’
1. Lonesome Gal
2. Alone Together
3. It’s You Or No One
4. You Don’t Know What Love Is
5. You Make Me Feel So Young
6. My Heart And I Decided
7. It Never Entered My Mind
8. You’d Be So Nice To Come Home To
9. Brief Encounter
10. A Stranger In Town
11. But Not For Me
12. On Green Dolphin Street
13-24: ‘Stepping Out’
13. Steppin’ Out With My Baby
14. Easy To Love
15. I Feel So Smoochie
16. Kiss Me Again
17. Old Devil Moon
18. If I Could Be With You
19. Blues In The Night
20. Nobody’s Heart
21. You Do Something To Me
22. Under A Blanket Of Blue
23. Oh! Look At Me Now
24. Some Other Time
