My Julie Wilson

Julie London - Love Letters & Feeling Good
EAC+LOG+CUE | FLAC: 333 MB | Artwork | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: EMI # 7243 8 66902 2 7 | Country/Year: UK 2004, 1962 & 1965
Genre: Jazz | Style: Vocal

"Feeling Good pairs Julie London with arranger Gerald Wilson, who jettisons the spare ambience of her previous records in favor of a dynamic, big-band-inspired approach that casts the singer in an entirely different light. Make no mistake – London's purring vocals are as sultry as ever, but they also boast a new playfulness that's undeniably appealing…"

Following the success of last year’s release of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!, John Wilson and Sinfonia of London turn their attention to Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel. As in the case of the previous release in the series, this world première recording of the complete score features every note of music played at the first Broadway performance, here in the full thirty-five-piece orchestration made by Don Walker for the original production. The outstanding cast, led by Nathaniel Hackmann (Billy Bigelow), Mikaela Bennett (Julie Jordan), Sierra Boggess (Carrie Pipperidge), and Julian Ovenden (Enoch Snow), also features Francesca Chiejina (Nettie Fowler) and David Seadon-Young (Jigger Craigin).

Jazz singer/pianist of "The Great American Songbook". He has absorbed the lessons of the great masters from Nat Cole through Mabel Mercer to become a master himself. His piano playing and his singing is a kind of class you do not find much anymore. "Mark Carroll sings, plays and swings with great taste, perfect musical timing, and the kind of class you don't find anymore. It's a rare treat to hear him."–- Rex Reed, New York Post columnist…

From 'Lady Day' to the 'Queen of Soul', this compilation brings together many of the greatest female voices that have ever graced popular music. This comprehensive 4CD compilation features one hundred original recordings from many of the greatest female voices that have ever graced popular music.From Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday to Judy Garland, Shirley Bassey and Julie Andrews, this compilation brings together all of the very best vocalists.