This is another swell two-for-one album pairing from the British wing of EMI. This one features two of June Christy's classic Capitol recordings, each of which showcases her in small-group jazz settings. The superior Ballads for Night People features Christy backed by a superb cool jazz group led by her husband, Bob Cooper. As befits its title, this session is generally dark in tone but it also really swings. The Intimate Miss Christy is more warmly romantic and finds the vocalist backed only by guitar, bass, and the ...
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This is another swell two-for-one album pairing from the British wing of EMI. This one features two of June Christy's classic Capitol recordings, each of which showcases her in small-group jazz settings. The superior Ballads for Night People features Christy backed by a superb cool jazz group led by her husband, Bob Cooper. As befits its title, this session is generally dark in tone but it also really swings. The Intimate Miss Christy is more warmly romantic and finds the vocalist backed only by guitar, bass, and the occasional flute. This one is geared more toward fireside smooching then Christy's usual nocturnal regret or daylight exuberance. Christy was always a great interpretive vocalist, but she was at her most relaxed and natural in the type of small-group jazz settings that are featured on these two albums. ~ Nick Dedina, Rovi
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June Christy began as a band singer for Stan Kenton, then made several albums on her own with stunning orchestral arrangements by Pete Rugolo who was also with Mr. Kenton. This is a re-release of two of her albums on one CD. Other singers may have had stronger voices and greater fame but nobody does a ballad better than she and she also swings on occasion in spite of her own disclaimer of the fact. There are standards here and off-the-beaten- path numbers from the American Songbook era. You get twenty-four songs like 'It's So Peaceful in the Country', 'When Sunny Gets Blue' and the great tune 'Lazy Afternoon'.
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