Album CD 12 CM LP Marcelino Truong

Présentation

une biographie de Julie London, écrite par Claude Carrière, illustrée par Marcelino Truong, accompagnée de 2 compact discs.
On a d’elle l’image d’une beauté manifestement fatale, au point qu’on ne sait plus si on achetait ses disques pour la photo qui ornait leur pochette ou pour le contenu musical des chansons qu’elle y interprétait. On convient aujourd’hui que Julie London était aussi une vocaliste admirable, qui se contentait en fait de chanter le plus naturellement du monde le riche répertoire des grands auteurs américains. Elle savait simplement exploiter à merveille la séduction d’un timbre sensuel et légèrement voilé, et mettre « en place », sans effets inutiles, et avec une grande décontraction, les mots et les notes d’oeuvres définitivement sublimes et que le temps n’a pas plus altéré que le souvenir de sa troublante beauté. Parmi ces chansons, Cry Me A River, The Meaning Of The Blues, The Nearness Of You, Body And Soul, By Myself, Misty etc., quarante-huit plages pour entretenir la nostalgie et raviver le plaisir.
Claude Carrière
BD JAZZ – JULIE LONDON

CD 1 -

1 I’M GLAD THERE IS YOU (Dorsey, Medeira) 2’25
Oct. 1955/Jan. 1956. JULIE LONDON (voc); Barney Kessel (g); Ray Leatherwood (b).

2 CAN’T HELP LOVIN’ DAT MAN (Kern, Hammerstein II) 3’09
Same as 1.

3 ’S WONDERFUL (Gershwin, Gershwin) 1’33
Same as 1.

4 LAURA (Raksin, Mercer) 1’42
Same as 1.

5 CRY ME A RIVER (Hamilton) 2’53
Same as 1.

6 WHERE OR WHEN (Rodgers, Hart) 2’34
April 1955. JULIE LONDON (voc); Al Viola (g).

7 WHAT’LL I DO (Berlin) 1’54
Same as 6.

8 MEMPHIS IN JUNE (Carmichael, Webster) 1’56
Nov. 1956. JULIE LONDON (voc), acc. by Pete King’s Orchestra.

9 SEPTEMBER IN THE RAIN (Warren, Dubin) 1’40
Same as 8.

10 I GOTTA RIGHT TO SING THE BLUES (Arlen, Koehler) 2’58
May 1957. JULIE LONDON (voc), acc. by Russ Garcia’s Orchestra.

11 THE MEANING OF THE BLUES (Troup, Worth) 2’52
Same as 10.

12 BLUES IN THE NIGHT (Arlen, Mercer) 3’50
Same as 10.

13 SOMEBODY LOVES ME (Gershwin, MacDonald, DeSylva) 2’56
Jan. 1958. JULIE LONDON (voc), acc. by Orchestra conducted by Jimmy Rowles (p, arr).
Alto saxophone solo by Willie Smith.

14 DREAM OF YOU (Oliver, Lunceford, Moran) 2’40
Same as 13.

15 DADDY (Troup) 2’13
Same as 13.

16 BYE BYE, BLACKBIRD (Henderson, Dixon) 2’30
Same as 13.

17 FREE AND EASY (Mancini, Troup) 2’15
Same as 13.

18 ALL MY LIFE (Stept, Mitchell) 3’08
Same as 13.

19 WHEN THE RED, RED ROBBIN COMES BOB, BOB, BOBBIN’ ALONG (Woods) 1’42
Same as 13.
Alto saxophone solo by Benny Carter.

20 MIDNIGHT SUN (Hampton, Burke) 2’28
Same as 13.
Alto saxophone solo by Benny Carter.

21 YOU’RE GETTING TO BE A HABIT WITH ME (Warren, Dubin) 2’27
Same as 13.

22 DON’ CHA GO ‘WAY MAD (Mundy, Stillman) 2’37
Same as 13.

23 (BACK HOME AGAIN IN) INDIANA (Hanley, MacDonald) 2’50
Same as 13.

24 FOR YOU (Burke, Dubin) 2’40
Same as 13.


CD 2

1 HOW LONG HAS THIS BEEN GOING ON (Gershwin, Gershwin) 2’45
July 1958. JULIE LONDON (voc); Howard Roberts (g); Red Mitchell (b).

2 WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED LOVE (Porter) 1’45
Same as 1.

3 SPRING IS HERE (Rodgers, Hart) 2’06
Same as 1.

4 I GUESS I’LL HAVE TO CHANGE MY PLANS (Schwartz, Dietz) 1’50
Same as 1.

5 THE NEARNESS OF YOU (Carmichael, Washington) 2’20
1958. JULIE LONDON (voc), acc. by Russ Garcia’s Orchestra.

6 BODY AND SOUL (Green, Heyman, Sour, Eyton) 2’25
Same as 5.

7 THAT’S FOR ME (Rodgers, Hammerstein II) 2’24
May 1958. JULIE LONDON (voc), acc. by Pete King’s Orchestra.

8 NOBODY’S HEART (Rodgers, Hart) 2’16
Same as 7.

9 THE DARKTOWN STRUTTERS’ BALL (Brooks) 2’31
1959. JULIE LONDON (voc), acc. by Jimmy Rowles and His Orchestra: Jimmy Rowles (p, arr) + others.

10 BY THE BEAUTIFUL SEA (Carroll, Atteridge) 2’14
Same as 9.
Trombone solo by Frank Rosolino.

11 BILL BAILEY WON’T YOU PLEASE COME HOME (Cannon) 1’50
Same as 9.

12 AFTER THE BALL (Harris) 2’43
Same as 9.

13 CUDDLE UP A LITTLE CLOSER (Hoschna, Harbach) 2’09
Same as 9

14 ROW, ROW, ROW (Monaco, Jerome) 2’21
Same as 9.

15 YOU’D BE SO NICE TO COME HOME TO (Porter) 2’12
March 4, 1960. JULIE LONDON (voc), acc. by Bob Flanagan (tb), Emil Richards (vib); Jimmy Rowles (p); Al Viola (g); Don Bagley (b); Earl Palmer (d).

16 LONESOME ROAD (Austin, Shilkret) 2’22
Same as 15.

17 BY MYSELF (Schwartz, Dietz) 1’40
Same as 15.

18 EVERYTHING HAPPENS TO ME (Dennis, Adair) 3’36
Same as 15.

19 YOU’VE CHANGED (Fisher, Carey) 2’42
Same as 15.

20 YOU AND THE NIGHT AND THE MUSIC (Schwartz, Dietz) 2’38
Aug. 1960. JULIE LONDON (voc), acc. by Orchestra conducted by Dick Reynolds (arr).

21 ‘ROUND MIDNIGHT (Monk, Williams, Hanighen) 2’52
Same as 20.

22 BUT NOT FOR ME (Gershwin, Gershwin) 2’20
Same as 20.

23 MISTY (Garner, Burke) 3’08
Same as 20.

24 THE PARTY’S OVER (Styne, Comden, Green) 3’18
Same as 20.