Will Friedwald es una escritor y crÃtico musical americano; ha escrito en periodicos como New York Times, Wall Street Journal y revistas como Mojo,y BBC music magazine.
Su último libro publicado, se llama
The Great Jazz and Pop Vocal Albums (1st ed.), Pantheon (Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group) (2017); OCLC 951833385.
En el, hay una lista de albumes, que os adjunto a continuación, y como todos sabemos las listas son subjetivas, pero si sirven para darnos a conocer grabaciones desconocidas, bienvenidas sean.
Como podeis ver la gran mayoria son cantantes “clásicos†pero siempre hay “margen para descubrirâ€.
1. Louis Armstrong, Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson
2. Fred Astaire, The Astaire Story
3. Chet Baker, Let’s Get Lost: The Best of Chet Baker Sings
4. Tony Bennett and Bill Evans, The Tony Bennett / Bill Evans Album and Together Again
5. Ray Charles, Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
6. June Christy, Something Cool
7. Rosemary Clooney, Blue Rose
8. Nat King Cole, After Midnight
9. Nat King Cole, St. Louis Blues
10. Bing Crosby, Bing with a Beat
11. Bing Crosby and Louis Armstrong, Bing & Satchmo
12. Doris Day, Day by Day and Day by Night
13. Doris Day and Robert Goulet, Annie Get Your Gun
14. Blossom Dearie, My Gentleman Friend
15. Matt Dennis, Matt Dennis Plays and Sings Matt Dennis Bobby Troup, Bobby Troup Sings Johnny Mercer
16. Billy Eckstine, Billy’s Best!
17. Ella Fitzgerald, Lullabies of Birdland
18. Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong, Ella & Louis
19. Ella Fitzgerald, Mack the Knife: Ella in Berlin
20. Judy Garland, Judy at Carnegie Hall
21. Johnny Hartman, John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman
22. Dick Haymes, Rain or Shine
23. Billie Holiday, Lady in Satin
24. Lena Horne, Lena Horne at the Waldorf Astoria
25. Barb Jungr, Every Grain of Sand: Barb Jungr Sings Bob Dylan
26. Dave Lambert, Jon Hendricks, and Annie Ross, Sing a Song of Basie Annie Ross, Sings a Song with Mulligan!
27. Eydie Gormé and Steve Lawrence, Eydie and Steve Sing the Golden Hits
28. Peggy Lee, Black Coffee
29. Peggy Lee, The Man I Love
30. Marilyn Maye, Meet Marvelous Marilyn Maye
31. Carmen McRae, As Time Goes By: Live at the Dug
32. Anita O’Day, Anita O’Day Sings the Winners
33. Della Reese, Della Della Cha Cha Cha
34. Jimmy Scott, The Source and Lost and Found
35. Bobby Short, Bobby Short
36. Nina Simone, Nina Simone and Piano!
37. Frank Sinatra, In the Wee Small Hours
38. Frank Sinatra, Songs for Swingin’ Lovers!
39. Jo Stafford, Jo Stafford Sings American Folk Songs and Jo Stafford Sings Songs of Scotland
40. Jo Stafford, I’ll Be Seeing You (G.I. Jo)
41. Kay Starr, I Cry by Night
42. Maxine Sullivan, Memories of You: A Tribute to Andy Razaf
43. Jack Teagarden, Think Well of Me
44. Tiny Tim, God Bless Tiny Tim
45. Mel Tormé, Mel Tormé with the Marty Paich Dek-Tette (Lulu’s Back in Town)
46. Sarah Vaughan, Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown
47. Sarah Vaughan, “Live†in Japan
48. Dinah Washington, Dinah Washington Sings Fats Waller
49. Margaret Whiting, Margaret Whiting Sings the Jerome Kern Song Book
50. Lee Wiley, Night in Manhattan
51. Cassandra Wilson, Belly of the Sun
Como respuesta a las grabaciones comentadas en el libro anteriormente citado,
Vicent L. Stephens publico otra lista en su blog, riffsbeatsandcodas, la cual tambien os adjunto.
Jimmy Scott - All the Way, 1992
Andy Bey: American Song, 2003
Frank Sinatra - In the Wee Small hours of the Morning, 1955
Johnny Hartman - John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman, 1963
Rosemary Clooney: Love, 1983
Etta James - Mystery Lady: Songs of Billie Holiday, 1994
Lee Wiley - night in Manhattan 1959
Johnny Mathis - Rapture 1962
Nat King Cole - The Very Thought of You, 1958
Cassandra Wilson - Blue Light Til’ Dawn, 1993
Louis Amstrong - Louis Plays W.C. Handy, 1964
Maria Muldaur - Richland Woman Blues, 2001
Milton Nascimento - Courage, Milton Nascimento, 1969
Elis Regina and Antonio Carlos Jobim - Elis & Tom, 1974
Holly Cole - Blame it On My Youth, 1992
Susannah McCorkle - From Broadway to Bebop
Judy Garland - Judy Live at Carnegie Hall, 1961
Mabel Mercer - Midnight at Mabel Mercer’s, 1956
Bobby Short - Songs 1960
Barbra Streisand - The Barbra Streisand Album, 1963
Bette Midler - The Divine Miss M, 1973
Patricia Barber - Cafe blue 1994
Ray Charles - Modern Sounds in Country & Western Music, 1960
Willie Nelson - Stardust 1978
Diane Schuur - The gathering 2011
Gregory Porter - Be Good, 2012
René Marie - Serene Renegade, 2004
Ernie Andrews and Cannonball Adderley - Live Session, 1964
Kevin Mahogany - Pride and Joy, 2002
Lou Rawls - Tobacco Road, 1964
Dianne Reeves - A Little Moonlight, 2003
Tierney Sutton Band - American Road, 2011
Anita O ’Day Sings the Winners, 1958
Catherine Russell - Cat 2006
Shirley Horn - Count Basie Swings Joe Williams Sings, 1955
Dinah Washington - Dinah Jams, 1954
Ella Fitzgerald - Ella in Rome: The Birthday Concert, 1958
Kitty Margolis - Live at the Jazz Workshop, 1989
Dee Dee Bridgewater - Love and Peace: A Tribute to Horace Silver, 1995
Mel Tormé - Mel Tormé Swings Shubert Alley, 1960
Nancy King: Live at Jazz Standard (with Fred Hersch), 2006
Nancy Wilson/Cannonball Adderley - Nancy Wilson/Cannonball Adderley 1961
Kurt Elling- Nightmoves, 2009
Billy Eckstine - No Cover, No Minimum, 1960
Sheila Jordan - Portrait of Sheila Jordan, 1962
Mark Murphy - Rah! 1961
Sarah Vaughan - Sarah Vaughan 1954
Helen Humes - Songs I Like to Sing! 1960
Maxine Sullivan - Spring Isn’t Everything, 1986
Karrin Allyson - Sweet Home Cookin’, 1993
Betty Carter - The Audience with Betty Carter, 1979
Freddy Cole - The Dreamer in Me: Live at Dizzy’s Club, 2009
Carmen McRae - The Great American Songbook, 1972
(Lambert, Hendricks & Ross - The Hottest New Group in Jazz, 1960
Carol Sloane - The Real Thing, 1990
Tony Bennett - The Art of Romance, 2004
Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong: Porgy & Bess, 1958
Nina Simone - Little Girl Blue, 1959
Kay Starr - Movin’ on Broadway, 1960
En fin, cual os gusta más?
Lo cierto es que "estamos servidos" para unos cuantos dias.
Saludos.