Maxine Sullivan
A subtle and lightly swinging jazz singer, Maxine Sullivan's delivery was very likable, and she did justice to all of the lyrics she sang during her long career. After moving to New York, Sullivan sang during intermissions at the Onyx Club and was discovered by pianist Claude Thornhill. Thornhill recorded her with a sympathetic septet singing a couple of standards and two Scottish folk songs performed in swinging fashion -- "Annie Laurie" and "Loch Lomond." The latter became a big hit and Sullivan's signature song for the rest of her career.
Future sessions found her singing vintage folk tunes such as "Darling Nellie Gray," "I Dream of Jeanie," "Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes" and "If I Had a Ribbon Bow." Even if lightning did not strike twice, she was now a popular attraction. She appeared briefly in the movie Going Places opposite Louis Armstrong and in the Broadway show Swingin' the Dream. From 1940-1942, Sullivan often sang with her husband, bassist John Kirby's Sextet, a perfect outlet for her cool sound. She starred for two years on a radio series, Flow Gently Sweet Rhythm; she had a reasonably successful solo career, and then in the mid-'50s (similar to Alberta Hunter) became a trained nurse. In 1968, the singer began making a comeback, performing at festivals and even playing a little bit of valve trombone and flügelhorn. Now married to pianist Cliff Jackson, Sullivan (whose style and appealing voice were unchanged from earlier years) sometimes appeared with the World's Greatest Jazz Band, and she recorded frequently. During her later period, she often sang with mainstream jazz groups, including Scott Hamilton's. Quite fittingly, the last song that she ever recorded in concert was the same as her first record, "Loch Lomond." Maxine Sullivan's earliest recordings are available on a Classics CD. A Tono LP has some of her mid-period recordings, and from 1969 on, she recorded for Monmouth Evergreen (reissued on Audiophile), Fat Cat Jazz, Riff, Kenneth, Stash, Atlantic, and Concord.
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Loch Lomond-Greatest Hits 1937-1942
Vocal Jazz - Released by Legacy International on 13 Aug 1998
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Enjoy Yourself!
Maxine Sullivan, Bob Haggart, Ike Isaacs
Vocal Jazz - Released by Audiophile on 17 Dec 2013
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The Complete Charlie Shavers with Maxine Sullivan
Charlie Shavers, Al Collins, Maxine Sullivan
Jazz - Released by Bethlehem Records on 1 Mar 2015
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Spring Isn't Everything
Jazz - Released by Audiophile on 12 Dec 2013
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Highlights In Jazz
Vocal Jazz - Released by Storyville on 20 Feb 1996
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The Great Songs from the Cotton Club
Jazz - Released by Harbinger Records on 4 Feb 2014
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Close as Pages in a Book
Jazz - Released by Audiophile on 6 Jan 2014
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A Tribute To Andy Razaf
Pop - Released by Legacy International on 1 Aug 2006
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Leonard Feather Presents Maxine Sullivan
Vocal Jazz - Released by Life Series on 20 Sep 1955
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Swing Street : Original 1931-1939 Recordings
Jazz - Released by Ancha on 3 May 2011
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Maxine Sullivan, Vol. 2
Jazz - Released by Period Records on 7 Mar 1956
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Sullivan Shakespeare Hyman
Jazz - Released by Audiophile on 12 Dec 2013
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We Just Couldn't Say Goodbye
Vocal Jazz - Released by Audiophile on 2 Jan 2015
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Flow Gently, Sweet Rhythm (Excluding Commentary) [Remastered]
Maxine Sullivan, Members of the Original John Kirby Band
Jazz - Released by Avid Entertainment on 19 May 2013
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Maxine Sullivan and Jack Teagarden
Maxine Sullivan, Jack Teagarden
Jazz - Released by Archive of Folk & Jazz Music on 21 Oct 1965
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Good Morning, Life!
Jazz - Released by Audiophile on 12 Dec 2013
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Maxine Sullivan 1944-1948
Jazz - Released by Blue Moon on 5 May 2004
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