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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Maxine Sullivan's Spring Is Here
Pop - Released by Charly Records on 24 Jun 2006
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Maxine Sullivan Selected Hits Vol. 2
Jazz - Released by Charly Records on 12 Jun 2006
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Maxine Sullivan Selected Hits Vol. 4
Jazz - Released by Charly Records on 21 Mar 2011
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1930's: The Way They Were - Vol.3
Maxine Sullivan, Claude Thornhill and His Orchestra
Jazz - Released by Crazy Warthog Media on 1 Jan 2022
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Flow Gently, Sweet Rhythm
Miscellaneous - Released by Ancien Prodige on 22 Mar 2023
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A Tribute to Andy Razaf
Miscellaneous - Released by Ancien Prodige on 22 Mar 2023
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Keepin' Out of Mischief Now
Jazz - Released by Black Barn Music on 18 Aug 2023
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Sweet Mistery of Life
Jazz - Released by jazz2jazz on 25 Aug 2017
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Come Here Again With My Best Music
Jazz - Released by mbw music capital on 28 Jun 2020
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The Best Hits
Jazz - Released by The Most Wanted Hits on 11 Jul 2018
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Supposin'
Vocal Jazz - Released by nagel heyer records on 19 Feb 2019
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Id Like To Hear That Song Again
Jazz - Released by wonderful music on 27 Oct 2016
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Hits To The Top
Jazz - Released by The Most Wanted Hits on 4 Mar 2016
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Leonard Feather Presents Maxine Sullivan (Album of 1956)
Jazz - Released by Vocal Classics on 8 Mar 2024
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Guitar Town Music
Jazz - Released by GTM restart rec. on 10 Jun 2020
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Magic Winter Sounds
Jazz - Released by 69 digital on 26 Dec 2018
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Listen This Music
Jazz - Released by Archive Catapult on 15 Jan 2019
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