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Born to Be Blue captures Beverly Kenney at her most intimate and compelling. Created in collaboration with arrangers Hal Mooney and Charles Albertine, the music channels the emotional depth of the blues with startling clarity, employing Kenney's deep, commanding vocals to vividly poignant effect. Mooney and Albertine forgo excess and sentimentality in favor of stark simplicity, architecting taut modern jazz contexts that shift the spotlight squarely on Kenney's vocals. Her readings of familiar songs like "For All We Know" are forged from both resiliency and vulnerability, articulating an emotional depth matched by few singers of her era. [This is the 2007 Universal reissued of the LP; an import-only Japanese CD was released in 1999.] Jason Ankeny
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Mel TORME, ComposerLyricist - Robert Wells, ComposerLyricist - Ellis Larkins, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Beverly Kenney, MainArtist
℗ 1959 UMG Recordings, Inc.
George Gershwin, ComposerLyricist - Ira Gershwin, ComposerLyricist - Ellis Larkins, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Beverly Kenney, MainArtist
℗ 1959 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Charles Albertine, Conductor - Sam M. Lewis, ComposerLyricist - J. Fred Coots, ComposerLyricist - Ellis Larkins, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Beverly Kenney, MainArtist
℗ 1959 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Charles Albertine, Conductor - Irving Berlin, ComposerLyricist - Ellis Larkins, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Beverly Kenney, MainArtist
℗ 1959 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dorcas Cochran, ComposerLyricist - Hal Mooney, Conductor - Lionel Newman, ComposerLyricist - Ellis Larkins, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Beverly Kenney, MainArtist
℗ 1959 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Charles Albertine, Conductor - CY COLEMAN, ComposerLyricist - CAROLYN LEIGH, ComposerLyricist - Ellis Larkins, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Beverly Kenney, MainArtist
℗ 1959 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jay Livingston, ComposerLyricist - Ray Evans, ComposerLyricist - Hal Mooney, Conductor - Ellis Larkins, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Beverly Kenney, MainArtist
℗ 1959 UMG Recordings, Inc.
BOB HAYMES, Composer - Hal Mooney, Conductor - Ellis Larkins, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Beverly Kenney, MainArtist - Bobby Worth, Composer
℗ 1959 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Charles Albertine, Conductor - Chet Forrest, ComposerLyricist - Bob Wright, ComposerLyricist - Ellis Larkins, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Beverly Kenney, MainArtist
℗ 1959 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bernard Bierman, ComposerLyricist - Jack Manus, ComposerLyricist - Guy Wood, ComposerLyricist - Hal Mooney, Conductor - Ellis Larkins, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Beverly Kenney, MainArtist
℗ 1959 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Charles Albertine, Conductor - Sammy Gallop, Author - Ellis Larkins, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Beverly Kenney, MainArtist - Kurt Adams, Composer
℗ 1959 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Victor Young, ComposerLyricist - Peggy Lee, ComposerLyricist - Hal Mooney, Conductor - Ellis Larkins, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Beverly Kenney, MainArtist
℗ 1959 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
Born to Be Blue captures Beverly Kenney at her most intimate and compelling. Created in collaboration with arrangers Hal Mooney and Charles Albertine, the music channels the emotional depth of the blues with startling clarity, employing Kenney's deep, commanding vocals to vividly poignant effect. Mooney and Albertine forgo excess and sentimentality in favor of stark simplicity, architecting taut modern jazz contexts that shift the spotlight squarely on Kenney's vocals. Her readings of familiar songs like "For All We Know" are forged from both resiliency and vulnerability, articulating an emotional depth matched by few singers of her era. [This is the 2007 Universal reissued of the LP; an import-only Japanese CD was released in 1999.] Jason Ankeny
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:33:17
- Main artists: Beverly Kenney
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Verve Reissues
- Genre: Jazz
© 1959 UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 1959 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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