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In the course of researching a previous CD of Hadda Brooks' instrumentals on Modern Records, the Ace label came across a lot of unreleased acetates that she recorded for Modern between 1946 and 1948. Those acetates make up the bulk of this collection of two dozen of her Modern vocal recordings, 18 of which were previously unissued. Although these were passed over for release at the time they were cut, they really aren't notably inferior to what she did put out on Modern in the late '40s, though perhaps they were judged to be less commercial. They are a little more old-fashioned than some of the harder-hitting stuff she was waxing during the period, with much of the repertoire taken from Tin Pan Alley and Broadway songs, many of them predating the 1940s. In fact, "Out of the Blue" (actually an Ike Carpenter & His Orchestra recording, with Brooks on vocals) is the only number here that had not been previously sung elsewhere. But this material isn't that much less R&B in orientation than Brooks' more commonly circulated Modern output. Brooks gave these tunes a nice sensual jazz bluesy spin, and her own piano work combined with the small-combo backing to place these into early just-out-of-jazz R&B territory, albeit on the milder side of that field. The sound quality is very good, especially considering that most of it was taken from acetate.
© Richie Unterberger /TiVo
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Ray Henderson, Composer - Lew Brown, Composer - B G Desylva, Composer - Hadda Brooks, MainArtist - REDWOOD MUSIC LTD, MusicPublisher
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John Loeb, Composer - Carmen Lombardo, Composer - Hadda Brooks, MainArtist - Bmg Rights Management (uk) Ltd, MusicPublisher
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Lew Brown, Composer - Hadda Brooks, MainArtist - Albert Von Tilzer, Composer - REDWOOD MUSIC LTD, MusicPublisher - Francis Day & Hunter Ltd, MusicPublisher
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Kay Swift, Composer - Paul James, Composer - Hadda Brooks, MainArtist - Chappell Music ltd, MusicPublisher
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Sam Coslow, Composer - Will Grosz, Composer - Hadda Brooks, MainArtist - Chappell Music ltd, MusicPublisher - REDWOOD MUSIC LTD, MusicPublisher
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Hadda Brooks, MainArtist - Irene Higginbotham, Composer - Peermusic (UK) Ltd, MusicPublisher
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Dorothy Fields, Composer - Jimmy McHugh, Composer - Hadda Brooks, MainArtist - EMI Music Pub Ltd, MusicPublisher - LAWRENCE WRIGHT MUSIC CO LTD, MusicPublisher
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Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Hadda Brooks, Composer, MainArtist - Powerforce Music, MusicPublisher - T BURKHART, Composer
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Bud Allen, Composer - Hadda Brooks, MainArtist - Woodrow Johnson, Composer - Universal, MusicPublisher - MCA Music ltd, MusicPublisher
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Sammy Cahn, Composer - SAUL CHAPLIN, Composer - Hadda Brooks, MainArtist - Warner Chappell North America ltd, MusicPublisher
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Ira Gershwin, Composer - Vernon Duke, Composer - Hadda Brooks, MainArtist - Universal, MusicPublisher - MCA Music ltd, MusicPublisher - Warner Chappell North America, MusicPublisher - Ira Gershwin Music, MusicPublisher
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Turner Layton, Composer - Henry Creamer, Composer - Hadda Brooks, MainArtist - REDWOOD MUSIC LTD, MusicPublisher - Francis Day & Hunter Ltd, MusicPublisher
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(C) 2009 Ace Records (P) 2009 Ace Records
Album review
In the course of researching a previous CD of Hadda Brooks' instrumentals on Modern Records, the Ace label came across a lot of unreleased acetates that she recorded for Modern between 1946 and 1948. Those acetates make up the bulk of this collection of two dozen of her Modern vocal recordings, 18 of which were previously unissued. Although these were passed over for release at the time they were cut, they really aren't notably inferior to what she did put out on Modern in the late '40s, though perhaps they were judged to be less commercial. They are a little more old-fashioned than some of the harder-hitting stuff she was waxing during the period, with much of the repertoire taken from Tin Pan Alley and Broadway songs, many of them predating the 1940s. In fact, "Out of the Blue" (actually an Ike Carpenter & His Orchestra recording, with Brooks on vocals) is the only number here that had not been previously sung elsewhere. But this material isn't that much less R&B in orientation than Brooks' more commonly circulated Modern output. Brooks gave these tunes a nice sensual jazz bluesy spin, and her own piano work combined with the small-combo backing to place these into early just-out-of-jazz R&B territory, albeit on the milder side of that field. The sound quality is very good, especially considering that most of it was taken from acetate.
© Richie Unterberger /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 24 track(s)
- Total length: 01:13:27
- Main artists: Hadda Brooks
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: ACE RECORDS
- Genre: Jazz Vocal Jazz
(C) 2009 Ace Records (P) 2009 Ace Records - This product is protected by a registered watermark patent. All copying prohibited.
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