| Once Upon a Summertime | ||||
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| Released | 1959 | |||
| Recorded | September 12–13, 1958 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 35:39 | |||
| Label | Verve Records | |||
| Producer | Norman Granz, Blossom Dearie | |||
| Blossom Dearie chronology | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |  [2] |
Once Upon a Summertime is an album by Blossom Dearie. It was released in 1959 by Verve Records.
This is the third in a series of six albums recorded by Dearie for the Verve label. The liner notes quote Dearie as saying "Norman Granz called and asked me to make another album with Tom Nola. He had Ray Brown playing bass, Mundell Lowe playing guitar, and Ed Thigpen playing drums. I could pick the songs and write the arrangements. How could a girl go wrong? So, by twisting my arm a few times he seemed to persuade me to go ahead with it... even though I resisted stubbornly." [3]
At the Opera House is a 1958 live album by Ella Fitzgerald. The album presents a recording of the 1957 Jazz at the Philharmonic Concerts. This series of live jazz concerts was devised by Fitzgerald's manager Norman Granz; they ran from 1944 to 1983. Featured on this occasion, in 1957, are Fitzgerald and the leading jazz players of the day in an onstage jam session. The first half of the 1990 CD edition includes a performance that was recorded on September 29, 1957, at the Chicago Opera House, whilst the second half highlights the concert recorded on October 7, 1957, at the Shrine Auditorium, in Los Angeles. The original LP obviously included only the mono tracks (#10-18).
James Mundell Lowe was an American jazz guitarist who worked often in radio, television, and film, and as a session musician.
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Ella at Juan-les-Pins is a 1964 live album by Ella Fitzgerald, accompanied by a quartet led by Roy Eldridge on trumpet with the pianist Tommy Flanagan, Gus Johnson on drums and Bill Yancey on bass. Val Valentin was the recording engineer, cover photo by Jean-Pierre Leloir. The original 1964 album featured 12 songs, highlights of two concerts Fitzgerald performed on the 28 and 29 of July 1964 at the fifth annual Festival Mondial du Jazz Antibes in Juan-les-Pins, France. In 2002 Verve re-issued this album, including all the performances from both evenings. Ella is in fine voice, sounding very aggressive at times, as her voice leaps and growls. The listener also gets to hear Ella improvise a musical tribute to the crickets who are also in fine voice throughout the performance.
Ella in Budapest is a live album recorded in 1970 by Ella Fitzgerald, accompanied by the Tommy Flanagan trio, sound engineering by Jozsef Dudas. The album remained unreleased until 1999 when it was issued by Pablo Records.
Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson is a 1960 studio album featuring a jazz trio, led by the Canadian jazz pianist Oscar Peterson, with the tenor saxophonist Ben Webster.
Discography for jazz double-bassist and cellist Ray Brown.
"If I Were a Bell" is a song composed by Frank Loesser for his 1950 musical Guys and Dolls.
Blossom Dearie is a studio album by Blossom Dearie that was recorded in 1956 and released in 1957. It was her first recording for Verve.
Give Him the Ooh-La-La is a 1958 studio album by American jazz singer Blossom Dearie.
Blossom Dearie Sings Comden and Green is a 1959 album by Blossom Dearie, focusing on the work of lyricists Betty Comden and Adolph Green.
My Gentleman Friend is a 1961 album by Blossom Dearie.
Songs of Chelsea is a 1988 studio album by Blossom Dearie.
Blossom Dearie Sings Rootin' Songs is a 1963 studio album by Blossom Dearie.
Blossom Time at Ronnie Scott's is a 1966 live album by Blossom Dearie.
Ella Fitzgerald Live at Mister Kelly's is a live album of a 1958 Ella Fitzgerald performance at Mister Kelly's, and released in 2007.
The Jazz Soul of Oscar Peterson is a 1959 album by the Oscar Peterson Trio, described by AllMusic as "a swinging, straight-ahead affair featuring superb playing throughout."
A Grand Night for Swinging is an album by American jazz guitarist Mundell Lowe featuring tracks recorded in 1957 for the Riverside label.
It Takes a Whole Lot of Human Feeling is an album by American jazz vocalist Carmen McRae recorded in 1973 and released on the Groove Merchant label. The album's title track is a song from the 1971 musical Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope.
Jazz at the Musikverein is a 1997 live album by André Previn with guitarist Mundell Lowe and bassist Ray Brown recorded at the Musikverein in Vienna.
