BARBARA LEA - Remembering Lee Wiley [1995]

Lee Wiley has long been one of Barbara Lea's idols, so her tribute to the swing-era singer is heartfelt and full of sympathy. Lea recorded 11 songs in 1976 and three in 1977 using a trio led by pianist Loonis McGlohon, with guest spots for clarinetist Bob Mitchell. When the music was being made ready for its CD reissue in 1995, Lea got together with McGlohon and a different rhythm section (plus Randy Reinhart on trumpet and trombone) to cut eight more songs. Although Lea lacks Wiley's quiet intensity and understated sensuality, she does an excellent job throughout the ballad-oriented set; highlights include "I Left My Sugar Standing in the Rain," "Time On My Hands," "Down to Steamboat Tennessee," "Sugar" and "Wherever There's Love."  by Scott Yanow
Track Listing
1 I Left My Sugar Standing in the Rain 4:45
Sammy Fain
2 Soft Lights and Sweet Music 2:56
Irving Berlin
3 Time on My Hands 5:08
Harold Adamson / Mack Gordon / Vincent Youmans
4 Easy to Love 3:57
Cole Porter
5 This Is New 3:54
Ira Gershwin / Kurt Weill
6 I'll Follow My Secret Heart 2:05
Noël Coward
7 Chicken Today and Feathers Tomorrow 4:27
Johnny Marks
8 Oh! Loot at Me Now! 3:34
Joe Bushkin
9 Down to Steamboat, Tennessee 3:19
Willard Robison / Jess Stacy / Lee Wiley
10 Someone to Watch over Me 3:21
George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin
11 Sugar 3:16
Edna Alexander / Maceo Pinkard 
12 A Ship Without a Sail 2:59
Lorenz Hart / Richard Rodgers
13 Let's Fall in Love 2:29
Harold Arlen / Ted Koehler
14 Fun to Be Fooled 3:53
Harold Arlen / Ira Gershwin / E.Y. "Yip" Harburg
15 Supper Time 3:33
Irving Berlin
16 Anytime, Anyday, Anywhere 1:08
Ned Washington / Lee Wiley / Victor Young
17 Who Can I Turn To? 3:24
William Engvick / Alec Wilder
18 I've Got the World on a String 2:52
Harold Arlen / Ted Koehler
19 Wherever There's Love 2:25
Eddie Condon
20 Fools Fall in Love 3:06
Irving Berlin
21 I've Got a Crush on You 2:22
George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin
22 Basin Street Blues 3:36
Spencer Williams
Credits
 Bob Mitchell - clarinet
Loonis McGlohon - piano
Randy Reinhart - trumpet, trombone
Barbara Lea - vocals
Tony Cooper - drums
Jay Leonhart - bass
Mel Alexander - bass
Terry Lassiter - bass

  BARBARA LEA - Remembering Lee Wiley

 [1995] Audiophile / CBR320 / scans

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