BEA WAIN - That's How I Love the Blues : The Complete Recordings, Vol. 2 [2003]

On the second of three CDs that reissue the solo recordings that singer Bea Wain made after her successful period with Larry Clinton, she is heard on 25 selections that were formerly quite rare. Wain is generally backed by medium-size groups that are jazzy and arranged by Walter Gross. The music swings and is high-quality middle-of-the-road pop music of the era. What uplifts the performances above the average are the highly expressive yet subtle interpretations of Wain, who has been greatly underrated (and often overlooked) ever since the end of the swing era. While the vocalist is still best known for her hits (particularly "My Reverie") with Larry Clinton's band, she was still in her early twenties when most of these solo sides were cut and she was continuing to grow as a singer. In addition to 19 selections from 1939-1941, she is heard on a remake of "My Reverie" with Vaughn Monroe's orchestra in 1940, singing "You Made Me Love You" in 1947, and on four V-Discs (two formerly unissued) with the Ellis Larkins Trio. This valuable set fills in a major gap in reissue programs and should help Bea Wain to be recognized as one of the best singers of the period.  by Scott Yanow 
Tracklist
1 Go Fly a Kite 2:43
Johnny Burke / James V. Monaco
2 Glad to Be Unhappy 3:01
Lorenz Hart / Richard Rodgers
3 When Love Beckoned 3:27
Cole Porter
4 It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow 2:51
Irving Berlin
5 It's Somebody Else 3:01
Walter Gross / Bea Wain
6 Hello Ma! I Done It Again 2:09
Ralph Rainger / Leo Robin
7 How Did It Get So Late So Early 2:27
Will Erwin / June Sillman
8 Kiss the Boys Goodbye 2:47
Frank Loesser / Victor Schertzinger
9 That's How I Got My Start 2:33
Frank Loesser / Victor Schertzinger
10 Peekaboo to You 2:09
Johnny Mercer / Joseph Meyer / Carl Sigman
11 You Started Something 2:52
Ralph Rainger / Leo Robin
12 God Bless the Child 3:06
Billie Holiday / Arthur Herzog, Jr.
13 Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child 2:46
Traditional
14 Birth of the Blues 2:56
Lew Brown / Buddy DeSylva / Ray Henderson
15 You'll Never Know 2:50
16 Baby Mine 3:02
Frank Churchill / Ned Washington
17 The Lady Who Walks Alone 2:54
Johnny Green / Jack Lawrence
18 That's How I Love the Blues 3:02
Ralph Blane / Hugh Martin
19 Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye 3:08
Ralph Blane / Hugh Martin
20 My Reverie 2:21
Larry Clinton / Claude Debussy
21 You Made Me Love You 3:34
Joseph McCarthy / James V. Monaco
22 My Man Is a Handy Man 3:18
Andy Razaf
23 Trouble Is a Man 3:23
Alec Wilder
24 Fools Rush In/Everything I Have Is Yours 3:32
Harold Adamson / Rube Bloom / Burton Lane / Johnny Mercer
25 The Gentleman Is a Dope 3:13
Oscar Hammerstein II / Richard Rodgers

BEA WAIN - That's How I Love the Blues: The Complete Recordings, Vol. 2 

[2003] Baldwin Street / CBR320 / scans

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