BEVERLY KENNEY - Sings with Jimmy Jones & the Basie-ites (1956-1989) FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

Beverly Kenney, one of the most interesting jazz singers of the mid-'50s, led just three albums in her brief career. This set, reissued by the Spanish Fresh Sound label, teams Kenney with pianist Jimmy Jones, four then-current members of Count Basie's band (trumpeter Joe Newman, Frank Wess on tenor and flute, rhythm guitarist Freddie Green, and bassist Eddie Jones), plus former Basie-ite Jo Jones on drums. The light but swinging backing is perfect for Kenney, who excels on such songs as "Nobody Else But Me," "A Fine Romance," "Isn't This a Lovely Day," and "Can't Get Out of This Mood." She deserves to be remembered. by Scott Yanow
Tracklist:
1 Nobody Else But Me 3:23
Oscar Hammerstein II / Jerome Kern
2 The More I See You 3:08
Mack Gordon / Harry Warren 
3 Old Buttermilk Sky 2:45
Shelton Brooks / Hoagy Carmichael
4 I Never Has Seen Snow 3:50
Harold Arlen / Truman Capote
5 A Fine Romance 2:54
Dorothy Fields / Jerome Kern
6 Who Cares What People Say 2:35
M.K. Jerome / Jack Scholl
7 Makin' Whoopee 2:05
Walter Donaldson / Gus Kahn
8 The Charm of You 2:28
Sammy Cahn / Jule Styne
9 Isn't This a Lovely Day? 3:15
Irving Berlin
10 Mairzy Doats 2:44
Milton Drake / Al Hoffman / Jerry Livingston
11 My Kind of Love 2:25
Charles Holdeman
12 Can't Get Out of This Mood 2:47
Frank Loesser / Jimmy McHugh
Credits:
Bass – Eddie Jones
Drums – Jo Jones
Flute, Tenor Saxophone – Frank Wess
Piano – Jimmy Jones
Rhythm Guitar – Freddie Green
Trumpet – Joe Newman
Vocals – Beverly Kenney