LOREZ ALEXANDRIA - Singing Songs Everyone Knows (1959-1988) FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

Tracklist :
1     Just One of Those Things 2:52
Cole Porter
2     Then I'll Be Tired of You 2:53
E.Y. "Yip" Harburg / Arthur Schwartz
3     Lush Life 2:10
Billy Strayhorn
4     Sometimes I'm Happy 2:34
Irving Caesar / Clifford Grey / Vincent Youmans
5     Long Ago (And Far Away) 3:02
Ira Gershwin / Jerome Kern
6     But Beautiful 2:20
Johnny Burke / James Van Heusen
7     I'm Beginning to See the Light 4:23
Duke Ellington / Don George / Johnny Hodges / Harry James
8     I Can't Believe That You're in Love With Me 3:07
Clarence Gaskill / Jimmy McHugh
9     Spring Is Here 3:40
Lorenz Hart / Richard Rodgers
10     Angel Eyes 4:23
Earl Brent / Matt Dennis
11     Better Luck Next Time 3:06
Irving Berlin
12     I Didn't Know What Time It Was 3:36
Lorenz Hart / Richard Rodgers

LOREZ ALEXANDRIA - For Swingers Only (1963-2008) RM / FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Originally released in 1963, For Swingers Only is singer Lorez Alexandria's tenth album and her fourth for Argo. While Alexandria is best known to ardent jazz fans, she was one of the great interpretive vocalists of her time, and this set is proof of that. Alexandria was a Chicago native who had established her reputation there. That said, she was successful enough to relocate to Los Angeles in 1960 to lend her voice work to soundtracks, television commercials, and recordings, and to hold a club gig as a headliner. Unlike some of her previous Argo dates, this one was recorded in Chicago at Ter-Mar Recording Studios. Her band for the session included some regulars like guitarist George Eskridge and drummer Phil Thomas. The great Chicago pianist John Young and the amazing reed and woodwind studio player Ronald Wilson were also on the date. Her bass player for the session was Jimmy Garrison from the John Coltrane Quartet. The material is ambitious. Alexandria had cut Hoagy Carmichael's "Baltimore Oriole," before on the Deluxe label, but this version -- with its slippery, slightly Latin rhythm and popping flute -- is more sultry and atmospheric, and carries within it a loneliness that the earlier one doesn't touch. Her reading of Rodgers & Hart's "Little Girl Blue" is, though this may seem blasphemous, every bit the equal of Nina Simone's -- especially with its deeply soulful a cappella opening. The flute adds exponentially as it softly winds through the ends of lines, filling the space between the rhythm section and the singer. The sadness literally drips from her mouth, saturating the listener. These aren't all sad songs, however. The strutting "All or Nothing at All" is a finger-popping swinger with gorgeous work by Garrison, Young, and Wilson. Given that there are only eight cuts on this set, each one counts -- though these are far from one or two-minute selections, and they dig into their grooves and allow Alexandria to stretch out. The beautiful guitar work on "Traveling Down a Lonely Road" gives the listener the feeling that the protagonist doesn't mind so much. It is the first known vocal recording of the song -- it originally appeared as an instrumental in Federico Fellini's La Strada. Eskridge and drummer Thomas, with his subtle breakbeat style in the intro, set up a beautiful transaction for the piano, bass, and lilting flute work. The true highlight of the set is "Mother Earth," a 12/8 blues with Wilson blowing a gritty tenor and Garrison strolling the bassline in full gutbucket mode. Alexandria allows some of that large throaty range of hers out of the box and lets it rip. This is simply among Lorez Alexandria's most stylized, disciplined, soulful, and satisfying recording sessions, and is highly recommended. [While this fine album had been out of print in the United States for decades, Chicago's own Dusty Groove imprint licensed the master from Universal and had it remastered for release on compact disc for the first time in 2008.] 
(This comment is posted on Allmusic by Thom Jurek, follower of our blog 'O Púbis da Rosa')
Tracklist :
1 Baltimore Oriole 3:09
2 Little Girl Blue 3:31
3 All Or Nothing At All 4:50
4 Travelling Down A Lonely Road 3:43
5 Mother Earth 4:54
6 Love Look Away 3:47
7 The End Of A Love Affair 2:48
8 That Old Devil Called Love 3:53
Credits :
Contrabass – Jimmy Garrison
Drums – Phil Thomas
Guitar – George Eskridge
Piano – John Young
Tenor Saxophone, Flute – Ronald Wilson
Voice – Lorez Alexandria

LOREZ ALEXANDRIA - More of the Great Lorez Alexandria (1964-2007) Impulse! More Best 50 – 13 / FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Tracklist :
1 But Beautiful  4:18
Johnny Burke / James Van Heusen
2 Little Boat (O Barquinho)  2:17
Ronaldo Bôscoli / Roberto Menescal
3 Dancing on the Ceiling  1:32
Lorenz Hart / Richard Rodgers
4 It Might as Well Be Spring  6:58
Oscar Hammerstein II / Richard Rodgers
5 Once (It S'Aim Aient)  2:20
Norman Gimbel / Guy Magenta
6 The Wildest Gal in Town  2:54
Sammy Fain / Jack Yellen
7 Angel Eyes  4:53
Earl Brent / Matt Dennis
8 This Could Be the Start of Something Big  2:20
Steve Allen
9 No More  3:09
Tutti Camarata / Bob Russell
10 That Far Away Look  2:25
Credits :
Alto Saxophone – Paul Horn
Double Bass – Al McKibbon
Drums – Jimmy Cobb (tracks: 8) 
Guitar – Ray Crawford (tracks: 8) 
Piano – Wynton Kelly

LOREZ ALEXANDRIA - Alexandria the Great (1964-2004) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Lorez Alexandria has not received her due as a jazz singer, probably due in part to her long layoff from recording (11 years) for nationally distributed labels following these 1964 studio sessions for Impulse! But the vocalist is in top form throughout each of these three sessions, each with a different group of musicians. Her soulful singing also hints at her gospel background in places, though her clear enunciation, ability to swing, and touch of charm make her a delight to hear. Most of the arrangements are fairly concise, so the longer tracks shine just a bit brighter. Her swinging take of "Get Me to the Church On Time" is playful, while her soulfulness comes across in the snappy take of "I'm Through With Love," the latter featuring guitarist Ray Crawford. This is an excellent introduction to a fine vocalist worthy of much wider recognition. Ken Dryden
Тracklist :
1. Show Me (4:05)
Alan Jay Lerner / Frederick Loewe
2. I've Never Been In Love Before (2:21)
Frank Loesser
3. Satin Doll (2:48)
Duke Ellington / Johnny Mercer / Billy Strayhorn
4. My One And Only Love (4:31)
Robert Mellin / Guy Wood
Bass – Paul Chambers
5. Over The Rainbow (3:59)
Harold Arlen / E.Y. "Yip" Harburg
6. Get Me To The Church On Time (4:03)
Alan Jay Lerner / Frederick Loewe
Piano – Victor Feldman
7. The Best Is Yet To Come (2:46)
Cy Coleman / Carolyn Leigh
8. I've Grown Accustomed To His Face (4:07)
Alan Jay Lerner / Frederick Loewe
Piano – Victor Feldman
9. Give Me The Simple Life (2:23)
Rube Bloom / Harry Ruby
10. I'm Through With Love (5:24)
Gus Kahn / Fud Livingston / Matty Malneck
Bass – Paul Chambers
Credits :
Arranged By – Billy Marx (faixas: 1, 6, 8)
Bass – Al McKibbon (faixas: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
Drums – Jimmy Cobb
Flute – Bud Shank (faixas: 1, 6, 8)
Guitar – Ray Crawford (faixas: 3, 4, 95)
Piano – Wynton Kelly (faixas: 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10)
Saxophone – Paul Horn (faixas: 3, 4, 7, 9)
Vocals – Lorez Alexandria