DEBBY MOORE - My Kind of Blues (1960-2007) FLAC (tracks), lossless

As its title promises, My Kind of Blues captures a distinctly personal interpretation of familiar blues and jazz standards--Debby Moore's uncommonly warm and gentle vocals soften the blow delivered by the lyrics of "How Come You Do Me Like You Do" and "Nothin' But Trouble on My Mind," transforming their melancholy into profound compassion and understanding. Nuanced contributions from trumpeter Harry "Sweets" Edison, pianist Jimmy Jones, guitarist Barry Galbraith, bassist George Duvivier, and drummer Elvin Jones further underscore the session's feather-light beauty. Fresh Sound's 2007 CD reissue appends the bonus cut "Get a Feeling." Jason Ankeny
Tracklist :
1. Five Months, Two Weeks, Two Days 2:58
Written-By – D. Morris, D. Donaldson
2. Come On Home To Me 2:26
Written-By – D. Morris, D. Donaldson
3. See See Rider 2:26
 Traditional
4. Nothin' But Trouble On My Mind 2:40
Written-By – Debby Moore, L. Donaldson
5. Sent For You Yesterday 2:10
 Basie-Rushing-Durham
6. Baby, Won't You Please Come Home 2:39
C. Warfield-C. Williams
7. I'm Travelin' Light 3:01
 Young-Mercer
8. (I Know) My Baby Loves Me True 2:53
Written-By – Debby Moore, L. Donaldson
9. Why Don't You Do Right 2:50
Joe McCoy-Peggy Lee
10. How Come You Do Me Like You Do Do Do 2:21
 G. Austin-R. Bergere
11. Hallelujah, I Love Him So 2:56
Written-By – Ray Charles
12. No Love, No Nothin' 2:47
H. Warren-L. Robin
– BONUS TRACK –
13. Get A Feeling 2:15
 E. Maultsby-D. Butler
Credits :
Debby Moore - Vocals, Whistling
Harry Edison - Trumpet
Jimmy Jones - Piano
Barry Galbraith - Guitar
George Duvivier - Bass
Elvin Jones - Drums

SARAH VAUGHAN — How Long Has This Been Going On? (1978) Three Version (1985, RM | Pablo Records – J33J 20044 JP) + (1987, RM | Pablo Records – 98.848 EU) + (2003, RM | XRCD, Heritage Of Jazz by XRCD – 40) FLAC (image+tracks+.cue), lossless

This set features the great Sarah Vaughan in a typically spontaneous Norman Granz production for Pablo with pianist Oscar Peterson, guitarist Joe Pass, bassist Ray Brown, and drummer Louie Bellson. Sassy sounds wonderful stretching out on such songs as "Midnight Sun," "More Than You Know," "Teach Me Tonight," and "Body and Soul," among others. All ten of the melodies are veteran standards that she knew backwards but still greeted with enthusiasm. A very good example of late-period Sarah Vaughan. Scott Yanow
Tracklist :
1    I've Got The World On A String    5:35
 Harold Arlen / Ted Koehler
2    Midnight Sun    4:36
 Sonny Burke / Lionel Hampton / Johnny Mercer

3    How Long Has This Been Going On?    5:58
 George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin
4    You're Blase    5:06
 Ord Hamilton / Bruce Sievier
5    Easy Living    4:37
 Ralph Rainger / Leo Robin
6    More Than You Know    6:42
 Edward Eliscu / Vincent Youmans
7    My Old Flame    6:11
 Sam Coslow / Arthur Johnston
8    Teach Me Tonight    3:03
 Sammy Cahn / Gene DePaul
9    Body And Soul    3:40
 Frank Eyton / Edward Heyman / Robert Sour
10    When Your Lover Has Gone     2:54
 Einar A. Swan
Credits :
Sarah Vaughan - Vocals
Oscar Peterson - Piano
Joe Pass - Guitar
Ray Brown - Bass
Louie Bellson - Drums

RUTH OLAY — Olay! O.K.!! (1963) Vinyl, LP | MONOAURAL | FLAC (tracks) 24-44.1Hz

Ruth Olay was an American jazz singer who was born in San Francisco, the daughter of a Rabbi and a professional chorister mother. Moving to Los Angeles while still an infant, Olay became a fixture in Hollywood's nightclub scene in the late 1940s and through the 1950s and early 1960s. wiki
Tracklist :
A1    I Concentrate On You    3:30
A2    I'll Be Around    3:20
A3    I Wanna Be Around    2:15
A4    How Did He Look    2:55
A5    Gonna Build A Mountain    3:05
A6    Invitation To Dance    3:14
B1    All By Myself    2:07
B2    Scarlet Bird In The Yellow Tree    2:10
B3    The 12th Of Never    3:25
B4    He's My Man    3:30
B5    Wind And The Sea    3:35
B6    Under A Blanket Of Blue    3:07
Credits :
Arranged By, Conductor – Bill Reddie
Vocals - Ruth Olay

BILLIE HOLIDAY — Billie's Blues (1988) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Most of this excellent CD features one of Billie Holiday's finest concert recordings of the 1950s. Recorded in Europe before an admiring audience, this enjoyable set finds Lady Day performing seven of her standards with her trio and joining in for jam session versions of "Billie's Blues" and "Lover Come Back to Me" with an all-star group starring clarinetist Buddy DeFranco, vibraphonist Red Norvo and guitarist Jimmy Raney. These performances (which find Holiday in stronger voice than on her studio recordings of the period) have also been included in Verve's massive CD box set. This program concludes with Holiday's four rare sides for Aladdin in 1951 (between her Decca and Verve periods) which are highlighted by two blues and "Detour Ahead," and her 1942 studio recording of "Trav'lin' Light" with Paul Whiteman's Orchestra.
Tracklist :
1.    Announcement By Leonard Feather 0:27
Presenter – Leonard Feather
2.    Blue Moon    2:15
Written-By – Rodgers/Hart
3.    All Of Me    1:43
Written-By – G. Marks, S. Simons
4.    My Man    2:51
Written-By – Willametz, Pollock, Charles, Yvain
5.    Them Their Eyes    1:40
Written-By – Tauber, Pinkard, Tracey
6.    I Cried For You    3:22
Written-By – Lyman, Freed, Arnheim
7.    What A Little Moonlight Can Do    2:45
Written-By – H. Woods
8.    I Cover The Waterfront    3:10
Written-By – Heyman, Green
9.    Announcement    0:20
10.    Billie's Blues    11:35
Written-By – Billie Holiday
11.    Lover Come Back To Me    6:39
Written-By – Hammerstein, Romberg
12.    Blue Turning Grey Over You    2:01
Written-By – Razaf, Waller
13.    Be Fair With Me Baby    2:36
Written-By – Mesner, Darnell
14.    Rocky Mountain Blues    3:04
Written-By – Tucker, Heywood
15.    Detour Ahead    3:03
16.     Trav'lin' Light 3:17
Arranged By – Jimmy Mundy
Bass – Artie Shapiro
Directed By – Paul Whiteman
Drums – Willie Rodriguez
Guitar – Mike Pingitore
Other [Unknown], Reeds – Alvy West, Dan D'Andre, Lennie Hartman
Other [Unknown], Trombone – Murray McEachern, Skip Layton
Piano – Buddy Weed
Trumpet – Don Waddilove, Larry Neill, Monty Kelly
Credits :
Bass – Red Mitchell (tracks: 2 to 11), Unknown (tracks: 12 to 15)
Clarinet – Buddy DeFranco (tracks: 10, 11)
Drums – Elaine Leighton (tracks: 2 to 11), Unknown (tracks: 12 to 15)
Guitar – Jimmy Raney (tracks: 10, 11), Tiny Grimes (tracks: 12 to 15)
Piano – Bobby Tucker (tracks: 12 to 15), Carl Drinkard (tracks: 2 to 8)
Piano [First Solo] – Sonny Clark (tracks: 10, 11)
Piano [Second Solo] – Beryl Booker (tracks: 10, 11)
Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone – Heywood Henry (tracks: 12 to 15)
Vibraphone [Vibes] – Red Norvo (tracks: 10, 11)
Vocals – Billie Holiday
Notes :
Tracks 2 to 11 recorded live in Köln, Germany on January 5, 1954
Tracks 12 to 15 recorded in New York City on April 29, 1951 for Aladdin Records
Track 16 recorded in Los Angeles on June 12, 1942 for Capitol Records

CASSANDRA WILSON — New Moon Daughter (1996) Two Version (BN – CDP 7243 8 US + BN – TOCJ-5996 JP) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Singer Cassandra Wilson, who has had a rather diverse career that has ranged from the free funk of M-Base to standards à la Betty Carter, has in recent times adopted a folk-oriented style a little reminiscent of Nina Simone. On New Moon Daughter her repertoire ranges from U2 to Son House, from Hoagy Carmichael to Hank Williams ("I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry"); it is certainly the only album ever that contains both the Monkees' "Last Train to Clarksville" and "Strange Fruit." This CD is a surprise best-seller, for Wilson's voice actually sounds quite bored and emotionally detached. She deserves great credit for stretching herself, but one has to dig deep to find any warmth in her overly cool approach. Scott Yanow
Tracklist :
1.    Strange Fruit 5:33
Bass – Lonnie Plaxico
Cornet – Graham Haynes
Resonator Guitar [Resophonic Guitar] – Chris Whitley
Vocals – Cassandra Wilson
Written-By – Lewis Allan
2.    Love Is Blindness 4:53
Acoustic Guitar, Guitar [Octave] – Brandon Ross
Acoustic Guitar, Resonator Guitar [Resophonic Guitar] – Kevin Breit
Bass – Lonnie Plaxico
Cornet – Lawrence "Butch" Morris
Tom Tom [Floor Tom] – Dougie Bowne
Vocals – Cassandra Wilson
Written-By – U2
3.    Solomon Sang 5:56
Acoustic Guitar – Brandon Ross
Acoustic Guitar, Resonator Guitar [Resophonic Guitar] – Kevin Breit
Drums – Dougie Bowne
Percussion – Cyro Baptista
Written-By, Vocals – Cassandra Wilson
4.    Death Letter 4:12
Acoustic Guitar – Brandon Ross
Banjo [Tenor], Electric Guitar – Kevin Breit
Bass – Mark Anthony Peterson
Drums, Percussion – Dougie Bowne
Jew's Harp, Percussion – Cyro Baptista
Vocals – Cassandra Wilson
Written-By – Son House
5.    Skylark 4:08
Bass – Lonnie Plaxico
Drums – Dougie Bowne
Pedal Steel Guitar – Gib Wharton
Vocals – Cassandra Wilson
Written-By – Hoagy Carmichael
6.    Find Him 4:37
Bass – Lonnie Plaxico
Guitar [Octave] – Brandon Ross
Written-By, Vocals, Acoustic Guitar – Cassandra Wilson
7.    I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry 4:50
Acoustic Guitar – Brandon Ross
Bass – Lonnie Plaxico
Bouzouki [Irish Bozouki] – Kevin Breit
Drums – Dougie Bowne
Violin – Charlie Burnham
Vocals – Cassandra Wilson
Written-By – Hank Williams
8.    Last Train To Clarksville 5:15
Acoustic Guitar – Brandon Ross
Bass – Lonnie Plaxico
Drums, Vibraphone [Vibes] – Dougie Bowne
Electric Guitar – Kevin Breit
Vocals – Cassandra Wilson
Written-By – Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart
9.    Until 6:29
Accordion – Tony Cedras
Acoustic Guitar, Guitar [Octave] – Brandon Ross
Bass – Lonnie Plaxico
Bongos – Jeff Haynes
Shaker [s] – Cyro Baptista
Written-By, Vocals – Cassandra Wilson
10.    A Little Warm Death 5:43
Acoustic Guitar – Brandon Ross
Percussion – Cyro Baptista, Jeff Haynes
Violin – Charlie Burnham
Written-By, Vocals – Cassandra Wilson
11.    Memphis 5:04
Bass – Lonnie Plaxico
Electric Guitar [Lead] – Kevin Breit
Electric Guitar [Rhythm] – Brandon Ross
Organ [Hammond B3] – Gary Breit
Percussion – Cyro Baptista
Written-By, Vocals – Cassandra Wilson
12.    Harvest Moon 5:01
Acoustic Guitar – Brandon Ross
Backing Vocals [Background Vocals] – The Peepers
Bass – Mark Anthony Peterson
Percussion – Cyro Baptista
Resonator Guitar [Resophonic Guitar] – Kevin Breit
Vocals – Cassandra Wilson
Whistling, Other [Lampshades] – Dougie Bowne
Written-By – Neil Young