Best Of The RCA Years, The

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Personnel includes: Lena Horne (vocals); Marty Gold (conductor, arranger); Marty Paich, Lehman Engel (conductor); Ralph Burns (arranger); Phil Woods, Herb Geller, Bud Shank, Bill Holman (saxophone); Doc Severinson, Harry "Sweets" Edison (trumpet); Jimmy Cleveland, Urbie Green (trombone); Mundell Lowe (guitar); George Duvivier (bass); Frank Capp, Louis Bellson, Shelly Manne (drums); Nat Brandwynne's Orchestra, Lennie Hayton & His Orchestra, Anthony Morelli & His Sands Hotel Orchestra. Recorded between march 2, 1955 September 4, 1962. Includes liner notes by James Gavin. Personnel: John Cali, Al Caiola, Al Hendrickson, Al Viola, Mundell Lowe (guitar); Laura Newell (harp); Dave Pell, Eddie Caine, Ben Ross, Gene Quill, Herb Geller, Danny Banks , Ray Shanfeld, Eddie Wasserman, Albert Epstein, Manny Gershman, Ronald Langinger, Joe Maini, Al Cohn, Med Flory, Phil Woods, Bill Holman, Romeo Penque, Bill Hood, Bob Cooper, Bud Shank (saxophone); Clark Terry, James Maxwell, Don Fagerquist, Frank Beach, Harold Baker, Harry "Sweets" Edison , Jack Palmer, Jack Sheldon, Joe Wilder, Mel Davis , Pete Candoli, Ray Triscari, Stu Williamson , Bernie Glow, Richard Perry, John Audino, Nick Travis, Al DeRisi, Buddy Childers (trumpet); William Hinshaw, George Price, John Barrows, James Buffington (French horn); Richard Taylor "Dick" Nash , Eddie Bert, Jim Dahl, Frank Rehak, Charles Small, George Roberts , Sy Berger, Herbie Harper, Morty Trautman, Ray Sims, Vincent Forchetti, Jimmy Cleveland, Thomas Mitchell, Urbie Green, Tony Studd, Chauncey Welsch (trombone); Red Callender (tuba); Dick Hyman, Gene DiNovi (piano); Don Lamond, Frank Capp, Osie Johnson, Shelly Manne (drums); William Rodriguez (bongos); Larry Bunker (percussion). Liner Note Author: James Gavin. Recording information: Hollywood, CA (03/02/1955-06/29/1962); Waldorf Astoria, NY (03/02/1955-06/29/1962). Arrangers: Marty Gold; Ralph Burns. Primarily thought of as a nightclub singer, Lena Horne gained her greatest visibility as a recording artist during several stints with RCA Victor Records, 1941-45, 1955-62, 1975-76, and 1983. This 16-track, 57-and-a-half-minute compilation draws its material from the 1955-62 period, during which she recorded six singles, eight solo albums, a duo album of Porgy And Bess with Harry Belafonte, and the original Broadway cast album of Jamaica, activities that resulted in several chart entries and Grammy nominations. This album contains "Love Me or Leave Me," her sole chart single for RCA, from 1955, and it relies heavily on her live recordings, including selections from the albums Lena Horne at the Waldorf Astoria and Lena Horne at the Sands, and the EP Lena Horne at the Coconut Grove. It also emphasizes the singer's affinity for such classic pop writers as Cole Porter, the Gershwins, and Harold Arlen. There are some surprising omissions, among them a version of her signature song, "Stormy Weather" (the title of one of her RCA albums of the period), and such Jamaica songs as "Push De Button." Maybe that's just to say that Horne deserved a more ambitious compilation of this title, a full-length two-CD set encompassing her entire time at the label. As it is, this is an adequate sampler of the recordings she made during a seven-year period in her late thirties and early forties. Even for the RCA catalog, it's only a part of the story. ~ William Ruhlmann
録音 : モノラル／ステレオ (Studio/Live)