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| 03:01 | January 6, 1949 | D9-BV-0049 | Master | There's A Small Hotel (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) |
The Claude Thornhill Orchestra (ldr), Gil Evans (arr), Claude Thornhill (con, p), Danny Polo, Jerry Therkeld (cl, as), Drew Moore, Mario Rollo (ts), Bill Bushey (bar), John Carisi, John Napton, Gene Roland (t), Leon Cox, Allan Langstaff (tb), Addison Collins, Arthur Sussman (frh), Barry Galbraith (g), Joe Shulman (b), William Exiner (d), Chris Connor, The Snowflakes (v)
NOTES:
INDEX'S SCOPE AND CONTENTS. This automatically generated index lists all the issues (CDs, LPs, singles, etc.) that are part of the Chris Connordiscography. The issues are ordered chronologically, by date of release. Those Issues for which I am missing the release year have been relegated to the bottom of the page. All issues were indexed, irrespective of whether they are fullChris Connor releases or various-artists compilations, featuring one or more of her vocals. (In the case of such compilations, only Connor's own tracks have been listed, however.)
| 03:15 | January 6, 1949 | D9-VB-0048 | Master | I Don't Know Why (Roy Turk, Fred E. Ahlert) |
The Claude Thornhill Orchestra (ldr), Claude Thornhill (arr, con, p), Danny Polo, Jerry Therkeld (cl, as), Drew Moore, Mario Rollo (ts), Bill Bushey (bar), John Carisi, John Napton, Gene Roland (t), Leon Cox, Allan Langstaff (tb), Addison Collins, Arthur Sussman (frh), Barry Galbraith (g), Joe Shulman (b), William Exiner (d), Chris Connor, The Snowflakes (v)
| 02:39 | April 17, 1952 | 82696 | Master | Cherokee (Ray Noble) |
| 02:34 | April 17, 1952 | 82694 | Master | You're The Cream In My Coffee (Lew Brown, Buddy G. DeSylva, Ray Henderson) |
Jerry Wald and His Orchestra (ldr), Jerry Wald (con, cl), Herb Geller, Sam Zittman (as), Buddy Arnold (ts), George Berg, Eddie Caine (bar), Al Derisi, Al Porcino, Dick Sherman, Al Stewart (t), Jack Hitchcock, Sonny Russo (tb), Billy Bauer (g), Eddie Safranski (b), Jack Kelly (p), Don Lamond (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
"Cherokee" is more of an instrumental than a vocal. Chris Connor hums the melody, very briefly, toward the end of the performance. No lyrics are sung.
| 02:32 | April 17, 1952 | 82699 | Master | Terremoto (Sherm Feller) |
Jerry Wald and His Orchestra (ldr), Jerry Wald (con, cl), Herb Geller, Sam Zittman (as), Buddy Arnold (ts), George Berg, Eddie Caine (bar), Al Derisi, Al Porcino, Dick Sherman, Al Stewart (t), Jack Hitchcock, Sonny Russo (tb), Billy Bauer (g), Eddie Safranski (b), Jack Kelly (p), Don Lamond (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
"Terremoto" is actually a wordless vocal. In truth, the performance features very little of Connor, and very little of a vocal. She just hums the melody, briefly, at the beginning of the performance.
| 03:04 | April 17, 1952 | 82697 | Master | Pennies From Heaven (Johnny Burke, Arthur Johnston) |
| 02:54 | April 17, 1952 | 82698 | Master | Raisins and Almonds (Bobby Day, Maurice Sigler) |
Jerry Wald and His Orchestra (ldr), Jerry Wald (con, cl), Herb Geller, Sam Zittman (as), Buddy Arnold (ts), George Berg, Eddie Caine (bar), Al Derisi, Al Porcino, Dick Sherman, Al Stewart (t), Jack Hitchcock, Sonny Russo (tb), Billy Bauer (g), Eddie Safranski (b), Jack Kelly (p), Don Lamond (d), Chris Connor (v)
| 02:34 | April 17, 1952 | 82694 | Master | You're The Cream In My Coffee (Lew Brown, Buddy G. DeSylva, Ray Henderson) |
| 02:39 | April 17, 1952 | 82696 | Master | Cherokee (Ray Noble) |
Jerry Wald and His Orchestra (ldr), Jerry Wald (con, cl), Herb Geller, Sam Zittman (as), Buddy Arnold (ts), George Berg, Eddie Caine (bar), Al Derisi, Al Porcino, Dick Sherman, Al Stewart (t), Jack Hitchcock, Sonny Russo (tb), Billy Bauer (g), Eddie Safranski (b), Jack Kelly (p), Don Lamond (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
The listed artists are those found on the side of the disc that features Peggy Lee. A search for details about P 2719 might be attempted in the future, if this discographer's schedule allows for it. Also bear in mind that the dating of this disc (and most other discs from the AFRS Basic Music / Station Library series) is tentative.
| 02:39 | February 11, 1953 | 11115-25 | Master | And The Bull Walked Around, Olé! (Joe Greene, Doug Neal, Betsy Ellis) |
| 02:16 | February 11, 1953 | 11116-7 | Master | Jeepers Creepers (Harry Warren, Johnny Mercer) |
The Stan Kenton Orchestra (ldr), Lee Gillette (pdr), Bill Russo (arr, tb), Vinnie Dean, Lee Konitz (as), Bill Holman, Richie Kamuca (ts), Bob Gioga (bar), Conte Candoli, Walter "Pete" Candoli, Marion "Buddy" Childers, Don Dennis, Maynard Ferguson, Ruben McFall (t), Bob Burgess, Keith Moon, Frank Rosolino (tb), George Roberts (bt), Sal Salvador (g), Donald "Don" Bagley (b), Stan Kenton (p), Stan Levey (d), Harry DeAlmeida (tam), Chris Connor (v), The Stan Kenton Orchestra (bkv)
NOTES:
In England, these two vocals were not issued on the same 78 single. "And The Bull Walked Around, Olé!" was combined with "Harlem Nocturne" (78 #LC-13939), "Jeepers Creepers" with "The Creep" (78 #LC-14054). Both "Harlem Nocturne" and "The Creep" are Kenton instrumentals. All 4 masters were recorded in 1953.
| 02:47 | April 8, 1953 | 11354-6 | Master | Baia (Ary Barroso) |
| 02:46 | May 25, 1953 | 11446-13 | Master | All About Ronnie (Joe Greene) |
The Stan Kenton Orchestra (ldr), Bill Russo (arr), Vinnie Dean, Lee Konitz (as), Bill Holman, Richie Kamuca (ts), Bob Gioga, Henry "Hank" Levy (bar), Conte Candoli, Walter "Pete" Candoli, Marion "Buddy" Childers, Don Dennis, Ernie Royal, Don Smith (t), Bob Burgess, Keith Moon, Frank Rosolino, Tom Shepard (tb), George Roberts (bt), Sal Salvador (g), Donald "Don" Bagley, Glen Roberts (b), Stan Kenton (p), Stan Levey (d), Harry DeAlmeida (tam), Chris Connor, The Stan Kenton Orchestra (v)
NOTES:
Chris Connor contributes a wordless vocal to "Baia," which is credited on the label of the released single as an instrumental -- with no mention made of Connor's contribution. The flip side ("All About Ronnie") does credit "Chris Connors." Moving on to another subject matter, this single was also released in England, as a 78-rpm disc with catalogue number CL-13691.
The September 19, 1953 issue of Melody Maker contains a review whose transcription will occupy the rest of this paragraph: All About Ronnie is a showcase for Stan Kenton's recent vocal discovery Chris Connor. He intended the record to be the one that would set the glamorous 25 year old Kansas City girl on the road to international fame, and was so concerned that it should do her full justice that he turned down the first recording, remade the title at a subsequent session and then scrapped that and did yet another remake at a later date. Yet, after all that, Capitol has not even stated on the label that the side features a vocalist, let alone her. Which is a pity, because Miss Connor certainly deserves a label credit. She may not be the world's greatest ever, but she shows up here as a modern style torch singer who can hold her own with any of the contemporaries in the field. She has a vibrant, luscious tone, sings well technically and knows how to tug the heart strings without descending to the exaggerated emotionalism and other affectations of the Johnnie Rays and other horrors, male and female, who somehow get themselves accepted as vocalists. Chris also has a leading role in Baia, but of a very different kind. Her voice is used 'instrumentally.' Maybe you won't think the result compares very favourably with Duke Ellington's Kay Davies or the bop offerings of Jackie Cain but if so the blame will be less Miss Connor's and more that of the arranger, the recording, and whoever directed her. The arrangement does no more than give the melody to articulate without any attempt to blend her with the rest of the band; the recording makes too much use of the echo chamber; and someone seems to have told her to just doo-ee-oo. The outcome is anything but imaginative or subtle as far as Chris' contribution is concerned. Otherwise the record is a typical Kenton Latin-American styled presentation, and while not his best, should satisfy most Kenton enthusiasts.
| April 15, 1953 (8:15 p.m.) | Concert Taping | All About Ronnie (Joe Greene) | ||
| April 15, 1953 (8:15 p.m.) | Concert Taping | Don't Worry 'Bout Me (Rube Bloom, Ted Koehler) |
The Stan Kenton Orchestra (ldr), Pete Rugolo (arr), Bill Russo (arr, tb), Vinnie Dean, Lee Konitz (as), Bill Holman, Richie Kamuca (ts), Henry "Hank" Levy (bsx), Conte Candoli, Marion "Buddy" Childers, Don Dennis, Ernie Royal, Don Smith (t), Bob Burgess, Frank Rosolino (tb), George Roberts (bt), Sal Salvador (g), Donald "Don" Bagley (b), Stan Kenton (p), Stan Levey (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
These are selections from a much longer set that Chris Connor performed at a Cornell University concert appearance with The Stan Kenton Orchestra. (For Connor's full concert set, see Concert, Radio And Television page, April 15, 1953.) The concert was sponsored by the university's Junior Class Council Special Events Committee. This souvenir LP was given just to members of the university's Rhythm Club. Other listeners, not present at the date, were still able to enjoy the full broadcast thanks to its transmission on Ithaca's public radio station WVBR.
In the specific case of this non-commmercial item, please bear in mind that the assigned release date is actually an educated guess of mine.
| 02:47 | April 8, 1953 | 11354-6 | Master | Baia (Ary Barroso) |
The Stan Kenton Orchestra (ldr), Bill Russo (arr), Vinnie Dean, Lee Konitz (as), Bill Holman, Richie Kamuca (ts), Henry "Hank" Levy (bar), Conte Candoli, Marion "Buddy" Childers, Don Dennis, Ernie Royal, Don Smith (t), Bob Burgess, Keith Moon, Frank Rosolino, Tom Shepard (tb), George Roberts (bt), Sal Salvador (g), Glen Roberts (b), Stan Kenton (p), Stan Levey (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Relying on ads that Capitol placed in Billboard magazine issues from 1953 and early 1954, I am assigning a second-half-of-1953 release date to this album.
A February 20, 1954 ad lists both the EP and the 10" LP as available. The earlier (1953) ads do not clarify which configurations were available during that year; they just indicate that Portraits On Standards was available to the public in some shape or form.
As for the 12" LP version, it seems to have been issued in 1955 or, at the earliest, 1954.
In England, the original 10" LP was issued with catalogue number LC-6697.
Later reissues include a LP on Creative World and various CDs, such as a domestic one released in 2001 and a British disc, on Music For Pleasure (CDDL-1293).
| 02:39 | February 11, 1953 | 11115-25 | Master | And The Bull Walked Around, Olé! (Joe Greene, Doug Neal, Betsy Ellis) |
| 02:16 | February 11, 1953 | 11116-7 | Master | Jeepers Creepers (Harry Warren, Johnny Mercer) |
The Stan Kenton Orchestra (ldr), Lee Gillette (pdr), Bill Russo (arr, tb), Vinnie Dean, Lee Konitz (as), Bill Holman, Richie Kamuca (ts), Bob Gioga (bar), Conte Candoli, Walter "Pete" Candoli, Marion "Buddy" Childers, Don Dennis, Maynard Ferguson, Ruben McFall (t), Bob Burgess, Keith Moon, Frank Rosolino (tb), George Roberts (bt), Sal Salvador (g), Donald "Don" Bagley (b), Stan Kenton (p), Stan Levey (d), Harry DeAlmeida (tam), Chris Connor (v), The Stan Kenton Orchestra (bkv)
NOTES:
The listed artists are those found on the side of the disc that features Chris Connor. A search for details about P 2795 might be attempted in the future, if this discographer's schedule allows for it. Also bear in mind that the dating of this disc (and most other discs from the AFRS Basic Music / Station Library series) is tentative.
| 02:43 | December 17-18, 1953 | Master | Blue Silhouette (Murray Semos, Jack Val, Jimmy Dale) | |
| 02:44 | December 17-18, 1953 | Master | Miser's Serenade (Mad Miser Man) (Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, Gimme) (Fred Patrick, Claude Reese, Marvin Fisher, Jack Val) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Sy Oliver (pdr, arr, con), The Sy Oliver Orchestra (acc), Sid Cooper, Milt Yaner (as), Boomie Richman, Sam Taylor (ts), Dave McRae (bar), Jim Bright, Jimmy Nottingham, Red Solomon (t), Vernon "Vern" Friley, Frank Saracco, Ward Silloway, Kai Winding (tb), Sid Block (b), Dave Martin (p), Jimmy Crawford (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Sent out to stores in late February 1954, this was the very first single to be released by Bethlehem. The label used the same exact catalogue number for both the 78-rpm and the 45-rpm formats -- no varying codes, prefixes or suffices. On the label of B 1291, the accompaniment is identified as the Jim Bright Orchestra. Later sources (albums, discographies) correctly identify it instead as The Sy Oliver Orchestra. It seems that Bright was put nominally in charge. In reality, Oliver was the actual musical director of most early dates at Bethlehem Records.
| 02:44 | December 17-18, 1953 | Master | Ask Me (Woody Hinderling, Mike Pollard) | |
| 02:46 | December 17-18, 1953 | Master | Chiquita From Chi-Wah-Wah (Bennie Bonacio, Jimmie La Marge, Jimmie Franklin) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Sy Oliver (pdr, arr, con), The Sy Oliver Orchestra (acc), Sid Cooper, Milt Yaner (as), Boomie Richman, Sam Taylor (ts), Dave McRae (bar), Jim Bright, Jimmy Nottingham, Red Solomon (t), Vernon "Vern" Friley, Frank Saracco, Ward Silloway, Kai Winding (tb), Sid Block (b), Dave Martin (p), Jimmy Crawford (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Issued in late May or early June of 1954, this was the third single released by the then brand new label Bethlehem.
| 02:51 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | What Is There To Say? (Vernon Duke, Erwin 'Yip' Harburg) | |
| 02:18 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | I Hear Music (Burton Lane, Frank Loesser) | |
| 02:43 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Come Back To Sorrento (Claude Aveling, Ernesto DeCurtis) | |
| 02:42 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Why Shouldn't I? (Cole Porter) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Creed Taylor (pdr), Tom Dowd (eng), The Ellis Larkins Trio (acc), Everett Barksdale (g), Beverly Peer (b), Ellis Larkins (p), Chris Connor (v), Bob Garrity (spk)
NOTES:
The title of this EP is simply
| 02:22 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Lullaby Of Birdland (George Shearing, George David Weiss) | |
| 03:02 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Try A Little Tenderness (Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly, Harry Woods) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Creed Taylor (pdr), Tom Dowd (eng), The Ellis Larkins Trio (acc), Everett Barksdale (g), Beverly Peer (b), Ellis Larkins (p), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Released in mid-September 1954 (merely a month after both performances had been recorded).
| 02:22 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Lullaby Of Birdland (George Shearing, George David Weiss) | |
| 03:02 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Try A Little Tenderness (Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly, Harry Woods) | |
| 02:57 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | All About Ronnie (Joe Greene) | |
| 02:54 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Spring Is Here (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Creed Taylor (pdr), Tom Dowd (eng), The Ellis Larkins Trio (acc), Everett Barksdale (g), Beverly Peer (b), Ellis Larkins (p), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
The title of this EP is simply Chris Connor Sings Lullabys Of Birdland. I have added the clarification "part 2" to differentiate it from another Bethlehem EP with the same title. In England, London Records released the same EP as EZ-N 19010.
| 02:53 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Lush Life (Billy Strayhorn) | |
| 02:54 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Out Of This World (Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen) | |
| 02:37 | August 21, 1954 | Master | A Cottage For Sale (Larry Conley, Willard Robison) | |
| 02:32 | August 21, 1954 | Master | How Long Has This Been Going On? (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Creed Taylor (pdr), The Vinnie Burke Quartet (acc), Ronnie Odrich (f, cl), Joe Cinderella (g), Vinnie Burke (b), Don Burns (pac), Art Mardigan (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
The title of this EP is simply Chris Connor Sings Lullabys For Lovers. I have added the clarification "part 1" to differentiate it from another Bethlehem EP with the same title.
| 02:32 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Goodbye (Gordon Jenkins) | |
| 02:26 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Stella By Starlight (Ned Washington, Victor Popular Young) | |
| 02:19 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Gone With The Wind (Herb Magidson, Allie Wrubel) | |
| 02:42 | August 21, 1954 | Master | He's Coming Home (Charles DeForest) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Creed Taylor (pdr), The Vinnie Burke Quartet (acc), Ronnie Odrich (f, cl), Joe Cinderella (g), Vinnie Burke (b), Don Burns (pac), Art Mardigan (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
The title of this EP is simply Chris Connor Sings Lullabys For Lovers. I have added the clarification "part 2" to differentiate it from another Bethlehem EP with the same title.
| 02:18 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | I Hear Music (Burton Lane, Frank Loesser) | |
| 02:51 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | What Is There To Say? (Vernon Duke, Erwin 'Yip' Harburg) | |
| 02:43 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Come Back To Sorrento (Claude Aveling, Ernesto DeCurtis) | |
| 02:42 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Why Shouldn't I? (Cole Porter) | |
| 02:22 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Lullaby Of Birdland (George Shearing, George David Weiss) | |
| 03:02 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Try A Little Tenderness (Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly, Harry Woods) | |
| 02:57 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | All About Ronnie (Joe Greene) | |
| 02:54 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Spring Is Here (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Creed Taylor (pdr), Tom Dowd (eng), The Ellis Larkins Trio (acc), Everett Barksdale (g), Beverly Peer (b), Ellis Larkins (p), Chris Connor (v), Bob Garrity (spk)
NOTES:
A. Release Date
Released in late September of 1954, this item was Bethlehem's very first album in its 10" series. The LP's song program was additionally split into two EPs (BEP-101A, BEP-101B) that were also issued this very same year, both bearing the same title.
B. Reissues
From Japan:
1. Bethlehem - Toshiba EMI LP: TOJJ 1001 - Chris Connor Sings Lullabys Of Birdland (2000)
2. Bethlehem - Toshiba EMI CD: TOJJ 9381 - Chris Connor Sings Lullabys Of Birdland (2004)
Viewers interested in this album's release history should also consult the notes under Bethlehem's 1956 LP edition of Chris Connor Sings Lullabys Of Birdland. As suggested by the shared title, that 1956 album is a reissue of Chris Connor Sings Lullabys Of Birdland, though only partially so: among its 16 tracks, five of our 10" album's eight numbers are included. (Consult as well the notes under the 1954 10" LP Chris Connor Sings Lullabys For Lovers, which is a companion to the one under discussion.)
Equally of note is the existence of the fine Fresh Sound CD set Chris Connor: Her Complete Bethlehem Recordings (Cat. Num. FSR-CD 454-2, Public Domain, Spain, 2007), which naturally includes all the tracks from this 1954 album.
| 02:53 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Lush Life (Billy Strayhorn) | |
| 02:54 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Out Of This World (Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen) | |
| 02:37 | August 21, 1954 | Master | A Cottage For Sale (Larry Conley, Willard Robison) | |
| 02:32 | August 21, 1954 | Master | How Long Has This Been Going On? (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) | |
| 02:32 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Goodbye (Gordon Jenkins) | |
| 02:26 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Stella By Starlight (Ned Washington, Victor Popular Young) | |
| 02:19 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Gone With The Wind (Herb Magidson, Allie Wrubel) | |
| 02:42 | August 21, 1954 | Master | He's Coming Home (Charles DeForest) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Creed Taylor (pdr), The Vinnie Burke Quartet (acc), Ronnie Odrich (f, cl), Joe Cinderella (g), Vinnie Burke (b), Don Burns (pac), Art Mardigan (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
A. Release Date
Along with Chris Connor Sings Lullabys Of Birdland, this was one of the two albums that launched Bethlehem's 10" LP series in 1954. They were issued about one week apart, this one in early October, the other one in late September. The song program of Chris Connor Sings Lullabys For Lovers was additionally split into two EPs (BEP-102A, BEP-102B) that were also issued this very same year, both bearing the same title.
B. Reissues
From Japan:
1. Bethlehem - Toshiba EMI LP: TOJJ 1002 - Chris Connor Sings Lullabys For Lovers (2000)
2. Bethlehem - Toshiba EMI CD: TOJJ 9382 - Chris Connor Sings Lullabys For Lovers (2003)
From the United Kingdom:
3. Bethlehem LP: LZ-NI4007 - Chris Connor Sings Lullabys For Lovers (1956) [Also issued in South Africa]
4. Supper Club CD: 003 - Chris Connor Sings Lullabys For Lovers / The Songs Of George Gershwin (2023)
From the United States:
5. Verse Music Group - BMG CD/LP/Digital File: BCP 1002 - Chris Connor Sings Lullabys For Lovers (2013)
With one exception, all the above-listed reissues include the original eight-track program and no bonuses. The exception is the British item, a Public Domain disc that combines the eight Bethlehem tracks with a selection of bonus material taken from Connor's Gershwin songbook on Atlantic Records. In addition to those 8 Gershwin bonuses, the PD CD also includes one non-Gershwin bonus from the Atlantic years ("Moonlight in Vermont") and one more track from the Bethlehem years ("All Dressed Up with a Broken Heart").
Viewers interested in this album's release history should also consult the notes under Bethlehem's 1956 LP edition of Chris Connor Sings Lullabys Of Birdland. That 1956 album is a partial reissue of Chris Connor Sings Lullabys For Lovers: among its 16 tracks, six of the eight above-listed numbers are included.
Equally of note is the existence of the fine Fresh Sound CD set Chris Connor: Her Complete Bethlehem Recordings (Cat. Num. FSR-CD 454-2, Public Domain, Spain, 2007), which naturally includes all the tracks from this 1954 album.
C. Track List
The full title of this album's fourth track is not "How Long?" (as sloppily printed on the back cover of both this LP and its EP counterpart) but "How Long Has This Been Goin' On?" (as shown in the listings above).
| 02:43 | December 17-18, 1953 | Master | Blue Silhouette (Murray Semos, Jack Val, Jimmy Dale) | |
| 02:44 | December 17-18, 1953 | Master | Miser's Serenade (Mad Miser Man) (Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, Gimme) (Fred Patrick, Claude Reese, Marvin Fisher, Jack Val) | |
| 02:44 | December 17-18, 1953 | Master | Ask Me (Woody Hinderling, Mike Pollard) | |
| 02:46 | December 17-18, 1953 | Master | Chiquita From Chi-Wah-Wah (Bennie Bonacio, Jimmie La Marge, Jimmie Franklin) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Sy Oliver (pdr, arr, con), The Sy Oliver Orchestra (acc), Sid Cooper, Milt Yaner (as), Boomie Richman, Sam Taylor (ts), Dave McRae (bar), Jim Bright, Jimmy Nottingham, Red Solomon (t), Vernon "Vern" Friley, Frank Saracco, Ward Silloway, Kai Winding (tb), Sid Block (b), Dave Martin (p), Jimmy Crawford (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
The title of this EP is simply Chris. I have added the clarification "Part 1" to differentiate it from later EPs that bear the same title (BEP-127 and BEP-130).
I have come across indications that Bethlehem might have mistakenly used catalogue number BEP-114 twice. In addition to this EP, the other one said to carry the same number is by Helen Carr, another vocalist under Bethlehem contract in the mid-1950s. Not having yet come across a physical copy or a photo of the Carr EP, I cannot vouch for the accuracy of the claim. A primary source for the claim about Carr is the back cover of another Connor issue (BEP-126), in which a partial listing of Bethlehem's EP catalogue has been printed. In that listing, EP #114 is identified as Helen Carr's, not Chris Connor's.
The release date that I am offering for Chris (BEP-114) should be deemed tentative as well. This EP could have come out in either 1954 or 1955.
It is also worth noting that Bethlehem assigned to Chris Connor a full sequence of EP catalogue numbers: #126, #127, #129, and #130. It stands to reason that the one number missing from the sequence (i.e., 128) would have also been assigned to Connor. However, I have found no mention of an EP with that number anywhere. I am thus left to ponder whether the number was left unused. Perhaps the Connor EP under discussion was slated to bear catalogue number BEP-128, but was instead erroneously given the number BEP-114, which belonged to the Helen Carr item?
| 01:48 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | All Dressed Up With A Broken Heart (Fred Patrick, Claude Reese, Jack Val) | |
| 02:28 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | From This Moment On (Cole Porter) | |
| 02:45 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | The Thrill Is Gone (Lew Brown, Ray Henderson) | |
| 02:26 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | It's All Right With Me (Cole Porter) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Creed Taylor (pdr), The Ralph Sharon Group (acc), Herbie Mann (f, ts), J. J. Johnson, Kai Winding (tb), Joe Puma (g), Milt Hinton (b), Ralph Sharon (p), Osie Johnson (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
The title of this EP is simply This Is Chris. I have added the clarification "part 1" to differentiate it from other Bethlehem EPs with the same title.
| 02:33 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Don't Wait Up For Me (Charles DeForest) | |
| 03:23 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | A Good Man Is A Seldom Thing (Charles DeForest) | |
| 03:06 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words) (Bart Howard) | |
| 02:16 | December 17-18, 1953 | Master | Ev'rything I Love (Cole Porter) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Creed Taylor (pdr), Sy Oliver (arr, con), The Sy Oliver Orchestra, The Ralph Sharon Group (acc), Herbie Mann (f, ts), Sid Cooper, Milt Yaner (as), Boomie Richman, Sam Taylor (ts), Dave McRae (bar), Jim Bright, Jimmy Nottingham, Red Solomon (t), Vernon "Vern" Friley, J. J. Johnson, Frank Saracco, Ward Silloway, Kai Winding (tb), Joe Puma (g), Sid Block, Milt Hinton (b), Dave Martin, Ralph Sharon (p), Jimmy Crawford, Osie Johnson (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
The title of this EP is simply Chris. I have added the clarification "part 2" to differentiate it from another Bethlehem EP that bears the same title (BEP-114).
| 02:37 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Blame It On My Youth (Oscar Levant, Edward Heyman) | |
| 04:13 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Ridin' High (Cole Porter) | |
| 03:09 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Someone To Watch Over Me (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) | |
| 03:28 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | I Concentrate On You (Cole Porter) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Creed Taylor (pdr), The Ralph Sharon Group (acc), Herbie Mann (f, ts), J. J. Johnson, Kai Winding (tb), Joe Puma (g), Milt Hinton (b), Ralph Sharon (p), Osie Johnson (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
The title of this EP is simply This Is Chris. I have added the clarification "part 2" to differentiate it from other Bethlehem EPs with the same title.
| 02:54 | December 17-18, 1953 | Master | Indian Summer (Al Dubin, Victor Herbert) | |
| 02:51 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Trouble Is A Man (Alec Wilder) | |
| 03:26 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | All This And Heaven Too (Ed DeLange, Jimmy Van Heusen) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Sy Oliver (pdr, arr, con), Creed Taylor (pdr), The Sy Oliver Orchestra, The Ralph Sharon Group (acc), Herbie Mann (f, ts), Sid Cooper, Milt Yaner (as), Boomie Richman, Sam Taylor (ts), Dave McRae (bar), Jim Bright, Jimmy Nottingham, Red Solomon (t), Vernon "Vern" Friley, Frank Saracco, Ward Silloway, Kai Winding (tb), Joe Puma (g), Sid Block, Milt Hinton (b), Dave Martin, Ralph Sharon (p), Jimmy Crawford, Osie Johnson (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
The title of this EP is simply Chris. I have added the clarification "part 3" to differentiate it from other Bethlehem EPs with the same title. Side A contains only one song, "Indian Summer."
| 03:09 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Someone To Watch Over Me (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) | |
| 02:51 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Trouble Is A Man (Alec Wilder) | |
| 03:26 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | All This And Heaven Too (Ed DeLange, Jimmy Van Heusen) | |
| 02:45 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | The Thrill Is Gone (Lew Brown, Ray Henderson) | |
| 03:28 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | I Concentrate On You (Cole Porter) | |
| 01:48 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | All Dressed Up With A Broken Heart (Fred Patrick, Claude Reese, Jack Val) | |
| 02:28 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | From This Moment On (Cole Porter) | |
| 04:13 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Ridin' High (Cole Porter) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Creed Taylor (pdr), The Ralph Sharon Group (acc), Herbie Mann (f, ts), J. J. Johnson, Kai Winding (tb), Joe Puma (g), Milt Hinton (b), Ralph Sharon (p), Osie Johnson (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
The dating of this disc (and most other discs from the AFRS Basic Music / Station Library series) is tentative.
| 02:37 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Blame It On My Youth (Oscar Levant, Edward Heyman) | |
| 02:26 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | It's All Right With Me (Cole Porter) | |
| 03:09 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Someone To Watch Over Me (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) | |
| 02:51 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Trouble Is A Man (Alec Wilder) | |
| 03:26 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | All This And Heaven Too (Ed DeLange, Jimmy Van Heusen) | |
| 02:45 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | The Thrill Is Gone (Lew Brown, Ray Henderson) | |
| 03:28 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | I Concentrate On You (Cole Porter) | |
| 01:48 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | All Dressed Up With A Broken Heart (Fred Patrick, Claude Reese, Jack Val) | |
| 02:28 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | From This Moment On (Cole Porter) | |
| 04:13 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Ridin' High (Cole Porter) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Creed Taylor (pdr), The Ralph Sharon Group (acc), Herbie Mann (f, ts), J. J. Johnson, Kai Winding (tb), Joe Puma (g), Milt Hinton (b), Ralph Sharon (p), Osie Johnson (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
A. Release Date
Bethlehem 12" LP BCP-20 was probably issued in the late summer of 1955. Clues pointing to that time period can be gathered by perusing contemporaneous trade magazines publications. The August 13, 1955 issue of The Cash Box features a review of the album. The October 1, 1955 issue of Billboard ranks it fourth among the best-selling jazz LPs at that moment. The album was still ranking within top five during the first quarter of the following year (e.g., #5 on the January 28, 1956 issue; #4 on the April 28, 1956 issue).
B. Reissues (And Re-Pressings)
Bethlehem LPs commonly underwent numerous US pressings, oftentimes from different American plants. BCP-20 is no exception to that state of affairs. Re-pressed vinyl copies, such as one dating from 1984, do show minor variants. Such variant pressings are not my concern herein, however. Our exploration is geared instead toward official reissues and non-domestic editions. A list is offered below. (Public Domain items, such as the multi-CD sets from Avid and Real Gone, or the typically low-grade CDs from the Hallmark label, have been generally excluded. Allowances have been made for PD labels which show dedicated attention to not only the sonic but also the graphic, artistic quality of their releases.)
From America (United States):
1. Bethlehem & Jazz Emporium LP: BCP 6010 - Cocktails And Dusk (1978)
2. Evidence CD: 20 50172 - This Is Chris ("Bethlehem Jazz Classic Series;" 12 bonus alternate takes) (1994)
3. Avenue Jazz CD: R2 76684 - This Is Chris (12 bonus alternate takes) (2000)
4. Verse Music Group LP/CD: 21185 - This Is Chris [facsimile LP; CD with just the original 10 tracks] (2014)
From England:
5. London 10" LP: LZ N1 4036 - This Is Chris [also pressed in Australia and South Africa] (1956)
6. Pure Pleasure Audiophile LP: BCP20 - This Is Chris (2014)
From Germany:
7. CTI CD: PDCTI 1127 2 - This Is Chris [different artwork] (1993)
From Japan:
8. London / King LP: LLF 1005 - This Is Chris [possibly 1957]
9. Angel LP: HV 3021 - This Is Chris [red vinyl] (1960)
10. Polydor LP: MP2334 - This Is Chris (1973)
11. CBS Sony LP: 22AP 233 - This Is Chris (1976)
12. Trio Kenwood & Jazz Emporium LP: PAP 23029 - This Is Chris [between 1977 and 1982]
13. Nippon Columbia LP: YP-7101 BE - This Is Chris ("Bethlehem Vocal Collection" Series, #1) (1984)
14. Nippon Columbia CD: 33CY1641 - This Is Chris [twofer] (1987)
15. Nippon Columbia CD: CY 3779 - This Is Chris ("Bethlehem Original Vocal Collection" Series) (1989)
16. Nippon Columbia LP: COJY 9025 - This Is Chris ("The Complete Collection Of Bethlehem" Series) (1992)
17. Nippon Columbia CD: COCY 9921 - This Is Chris ("Vocal" Series) (1992)
18. Nippon Columbia CD: COCY 75723 - This Is Chris (1993)
19. Nippon Columbia CD: COCY 78662 - This Is Chris [miniature-LP edition] (1995)
20. Nippon Columbia LP: COJY 80346 - This Is Chris ("Jazz Standard 2000" Series) (1996)
21. Toshiba EMI & Warner CD: TOCJ 62014 - This Is Chris ("Bethlehem CD Collection" Series, #14) (1999; also 2005)
22. Bethlehem / EMI Toshiba CD: TOCJ 9324 - This Is Chris (2002)
22. Bethlehem / EMI Toshiba CD: TOCJ 6347 - This Is Chris (2005)
23. Bethlehem / Victor CD: VICJ-61462 - This Is Chris (miniature LP edition) (2007)
24. Bethlehem Solid CD: CDSOL 6017 - This Is Chris ("Bethlehem 1000 Album Collection" Series) (2012)
25. Bethlehem / Solid CD: CDSOL 45522 - This Is Chris ("Bethlehem Premium Essential" Series) (2017) **
26. Bethlehem / Ultra Vybe CD: UVJZ-10071 - This Is Chris (2018)
From Spain:
27. Fresh Sound LP: FSR 2062 - This Is Chris (1990, with earlier, 1970s or 1980s pressings also possible)
28. Fresh Sound 2CD: FSR CD 454 2 - Chris Connor: Her Complete Bethlehem Recordings ( Public Domain, Spain, 2007)
The preceding list aims at comprehensiveness. A full, 100% complete listing would probably require further assistance from fellow fans -- especially, from those whose collections lean toward non-USA issues. If you know the catalogue number of any unlisted reissues, I would appreciate hearing from you, via email. Corrections are also welcome.
| 02:51 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | What Is There To Say? (Vernon Duke, Erwin 'Yip' Harburg) | |
| 02:37 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Blame It On My Youth (Oscar Levant, Edward Heyman) | |
| 03:02 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Try A Little Tenderness (Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly, Harry Woods) | |
| 02:43 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Come Back To Sorrento (Claude Aveling, Ernesto DeCurtis) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Creed Taylor (pdr), Tom Dowd (eng), The Ellis Larkins Trio, The Ralph Sharon Group (acc), Herbie Mann (f, ts), Everett Barksdale, Joe Puma (g), Milt Hinton, Beverly Peer (b), Ellis Larkins, Ralph Sharon (p), Osie Johnson (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
The listed tracks are those found on the side of the disc that features Chris Connor. A search for details about P 6269 might be attempted in the future, if this discographer's schedule allows for it. Also bear in mind that the dating of this disc (and most other discs from the AFRS Basic Music / Station Library series) is tentative.
| 01:53 | January 23, 1956 | 1854 | Master | I Get A Kick Out Of You (Cole Porter) |
| 03:16 | January 19, 1956 | 1838 | Master | Something To Live For (Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn) |
| 03:07 | February 8, 1956 | 1877-stereo | Master | Get Out Of Town (Cole Porter) |
| 03:50 | January 23, 1956 | 1853 | Master | Where Are You? (Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh) |
| 02:15 | February 8, 1956 | 1875 | Master | Anything Goes (Cole Porter) |
| 03:27 | January 19, 1956 | 1836 | Master | When The Wind Was Green (Don Hunt, Henry Stinson) |
| 03:45 | January 19, 1956 | 1837 | Master | He Was Too Good To Me (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) |
| 02:50 | February 8, 1956 | 1874-stereo | Master | You Make Me Feel So Young (Joseph Myrow, Mack Gordon) |
| 03:49 | January 23, 1956 | 1855 | Master | Every Time (Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin) |
| 02:31 | February 8, 1956 | 1876 | Master | Way Out There (George Wallington, Buddy Goodman) |
| 02:45 | January 19, 1956 | 1835 | Master | My April Heart (Buddy Goodman, George Wallington) |
| 02:08 | January 23, 1956 | 1856 | Master | Almost Like Being In Love (Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Ahmet Ertegun, Nesuhi Ertegun, Jerry Wexler (pdr), Ralph Burns (con), Ray Beckenstein, Sam Markowitz (as), Zoot Sims, Al Young (ts), Danny Bank (bar), Nick Travis (t), Barry Galbraith (g), Milt Hinton, Oscar Pettiford (b), John Lewis, Moe Wechsler (p), Osie Johnson, Connie Kay (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
A. Album Merits
Recorded during the second half of January 1956, Connor's eponymous album was her debut on Atlantic Records. It has been touted as "the first jazz vocal LP ever released" on that label, which was already advertising it on the music trade by April of that year.
Out of all her albums, Atlantic 1228 was the one that Connor most often listed as a favorite of hers, too. (She was not completely consistent on this matter, however. Over the years, she occasionally singled other albums as her favorites as well, leaving this one unmentioned.) See also "critical reception" segment, below.
B. Mono Versus Stereo Editions
Atlantic released most of its Chris Connor albums in both mono and stereophonic sound. Nearly always, the same masters are heard in both mono and stere. The album under discussion includes a couple of exceptions. Different takes of "Get Out Of Town" are heard in the mono and stereo albums. The same is true of "You Make Me Feel So Young."
Note also that the mono and stereo editions were released years apart. Modern-day audiophile fans generally prefer the original, monophonic version. The stereo edition suffers from poor placement of both the vocalist (in the left speaker only, and sounding distant) and the instruments. The brass, heard in the right speaker, sounds too close to the mikes. However, the stereo edition is the one likeliest to have been picked for most reissues. (The matter needs to be researched. For the time being, I am working under such an assumption while entering reissues into this discography's database.)
C. Critical Reception
A November 10, 1958 review of the album states that "[t]his package, one of the singer's earlier Atlantic LP's, is both tasteful and effective in stereo. A strong seller on monaural, it should enjoy equal sales on stereo."
D. Other Configurations?
Another Billboard entry, this one from a week earlier, also lists a "new stereo tape" with catalogue number 3D-7. I would like to receive further confirmation that this reel-to-reel tape was actually released.
E. Reissues
Atlantic originally released the mono edition of this album in April of 1956. A stereo edition came out in 1958. As already explained, the latter substitutes a couple of the 1956 masters for previously unissued takes.
Over the years, Atlantic would issue variant pressings of both the mono and stereo editions. You can find, for instance, monophonic copies with and without Atlantic's distinctive "rotary fan" logo on their front covers.
I am aware of the following official issues, editions, and reissues of this LP. (Public Domain items, such as the multi-CD sets from Avid and Real Gone, or the typically low-grade CDs from the Hallmark label, have been excluded.)
Issues with two asterisks feature two bonus tracks ("Circus," "Flying Home"). Issues with one asterisk feature the same two bonus tracks but miss two tracks from the original LP ("When The Wind Was Green," "He Was Too Good To Me"). Note also that the degree of accuracy of some of the Japanese and British CD entries from the 2000s remain in doubt. (Several such entries were obtained from online sites where the data was sparse or somewhat suspect.)
From America (United States):
1. Collectables CD: COL 6239 - Chris Connor [twofer, licensed from Atlantic] (1999) *
2. Collectables CD: COL 0403 - Chris Connor [4CD boxed set, licensed from Atlantic, containing six albums] (2006) *
From Australia:
3. London LP: HAA 2020 - Chris Connor (1956)
From England:
4. London LP: HA K.220 - Chris Connor [mono] (1956)
5. London LP: SAH K.6032 - Chris Connor [stereo] (1959)
From Japan:
6. Atlantic Vicctor LP: 5002 - When The Wind Was Green [uses the front cover of He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not] (1956)
7. Atlantic Warner-Pioneer LP: P6012A - Chris Connor ("Jazz Age" Series) (1971)
8. Atlantic Warner-Pioneer LP: P 4565A - Chris Connor [stereo] ("Jazz Forever 1500" Series, 3) (1976)
9. Atlantic Warner CD: AMCY 1050 - Chris Connor ("Ladies Sing Jazz" Series) (1991) **
10. Warner CD: WPCR25017 - Chris Connor ("Atlantic Jazz 1500" Series) [24-bit audio] (2005) **
11. Warner Music Japan CD: WPCR 25163 - Chris Connor ("Atlantic 60th Anniversary" Series) [miniature-LP, 24-bit audio edition] (2007) **
12. Warner Music Japan & Wea International CD: WPCR 127149 (also 8122 796361) - Chris Connor ("Jazz 1000 Best Collection" Series) (2012) **
13. Warner Music Japan & Wea International CD: WPCR 29043 - Chris Connor ("Jazz Masters 1200 Collection" Series) (2016) **
From Italy:
14. Music LP: LPM 2002 - Chris Connor (1956)
15. Atlantic LP: ATL 09071 - Chris Connor [front cover featuring red instead of standard blue coloring] (1968)
From the Netherlands:
16. Warner Music CD: 81222 79636 1 3 - Chris Connor (2013)
International Releases (Australia & Europe & Others):
17. Rhino / WEA International CD: 7567 80769 2 (also WPCR-27300? ... also 130036?) - Chris Connor ("Atlantic Original Sound" Series) (1998; also 1991 & 2000)
18. Wea International & Warner Jazz CD: 8122 73138 2 - Chris Connor ("Atlantic Masters" Series) (2005)
19. Warner Music Japan & Rhino CD: WCPR 127149 (also 8122-79636-1) ("Jazz Best Collection 1000" Series, #3) [24-bit audio edition] (2012, also 2013) **
Reissues Whose Alleged Existence Is Yet To Be Confirmed:
00. Wea Japan CD: 7412051 - Chris Connor (2012)
The preceding list aims at comprehensiveness. A full, 100% complete listing would probably require further assistance from fellow fans -- especially, from those whose collections lean toward non-USA issues. If you know the catalogue number of any unlisted reissues, I would appreciate hearing from you, via email. Corrections are also welcome.
| 02:49 | February 8, 1956 | 1874-mono | Master | You Make Me Feel So Young (Joseph Myrow, Mack Gordon) |
| 03:00 | February 8, 1956 | 1877-mono | Master | Get Out Of Town (Cole Porter) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Ahmet Ertegun, Nesuhi Ertegun, Jerry Wexler (pdr), Ray Beckenstein, Sam Markowitz (as), Zoot Sims, Al Young (ts), Danny Bank (bar), Nick Travis (t), Barry Galbraith (g), Milt Hinton (b), Moe Wechsler (p), Osie Johnson (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
This entry is actually a continuation of the one immediately above. I have made additional entries for the tracks "Get Out Of Town" and "You Make Me Feel So Young" because Atlantic released two different vocal versions of them, one in the mono album, the other in the stereo album.
The mono LP was released in 1956. The stereo LP was released in 1958. This discography assumes that either most post-1960 releases of the album use the stereo versions. (Please note my use of the verb "assume." This is a subject matter that needs to be researched.)
| 02:50 | February 8, 1956 | 1874-stereo | Master | You Make Me Feel So Young (Joseph Myrow, Mack Gordon) |
| 02:45 | January 19, 1956 | 1835 | Master | My April Heart (Buddy Goodman, George Wallington) |
| 03:45 | January 19, 1956 | 1837 | Master | He Was Too Good To Me (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) |
| 02:31 | February 8, 1956 | 1876 | Master | Way Out There (George Wallington, Buddy Goodman) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Ahmet Ertegun, Nesuhi Ertegun, Jerry Wexler (pdr), Ralph Burns (con), Ray Beckenstein, Sam Markowitz (as), Zoot Sims, Al Young (ts), Danny Bank (bar), Nick Travis (t), Barry Galbraith (g), Milt Hinton (b), Moe Wechsler (p), Osie Johnson (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
EP version of Chris Connor's eponymous debut album for Atlantic Records. I have not been able to find much data about it anywhere; the release date shown herein is an educated guess.
| 02:51 | February 15, 1956 | 1878 | Master | Go 'Way From My Window (John Jacob Niles) |
| 02:38 | February 15, 1956 | 1879 | Master | Past The Age Of Innocence (Norman Gimbel, Bill Sawens) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Ahmet Ertegun, Jerry Wexler (pdr), Ray Ellis (arr, con), The Ray Ellis Orchestra (acc), Chris Connor (v)
| 02:19 | July 28, 1956 | 2063 | Master | My Heart Is So Full Of You (Frank Loesser) |
| 02:30 | July 28, 1956 | 2064 | Master | I Miss You So (Jimmy Henderson, Bertha Scott, Sid Robin) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Ahmet Ertegun, Jerry Wexler (pdr), Ray Ellis (arr, con), The Ray Ellis Orchestra (acc), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
According to an article in the December 15, 1956 issue of Billboard magazine, "Atlantic signed Miss Connor as an album artist, and then decided to chance a couple of singles for the pop market. I Miss You So, the second of these singles, based on an old rhythm and blues hit, was released in August. Diskery worked on it a long time until it finally broke with heavy rotation in Detroit, Boston, and Cleveland ... This is one of the rare occasions that a jazz vocalist's disk has proved to be a strong pop seller."
| 02:26 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | It's All Right With Me (Cole Porter) | |
| 02:45 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | The Thrill Is Gone (Lew Brown, Ray Henderson) | |
| 03:26 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | All This And Heaven Too (Ed DeLange, Jimmy Van Heusen) | |
| 02:53 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Lush Life (Billy Strayhorn) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Creed Taylor (pdr), The Vinnie Burke Quartet, The Ralph Sharon Group (acc), Herbie Mann (f, ts), Ronnie Odrich (f, cl), J. J. Johnson, Kai Winding (tb), Joe Cinderella, Joe Puma (g), Vinnie Burke, Milt Hinton (b), Ralph Sharon (p), Don Burns (pac), Osie Johnson, Art Mardigan (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
As I have indicated in the title, this early compilation culls masters recorded for Bethlehem by three female singers. It was reissued on CD by EMI Toshiba in 1999, catalogue number TOCJ-62074. In England, it was also split into three EPs; see the 1957 entry for London's Girl Friends. Around 1961, Parlophone also issued it under the title Triple Threat in several countries, including the United Kingdom (PMC 1139) and New Zealand (PMEM 6007).
| 02:57 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | All About Ronnie (Joe Greene) | |
| 02:44 | December 17-18, 1953 | Master | Miser's Serenade (Mad Miser Man) (Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, Gimme) (Fred Patrick, Claude Reese, Marvin Fisher, Jack Val) | |
| 02:16 | December 17-18, 1953 | Master | Ev'rything I Love (Cole Porter) | |
| 02:54 | December 17-18, 1953 | Master | Indian Summer (Al Dubin, Victor Herbert) | |
| 02:18 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | I Hear Music (Burton Lane, Frank Loesser) | |
| 02:43 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Come Back To Sorrento (Claude Aveling, Ernesto DeCurtis) | |
| 02:54 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Out Of This World (Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen) | |
| 02:53 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Lush Life (Billy Strayhorn) | |
| 02:28 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | From This Moment On (Cole Porter) | |
| 03:23 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | A Good Man Is A Seldom Thing (Charles DeForest) | |
| 02:33 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Don't Wait Up For Me (Charles DeForest) | |
| 03:06 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words) (Bart Howard) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Sy Oliver (pdr, arr, con), Creed Taylor (pdr), Tom Dowd (eng), The Vinnie Burke Quartet, The Ellis Larkins Trio, The Sy Oliver Orchestra, The Ralph Sharon Group (acc), Herbie Mann (f, ts), Ronnie Odrich (f, cl), Sid Cooper, Milt Yaner (as), Boomie Richman, Sam Taylor (ts), Dave McRae (bar), Jim Bright, Jimmy Nottingham, Red Solomon (t), Vernon "Vern" Friley, J. J. Johnson, Frank Saracco, Ward Silloway, Kai Winding (tb), Everett Barksdale, Joe Cinderella, Joe Puma (g), Sid Block, Vinnie Burke, Milt Hinton, Beverly Peer (b), Ellis Larkins, Dave Martin, Ralph Sharon (p), Don Burns (pac), Jimmy Crawford, Osie Johnson, Art Mardigan (d), Chris Connor (v), Bob Garrity (spk)
NOTES:
A. A Reissue Of Which Earlier Album(s)?
This release straddles the line between compilation and original album. Bethlehem had previously issued half of the tracks (i.e., all the 1954 masters, plus "From This Moment On"). The other half was making its commercial debut (i.e., all the 1953 and 1955 masters, except for "From This Moment On").
B. Collectors' Corner: Alternate Cover Artwork
Bethlehem LP BCP 56 was actually issued under two titles: Chris and The Rich Sound Of Chris Connor. Besides the title, there are several differences between them. Most notably, the cover of The Rich Sound Of Chris Connor lists the album's twelve tracks and identifies the accompaniment as "Sy Oliver and others." On the other hand, neither tracks nor accompaniment are to be found in the front cover of Chris. The main elements do not vary, however: same catalogue number, same tracks, and same Burt Goldblatt photo on the front cover.
C. Reissues
From American (United States):
1. Evidence CD: 20 4011 2 - Chris ("Bethlehem Classic Jazz" Series) [12 bonus alternate takes)] (1994)
2. Jazz Heritage Society CD: 5172478 - Chris (2003)
3. Avenue Jazz CD: R2 75988 - Chris [12 bonus alternate takes] (2000)
From England:
4. London 10" LP: HB 1074 - Chris [8 tracks only] [also pressed in Australia and New Zealand] (1957)
5. Ember LP: EMB 3341 - The Magic Of Chris Connor [different artwork] (1962)
From Germany:
6. Charly CD: Cdgr 136 - Chris [12 bonus alternate takes] (1997)
From Japan:
7. Angel LP: HV 3011 - Chris [red vinyl] (around 1960)
8. CBS Sony LP: 22AP 234 - Chris (1976)
9. Trio / Jazz Emporium LP: PAP 23024 - Chris [between 1977 and 1982]
10. Nippon Columbia LP: YP 7102 - Chris ("Bethlehem Vocal Collection" Series, 2) (1984; also 1992)
11. Bethlehem CD: BR 5000 - Chris (1986)
12. Nippon Columbia CD: 33CY 1641 - Chris [twofer] (1987)
13. Nippon Columbia CD: COCY 6491 - Chris ("Bethlehem Original Vocal Collection" Series) (1990, also 1999)
14. Nippon Columbia LP: COJY 9037 - Chris ("The Supreme Collection Of Bethlehem" Series, 16) (1992)
15. Nippon Columbia CD: COCY 9931 - Chris ("Vocal" Series) (1992)
16. Nippon Columbia CD: COCY 78663 - Chris (1995)
17. EMI Toshiba CD: TOCJ 62015 - Chris (1999)
18. EMI Toshiba CD: TOCJ 9617 - Chris [miniature-LP, 24-bit edition] (2004)
19. EMI Toshiba CD: TOCJ 6351 - Chris (2006)
20. Victor CD: VICJ 61463 - Chris ("Bethlehem K2 HD Mastering" Series) [miniature-LP edition] (2007)
21. Ultra-Vybe's Solid CD: CDSOL 6018 - Chris ["Bethlehem Album Collection 1000" Series] (2012)
22. Ultra Vybe's Solid CD: CDSOL 45523 - Chris ("Bethlehem Premium Essential" Series) (2017)
23. Ultra Vybe CD: UVJZ 10072 - Chris ("Ultra Vybe Presents Jazz Great Works" Series) (2018)
From Spain:
24. Fresh Sound 2CD: FSR CD 454 2 - Chris Connor: Her Complete Bethlehem Recordings ( Public Domain, Spain, 2007)
The preceding list aims at comprehensiveness. A full, 100% complete listing would probably require further assistance from fellow fans -- especially, from those whose collections lean toward non-USA issues. If you know the catalogue number of any unlisted reissues, I would appreciate hearing from you, via email. Corrections are also welcome.
| 02:22 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Lullaby Of Birdland (George Shearing, George David Weiss) | |
| 02:51 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | What Is There To Say? (Vernon Duke, Erwin 'Yip' Harburg) | |
| 03:02 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Try A Little Tenderness (Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly, Harry Woods) | |
| 02:54 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Spring Is Here (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) | |
| 02:42 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Why Shouldn't I? (Cole Porter) | |
| 02:44 | December 17-18, 1953 | Master | Ask Me (Woody Hinderling, Mike Pollard) | |
| 02:43 | December 17-18, 1953 | Master | Blue Silhouette (Murray Semos, Jack Val, Jimmy Dale) | |
| 02:46 | December 17-18, 1953 | Master | Chiquita From Chi-Wah-Wah (Bennie Bonacio, Jimmie La Marge, Jimmie Franklin) | |
| 02:37 | August 21, 1954 | Master | A Cottage For Sale (Larry Conley, Willard Robison) | |
| 02:32 | August 21, 1954 | Master | How Long Has This Been Going On? (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) | |
| 02:26 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Stella By Starlight (Ned Washington, Victor Popular Young) | |
| 02:19 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Gone With The Wind (Herb Magidson, Allie Wrubel) | |
| 02:42 | August 21, 1954 | Master | He's Coming Home (Charles DeForest) | |
| 02:32 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Goodbye (Gordon Jenkins) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Sy Oliver (pdr, arr, con), Creed Taylor (pdr), Tom Dowd (eng), The Vinnie Burke Quartet, The Ellis Larkins Trio, The Sy Oliver Orchestra (acc), Ronnie Odrich (f, cl), Sid Cooper, Milt Yaner (as), Boomie Richman, Sam Taylor (ts), Dave McRae (bar), Jim Bright, Jimmy Nottingham, Red Solomon (t), Vernon "Vern" Friley, Frank Saracco, Ward Silloway, Kai Winding (tb), Everett Barksdale, Joe Cinderella (g), Sid Block, Vinnie Burke, Beverly Peer (b), Ellis Larkins, Dave Martin (p), Don Burns (pac), Jimmy Crawford, Art Mardigan (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
A. A Reissue Of Which Earlier Album(s)?
An oddity about this 12" LP is that, contrary to expectations, it is not an expanded edition of the 1954 10" LP of the same title. At least, not fully so. This 12" version actually skips three of the eight numbers that had appeared in the 10" issue (namely, "I Hear Music," "Come Back To Sorrento," "All About Ronnie"), and adds 9 numbers. Therefore, the 12" LP under discussion could perhaps be deemed a partial reissue of the 10" LP.
Actually, we can definitely arrive at a more precise description of what the album is or isn't. Rather than a partial reissue of just Chris Connor Sings Lullabys Of Birdland, this 12" LP is best understood as a partial reissue of both that ten incher and its companion, Chris Connor Sings Lullabys For Lovers. Each of those 10" LP issues consists of eight tracks. Our 12" item offers 11 of the 16 titles, plus 3 additional cuts that date back to Connor's debut session on Bethlehem. (Those last three were making their debut on LP. They had been previously issued on 78 and EP.)
B. Total Number Of Tracks
Some online sites list only 13 tracks for this album. My copy definitely has 14 tracks, and so do the other copies that I have been able to inspect. At this point in time, my assumption is that an error was spread from one of those online sites to the others. However, there is still room for the possibility of an 13-track pressing whose existence would be eluding me. It is worth noting that this album has the peculiarity of having been released with two different front covers as will be discussed next. One of the two front covers is fairly rare, with relatively few pressed copies. Hence the existence of a 13-track pressing would not be out of the realm of logic. (Were such a pressing to actually exist, the track most likely to be missing would be "Ask Me.")
C. Collectors' Corner: Alternate Cover Artwork
Bethlehem released its 12" LP BCP 6004 with two slightly different front covers. Both covers feature shots from the same photo session. They catch Connor in the act of singing. Although the vocalist is shown from her shoulders up, we can clearly see that she is wearing a yellow shirt. In the most widely disseminated cover, the singer's mouth is wide open and her eyes are closed. In the rarer cover, her mouth is barely open (showing just her upper teeth) and her eyes are open. Otherwise, cover and artwork are essentially identical, and the tracks are the same in both versions.
The catalogue number is the same for the American versions, but in Japan the covers can be found in different labels. For instance, Angel HV 3001 uses the "open mouth" cover, whereas Polydor MP 3240 features the "closed mouth" photo.
My copy of the "open mouth" version is actually a reissue that keeps the original BCP 6004 catalogue number but identifies itself as a 1984 pressing from Cayre Industries, then the owners of the Bethlehem catalogue.
This was not the only album cover from Bethlehem's 12" LP series to be released in two relatively different versions. Connor's own Chris (BCP-56) can be counted among the handful others that underwent a similar process. Others, from the same BCP-6000 series (1956-1964): K + J.J. (BCP-6001, retitled "Nuf Said" and printing the acts' names, Kay Winding & J.J. Johnson, in larger font), East Coasting By Charlie Mingus (BCP-6019 and, in stereo, SBCP-6019; retitled The Genius Of Charlie Mingus), The Original ... And Best Of Nina Simone (BCP-6028 and, in stereo, BS-6028). In some of these cases, a conversion from mono to stereo might have factored into the modification of the artwork. Furthermore, a reissue series (BCP-6000) that included most of these albums came out later (between 1976 and 1978), using in some instances brand new artwork, and in other instances modified artwork.
D. Release Date
The "open mouth" cover was released in November of 1956, and is thus the original one. The "closed mouth" cover appears to have been issued in 1959, though I have also seen a 1957 release date attached to it, at some online sites.
E. Reissues
Bethlehem LPs commonly underwent numerous US pressings, oftentimes from different American plants. The ever-popular BCP-6004 is a prime case. Such variant pressings are not my concern herein, however. Our exploration is geared instead toward reissues and non-domestic editions, to be listed below.
This 1956 LP has been reissued many times. I am aware of the issues, editions, and reissues listed below. (Public Domain items, such as the multi-CD sets from Avid and Real Gone, or the typically low-grade CDs from the Hallmark label, have been excluded. Allowances have been made for PD labels which show dedicated attention to not only the sonic but also the graphic, artistic quality of their releases, or which at least offer bonus tracks.)
The listed issues contain all the 14 tracks found in the US original release. I have used asterisks to indicate reissues containing bonus tracks. One asterisk indicates a 15-track issue, containing one alternate take of "Why Shouldn't I?" as a bonus. Two asterisks stand for a 16-track issue, featuring bonus alternate takes of "Why Shouldn't I" and "Stella By Starlight." (These alternates sound so close to the masters that doubt has been bestowed on the veracity of the claim.)
From America (United States):
Bethlehem CD: BR 5021 - Chris Connor Sings Lullabys Of Birdland (allegedly 1986; confirmation needed)
1. Evidence CD: 20 3005 2 11 - Chris Connor Sings Lullabys Of Birdland (1992) *
2. Jazz Heritage Society CD: 5172478 1 - Chris Connor Sings Lullabys Of Birdland [artwork in b&w, not color] (1992) *
3. Avenue Jazz/Rhino CD: R2 79851 - Chris Connor Sings Lullabys Of Birdland (2000) *
4. Jazz Heritage Society CD: 5172594 - Chris Connor Sings Lullabys Of Birdland [artwork in color] (2003) *
From England (And South Africa):
5. Parlophone LP: PMC 1082 - Chris Connor Sings Lullabys Of Birdland (1959)
From France:
6. Bethlehem LP: BTM 6823 (also MY 217) - Chris Connor Sings Lullabys Of Birdland (1982)
From Germany:
7. Charly CD: CDGR 125 - Chris Connor Sings Lullabys Of Birdland (either 1992 or 1997) *
From Japan:
8. Angel LP: HV 3001 - Chris Connor Sings Lullabys Of Birdland (probably 1960s)
9. Polydor LP: MP 3240 - Chris Connor Sings Lullabys Of Birdland ("Polydor Jazz Series") (1973)
10. Trio / Jazz Emporium LP: PAP 23003 - Chris Connor Sings Lullabys Of Birdland (between 1977 and 1923)
11. CBS/Sony LP: SOPL 283BH - Chris Connor Sings Lullabys Of Birdland (1984)
12. Nippon Columbia/Jazz Emporium LP: YI 7103 BE - Chris Connor Sings Lullabys Of Birdland ("Bethlehem Vocal Collection" Series, 3) (1984)
13. Nippon Columbia CD: 30CY1432 - Chris Connor Sings Lullabys Of Birdland ("SJ Gold New Collection" Series, 2) (1987)
14.Nippon Columbia / International Jazz Emporium CD: SGD 36/BCP 6004 - Chris Connor Sings Lullabys Of Birdland ("Gold Of G.D." Series) (1991)
15. Nippon Columbia LP: COJY 9023 - Chris Connor Sings Lullabys Of Birdland ("The Supreme Collection Of Bethlehem" Series") (1992)
16. Nippon Columbia CD: COCY 9916 - Chris Connor Sings Lullabys Of Birdland ("Vocal" series) (1992)
17. Nippon Columbia CD: COCY 75722 - Chris Connor Sings Lullabys Of Birdland (1993)
18. Nippon Columbia CD: COCY 78661 - Chris Connor Sings Lullabys Of Birdland ("Bethlehem Classics Master Transfer Collection" Series, 21) [the track listing misidentifies the bonus of "Stella By Starlight," miscalling it "Ask Me" instead] (1995; also 1997) **
19. Toshiba EMI CD: TOCJ 62016 - Chris Connor Sings Lullabys Of Birdland (1999) **
20. Toshiba EMI CD: TOCJ 9307 - Chris Connor Sings Lullabys Of Birdland ("Super Bit Jazz Classics" Series) (2001) **
21. Toshiba WMI CD: TOCJ 6342 - Chris Connor Sings Lullabys Of Birdland [24-bit audio] (2005) **
22. Victor CD: VICJ 61452 - Chris Connor Sings Lullabys Of Birdland ("Bethlehem K2 HD Mastering" Series, 2) ["miniature LP" edition] (2007) **
23. Victor CD: VICJ 61633 - Chris Connor Sings Lullabys Of Birdland (2010) **
24. Solid/Ultra Vybe/Verse CD: CDSOL 6016 - Chris Connor Sings Lullabys Of Birdland ("Bethlehem Album Collection 1000" Series) (2012) **
25. Solid/Ultra Vybe/Verse CD: CDSOL 45521 - Chris Connor Sings Lullabys Of Birdland ("Bethlehem Premium Essential" Series) (2017) **
26. Ultra Vybe's Solid CD: UVPRL 10063 - Chris Connor Sings Lullabys Of Birdland ("Bethlehem Premium Essential" Series) (2017) **
From Spain:
27. Fresh Sound 2CD: FSR CD 454 2 - Chris Connor: Her Complete Bethlehem Recordings ( Public Domain, Spain, 2007)
The preceding list aims at comprehensiveness. A full, 100% complete listing would probably require further assistance from fellow fans -- especially, from those whose collections lean toward non-USA issues. If you know the catalogue number of any unlisted reissues, I would appreciate hearing from you, via email. Corrections are also welcome.
I should make additional mention of a 2003 CD on King Records (KICJ-456). Titled Chris Connor Sings Lullabys Of Birdland, it contains tracks not from her Bethlehem period but from a 2002 Connor session. Not having seen a physical copy until recently, I once included that CD on the list above. I was relying on an online review. As of 2017, that review by Scott Yanow at the All-Music Guide still misguidedly starts off with the sentence "[t]his CD reissue draws its music from singer Chris Connor's first three sessions as a leader;" then it proceeds to discuss some of her Bethlehem studio masters. To compound the error, the review ends with the sentence "King Records released a version of the CD in 2003."
| 03:46 | June 5, 1956 | 2009 | Master | High On A Windy Hill (Joan Whitney, Alex Kramer) |
| 03:57 | June 5, 1956 | 2006 | Master | 'Round About (Vernon Duke, Ogden Nash) |
| 03:42 | June 6, 1956 | 2012 | Master | Angel Eyes (Earl K. Brent, Matt Dennis) |
| 03:50 | June 6, 1956 | 2013 | Master | You Stepped Out Of A Dream (Nacio Herb Brown, Gus Kahn) |
| 03:46 | June 6, 1956 | 2010 | Master | Why Can't I? (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) |
| 03:11 | June 6, 1956 | 2011 | Master | Suddenly It's Spring (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) |
| 03:43 | August 7, 1956 | 2076 | Master | About The Blues (Arthur Hamilton) |
| 03:43 | June 5, 1956 | 2008 | Master | Oh! You Crazy Moon (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) |
| 03:50 | June 5, 1956 | 2007 | Master | But Not For Me (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 03:30 | August 7, 1956 | 2073 | Master | Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) |
| 04:13 | August 7, 1956 | 2075 | Master | I Wonder What Became Of Me (Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen) |
| 03:53 | August 7, 1956 | 2074 | Master | Thursday's Child (Elisse Boyd, Murray Grand) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Nesuhi Ertegun (pdr), Ralph Burns (arr, con), Ralph Burns Orchestra (acc), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
The LP under consideration was reviewed on the November 10, 1956 issue of Billboard magazine, and its mono edition is believed to have been out since October of that year. According to Goldmine's Price Guide To Collectible Jazz Albums 1949-1969 , its stereo edition was not released until 1960.
I am aware of the following issues, editions, and reissues of this LP. (Public Domain items, such as the multi-CD sets from Avid and Real Gone, or the typically low-grade CDs from the Hallmark label, have been excluded.)
From America (United States):
1. Collectables CD: COL 6239 [twofer, licensed from Atlantic] (1999)
2. Collectables CD: COL 0403 [4CD box; , licensed from Atlantic, containing six albums, two of them incomplete] (2006)
From England:
3. London LP: HA-K-2066 (1957)
From Japan:
4. Atlantic Warner CD: AMCY-1058 ("Ladies Sing Jazz" Series) (1991)
5. Warner Music Japan CD: WPCR-25173 ("Atlantic 60th Anniversary" Series) [miniature-LP, 24-bit audio edition] (2007)
International Releases (Australia & Europe & Others):
6. Warner Music Japan & Rhino CD: WCPR-27348 ("Jazz Best Collection 1000" Series) [mini-LP, 24-bit audio edition] (2013)
The preceding list aims at comprehensiveness. A full, 100% complete listing would probably require further assistance from fellow fans -- especially, from those whose collections lean toward non-USA issues. If you know the catalogue number of any unlisted reissues, I would appreciate hearing from you, via email. Corrections are also welcome.
| 02:22 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Lullaby Of Birdland (George Shearing, George David Weiss) | |
| 03:02 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Try A Little Tenderness (Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly, Harry Woods) | |
| 02:57 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | All About Ronnie (Joe Greene) | |
| 02:54 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Spring Is Here (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Creed Taylor (pdr), Tom Dowd (eng), The Ellis Larkins Trio (acc), Everett Barksdale (g), Beverly Peer (b), Ellis Larkins (p), Chris Connor (v)
| 02:30 | July 28, 1956 | 2064 | Master | I Miss You So (Jimmy Henderson, Bertha Scott, Sid Robin) |
| 02:19 | July 28, 1956 | 2063 | Master | My Heart Is So Full Of You (Frank Loesser) |
| 02:38 | October 16, 1956 | 2161 | Master | I Love You, Yes I Do (Henry Glover, Sally Nix, Sol Marcus, Eddie Seiler, Guy Wood) |
| 02:42 | October 16, 1956 | 2158 | Master | Time Out For Tears (Abe Schiff, Irving Berman) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Ahmet Ertegun, Jerry Wexler (pdr), Ray Ellis (arr, con), The Ray Ellis Orchestra (acc), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Picture sleeve (female model with cigarette, her facw blurred). The release year is tentative; 1957 and 1958 are viable alternatives.
| 02:42 | October 16, 1956 | 2158 | Master | Time Out For Tears (Abe Schiff, Irving Berman) |
| 02:38 | October 16, 1956 | 2161 | Master | I Love You, Yes I Do (Henry Glover, Sally Nix, Sol Marcus, Eddie Seiler, Guy Wood) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Ahmet Ertegun, Jerry Wexler (pdr), Ray Ellis (arr, con), The Ray Ellis Orchestra (acc), Chris Connor (v)
| 02:16 | October 16, 1956 | 2159 | Master | Trust In Me (Milton Ager, Ned Wever, Jean Schwartz) |
| 02:50 | October 16, 1956 | 2160 | Master | Mixed Emotions (Stuart Louchheim) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Ahmet Ertegun, Jerry Wexler (pdr), Ray Ellis (arr, con), The Ray Ellis Orchestra (acc), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Released in May 1957.
| 01:45 | Between January 23, 1956 And April 21, 1957 | Radio Taping | Almost Like Being In Love (Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Unknown (b, p, d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Also includes performances by the Jerry Mulligan Quartet, the Modern Jazz Quartet, the Teddy Wilson Trio and the show's in-house band, led by Harry Sosnik.
| 02:22 | May 1, 1957 | 2519 | Master | Somebody Loves Me (Buddy G. DeSylva, George Gershwin, Ballard MacDonald) |
| 02:34 | April 24, 1957 | 2483 | Master | Fascinating Rhythm (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 03:08 | March 26, 1957 | 2423 | Master | Little Jazz Bird (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:12 | April 24, 1957 | 2482 | Master | That Certain Feeling (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:35 | February 26, 1957 | 2384 | Master | The Man I Love (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 03:02 | February 1, 1957 | 2328 | Master | Looking For A Boy (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:26 | March 26, 1957 | 2422 | Master | Clap Yo' Hands (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:24 | February 26, 1957 | 2385 | Master | 'S Wonderful (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:39 | March 26, 1957 | 2425 | Master | My One And Only (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 04:00 | May 1, 1957 | 2516 | Master | How Long Has This Been Going On? (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:38 | February 1, 1957 | 2327 | Master | Liza (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Gus Kahn) |
| 02:15 | February 1, 1957 | 2325 | Master | I've Got A Crush On You (Ira Gershwin, George Gershwin) |
| 02:31 | February 1, 1957 | 2324 | Master | Strike Up The Band (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:00 | February 1, 1957 | 2326 | Master | Soon (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 01:45 | February 1, 1957 | 2329 | Master | I Got Rhythm (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:33 | May 1, 1957 | 2520 | Master | Embraceable You (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:54 | March 12, 1957 | 2420 | Master | Blah Blah Blah (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 01:26 | February 1, 1957 | 2323 | Master | Of Thee I Sing (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:54 | February 7, 1957 | 2337 | Master | Love Is Sweeping The Country (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:36 | February 26, 1957 | 2387 | Master | Summertime (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward) |
| 01:41 | February 26, 1957 | 2388 | Master | There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward) |
| 02:58 | February 26, 1957 | 2389 | Master | I Loves You Porgy (Dubose Heyward, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:09 | February 7, 1957 | 2334 | Master | I've Got Beginner's Luck (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 03:16 | February 26, 1957 | 2386 | Master | A Foggy Day (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 01:58 | February 7, 1957 | 2335 | Master | Slap That Bass (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:10 | March 12, 1957 | 2421 | Master | They Can't Take That Away From Me (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 01:48 | May 1, 1957 | 2517 | Master | I Can't Be Bothered Now (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 01:19 | March 12, 1957 | 2419 | Master | Nice Work If You Can Get It (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 03:16 | April 24, 1957 | 2484 | Master | (Our) Love Is Here To Stay (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:58 | May 1, 1957 | 2518 | Master | Love Walked In (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:15 | March 26, 1957 | 2424 | Master | I Was Doing All Right (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 03:35 | February 7, 1957 | 2336 | Master | For You, For Me, For Evermore (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Ahmet Ertegun, Nesuhi Ertegun, Jerry Wexler (pdr), Ray Ellis (arr), Stan Free (arr, p), Ralph Sharon (arr, p, cel), Herbie Mann, Sam Most (f), Peanuts Hucko (cl), Eddie Wasserman (bcl, ts), Al Cohn (ts), Danny Bank (bar), Joe Newman, Doc Severinsen (t), Eddie Bert, James "Jimmy" Cleveland, Warren Covington, Jim Thompson (tb), Barry Galbraith, Mundell Lowe, Joe Puma (g), Vinnie Burke, Milt Hinton, Wendell Marshall, Oscar Pettiford (b), Hank Jones (p), Eddie Costa, Milt Jackson (vib), Ronnie Free, Osie Johnson, Ed Shaughnessy (d), John Rodrigues (bo), Chris Connor (v), unidentified (spk)
NOTES:
A. Jazz And Pop Vocalists Who Recorded Gershwin Songbooks In The Mid- To Late 1950s
This ambitious all-Gershwin project was Atlantic's answer to the series of successful 12" LP songbooks (Cole Porter, Rodgers & Hart, etc.) that Verve had been asking Ella Fitzgerald to record since 1956. It was advertised in the June 17, 1957 issue of Billboard magazine as "the biggest single packaging project in [Atlantic's] history ... long in the planning stage ... [with] different ensembles." It seems to have been issued in monophonic sound only.
Connor's set was actually the earliest (1957) of three Gershwin songbooks by female singers that were released in the late 1950s, the other two being Sarah Vaughan's on Mercury (1958) and Fitzgerald's on Verve (1959). All three sets contain a minimum of 20 numbers, with Connor's set surpassing the 30-song mark and Fitzgerald nearly doubling it up.
During these same years, there were also numerous album versions of the Gershwins' show Porgy and Bess, some of them recorded by solo acts (e.g., Pearl Bailey in 1959), some of them by the rosters of various record companies (e.g., Bethlehem, who enlisted Mel Tormé, Frances Faye, and Duke Ellington in 1956). Chris Connor Sings The George Gershwin Almanac Of Song actually includes a three-song medley from the show; see session dated February 26, 1957.
B. Track Listing (LP Versus CD)
Although 32 titles are listed above, the original Almanac's total number of tracks is officially 30. Counted as one track is the aforementioned three-piece medley of songs from "Porgy And Bess": "Summertime," "There's A Boat Dat's Leaving For New York," and "I Loves You, Porgy." (CD versions contain the same 30 tracks plus four bonus numbers, for a total of 34 tracks.)
The first of the two LPs covers 16 tracks, from "Somebody Loves Me" to "Embraceable You." (In the CD versions, the first disc also contains 16 tracks, but the songs have been sequenced in a manner completely different from
the vinyl.)
C. Mono/Stereo Sound
The Almanac consists of two LPs and was -- as far as I can ascertain -- released in monophonic sound only. (See also comments under the 1960 US issues Chris Connor Sings The George Gershwin Almanac Of Song, Volume 1, Chris Connor Sings The George Gershwin Almanac Of Song, Volume 2, annd the ca. 1968 Japanese issue Gershwin Song Book.)
D. Reissues
I am aware of the following issues, editions, and reissues of this LP set. (Public Domain items, such as the multi-CD sets from Avid and Real Gone, or the typically low-grade CDs from the Hallmark label, have been excluded.) All CD editions are known or believed to feature four bonus tracks, most of them culled from Connor's other Atlantic albums.
From America (United States):
1a & 1b. Atlantic LPs: Volume 1 & Volume 2 [LPs to be separately sold, scheduled but apparently cancelled] (1960)
2. Atlantic's Clarion LP: 611 - Chris Connor Sings George Gershwin [budget-minded, abbreviated, 10-song anthology) (1963)
3. Atlantic 2CD: 601-2 (1989)
From Italy:
4. Atlantic LP: LPM 2013 - Volume 1 (1957)
[A second volume, with the other 16 tracks might have been issued as well. I just have not found proof of its existence yet.]
From Japan:
5. Atlantic LP: ATL-508 - Volume 1 [14 tracks; leaves out "Little Jazz Bird" and "My One And Only"] (1957)
6. Atlantic Warner-Pioneer LP: P-6080 & P-6081A ("Jazz Age" Series) (1972)
7. Atlantic Warner-Pioneer LP: P-4555 & P-4553A ("Jazz Forever 1500" Series, 2) (1976)
8. Atlantic Warner 2CD: AMCY-1051 & AMCY-1052 ("Ladies Sing Jazz" Series) (1991)
9. Warner 2CD: WPCR-25018 & WCPR-25019 ("Atlantic Jazz 1500" Series) [24-bit audio] (2005)
10. Warner Music Japan 2CD: WPCR-25164 & WPCR-25165 ("Atlantic 60th Anniversary" Series) [miniature-LP, 24-bit edition] [(2007)
11. Warner 2CD: WPCR-75362 & WPCR-75363 ("Forever Young" Series) [24-bit audio] (2008)
The preceding list aims at comprehensiveness. A full, 100% complete listing would probably require further assistance from fellow fans -- especially, from those whose collections lean toward non-USA issues. If you know the catalogue number of any unlisted reissues, I would appreciate hearing from you, via email. Corrections are also welcome.
| 02:57 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | All About Ronnie (Joe Greene) | |
| 02:44 | December 17-18, 1953 | Master | Miser's Serenade (Mad Miser Man) (Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, Gimme) (Fred Patrick, Claude Reese, Marvin Fisher, Jack Val) | |
| 02:16 | December 17-18, 1953 | Master | Ev'rything I Love (Cole Porter) | |
| 02:54 | December 17-18, 1953 | Master | Indian Summer (Al Dubin, Victor Herbert) | |
| 02:18 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | I Hear Music (Burton Lane, Frank Loesser) | |
| 03:23 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | A Good Man Is A Seldom Thing (Charles DeForest) | |
| 02:33 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Don't Wait Up For Me (Charles DeForest) | |
| 03:06 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words) (Bart Howard) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Sy Oliver (pdr, arr, con), Creed Taylor (pdr), Tom Dowd (eng), The Ellis Larkins Trio, The Sy Oliver Orchestra, The Ralph Sharon Group (acc), Herbie Mann (f, ts), Sid Cooper, Milt Yaner (as), Boomie Richman, Sam Taylor (ts), Dave McRae (bar), Jim Bright, Jimmy Nottingham, Red Solomon (t), Vernon "Vern" Friley, J. J. Johnson, Frank Saracco, Ward Silloway, Kai Winding (tb), Everett Barksdale, Joe Puma (g), Sid Block, Milt Hinton, Beverly Peer (b), Ellis Larkins, Dave Martin, Ralph Sharon (p), Jimmy Crawford, Osie Johnson (d), Chris Connor (v), Bob Garrity (spk)
NOTES:
This edition is an eight-song, 10" LP version of the 12-song, 12" LP Chris (aka The Rich Sound Of Chris Connor). Also issued in New Zealand, as London HBM-N 1074.
| 02:15 | March 26, 1957 | 2424 | Master | I Was Doing All Right (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:15 | February 1, 1957 | 2325 | Master | I've Got A Crush On You (Ira Gershwin, George Gershwin) |
| 02:22 | May 1, 1957 | 2519 | Master | Somebody Loves Me (Buddy G. DeSylva, George Gershwin, Ballard MacDonald) |
| 02:54 | March 12, 1957 | 2420 | Master | Blah Blah Blah (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Ahmet Ertegun, Nesuhi Ertegun, Jerry Wexler (pdr), Ray Ellis (arr), Stan Free (arr, p), Ralph Sharon (arr, p, cel), Herbie Mann, Sam Most (f), Peanuts Hucko (cl), Eddie Wasserman (bcl, ts), Al Cohn (ts), Joe Newman (t), James "Jimmy" Cleveland, Warren Covington, Jim Thompson (tb), Barry Galbraith, Mundell Lowe, Joe Puma (g), Vinnie Burke, Milt Hinton, Wendell Marshall (b), Hank Jones (p), Eddie Costa, Milt Jackson (vib), Osie Johnson, Ed Shaughnessy (d), John Rodrigues (bo), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Atlantic issued 4 EPs containing songs culled from Connor's Gershwin sessions. Aside from the printed title, the front covers of those EPs bear no similarity to the cover of the 12" Chris Connor Sings The George Gershwin Almanac Of Song album. Whereas the LP features a photo of the singer, the EPs have no photo and no other type of artwork. They show just the the title and the artist's name. Each is a blank canvas of a different color: black (#593), green (#594), blue (#595), and red (#596). My thanks to Donald Martin for his kind and extensive help during the process of researching these EPs.
| 02:36 | February 26, 1957 | 2387 | Master | Summertime (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward) |
| 02:26 | March 26, 1957 | 2422 | Master | Clap Yo' Hands (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 03:02 | February 1, 1957 | 2328 | Master | Looking For A Boy (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 01:48 | May 1, 1957 | 2517 | Master | I Can't Be Bothered Now (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Ahmet Ertegun, Nesuhi Ertegun, Jerry Wexler (pdr), Ray Ellis (arr), Stan Free, Ralph Sharon (arr, p), Eddie Wasserman (bcl, ts), Al Cohn (ts), Joe Newman (t), James "Jimmy" Cleveland, Warren Covington, Jim Thompson (tb), Barry Galbraith, Mundell Lowe (g), Milt Hinton, Wendell Marshall, Oscar Pettiford (b), Hank Jones (p), Eddie Costa, Milt Jackson (vib), Osie Johnson, Ed Shaughnessy (d), John Rodrigues (bo), Chris Connor (v), unidentified (spk)
NOTES:
The front cover of this EP has no photo and no other type of artwork. It is a nearly blank canvas, colored green, and showing just the artist's name and the issue's title.
| 02:00 | February 1, 1957 | 2326 | Master | Soon (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:35 | February 26, 1957 | 2384 | Master | The Man I Love (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 04:00 | May 1, 1957 | 2516 | Master | How Long Has This Been Going On? (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 01:19 | March 12, 1957 | 2419 | Master | Nice Work If You Can Get It (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Ahmet Ertegun, Nesuhi Ertegun, Jerry Wexler (pdr), Stan Free (arr, p), Ralph Sharon (arr, p, cel), Herbie Mann, Sam Most (f), Peanuts Hucko (cl), Al Cohn (ts), Joe Newman (t), Mundell Lowe, Joe Puma (g), Vinnie Burke, Milt Hinton, Oscar Pettiford (b), Eddie Costa, Milt Jackson (vib), Osie Johnson, Ed Shaughnessy (d), John Rodrigues (bo), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
The front cover of this EP has no photo and no other type of artwork. It is a nearly blank canvas, colored blue, and showing just the artist's name and the issue's title.
| 02:39 | March 26, 1957 | 2425 | Master | My One And Only (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:54 | February 7, 1957 | 2337 | Master | Love Is Sweeping The Country (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:24 | February 26, 1957 | 2385 | Master | 'S Wonderful (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:12 | April 24, 1957 | 2482 | Master | That Certain Feeling (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Ahmet Ertegun, Nesuhi Ertegun, Jerry Wexler (pdr), Ray Ellis (arr), Ralph Sharon (arr, p, cel), Herbie Mann (f), Eddie Wasserman (bcl, ts), Al Cohn (ts), Danny Bank (bar), Doc Severinsen (t), Eddie Bert, James "Jimmy" Cleveland, Warren Covington, Jim Thompson (tb), Barry Galbraith, Mundell Lowe (g), Wendell Marshall, Oscar Pettiford (b), Stan Free, Hank Jones (p), Ronnie Free, Osie Johnson, Ed Shaughnessy (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
The front cover of this EP has no photo and no other type of artwork. It is a nearly blank canvas, colored red, and showing just the artist's name and the issue's title.
| 02:30 | July 28, 1956 | 2064 | Master | I Miss You So (Jimmy Henderson, Bertha Scott, Sid Robin) |
| 02:51 | February 15, 1956 | 1878 | Master | Go 'Way From My Window (John Jacob Niles) |
| 02:16 | October 16, 1956 | 2159 | Master | Trust In Me (Milton Ager, Ned Wever, Jean Schwartz) |
| 02:38 | February 15, 1956 | 1879 | Master | Past The Age Of Innocence (Norman Gimbel, Bill Sawens) |
| 02:42 | October 16, 1956 | 2158 | Master | Time Out For Tears (Abe Schiff, Irving Berman) |
| 02:38 | October 16, 1956 | 2161 | Master | I Love You, Yes I Do (Henry Glover, Sally Nix, Sol Marcus, Eddie Seiler, Guy Wood) |
| 02:19 | July 28, 1956 | 2063 | Master | My Heart Is So Full Of You (Frank Loesser) |
| 02:24 | February 15, 1956 | 1881 | Master | My Ideal (Newell Chase, Leo Robin, Richard Whiting) |
| 02:50 | October 16, 1956 | 2160 | Master | Mixed Emotions (Stuart Louchheim) |
| 02:15 | April 24, 1957 | 2485 | Master | They All Laughed (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:34 | February 15, 1956 | 1880 | Master | Speak Low (Ogden Nash, Kurt Weill) |
| 02:37 | July 28, 1956 | 2065 | Master | Radar Blues (Harry Revel) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Ahmet Ertegun, Nesuhi Ertegun, Jerry Wexler (pdr), Ray Ellis (arr, con), The Ray Ellis Orchestra (acc), Al Cohn (ts), Danny Bank (bar), Doc Severinsen (t), Eddie Bert (tb), Mundell Lowe (g), Wendell Marshall (b), Stan Free (p), Ed Shaughnessy (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
A. A Compilation Of Singles (11 Tracks From Singles Sessions + 1 From An Album Session)
This 1957 collection gathered all the songs that Chris Connor had hitherto recorded at singles sessions (as opposed to album sessions):
2/15/56 (all 4 numbers from the session)
7/28/56 (all 3 numbers from the session)
10/16/56 (all 4 numbers from the session)
The collection's twelfth song ("They All Laughed") is a master recorded as part of the sessions for the album Chris Connor Sings The Gershwin Almanac Of Song, but not included in that set. (It was included as a bonus track, however, in the CD version of the Almanac.)
B. Numbers Issued On 45 Versus Previously Unissued Numbers
Two thirds of I Miss You So had previously appeared on Atlantic singles:
Atlantic #1097: Go 'Way From My Window / Past The Age of Innocence
Atlantic #1105: I Miss You So / My Heart Is So Full of You
Atlantic #1121: Time Out For Tears / I Love You Yes I Do
Atlantic #1138: Trust In Me / Mixed Emotions
The other third consists of songs that had never been issued before:
My Ideal (recorded during singles session dated 2/15/56)
Speak Low (recorded during singles session dated2/15/56)
Radar Blues (recorded during singles session dated 7/28/56)
They All Laughed (recorded during Gershwin Almanac session dated 4/24/57)
C. Release Date; Stereo Availability
Goldmine's Price Guide To Collectible Jazz Albums 1949-1969 gives a 1956 date to the album I Miss You So. Given the album's inclusion of a song that was recorded in 1957 ("They All Laughed"), the price guide is clearly wrong. The best evidence that 1957 is the correct date comes from the following comments, made by the album's liner annotator, Ren Grenvatt:
"And what has happened to jazz in the dozen years since the end of World War II literally amounts to rebirth ......."
"Ten years or so later in 1957, jazz had gone through its growing pains. A new and genuine music has evolved."
One copy of the album -- possibly a library copy -- bears a December 27, 1957 date stamped on its back. It thus seems that I Miss You So came out late in 1957. One reputable online since give the release date as October 1957. It certainly came out after Chris Connor Sings The Gershwin Almanac Of Song (ca. June 1957), because that Gershwin set is mentioned by Grenvatt in his liner notes.
The original LP was released in mono only.
D. Reissues
I am aware of the following issues, editions, and reissues. (Public Domain items, such as the multi-CD sets from Avid and Real Gone, or the typically low-grade CDs from the Hallmark label, have been excluded.) The asterisks indicate that the issue includes four bonus tracks ("Under Paris Skies," "Moon Ride," "Invitation," "I Only Want Some").
From America (United States):
1. Collectables CD: COL 6814 [twofer, licensed from Atlantic] (2001)
2. Collectables CD: COL 0403 [4-CD box, licensed from Atlantic, containing six albums] (2006)
From Japan:
3. Atlantic Warner CD: AMCY-1059 ("Ladies Sing Jazz" Series) (1991) ****
4. Warner CD: WPCR-25172 ("Atlantic 60th Anniversary" Series) [miniature-LP 24-bit audio edition] (2007) ****
5. Warner Music Japan & Rhino CD: WPCR-27934 (2014) ****
The preceding list aims at comprehensiveness. A full, 100% complete listing would probably require further assistance from fellow fans -- especially, from those whose collections lean toward non-USA issues. If you know the catalogue number of any unlisted reissues, I would appreciate hearing from you, via email. Corrections are also welcome.
E. A Sequel
Another LP that also compiles Connor's pop singles on Atlantic Records, and which can be considered a sequel to this one, is Misty, released in Japan only, in 1975 (LP) and 2013 (CD).
| 02:30 | July 28, 1956 | 2064 | Master | I Miss You So (Jimmy Henderson, Bertha Scott, Sid Robin) |
| 02:19 | July 28, 1956 | 2063 | Master | My Heart Is So Full Of You (Frank Loesser) |
| 02:38 | October 16, 1956 | 2161 | Master | I Love You, Yes I Do (Henry Glover, Sally Nix, Sol Marcus, Eddie Seiler, Guy Wood) |
| 02:42 | October 16, 1956 | 2158 | Master | Time Out For Tears (Abe Schiff, Irving Berman) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Ahmet Ertegun, Jerry Wexler (pdr), Ray Ellis (arr, con), The Ray Ellis Orchestra (acc), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
This EP is identified as I Miss You So in some sources but as Chris Connor in other sources. A look at the actual front cover reveals that the correct choice is just the singer's name. As for "I Miss You So", it is the title of the EP's first track.
I Miss You So is also the title of the 12" LP that contains this EP's 4 numbers, along with 8 others. Both the EP and the LP consist chiefly of songs that had been previously issued as singles.
Although the EP is basically a mini-edition of the LP, their respective covers couldn't be more different from one another. The LP features a photo of two couples by some trees. One of the couples is kissing. The front cover of the EP does not have a photo. It is just a black canvas with the name "Chris Connor" in large white lettering, plus the catalogue number, "atlantic ep 580," rendered in small green lettering.
My primary sources do not give a release date for Atlantic EP #580. I found the above-given 1957 release year in a secondary source. For that reason, this bit of information should be considered tentative and in need of further corroboration. (That said, my belief is that, out of the alternatives at hand, 1957 makes the most sense.)
| 02:26 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | It's All Right With Me (Cole Porter) | |
| 03:26 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | All This And Heaven Too (Ed DeLange, Jimmy Van Heusen) | |
| 02:53 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Lush Life (Billy Strayhorn) | |
| 02:45 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | The Thrill Is Gone (Lew Brown, Ray Henderson) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Creed Taylor (pdr), The Vinnie Burke Quartet, The Ralph Sharon Group (acc), Herbie Mann (f, ts), Ronnie Odrich (f, cl), J. J. Johnson, Kai Winding (tb), Joe Cinderella, Joe Puma (g), Vinnie Burke, Milt Hinton (b), Ralph Sharon (p), Don Burns (pac), Osie Johnson, Art Mardigan (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
The London's Girl Friends EP series consists of three volumes, each dedicated to a different female singer. Gamely, London Records' first volume is dedicated to, well, Julie London. The second EP spotlights Chris Connor, the third Carmen McRae. All three EPs were apparently issued in the United Kingdom and in Australia but not in the United States. October 1957 is the release date of the Connor volume
These EPs are actually mini-versions of the American LP Bethlehem's Girfriends. That LP's tracks are the same ones found in the EPs. Whereas the LP's front cover features separate photos of the three singers (every photo occupying one fourth of the cover's size), each EP features the one pertinent picture, in full EP size.
The photo on the cover of volume 2 is another shot from the session that also generated the artwork of the 12" LP Chris Connor Sings Lullabys Of Birdland. However, the EP shot was taken from the distance -- unlike the 12" LP photo, which shows Connor's face at close range. The EP's photograph reveals that Connor is actually standing by a tree. She is wearing a yellow shirt, and her hair looks very blonde.
| 02:34 | May 27, 1957 (10:30 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.) | Television Taping | 'S Wonderful (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) | |
| 02:56 | May 27, 1957 (10:30 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.) | Television Taping | Love Walked In (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Unknown (b, d), Stan Freeman (p), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
The release date is speculative. AFRS' Star of Jazz transcription discs bear no dates on them. If the very few AFRS Star of Jazz discs that I have seen online are any indication, there is no program number in them, either. The number which I have assigned to this disc is actually that of the original telecast (i.e., the source of the audio heard in the disc.)
| 02:39 | April 29, 1958 | 3054 | Master | Under Paris Skies (Hubert Giraud, Kim Gannon, Jean Drejac) |
| 02:45 | April 29, 1958 | 3055 | Master | Moon Ride (Margo Guryan) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Released in May 1958.
| 02:26 | July 31, 1958 | 3108 | Master | Hallelujah, I Love Him So (Ray Charles) |
| 02:23 | July 31, 1958 | 3109 | Master | I Won't Cry Anymore (Fred Wise, Al Frisch) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Nesuhi Ertegun (pdr), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Released in September 1958. There was also a British edition, released in May 1959 by London Records, with a different catalogue number (45-HLE 8869).
| 03:12 | December 17, 1956 | 2245 | Master | Moon Ray (Arthur Quenzer, Paul Madison, Artie Shaw) |
| 03:52 | November 16, 1956 | 2204 | Master | Poor Little Rich Girl (Noel Coward) |
| 04:15 | December 19, 1956 | 2279 | Master | Just Squeeze Me (Duke Ellington, Lee Gaines) |
| 02:15 | December 17, 1956 | 2244 | Master | Fancy Free (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) |
| 02:55 | December 19, 1956 | 2281 | Master | It's A Most Unusual Day (Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh) |
| 03:28 | November 16, 1956 | 2206 | Master | All I Need Is You (Benny Davis, Peter DeRose, Mitchell Parish) |
| 03:48 | November 16, 1956 | 2207 | Master | It Only Happens When I Dance With You (Irving Berlin) |
| 04:19 | December 17, 1956 | 2243 | Master | Lonely Town (Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden, Adolph Green) |
| 03:20 | November 16, 1956 | 2205 | Master | Everything I've Got (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) |
| 02:24 | December 17, 1956 | 2246 | Master | Driftwood (Peter Udel, Tommy Goodman) |
| 02:32 | December 19, 1956 | 2280 | Master | I'm Shooting High (Jimmy McHugh, Ted Koehler) |
| 03:12 | December 19, 1956 | 2278 | Master | My Shining Hour (Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Nesuhi Ertegun (pdr), Ralph Sharon (arr, p), Sam Most (f), Al Cohn, Lucky Thompson (ts), Joe Wilder (t), Joe Puma (g), Oscar Pettiford (b), Eddie Costa (vib), Osie Johnson (d), Francisco "Chino" Pozo (bo), Ramon 'Mongo' Santamaria (cng), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
A. Release Date
Curiously, this album's sessions were recorded in 1956, but the LP itself was not released until 1958. The reason for the delay remains unknown to me. As should become apparent from the paragraph to be quoted below, the release date was May or June of 1958.
B. Critical Reception
The May 1958 issue of the Atlantic Long Playing Newsletter (a company's promotional tool) declares that
{beginning of quote}this Chris Connor LP was widely hailed as the "best she has ever done." The critics saw her "at the top of her form" and several expressed the opinion that she is on the verge of a new phase of her career. The LP received the "Spotlight" review in Billboard; Chris readings were termed "inimitable" and "a sure winner with jazz buffs." Fred Sherman of the Miami Herald raved: "A nice mixture of girl and music. The album demonstrates just how far out this blond vocalist can get. But she never had better backing that on this date and never has she been given greater license with the flatted sighs.{end of quote}
C. Reissues
I am aware of the following issues, editions, and reissues of this LP. (Public Domain items, such as the multi-CD sets from Avid and Real Gone, or the typically low-grade CDs from the Hallmark label, have been excluded.) Issues bearing asterisks contain two bonus tracks.
From America (United States):
1. Rhino CD: R2 7147 [twofer, licensed from Atlantic] (1994)
2. Collectors' Choice: CCM-116-2 [twofer] (2001)
From England:
3. London LP: LTZ-K.15142 ("Jazz Series") (1958)
From Japan:
4. Atlantic LP: ATL-5017 [manufactured by Victor]
5. Atlantic Warner-Pioneer LP: P-6130A ["Jazz Age" Series, 2] (ca. 1973)
6. Atlantic Warner-Pioneer LP: P-4576A ["Jazz Forever 1500" Series, 4] (1976)
7. Atlantic Warner CD: AMCY-1072 ("Ladies Sing Jazz" Series) (1991) **
8. Atlantic CD: AMCY-1228 ("Ladies Sing Jazz" Series, new pressing) (1998) **
9. Warner CD: WPCR-25044 ("Atlantic Jazz 1500" Series) [24-bit audio] (2005) **
10. Warner Music Japan CD: WPCR-25174 ("Atlantic 60th Anniversary" Series) [miniature-LP, 24-bit edition] (2007) **
International Releases (Australia & Europe & Others):
11. Warner Music Japan & Rhino CD: WCPR-27497 ("Jazz Best Collection 1000" Series) [24-bit audio] (2013) **
12. Warner Music Japan & Rhino CD: WCPR-27300 (also 8122-79599-7-5) ("Jazz Best Collection 1000" Series) [24-bit audio] (2014) **
The preceding list aims at comprehensiveness. A full, 100% complete listing would probably require further assistance from fellow fans -- especially, from those whose collections lean toward non-USA issues. If you know the catalogue number of any unlisted reissues, I would appreciate hearing from you, via email. Corrections are also welcome.
| 03:12 | December 17, 1956 | 2245 | Master | Moon Ray (Arthur Quenzer, Paul Madison, Artie Shaw) |
| 03:20 | November 16, 1956 | 2205 | Master | Everything I've Got (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) |
| 03:48 | November 16, 1956 | 2207 | Master | It Only Happens When I Dance With You (Irving Berlin) |
| 02:32 | December 19, 1956 | 2280 | Master | I'm Shooting High (Jimmy McHugh, Ted Koehler) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Nesuhi Ertegun (pdr), Ralph Sharon (arr, p), Sam Most (f), Al Cohn, Lucky Thompson (ts), Joe Wilder (t), Joe Puma (g), Oscar Pettiford (b), Eddie Costa (vib), Osie Johnson (d), Francisco "Chino" Pozo (bo), Ramon 'Mongo' Santamaria (cng), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
This EP features the same artwork as its 12" LP counterpart. Released in October 1958.
| 03:52 | November 16, 1956 | 2204 | Master | Poor Little Rich Girl (Noel Coward) |
| 03:20 | November 16, 1956 | 2205 | Master | Everything I've Got (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) |
| 04:15 | December 19, 1956 | 2279 | Master | Just Squeeze Me (Duke Ellington, Lee Gaines) |
| 02:32 | December 19, 1956 | 2280 | Master | I'm Shooting High (Jimmy McHugh, Ted Koehler) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Nesuhi Ertegun (pdr), Ralph Sharon (arr, p), Al Cohn, Lucky Thompson (ts), Joe Wilder (t), Oscar Pettiford (b), Eddie Costa (vib), Osie Johnson (d), Francisco "Chino" Pozo (bo), Ramon 'Mongo' Santamaria (cng), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Atlantic's New York address is on the back cover, but the disc itself carries the legend "made in Sweden." Also released in Spain under the title Poor Little Rich Girl (1960).
| 03:14 | May 23, 1958 | 3068 | Master | Moonlight In Vermont (Karl Suessdorf, John Blackburn) |
| 02:12 | March 13, 1958 | 3000 | Master | Blow, Gabriel, Blow (Cole Porter) |
| 03:38 | March 13, 1958 | 2998 | Master | Here Lies Love (Leo Robin, Ralph Rainger) |
| 03:03 | May 23, 1958 | 3067 | Master | Be A Clown (Cole Porter) |
| 03:56 | April 8, 1958 | 3034 | Master | Good For Nothin' (But Love) (Ed DeLange, Jimmy Van Heusen) |
| 02:42 | April 8, 1958 | 3035 | Master | On The First Warm Day (Bart Howard) |
| 02:13 | March 13, 1958 | 3001 | Master | Chinatown, My Chinatown (William Jerome, Jean Schwartz) |
| 02:40 | April 8, 1958 | 3033 | Master | One Love Affair (Bart Howard) |
| 03:22 | March 13, 1958 | 2999 | Master | The Night We Called It A Day (Matt Dennis, Tom Adair) |
| 02:00 | May 23, 1958 | 3070 | Master | Johnny One Note (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) |
| 03:53 | May 23, 1958 | 3069 | Master | Lover Man (Roger "Ram" Ramirez, Jimmy Davis, Jimmy Sherman) |
| 04:24 | April 8, 1958 | 3032 | Master | Be My All (Bart Howard) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Nesuhi Ertegun (pdr), Bobby Jasper (f, ts), Al Epstein (bcl, enh), Mundell Lowe (g), George Duvivier, Percy Heath (b), Stan Free (p), Ed Shaughnessy (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
A. Release Date
A November 3, 1958 Billboard ad lists only the monaural version of this LP. Given that fact, it is likely that the stereo counterpart was released later. According to Goldmine's Price Guide To Collectible Jazz Albums 1949-1969 , the stereo edition was indeed issued two years later (1960).
B. Reissues
I am aware of the following issues, editions, and reissues of this LP. (Public Domain items, such as the multi-CD sets from Avid and Real Gone, or the typically low-grade CDs from the Hallmark label, have been excluded.)
From America (United States):
1. Rhino CD: R2 7147 [twofer, licensed from Atlantic, containing six albums] (1994)
2. Collectors' Choice CD: CCM-116-2 [twofer, licensed from Atlantic, containing six albums] (2001)
From England:
3. London LP: LTZ-K.15151 ("Jazz Series") (1959)
From Japan:
4. Atlantic LP: ATL-5026 [manufactured by Victor]
5. Atlantic Warner-Pioneer LP: P-4516A ("Jazz Forever 1500" Series) (1975)
6. Atlantic Warner CD: AMCY-1062 ("Ladies Sing Jazz" Series) (1991)
7. Warner CD: WPCR-25020 ("Atlantic Jazz 1500" Series) [24-bit audio] (2005)
8. Warner Music Japan CD: WPCR-25170 ("Atlantic 60th Anniversary" Series) [miniature LP, 24-bit audio edition] (2007)
9. Warner Music Japan CD: WPCR-29345 ("Jazz Master Collection 1200" Series) [S-HMCD] (2017, also 2018)
International Releases (Australia & Europe & Others):
10. Wea International & Warner Jazz CD: 8122-76594-2-4 ("Atlantic Masters" Series) (2004)
11. Warner Music Japan & Rhino CD: WCPR-27298 (also 8122-76594-2) ("Jazz Best Collection 1000" Series, 6) [24-bit audio] (2013)
The preceding list aims at comprehensiveness. A full, 100% complete listing would probably require further assistance from fellow fans -- especially, from those whose collections lean toward non-USA issues. If you know the catalogue number of any unlisted reissues, I would appreciate hearing from you, via email. Corrections are also welcome.
| 03:52 | November 16, 1956 | 2204 | Master | Poor Little Rich Girl (Noel Coward) |
| 03:12 | December 17, 1956 | 2245 | Master | Moon Ray (Arthur Quenzer, Paul Madison, Artie Shaw) |
| 02:15 | December 17, 1956 | 2244 | Master | Fancy Free (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Nesuhi Ertegun (pdr), Ralph Sharon (arr, p), Sam Most (f), Al Cohn (ts), Joe Wilder (t), Joe Puma (g), Oscar Pettiford (b), Eddie Costa (vib), Osie Johnson (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Manhattan Melodies was a radio show produced by the Air Force for recruitment purposes. My thanks to Eddie Styles for acquainting me with this particular episode, one of two listed in the present discography. (The other is program no. 262.) In addition to those two, I have come across web listings for three more Connor-guesting programs (#190, #121 and #321). Unfortunately, the web listings reveal which songs are performed on each program.
| 02:42 | April 8, 1958 | 3035 | Master | On The First Warm Day (Bart Howard) |
| 03:14 | May 23, 1958 | 3068 | Master | Moonlight In Vermont (Karl Suessdorf, John Blackburn) |
| 02:00 | May 23, 1958 | 3070 | Master | Johnny One Note (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) |
| 03:53 | May 23, 1958 | 3069 | Master | Lover Man (Roger "Ram" Ramirez, Jimmy Davis, Jimmy Sherman) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Nesuhi Ertegun (pdr), Al Epstein (bcl, enh), Mundell Lowe (g), George Duvivier (b), Stan Free (p), Ed Shaughnessy (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
The unknown catalogue number of this EP is presumably within the 600 range, and closer to that another Connor EP which was released this year (#615) . Atlantic's French version of the Chris Craft EP was numbered 212002 and features a head shot of a smiling Chris. (The photo is a b&w publicity shot, in which Connor looks as if she had platinum-colored hair. The same shot was used as the cover of the Blue Moon CD 'S Wonderful.)
| 02:51 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | What Is There To Say? (Vernon Duke, Erwin 'Yip' Harburg) | |
| 03:02 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Try A Little Tenderness (Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly, Harry Woods) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Creed Taylor (pdr), Tom Dowd (eng), The Ellis Larkins Trio (acc), Everett Barksdale (g), Beverly Peer (b), Ellis Larkins (p), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
If the 1958 release date that I have found for this and the next two singles is accurate, then Bethlehem must have tried to capitalize on Connor's success at Atlantic by reissuing old LP cuts in the 45 rpm format.
| 02:43 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Come Back To Sorrento (Claude Aveling, Ernesto DeCurtis) | |
| 02:37 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Blame It On My Youth (Oscar Levant, Edward Heyman) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Creed Taylor (pdr), Tom Dowd (eng), The Ellis Larkins Trio, The Ralph Sharon Group (acc), Herbie Mann (f, ts), Everett Barksdale, Joe Puma (g), Milt Hinton, Beverly Peer (b), Ellis Larkins, Ralph Sharon (p), Osie Johnson (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Originally released in October 1958. Re-released two years later (to judge from a review in the September 26, 1960 issue of Billboard).
| 02:26 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | It's All Right With Me (Cole Porter) | |
| 03:26 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | All This And Heaven Too (Ed DeLange, Jimmy Van Heusen) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Creed Taylor (pdr), The Ralph Sharon Group (acc), Herbie Mann (f, ts), Joe Puma (g), Milt Hinton (b), Ralph Sharon (p), Osie Johnson (d), Chris Connor (v)
| 02:37 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Blame It On My Youth (Oscar Levant, Edward Heyman) | |
| 02:26 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | It's All Right With Me (Cole Porter) | |
| 03:09 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Someone To Watch Over Me (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) | |
| 02:51 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Trouble Is A Man (Alec Wilder) | |
| 03:26 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | All This And Heaven Too (Ed DeLange, Jimmy Van Heusen) | |
| 02:45 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | The Thrill Is Gone (Lew Brown, Ray Henderson) | |
| 03:28 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | I Concentrate On You (Cole Porter) | |
| 01:48 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | All Dressed Up With A Broken Heart (Fred Patrick, Claude Reese, Jack Val) | |
| 02:28 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | From This Moment On (Cole Porter) | |
| 04:13 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Ridin' High (Cole Porter) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Creed Taylor (pdr), The Ralph Sharon Group (acc), Herbie Mann (f, ts), J. J. Johnson, Kai Winding (tb), Joe Puma (g), Milt Hinton (b), Ralph Sharon (p), Osie Johnson (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
A reissue of a LP originally released by Bethlehem in 1955.
| 02:43 | December 17-18, 1953 | Master | Blue Silhouette (Murray Semos, Jack Val, Jimmy Dale) | |
| 02:37 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Blame It On My Youth (Oscar Levant, Edward Heyman) | |
| 02:43 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Come Back To Sorrento (Claude Aveling, Ernesto DeCurtis) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Sy Oliver (pdr, arr, con), Creed Taylor (pdr), Tom Dowd (eng), The Ellis Larkins Trio, The Sy Oliver Orchestra, The Ralph Sharon Group (acc), Herbie Mann (f, ts), Sid Cooper, Milt Yaner (as), Boomie Richman, Sam Taylor (ts), Dave McRae (bar), Jim Bright, Jimmy Nottingham, Red Solomon (t), Vernon "Vern" Friley, Frank Saracco, Ward Silloway, Kai Winding (tb), Everett Barksdale, Joe Puma (g), Sid Block, Milt Hinton, Beverly Peer (b), Ellis Larkins, Dave Martin, Ralph Sharon (p), Jimmy Crawford, Osie Johnson (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
The three LPs in this set were also sold as separate volumes; see next three entries.
| 02:43 | December 17-18, 1953 | Master | Blue Silhouette (Murray Semos, Jack Val, Jimmy Dale) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Sy Oliver (pdr, arr, con), The Sy Oliver Orchestra (acc), Sid Cooper, Milt Yaner (as), Boomie Richman, Sam Taylor (ts), Dave McRae (bar), Jim Bright, Jimmy Nottingham, Red Solomon (t), Vernon "Vern" Friley, Frank Saracco, Ward Silloway, Kai Winding (tb), Sid Block (b), Dave Martin (p), Jimmy Crawford (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
This Bethlehem sub-series consists of three volumes, bearing successive catalogue numbers (82, 83, 84). Connor is features in all three volumes.
| 02:43 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Come Back To Sorrento (Claude Aveling, Ernesto DeCurtis) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Creed Taylor (pdr), Tom Dowd (eng), The Ellis Larkins Trio (acc), Everett Barksdale (g), Beverly Peer (b), Ellis Larkins (p), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
This Bethlehem sub-series consists of three volumes, bearing successive catalogue numbers (82, 83, 84). Connor is features in all three volumes.
| 02:37 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Blame It On My Youth (Oscar Levant, Edward Heyman) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Creed Taylor (pdr), The Ralph Sharon Group (acc), Herbie Mann (f, ts), Joe Puma (g), Milt Hinton (b), Ralph Sharon (p), Osie Johnson (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
This Bethlehem sub-series consists of three volumes, bearing successive catalogue numbers (82, 83, 84). Connor is features in all three volumes.
| 02:35 | February 26, 1957 | 2384 | Master | The Man I Love (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:22 | May 1, 1957 | 2519 | Master | Somebody Loves Me (Buddy G. DeSylva, George Gershwin, Ballard MacDonald) |
| 02:36 | February 26, 1957 | 2387 | Master | Summertime (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward) |
| 02:33 | May 1, 1957 | 2520 | Master | Embraceable You (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Ahmet Ertegun, Nesuhi Ertegun, Jerry Wexler (pdr), Stan Free, Ralph Sharon (arr, p), Mundell Lowe (g), Milt Hinton, Oscar Pettiford (b), Milt Jackson (vib), Osie Johnson, Ed Shaughnessy (d), Chris Connor (v), unidentified (spk)
| 03:01 | January 6, 1949 | D9-BV-0049 | Master | There's A Small Hotel (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) |
The Claude Thornhill Orchestra (ldr), Gil Evans (arr), Claude Thornhill (con, p), Danny Polo, Jerry Therkeld (cl, as), Drew Moore, Mario Rollo (ts), Bill Bushey (bar), John Carisi, John Napton, Gene Roland (t), Leon Cox, Allan Langstaff (tb), Addison Collins, Arthur Sussman (frh), Barry Galbraith (g), Joe Shulman (b), William Exiner (d), Chris Connor, The Snowflakes (v)
| 02:02 | April 29, 1958 | 3057 | Master | Circus (Bob Russell, Louis Alter) |
| 02:34 | July 31, 1958 | 3107 | Master | Flying Home (Lionel Hampton, Benny Goodman, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Nesuhi Ertegun (pdr), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Released in February 1959.
| 02:55 | September 6, 1959 | 3655 | Master | Señor Blues (Horace Silver) |
| 02:32 | September 6, 1959 | 3656 | Master | Misty (Johnny Burke, Erroll Garner) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Chris Connor (v)
| 03:14 | January 29, 1959 | 3338 | Master | Bargain Day (William Roy) |
| 03:48 | March 10, 1959 | 3407 | Master | The End Of A Love Affair (Edward. C. Redding) |
| 03:30 | January 29, 1959 | 3341 | Master | Glad To Be Unhappy (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) |
| 05:00 | March 19, 1959 | 3411 | Master | Ballad of the Sad Café (Charles DeForest) |
| 04:23 | January 29, 1959 | 3340 | Master | Good Morning, Heartache (Ervin Drake, Dan Fisher, Irene Higginbotham) |
| 04:27 | March 10, 1959 | 3408 | Master | Something I Dreamed Last Night (Herb Magidson, Jack Yellen, Sammy Fain) |
| 04:51 | March 19, 1959 | 3413 | Master | Lilac Wine (James H. Shelton) |
| 04:52 | January 29, 1959 | 3339 | Master | One For My Baby (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Nesuhi Ertegun (pdr), Ralph Sharon (arr, con), Bobby Jasper (r, f), Morton Lewis, Steve Perlow, Jerry Sanfino, Warren "Champ" Webb (r), Marshal Royal, Phil Woods (as), Frank Foster, Seldon Powell (ts), Charles Fowlkes (bar), Donald Byrd, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Joe Newman, Ernie Royal, Snooky Young (t), Wayne Andre, Eddie Bert, Willie Dennis, Al Grey, Dick Hixson, Frank Rehak (tb), Kenny Burrell, Barry Galbraith, Freddie Green (g), Eddie Jones, Don Payne (b), Stan Free (p), William Exiner, Sonny Payne, Ed Shaughnessy (d), Mac Ceppos, Ray Free, Harry Katzman, Leo Kruczek, Harold Melnikoff, George Ockner, Gene Orloff, Samuel Rand, Tosha Samaroff, Sylvan Shulman, Harry Urbont (vn), Dave Markovitz, Isadore Zirr (vl), Maurice Brown, Dave Sayer (vc), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
A. Mono Versus Stereo Versions
This LP actually contains 9 tracks. I have separately listed the album's first track, "These Foolish Things," because Atlantic released two different vocal versions of it, one in the mono album, the other in the stereo album.
B. Chris Connor's Favorite Album(s)
Asked in 1995 about the recording she was most proud of, Chris Connor replied as follows: "I especially like the one Ralph Sharon arranged for me and the Basie band, The Ballad Of The Sad Café. And I like the first [sic] album I did for Atlantic, called I Miss You So." (In other occasions, Connor singled out other albums as well. The one that she most frequently mentioned was her actual first Atlantic album, the self-titled Chris Connor. See also notes at the bottom of this page.) Asterisks indicate an issue containing two bonus tracks.
C. Reissues
I am aware of the following issues, editions, and reissues of this LP. Excluded are Public Domain items, such as the multi-CD sets from Avid and Real Gone, or the typically low-grade CDs from the Hallmark label (e.g., Hallmark CD 709482, released in 2010).
From America (United States):
1. Collectables CD: COL 6277 [twofer, licensed from Atlantic] (1999)
2. Collectables CD: COL 0403 [4-CD box, 6 albums, licensed from Atlantic) (2006)
From England:
3. London LP: LTZ-K.15183 ("American Jazz Recordings" Series) {full title on front cover, Ballads Of The Sad Café on disc's label} (1959)
From Japan:
4. Atlantic Warner CD: AMCY-1067 ("Ladies Sing Jazz" Series) (1991)
5. Warner Music Japan CD: WPCR-25167 ("Atlantic 60th Anniversary" Series) [miniature-LP, 24-bit edition] (2007) **
International Releases (Australia & Europe & Others):
6. Warner Music Japan & Rhino CD: WCPR-27395 ("Jazz Best Collection 1000" Series) [24-bit audio] (2013)
The preceding list aims at comprehensiveness. A full, 100% complete listing would probably require further assistance from fellow fans -- especially, from those whose collections lean toward non-USA issues. If you know the catalogue number of any unlisted reissues, I would appreciate hearing from you, via email. Corrections are also welcome.
| 03:37 | March 10, 1959 | 3405-mono | Master | These Foolish Things (Harry Link, Eric Maschwitz aka Holt Marvell, Jack Strachey) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Nesuhi Ertegun (pdr), Ralph Sharon (arr, con), Bobby Jasper (f), Wayne Andre, Willie Dennis, Dick Hixson, Frank Rehak (tb), Barry Galbraith (g), Don Payne (b), Stan Free (p), Ed Shaughnessy (d), Ray Free, Harry Katzman, Harold Melnikoff, George Ockner, Gene Orloff, Samuel Rand, Sylvan Shulman, Harry Urbont (vn), Dave Markovitz, Isadore Zirr (vl), Maurice Brown, Dave Sayer (vc), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
This entry and the one for SD 1307 are actually continuations of the main entry for Chris Connor Sings Ballads Of The Sad Café. Because Atlantic released two different takes of "These Foolish Things," one in this mono album and the other in the stereo album, I have created separate entries for that master. Visually, the cover of the mono and stereo LPs also evince a couple of differences. Besides the inclusion or exclusion of the word "stereo," the background coloring of the mono LP is a light gray, whereas the stereo LP uses a dark brown.
In my search of possible additional alternate takes, I have closely listened to and compared the other tracks in the mono and stereo editions of Chris Connor Sings Ballads Of The Sad Café. The same search has led me to study other relevant issues -- namely, the 1991 Japanese CD version (AMCY 1067) of this album, and a 1999 domestic CD edition on the Collectables label. I have not found anything but divergences of little consequence, probably stemming from the variety of mastering styles used. (My thanks to Donald Martin, for supplying some of the issues that were needed for this listening task.)
| 03:39 | March 10, 1959 | 3405-stereo | Master | These Foolish Things (Harry Link, Eric Maschwitz aka Holt Marvell, Jack Strachey) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Nesuhi Ertegun (pdr), Ralph Sharon (arr, con), Bobby Jasper (f), Wayne Andre, Willie Dennis, Dick Hixson, Frank Rehak (tb), Barry Galbraith (g), Don Payne (b), Stan Free (p), Ed Shaughnessy (d), Ray Free, Harry Katzman, Harold Melnikoff, George Ockner, Gene Orloff, Samuel Rand, Sylvan Shulman, Harry Urbont (vn), Dave Markovitz, Isadore Zirr (vl), Maurice Brown, Dave Sayer (vc), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
See note under main entry for this album (Atlantic 1307/SD1307).
| 03:06 | September 14, 1959 | 3763 | Master | Witchcraft (Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh) |
| September 21, 1959 | 3775 | Master | I'll Never Be Free (George David Weiss, Bennie Benjamin) | |
| 03:42 | October 5, 1959 | 3817 | Master | The Lady Sings the Blues (Alec Wilder, William Engvick) |
| 02:44 | September 21, 1959 | 3774 | Master | Come Rain Or Come Shine (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) |
| 04:15 | October 5, 1959 | 3820 | Master | When Sunny Gets Blue (Marvin Fisher, Jack Segal) |
| 02:34 | September 21, 1959 | 3776 | Master | How Little We Know (How Little It Matters) (Carolyn Leigh, Phil Springer) |
| 02:19 | September 14, 1959 | 3764 | Master | I Hear The Music Now (Sammy Fain, Jerry Seelen, Ambroise Charles Thomas) |
| 03:28 | October 5, 1959 | 3819 | Master | Baltimore Oriole (Hoagy Carmichael, Paul Francis Webster) |
| 02:25 | September 21, 1959 | 3773 | Master | Just In Time (Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Jule Styne) |
| 02:40 | September 14, 1959 | 3765 | Master | Like A Woman (Frank Loesser) |
| 04:13 | October 5, 1959 | 3818 | Master | Skyscraper Blues (Tom Adair, Jenkins) |
| 03:44 | September 14, 1959 | 3766 | Master | You Don't Know What Love Is (Don Raye, Gene DePaul) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Ahmet Ertegun, Nesuhi Ertegun (pdr), Richard Wess (arr, con), George Berg (r, f, as), Phil Bodner (r, f, ts, enh), Al Klink, Romeo Penque, Jerry Sanfino (r), Herman "Hymie" Sche[r]tzer (as), Bernie Glow, Jimmy Nottingham, Bernie Privin, Ernie Royal, Doc Severinsen (t), Bob Alexander, Robert "Bob" Ascher, Mort Bullman, Frank Rehak, Chauncey Welsch (tb), Fred Klein (enh), Jim Buffington (frh), Mundell Lowe (g), Milt Hinton (b), Hank Jones (p), Sol Gubin (vib, d, bel), Osie Johnson, Don Lamond (d), Bobby Rosengarden (bo), Phil Kraus (per), Tony Bambino, Linda Barnett, Max Cahn, Mac Ceppos, Arnold Eidus, Felix Giglio, Harry Katzman, Leo Kruczek, Harry Lookofsky, Joe Malin, David Montagu, Gene Orloff (vn), Henry Pakaln, Isadore Zirr (vl), Maurice Brown, Sidney Edwards (vc), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
A. Personnel
The back cover of this original LP includes a photo of Connor, with conductor Richard Wess, at one of the recording sessions.
B. Reissues
I am aware of the following issues, editions, and reissues of this LP. (Public Domain items, such as the multi-CD sets from Avid and Real Gone, or the typically low-grade CDs from the Hallmark label, have been excluded.)
From America (United States):
1. Collectables CD: COL 6814 [twofer, licensed from Atlantic] (2001)
2. Collectables CD: COL 0403 [4CD box, licensed from Atlantic, containing six albums] (2006)
From England:
3. London LP: LTZ-K.15185 ("Jazz" Series) (1960)
From Japan:
4. Atlantic LP: ATL-5037 [manufactured by Victor]
5. Atlantic Warner-Pioneer LP: P-6155A [stereo] ("Jazz Age" Series) [blue obi] (ca. 1974)
6. Atlantic Warner CD: AMCY-1068 ("Ladies Sing Jazz" Series) (1991)
7. Warner CD: WPCR-25043 ("Atlantic Jazz 1500" Series) [24-bit audio] (2005)
8. Warner Music Japan CD: WPCR-25166 ("Atlantic 60th Anniversary" Series) [miniature LP, 24-bit audio editions] (2007)
International Releases (Australia & Europe & Others):
9. Warner Music Japan & Rhino CD: WCPR-27449 (also 8122-79600-8) ("Jazz Best Collection 1000" Series, 9) [24-bit audio] (2014)
The preceding list aims at comprehensiveness. A full, 100% complete listing would probably require further assistance from fellow fans -- especially, from those whose collections lean toward non-USA issues. If you know the catalogue number of any unlisted reissues, I would appreciate hearing from you, via email. Corrections are also welcome.
| 03:06 | September 14, 1959 | 3763 | Master | Witchcraft (Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh) |
| 02:25 | September 21, 1959 | 3773 | Master | Just In Time (Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Jule Styne) |
| 02:19 | September 14, 1959 | 3764 | Master | I Hear The Music Now (Sammy Fain, Jerry Seelen, Ambroise Charles Thomas) |
| September 21, 1959 | 3775 | Master | I'll Never Be Free (George David Weiss, Bennie Benjamin) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Ahmet Ertegun, Nesuhi Ertegun (pdr), Richard Wess (arr, con), George Berg, Phil Bodner, Al Klink, Romeo Penque, Jerry Sanfino (r), Herman "Hymie" Sche[r]tzer (as), Bernie Glow, Jimmy Nottingham, Bernie Privin, Ernie Royal, Doc Severinsen (t), Bob Alexander, Robert "Bob" Ascher, Mort Bullman, Frank Rehak, Chauncey Welsch (tb), Mundell Lowe (g), Milt Hinton (b), Hank Jones (p), Sol Gubin, Don Lamond (d), Bobby Rosengarden (bo), Phil Kraus (per), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
As expected, this retail EP uses the same front cover and title as the LP from which it was drawn. The wording "Pop Goes Chris, In Witchcraft" appears only on promo copies, whose front covers are also different (black & white instead of color, small-size instead of full reproduction of the artwork, text advertising the issue). See also the Swedish edition, ATL-EP 80.018, below (1959).
| 02:09 | September 13, 1959 | 3447 | Concert Taping | Strike Up The Band (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 03:10 | September 13, 1959 | 3448 | Concert Taping | Misty (Johnny Burke, Erroll Garner) |
| 03:19 | September 13, 1959 | 3449 | Concert Taping | Señor Blues (Horace Silver) |
| 03:17 | September 13, 1959 | 3450 | Concert Taping | Lover, Come Back To Me (Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg) |
| 03:38 | September 13, 1959 | 3462 | Concert Taping | Angel Eyes (Earl K. Brent, Matt Dennis) |
| 02:48 | September 13, 1959 | 3452 | Concert Taping | Hallelujah, I Love Him So (Ray Charles) |
| 02:46 | September 13, 1959 | 3453 | Concert Taping | Poor Little Rich Girl (Noel Coward) |
| 03:49 | September 13, 1959 | 3454 | Concert Taping | 'Round Midnight (Bernie D. Hanighen, Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams) |
| 02:58 | September 13, 1959 | 3451 | Concert Taping | All About Ronnie (Joe Greene) |
| 02:18 | September 13, 1959 | 3458 | Concert Taping | Fine And Dandy (Paul James, Kay Swift) |
| 02:49 | September 13, 1959 | 3459 | Concert Taping | Don't Worry 'Bout Me (Rube Bloom, Ted Koehler) |
| 03:23 | September 13, 1959 | 3460 | Concert Taping | It Don't Mean A Thing (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) |
| 02:35 | September 13, 1959 | 3461 | Concert Taping | Chinatown, My Chinatown (William Jerome, Jean Schwartz) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Kenny Burrell (g), Eddie de Haas (b), Bill Rubenstein (p), Lex Humpries (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
A. Track Listing
There are actually 14 tracks in this issue. The very first track has not been entered in the present discography because it is a spoken introduction, given by the club's master of ceremonies.
B. Reissues
I am aware of the following issues, editions, and reissues of this LP. (Public Domain items, such as the multi-CD sets from Avid and Real Gone, or the typically low-grade CDs from the Hallmark label, have been excluded.)
From America (United States):
1. Collectables CD: COL 6887 [twofer, licensed from Atlantic] (2000)
2. Collectables CD: COL 0403 [4-CD box, licensed from Atlantic, containing six albums] (2006)
From England:
3. London LP: LTZ-K.15195 ("Jazz Series") [mono] (1960)
4. London LP: SAH-K.15195 ("Jazz Series") [stereo] (1960)
From Japan:
5. Atlantic 10" LP: SMJ-6002 [manufactured by Victor] [eight songs*] (1961)
6. Atlantic Warner-Pioneer LP: P-4515A ("Jazz Forever 1500" Series) (1975)
7. Atlantic Warner-Pioneer CD: AMCY-1063 ("Ladies Sing Jazz" Series) (1991)
8. Atlantic Warner-Pioneer CD: AMCY-1229 ("Ladies Sing Jazz" Series, new pressing) (1998)
9. Warner CD: WPCR-25042 ("Atlantic Jazz 1500" Series) [24-bit audio] (2005)
10. Warner Music Japan CD: WPCR-25169 ("Atlantic 60th Anniversary" Series) [miniature-LP, 24-bit audio edition] (2007)
International Releases (Australia & Europe & Others):
11. Warner Music Japan & Rhino CD: WCPR-27448 ("Jazz Best Collection 1000" Series, 9) [24-bit audio] (2013)
*The eight songs in the Japanese 10" LP are "Strike Up The Band," "Misty," "Señor Blues," "Lover, Come Back To Me," " 'Round Midnight," "Don't Worry 'bout Me," "It Don't Mean A Thing," and "Chinatown, My Chinatown."
The preceding list aims at comprehensiveness. A full, 100% complete listing would probably require further assistance from fellow fans -- especially, from those whose collections lean toward non-USA issues. If you know the catalogue number of any unlisted reissues, I would appreciate hearing from you, via email. Corrections are also welcome.
| 02:58 | September 13, 1959 | 3451 | Concert Taping | All About Ronnie (Joe Greene) |
| 03:17 | September 13, 1959 | 3450 | Concert Taping | Lover, Come Back To Me (Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg) |
| 02:18 | September 13, 1959 | 3458 | Concert Taping | Fine And Dandy (Paul James, Kay Swift) |
| 02:49 | September 13, 1959 | 3459 | Concert Taping | Don't Worry 'Bout Me (Rube Bloom, Ted Koehler) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Kenny Burrell (g), Eddie de Haas (b), Bill Rubenstein (p), Lex Humpries (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
The only USA copy of the EP Chris In Person that I have ever seen is a promo, sent out around March of 1960. More specifically, it identifies itself as being "a special promotional EP for D. J. use only" and as containing "excerpts from the new LP that launches Atlantic's April Shower of Music by Chris Connor." I am not certain that this promotional item came in a cardboard cover -- although its commercial version must have. It might have come instead just in its a paper sleeve. The sleeve was filled with the text that would normally be found in a back cover, such as tracks and brief liner notes. Also included in the sleeve: a relatively small reproduction of the same photo that graces the cover of the 12" LP version. In addition to this American promo, I have seen the EP's British commercial edition on London Records, with catalogue number LTZ-K. 15195. Aside from a white frame that surrounds it, the sleeve's photo is same one that was used for the 12" LP.
| 01:28 | Within The Second Half Of 1959 | Program 55 | Radio Taping | Strike Up The Band (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 01:15 | Within The Second Half Of 1959 | Program 55; Incomplete | Radio Taping | All About Ronnie (Joe Greene) |
| 01:58 | Within The Second Half Of 1959 | Program 56 | Radio Taping | Misty (Johnny Burke, Erroll Garner) |
| 00:32 | Within The Second Half Of 1959 | Program 56; Incomplete | Radio Taping | Fine And Dandy (Paul James, Kay Swift) |
| 02:12 | Within The Second Half Of 1959 | Program 57 | Radio Taping | Señor Blues (Horace Silver) |
| 00:24 | Within The Second Half Of 1959 | Program 57; Incomplete | Radio Taping | Angel Eyes (Earl K. Brent, Matt Dennis) |
| 01:00 | Within The Second Half Of 1959 | Program 58 | Radio Taping | I Hear The Music Now (Sammy Fain, Jerry Seelen, Ambroise Charles Thomas) |
| 01:37 | Within The Second Half Of 1959 | Program 58; Incomplete | Radio Taping | I Miss You So (Jimmy Henderson, Bertha Scott, Sid Robin) |
| 01:51 | Within The Second Half Of 1959 | Program 59 | Radio Taping | It Don't Mean A Thing (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) |
| 00:58 | Within The Second Half Of 1959 | Program 59; Incomplete | Radio Taping | 'Round Midnight (Bernie D. Hanighen, Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams) |
| 01:37 | Within The Second Half Of 1959 | Program 60 | Radio Taping | Blow, Gabriel, Blow (Cole Porter) |
| 01:00 | Within The Second Half Of 1959 | Program 60; Incomplete | Radio Taping | Lover Man (Roger "Ram" Ramirez, Jimmy Davis, Jimmy Sherman) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Chris Connor And Her Trio (acc), Mundell Lowe (g), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
The LP Sound Flights Into Jazz, Volume 10 culls six programs made by Connor for the Air Force Reserve Recruiting Service, all of them originally broadcast over participating AFRS stations. Jim Lowe is the host of all six shows. The in-house orchestra is billed as Elliot Lawrence And The All-Stars. Each show is only five minutes long. Timing allows for two songs (one in full, the other performed in part) and brief patter:
Program #55
1. Strike Up The Band [complete]
2. All About Ronnie [incomplete]
Program #56
1. Misty [complete]
2. Fine And Dandy [incomplete]
Program #57
1. Señor Blues [complete]
2. Angel Eyes [incomplete]
Program #58
1. I Hear The Music Now [complete]
2. I Miss You So [incomplete]
Program #59
1. It Don't Mean A Thing [complete]
2. 'Round Midnight [incomplete]
Program #60
1. Blow, Gabriel, Blow [complete]
2. Lover Man [incomplete]
As for the patter that vocalist and host exchange in these programs, it mixes some friendly banter (e. g., Connor and Lowe joke about the accent they both share, as "fellow Missourians") with recruiting propaganda ("it's smart for a girl to serve in the Air Force Reserve," Miss Rhyming Connor enthusiastically proclaims).
All six shows start with the host identification of the personnel: "It's Jim Lowe and here we go on an Air Force Reserve Sound Flight with Chris Connor, Her Trio, plus Mundell Lowe on guitar, and Elliot Lawrence And The All-Stars. It's jazz at its best on Sound Flights."
The album's back cover contains the following legend: "Prepared by Office of Information, Continental Air Command, Mitchell Air Force Base, New York."
The recording date(s) of these Sound Flight numbers remain(s) unknown. But a variety of clues have led me to confidently pick 1959 as the correct year.
Online, I have found references to an additional AFRS Chris Connor LP, said to contain program No. 321 of the Air Force Recruiting Service. Any further information about PGM 321 would be appreciated. (Notice also related entry in this page, entitled [AFRS] "Sounds Of Freedom" Show, release date unknown.)
| 02:28 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | From This Moment On (Cole Porter) | |
| 03:28 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | I Concentrate On You (Cole Porter) | |
| 03:09 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Someone To Watch Over Me (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) | |
| 02:26 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | It's All Right With Me (Cole Porter) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Creed Taylor (pdr), The Ralph Sharon Group (acc), Herbie Mann (f, ts), J. J. Johnson, Kai Winding (tb), Joe Puma (g), Milt Hinton (b), Ralph Sharon (p), Osie Johnson (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Released October 1959.
| 02:44 | August 9, 1959 | Concert Taping | I Got Rhythm (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) | |
| 03:21 | August 9, 1959 | Concert Taping | Misty (Johnny Burke, Erroll Garner) | |
| 03:13 | August 9, 1959 | Concert Taping | Señor Blues (Horace Silver) | |
| 02:40 | August 9, 1959 | Concert Taping | Lover, Come Back To Me (Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Chris Connor (v), Other Individuals Unknown (unk)
NOTES:
The Armed Forces Radio produced 24 This Is Jazz! programs which featured full sets from the first Playboy Jazz Festival (1959). The date assigned to this particular volume from the series should be deemed approximate, and thus tentative.
| 04:13 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Ridin' High (Cole Porter) | |
| 01:48 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | All Dressed Up With A Broken Heart (Fred Patrick, Claude Reese, Jack Val) | |
| 03:26 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | All This And Heaven Too (Ed DeLange, Jimmy Van Heusen) | |
| 02:45 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | The Thrill Is Gone (Lew Brown, Ray Henderson) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Creed Taylor (pdr), The Ralph Sharon Group (acc), Herbie Mann (f, ts), J. J. Johnson, Kai Winding (tb), Joe Puma (g), Milt Hinton (b), Ralph Sharon (p), Osie Johnson (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
The release year should be deemed tentative: it could be 1960 instead of 1959.
| 02:26 | July 31, 1958 | 3108 | Master | Hallelujah, I Love Him So (Ray Charles) |
| 02:34 | July 31, 1958 | 3107 | Master | Flying Home (Lionel Hampton, Benny Goodman, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Nesuhi Ertegun (pdr), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Released in June 1959. Also issued by London Records in England (August 1959), with catalogue number FL 1887.
| 03:06 | September 14, 1959 | 3763 | Master | Witchcraft (Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh) |
| 02:25 | September 21, 1959 | 3773 | Master | Just In Time (Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Jule Styne) |
| 02:34 | September 21, 1959 | 3776 | Master | How Little We Know (How Little It Matters) (Carolyn Leigh, Phil Springer) |
| 03:44 | September 14, 1959 | 3766 | Master | You Don't Know What Love Is (Don Raye, Gene DePaul) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Ahmet Ertegun, Nesuhi Ertegun (pdr), Richard Wess (arr, con), George Berg, Phil Bodner, Al Klink, Romeo Penque, Jerry Sanfino (r), Herman "Hymie" Sche[r]tzer (as), Bernie Glow, Jimmy Nottingham, Bernie Privin, Ernie Royal, Doc Severinsen (t), Bob Alexander, Robert "Bob" Ascher, Mort Bullman, Frank Rehak, Chauncey Welsch (tb), Mundell Lowe (g), Milt Hinton (b), Hank Jones (p), Sol Gubin, Don Lamond (d), Bobby Rosengarden (bo), Phil Kraus (per), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
The American edition of this EP (#622) uses the first two songs but substitutes the other two for there tracks from the same Witchcraft sessions.
| 03:06 | September 14, 1959 | 3763 | Master | Witchcraft (Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh) |
| 02:25 | September 21, 1959 | 3773 | Master | Just In Time (Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Jule Styne) |
| 02:34 | September 21, 1959 | 3776 | Master | How Little We Know (How Little It Matters) (Carolyn Leigh, Phil Springer) |
| 03:44 | September 14, 1959 | 3766 | Master | You Don't Know What Love Is (Don Raye, Gene DePaul) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Ahmet Ertegun, Nesuhi Ertegun (pdr), Richard Wess (arr, con), George Berg, Phil Bodner, Al Klink, Romeo Penque, Jerry Sanfino (r), Herman "Hymie" Sche[r]tzer (as), Bernie Glow, Jimmy Nottingham, Bernie Privin, Ernie Royal, Doc Severinsen (t), Bob Alexander, Robert "Bob" Ascher, Mort Bullman, Frank Rehak, Chauncey Welsch (tb), Mundell Lowe (g), Milt Hinton (b), Hank Jones (p), Sol Gubin, Don Lamond (d), Bobby Rosengarden (bo), Phil Kraus (per), Chris Connor (v)
| 1959 (Or Late 1950s) | Radio Taping | (unidentified song) (unknown) | ||
| 1959 (Or Late 1950s) | Radio Taping | (unidentified song) (unknown) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Most details, include track titles, unknown to me. The above-shown release date should be deemed tentative, though this show was definitely running in 1959. I would appreciate receiving information about the album's contents.
| 03:06 | September 14, 1959 | 3763 | Master | Witchcraft (Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh) |
| September 21, 1959 | 3775 | Master | I'll Never Be Free (George David Weiss, Bennie Benjamin) | |
| 03:42 | October 5, 1959 | 3817 | Master | The Lady Sings the Blues (Alec Wilder, William Engvick) |
| 02:44 | September 21, 1959 | 3774 | Master | Come Rain Or Come Shine (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) |
| 04:15 | October 5, 1959 | 3820 | Master | When Sunny Gets Blue (Marvin Fisher, Jack Segal) |
| 02:34 | September 21, 1959 | 3776 | Master | How Little We Know (How Little It Matters) (Carolyn Leigh, Phil Springer) |
| 02:19 | September 14, 1959 | 3764 | Master | I Hear The Music Now (Sammy Fain, Jerry Seelen, Ambroise Charles Thomas) |
| 03:28 | October 5, 1959 | 3819 | Master | Baltimore Oriole (Hoagy Carmichael, Paul Francis Webster) |
| 02:25 | September 21, 1959 | 3773 | Master | Just In Time (Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Jule Styne) |
| 02:40 | September 14, 1959 | 3765 | Master | Like A Woman (Frank Loesser) |
| 04:13 | October 5, 1959 | 3818 | Master | Skyscraper Blues (Tom Adair, Jenkins) |
| 03:44 | September 14, 1959 | 3766 | Master | You Don't Know What Love Is (Don Raye, Gene DePaul) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Ahmet Ertegun, Nesuhi Ertegun (pdr), Richard Wess (arr, con), George Berg (r, f, as), Phil Bodner (r, f, ts, enh), Al Klink, Romeo Penque, Jerry Sanfino (r), Herman "Hymie" Sche[r]tzer (as), Bernie Glow, Jimmy Nottingham, Bernie Privin, Ernie Royal, Doc Severinsen (t), Bob Alexander, Robert "Bob" Ascher, Mort Bullman, Frank Rehak, Chauncey Welsch (tb), Fred Klein (enh), Jim Buffington (frh), Mundell Lowe (g), Milt Hinton (b), Hank Jones (p), Sol Gubin (vib, d, bel), Osie Johnson, Don Lamond (d), Bobby Rosengarden (bo), Phil Kraus (per), Tony Bambino, Linda Barnett, Max Cahn, Mac Ceppos, Arnold Eidus, Felix Giglio, Harry Katzman, Leo Kruczek, Harry Lookofsky, Joe Malin, David Montagu, Gene Orloff (vn), Henry Pakaln, Isadore Zirr (vl), Maurice Brown, Sidney Edwards (vc), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
The dating of this disc (and most other discs from the AFRS Basic Music / Station Library series) is tentative.
| 01:58 | January 28, 1960 | 4240 | Master | That's My Desire (Carroll Loveday, Helmy Kresa) |
| 02:47 | January 28, 1960 | 4241 | Master | I Only Want Some (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller (pdr), Joe Wilder (t), George Duvivier (b), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
A February 1960 original US release. Also released by Atlantic in Italy as 90036X45 and by London in the United Kingdom as 45-HLK 9124.
| 02:50 | December 22, 1959 | 3984 | Master | Invitation (Paul Francis Webster, Bronislau Kaper) |
| 02:05 | December 22, 1959 | 3986 | Master | I Sold My Heart To The Junkman (Leon Rene, Otis Rene) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Richard Wess (con), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Released in August 1960.
| 02:50 | November 16, 1960 | 5177 | Master | Follow Me (Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe) |
| 02:44 | September 19, 1960 | 4934 | Master | Alone Together (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) |
| 02:54 | October 27, 1960 | 5145 | Master | All Too Soon (Duke Ellington, Carl Sigman) |
| 02:47 | September 19, 1960 | 4935 | Master | Love (Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin) |
| 03:25 | November 16, 1960 | 5179 | Master | Where Flamingos Fly (John Benson Brooks, Harold Courlander, Elthea Peale) |
| 03:02 | October 27, 1960 | 5148 | Master | Here's That Rainy Day (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) |
| 02:26 | September 19, 1960 | 4932 | Master | Day In - Day Out (Rube Bloom, Johnny Mercer) |
| 02:47 | October 27, 1960 | 5147 | Master | If I Should Lose You (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) |
| 02:22 | November 16, 1960 | 5178 | Master | I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) |
| 02:48 | October 27, 1960 | 5146 | Master | Harlequin (George Cory, Douglass Cross) |
| 04:20 | November 16, 1960 | 5180 | Master | I'm Glad There Is You (Jimmy Dorsey, Paul Madeira Mertz) |
| 02:31 | November 16, 1960 | 5182 | Master | Sweet William (Joe Sherman, Sid Wayne) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Nesuhi Ertegun (pdr), Ronnie Ball (arr, con, p), Jimmy Jones (arr, p), Harry Lookofsky (ccm, vn), Jimmy Jones Orchestra (acc), Phil Bodner (r), Phil Woods (as), Bert Collins, Danny Stiles (t), Clark Terry (t, fh), Willie Dennis (tb), Barry Galbraith (g), George Duvivier, Milt Hinton (b), Unknown (str), Hank Jones (p), Osie Johnson, Ed Shaughnessy, Teddy Sommer (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
A. Critical Reception
Reviewed by John S. Wilson in the April 23, 1961 issue of The New York Times: "Chris Connor is known primarily as a singer, and, as such, has developed a strong following, although her harsh agonized twisting of tunes has mystified and dismayed many listeners. Why she chooses to do this is not clarified by Portrait Of Chris, which is made up for the most part of straight interpretations of show tunes in a balladic vein. There are none of her wonted mannerisms. Instead we find a warm-voiced, moving singer with relaxed yet firmly controlled delivery, a vocalist who shows perception and flexibility. She is, it would seem, an extremely effective non-jazz singer and a far more skilled artist than her 'jazz' efforts have suggested."
B. Reissues
I am aware of the following issues, editions, and reissues of this LP. (Public Domain items, such as the multi-CD sets from Avid and Real Gone, or the typically low-grade CDs from the Hallmark label, have been excluded.)
From America (United States):
1. Collectors' Choice CD: CCM-236-2 (2001)
From England:
2. Warner Jazz CD: 27395 (2013)
From Japan:
3. Atlantic Warner-Pioneer LP: P-7709 (1984)
4. Atlantic Warner CD: AMCY-1073 ("Ladies Sing Jazz" Series) (1991)
5. Atlantic Warner CD: AMCY-1073 ("Ladies Sing Jazz" Series, new pressing) (2001)
6. Warner CD: WPCR-25175 ("Atlantic 60th Anniversary" Series) [miniature LP, 24-bit edition] (2007)
7. Tsuyaya CD: TRWJ-199 (2012)
From the Netherlands:
8. Warner Brothers CD: 2767804662 (2013)
International Releases (Australia & Europe & Others):
9. Warner Music Japan & Rhino CD: WPCR-27199 ("Jazz Best Collection 1000" Series, 4) [24-bit audio] (2012)
10. Warner Music Japan & Rhino CD: 8122-79684-0 ("Jazz Best Collection 1000" Series, 4) [24-bit audio] (2012)
11. Warner Music Japan & Rhino CD: 4943674235872 ("Jazz Best Collection 1000" Series) [24-bit audio] (2016)
The preceding list aims at comprehensiveness. A full, 100% complete listing would probably require further assistance from fellow fans -- especially, from those whose collections lean toward non-USA issues. If you know the catalogue number of any unlisted reissues, I would appreciate hearing from you, via email. Corrections are also welcome.
| 02:22 | May 1, 1957 | 2519 | Master | Somebody Loves Me (Buddy G. DeSylva, George Gershwin, Ballard MacDonald) |
| 02:34 | April 24, 1957 | 2483 | Master | Fascinating Rhythm (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 03:08 | March 26, 1957 | 2423 | Master | Little Jazz Bird (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:12 | April 24, 1957 | 2482 | Master | That Certain Feeling (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:35 | February 26, 1957 | 2384 | Master | The Man I Love (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 03:02 | February 1, 1957 | 2328 | Master | Looking For A Boy (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:26 | March 26, 1957 | 2422 | Master | Clap Yo' Hands (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:24 | February 26, 1957 | 2385 | Master | 'S Wonderful (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:39 | March 26, 1957 | 2425 | Master | My One And Only (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 04:00 | May 1, 1957 | 2516 | Master | How Long Has This Been Going On? (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:38 | February 1, 1957 | 2327 | Master | Liza (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Gus Kahn) |
| 02:15 | February 1, 1957 | 2325 | Master | I've Got A Crush On You (Ira Gershwin, George Gershwin) |
| 02:31 | February 1, 1957 | 2324 | Master | Strike Up The Band (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:00 | February 1, 1957 | 2326 | Master | Soon (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 01:45 | February 1, 1957 | 2329 | Master | I Got Rhythm (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:33 | May 1, 1957 | 2520 | Master | Embraceable You (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Ahmet Ertegun, Nesuhi Ertegun, Jerry Wexler (pdr), Ray Ellis (arr), Stan Free, Ralph Sharon (arr, p), Eddie Wasserman (bcl, ts), Al Cohn (ts), Danny Bank (bar), Joe Newman, Doc Severinsen (t), Eddie Bert, James "Jimmy" Cleveland, Warren Covington, Jim Thompson (tb), Barry Galbraith, Mundell Lowe (g), Milt Hinton, Wendell Marshall, Oscar Pettiford (b), Hank Jones (p), Eddie Costa, Milt Jackson (vib), Osie Johnson, Ed Shaughnessy (d), John Rodrigues (bo), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
A. Unreleased Volumes?
Reissue of the 1957 album of the same title, divided into this first volume and a second one. Although both volumes are listed in Atlantic's official files, there is reason to question their actual existence. So far, I have not seen any copies, nor do I know of anyone else who has.
B. Stereophonic Sound?
Notice also that, unlike the original 1957 issue, these volumes are listed as having come out in stereophonic. I do not know if the original sessions were recorded in both mono and stereo. (By stereo, Atlantic could have meant fake stereo.)
C. MP3 Editions
In 2009, both volumes were (re?)issued in MP3 format by the British budget label Hallmark. If interested in those versions, do bear in mind that, from an aural standpoint, many of Hallmark's releases leave a lot to be desired. This problem has been especially notorious in CDs that the label released during the first decade of the twenty-first century, but there is no reason to expect that their MP3 items would sound any better.
| 02:54 | March 12, 1957 | 2420 | Master | Blah Blah Blah (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 01:26 | February 1, 1957 | 2323 | Master | Of Thee I Sing (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:54 | February 7, 1957 | 2337 | Master | Love Is Sweeping The Country (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:36 | February 26, 1957 | 2387 | Master | Summertime (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward) |
| 01:41 | February 26, 1957 | 2388 | Master | There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward) |
| 02:58 | February 26, 1957 | 2389 | Master | I Loves You Porgy (Dubose Heyward, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:09 | February 7, 1957 | 2334 | Master | I've Got Beginner's Luck (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 03:16 | February 26, 1957 | 2386 | Master | A Foggy Day (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 01:58 | February 7, 1957 | 2335 | Master | Slap That Bass (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:10 | March 12, 1957 | 2421 | Master | They Can't Take That Away From Me (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 01:48 | May 1, 1957 | 2517 | Master | I Can't Be Bothered Now (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 01:19 | March 12, 1957 | 2419 | Master | Nice Work If You Can Get It (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 03:16 | April 24, 1957 | 2484 | Master | (Our) Love Is Here To Stay (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:58 | May 1, 1957 | 2518 | Master | Love Walked In (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:15 | March 26, 1957 | 2424 | Master | I Was Doing All Right (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 03:35 | February 7, 1957 | 2336 | Master | For You, For Me, For Evermore (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Ahmet Ertegun, Nesuhi Ertegun, Jerry Wexler (pdr), Ray Ellis (arr), Stan Free (arr, p), Ralph Sharon (arr, p, cel), Herbie Mann, Sam Most (f), Peanuts Hucko (cl), Eddie Wasserman (bcl, ts), Al Cohn (ts), Danny Bank (bar), Joe Newman, Doc Severinsen (t), Eddie Bert, James "Jimmy" Cleveland, Warren Covington, Jim Thompson (tb), Barry Galbraith, Mundell Lowe, Joe Puma (g), Vinnie Burke, Milt Hinton, Wendell Marshall, Oscar Pettiford (b), Hank Jones (p), Eddie Costa, Milt Jackson (vib), Ronnie Free, Osie Johnson, Ed Shaughnessy (d), John Rodrigues (bo), Chris Connor (v), unidentified (spk)
NOTES:
Reissue of the 1957 album of the same title, divided into two volumes. See additional comments under the note for volume 1.
| August 1960 At The Latest (Late In 1959 At The Earliest) | Radio Taping | I Hear Music (Burton Lane, Frank Loesser) | ||
| August 1960 At The Latest (Late In 1959 At The Earliest) | Radio Taping | Just In Time (Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Jule Styne) | ||
| August 1960 At The Latest (Late In 1959 At The Earliest) | Radio Taping | Witchcraft (Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Manhattan Melodies was a radio show produced by the Air Force for recruitment purposes. Along with program no. 85, this is one of two Chris Connor show appearances for which I have been able to obtain substantial information. I have come across vague internet listings for three others (#190, #121 and #321), but none of the listings reveal the titles of Connor's performances.
I have not listened to this item. Notice that the three above-listed performances were also recorded by Connor for her Atlantic LP Witchcraft. (Two of the songs were issued as a 45-rpm single, too.) It is possible that the versions heard in this USAIR LP are the exact same Atlantic recordings. The Force's engineers would have simply re-pressed the studio tracks from the original Atlantic LP. Then again, it is equally possible that Connor taped brand new versions for the Air Force, as she in the case of a previously listed Air Force album --Sound Flights Into Jazz.
My personal inclination is toward the belief that these performances are merely re-pressings of the Atlantic studio versions. For the time being, however, I am entering them as if they were different from the Atlantic versions. I hope that fellow fans will clarify this matter for our communal benefit, if they are better informed.
| 02:37 | August 21, 1954 | Master | A Cottage For Sale (Larry Conley, Willard Robison) | |
| 03:02 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Try A Little Tenderness (Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly, Harry Woods) | |
| 02:51 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | What Is There To Say? (Vernon Duke, Erwin 'Yip' Harburg) | |
| 02:32 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Goodbye (Gordon Jenkins) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Creed Taylor (pdr), Tom Dowd (eng), The Vinnie Burke Quartet, The Ellis Larkins Trio (acc), Ronnie Odrich (f, cl), Everett Barksdale, Joe Cinderella (g), Vinnie Burke, Beverly Peer (b), Ellis Larkins (p), Don Burns (pac), Art Mardigan (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
A. Release Date
In some online sites, the release year of Nina Simone And Friends is given as 1959, whereas others give it as 1960. If we are to trust the Bethlehem catalogue number sequence, 1960 is the likelier date, with February as the exact month. Further supporting the later date is the album's inclusion in a Showcase Of New And Outstanding LPs that Billboard' published on its April 4, 1960 issue. Originally released in both mono (prefix BCP) and stereo (prefix BS).
B. Issue History
Under the direction of founder Gus Wildi, Bethlehem Records was a noteworthy label for a handful of years. Around mid-1958, a financially strapped Wildi wounded up singing a partnership deal with Syd Nathan. As the latter went on to force his way into full control of the label, Bethlehem began its deterioration into an out-for-a-buck label with little concern for control quality.
This 1960 album was released with the obvious intention of capitalizing on the success of Nina Simone, who had previously given the label a hit number ("My Baby Just Cares For Me") and an album from which said hit was drawn. Signed by the very flexible Nathan but hampered by the sudden involvement of the new, overbearing partner,
Simone moved on to a contract with another company. Bethlehem BCP-6014 combines the Simone masters that Bethlehem has not previously issued with frequently reissued maters by Chris Connor and Carmen McRae.
The album has a problematic release history which I have yet to figure out in detail. Essentially, it is clear that two versions of it exist, the foremost difference between them being that they do not have the same Connor tracks. To determine which set of Connor tracks is featured, auditioning of each LP copy is necessary. The track listing on the back cover of each LP might or might not correctly reflect the Connor tracks included. Ditto for the physical label on the disc.
The tracks listed above seem to be the ones that were originally intended for inclusion, because they are the ones usually listed on back covers. This discography has a separate entry for the other version of the album.
Note also that Bethlehem had issued a similarly conceived LP back in 1956. I am mentioning it simply to point out that it should not be confused with the one presently under discussion. (Featuring Chris Connor, Julie London, and Carmen McRae, that earlier album is titled Bethlehem's Girl Friends. In some countries, it has been reissued with a different title, Triple Threat.)
C. Reissues
As with most Bethlehem issues, this album has been repeatedly reissued. Here are the reissues of which i am currently aware:
From America (United States):
1. Bethlehem [Caytronics] LP: BR-5018 (1986)
2. Bethlehem [Verse Music] LP: BCP-6041 (2014)
From Germany:
3. ZYX Music CD: BET 6020-2 (1994)
4. Bethlehem / BMG CD: 538671452 (2021)
From Japan:
5. Angel / Toshiba LP: HV-3016 (Bethlehem Series) {uses the secondary set of Connor tracks} (1961)
From Spain:
6. WaxTime's Pan Am LP: 9152238 (2011)
International Releases (Europe and other contitnents):
7. DreamCovers CD: 6088 {also includes, as a bonus, Simone's full original Bethlehem LP} (2014)
8. Bethlehem / BMG LP: 538671441 (emerald green label) (2021)
9. Bethlehem / BMG LP: 538671441 (original blue label ) (2022)
| 03:09 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Someone To Watch Over Me (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) | |
| 03:28 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | I Concentrate On You (Cole Porter) | |
| 02:28 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | From This Moment On (Cole Porter) | |
| 03:26 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | All This And Heaven Too (Ed DeLange, Jimmy Van Heusen) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Creed Taylor (pdr), The Ralph Sharon Group (acc), Herbie Mann (f, ts), J. J. Johnson, Kai Winding (tb), Joe Puma (g), Milt Hinton (b), Ralph Sharon (p), Osie Johnson (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
See notes under preceding issue.
| 04:15 | December 19, 1956 | 2279 | Master | Just Squeeze Me (Duke Ellington, Lee Gaines) |
| 02:32 | December 19, 1956 | 2280 | Master | I'm Shooting High (Jimmy McHugh, Ted Koehler) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Nesuhi Ertegun (pdr), Ralph Sharon (arr, p), Al Cohn, Lucky Thompson (ts), Oscar Pettiford (b), Eddie Costa (vib), Osie Johnson (d), Francisco "Chino" Pozo (bo), Ramon 'Mongo' Santamaria (cng), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Released in July 1960.
| 01:58 | January 28, 1960 | 4240 | Master | That's My Desire (Carroll Loveday, Helmy Kresa) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller (pdr), Joe Wilder (t), George Duvivier (b), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
The EP's three other tracks are by Bobby Comstock, The Drifters, and Clyde McPhatter.
| 01:58 | January 28, 1960 | 4240 | Master | That's My Desire (Carroll Loveday, Helmy Kresa) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller (pdr), Joe Wilder (t), George Duvivier (b), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
The other so-called top hits are by The Drifters, Bobby Comstock, and Clyde McPhatter. The release date is an educated guess.
| 03:52 | November 16, 1956 | 2204 | Master | Poor Little Rich Girl (Noel Coward) |
| 03:20 | November 16, 1956 | 2205 | Master | Everything I've Got (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) |
| 04:15 | December 19, 1956 | 2279 | Master | Just Squeeze Me (Duke Ellington, Lee Gaines) |
| 02:32 | December 19, 1956 | 2280 | Master | I'm Shooting High (Jimmy McHugh, Ted Koehler) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Nesuhi Ertegun (pdr), Ralph Sharon (arr, p), Al Cohn, Lucky Thompson (ts), Joe Wilder (t), Oscar Pettiford (b), Eddie Costa (vib), Osie Johnson (d), Francisco "Chino" Pozo (bo), Ramon 'Mongo' Santamaria (cng), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Spanish edition of the American EP A Jazz Date With Chris Connor. The two EPs share two songs. The four songs which they do not share are also from the Jazz Date sessions, and can all be found in the 12" LP.
| 03:52 | November 16, 1956 | 2204 | Master | Poor Little Rich Girl (Noel Coward) |
| 03:20 | November 16, 1956 | 2205 | Master | Everything I've Got (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) |
| 04:15 | December 19, 1956 | 2279 | Master | Just Squeeze Me (Duke Ellington, Lee Gaines) |
| 02:32 | December 19, 1956 | 2280 | Master | I'm Shooting High (Jimmy McHugh, Ted Koehler) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Nesuhi Ertegun (pdr), Ralph Sharon (arr, p), Al Cohn, Lucky Thompson (ts), Joe Wilder (t), Oscar Pettiford (b), Eddie Costa (vib), Osie Johnson (d), Francisco "Chino" Pozo (bo), Ramon 'Mongo' Santamaria (cng), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Issued in Sweden under the title A Jazz Date With Chris Connor.
| 03:11 | January 23, 1961 | 5294 | Master | Summertime (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward) |
| 04:20 | December 5, 1960 | 5215 | Master | Lonesome Road (Gene Austin, Nathaniel Shilkret) |
Chris Connor, Maynard Ferguson (ldr), Nesuhi Ertegun (pdr), Don Sebesky (arr), Joe Farrell (f, ss, ts), Lanny Morgan (f, as), Willie Maiden (cl, ts), Frank Hittner (bcl, bar), Bill Berry, Rolf Ericson, Augustino 'Chet' Ferretti, Rick Kiefer (t), Maynard Ferguson (t, tb, frh), Kenny Rupp, Ray Winslow (tb), Charlie Sanders (b), Jaki Byard (p), Rufus Jones (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Released in April 1961.
| 03:11 | January 23, 1961 | 5294 | Master | Summertime (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward) |
| 02:34 | January 23, 1961 | 5292 | Master | I Only Have Eyes For You (Al Dubin, Harry Warren) |
| 05:04 | December 14, 1960 | 5226 | Master | It Never Entered My Mind (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) |
| 02:36 | December 5, 1960 | 5216 | Master | Two Ladies In De Shade Of De Banana Tree (Truman Capote, Harold Arlen) |
| 04:17 | December 14, 1960 | 5224 | Master | Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most (Fran Landesman, Tommy Wolf) |
| 04:20 | December 5, 1960 | 5215 | Master | Lonesome Road (Gene Austin, Nathaniel Shilkret) |
| 02:48 | December 14, 1960 | 5225 | Master | All The Things You Are (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) |
| 03:37 | December 14, 1960 | 5227 | Master | Black Coffee (Joseph F. "Sonny" Burke, Paul Francis Webster) |
| 04:23 | December 5, 1960 | 5217 | Master | Happy New Year (Gordon Jenkins) |
| 03:11 | January 23, 1961 | 5295 | Master | That's How It Went, All Right (Andre Previn, Dory Previn) |
Chris Connor, Maynard Ferguson (ldr), Nesuhi Ertegun (pdr), Willie Maiden (arr, cl, ts), Don Sebesky (arr), Joe Farrell (f, ss, ts), Lanny Morgan (f, as), Frank Hittner (bcl, bar), Bill Berry, Rolf Ericson, Augustino 'Chet' Ferretti, Rick Kiefer (t), Maynard Ferguson (t, tb, frh), Kenny Rupp, Ray Winslow (tb), Charlie Sanders (b), Jaki Byard (p), Rufus Jones (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
I am aware of the following issues, editions, and reissues of this LP. (Public Domain items, such as the multi-CD sets from Avid and Real Gone, or the typically low-grade CDs from the Hallmark label, have been excluded. An exception has been made in the case of the collector's label Fresh Sound, which produces fine-quality issues, and which was a licensed label in its early days)
From America (United States):
1. Atlantic CS/LP: 7 90143 4/1 ("Jazzlore Series" #21) (1984)
2. Collectors' Choice CD: CCM 319-2 (2002)
From England:
3. London LP: LTZ-K.15229 [mono] (1961)
4. London LP: SAH-K. 6190 [stereo] (1961)
From Japan:
5. Atlantic Warner-Pioneer LP: P-7728 (1985)
6. Atlanti Warner CD: AMCY-1074 ("Ladies Sing Jazz" Series) (1991)
7. Warner Music Japan CD: WPCR-25168 ("Atlantic 60th Anniversary" Series) [miniature-LP, 24-bit audio edition] (2007)
From Spain:
8. Fresh Sound CD: FSR-CD 702 - Double Exposure + Two's Company [twofer] (2012)
International Releases (Australia & Europe & Others):
9. Warner Music Japan & Rhino CD: WCPR-27976 ("Jazz Best Collection 1000" Series) [24-bit audio edition] (2014)
The preceding list aims at comprehensiveness. A full, 100% complete listing would probably require further assistance from fellow fans -- especially, from those whose collections lean toward non-USA issues. If you know the catalogue number of any unlisted reissues, I would appreciate hearing from you, via email. Corrections are also welcome.
| 02:08 | January 30, 1961 | 15652 | Master | I Feel A Song Coming On (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh, George Oppenheimer) |
| 05:00 | December 15, 1960 | 15646 | Master | The Wind (Russ Freeman, Jerry Gladstone) |
| 04:40 | December 15, 1960 | 15645 | Master | New York's My Home (Gordon Jenkins) |
| 03:31 | December 22, 1960 | 15648 | Master | Guess Who I Saw Today (Murray Grand, Elisse Boyd) |
| 03:37 | December 15, 1960 | 15647 | Master | When The Sun Comes Out (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) |
| 02:38 | January 30, 1961 | 15651 | Master | Send For Me (Ollie Jones) |
| 03:44 | December 22, 1960 | 15649 | Master | Where Do You Go? (Alec Wilder, Arnold Sundgaard) |
| 06:41 | January 30, 1961 | 15650 | Master | Something's Coming (Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim) |
| 04:09 | January 30, 1961 | 15653 | Master | Deep Song (Douglass Cross, George Cory) |
| 02:45 | January 30, 1961 | 15654 | Master | Can't Get Out Of This Mood (Frank Loesser, Jimmy McHugh) |
Chris Connor, Maynard Ferguson (ldr), Joe Farrell (f, ss, ts), Lanny Morgan (f, as), Willie Maiden (cl, ts), Frank Hittner (bcl, bar), Bill Berry, Rolf Ericson, Augustino 'Chet' Ferretti (t), Maynard Ferguson (t, tb, frh), Kenny Rupp, Ray Winslow (tb), John Neves (b), Jaki Byard (p), Rufus Jones (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
A. Series
The liner notes of this LP state that "[t]his dynamic high fidelity recording is another in Roulette Records' special jazz series, The Birdland Series." The series title is not given in the front or back covers.
B. "Chris Connors," The British One
In England, this Roulette album was released by Columbia, in both mono (#33SX.1377) and stereo (#SCX 3415). That British edition spells the singer's name as "Chris Connors." It does so at the top of the front cover only. (Elsewhere in the cover, the last name is spelled in its more common variation, without the s.)
C. Reissues
I am aware of the following issues, editions, and reissues of this LP. (Public Domain items, such as the multi-CD sets from Avid and Real Gone, or the typically low-grade CDs from the Hallmark label, have been excluded. An exception has been made in the case of the collector's label Fresh Sound, which produces fine-quality issues, and which was a licensed label in its early days.)
From America (United States):
1. Roulette Jazz & Capitol Blue Note CD: CDP 7243 8 37201 2 5 (1996)
From England:
2. Columbia LP: 33SX 1377 [mono] (1961)
3. Columbia LP: SCX 3415 [stereo] (1961)
From Japan:
4. Roulette LP: SMJ 7021 [manufactured by Victor]
5. Roulette & Nippon Columbia LP: YY-7013-RO ("Roulette Memorial 1200" Series) (1973)
6. Roulette & Nippon Columbia LP: YS 8534 -Singin' In N.Y. [side B only; 6 tracks] (1978)
From Spain:
7. Fresh Sound LP: RLP-215 (also 52068)
8. Fresh Sound CD: FSR-CD 030 (1989)
9. Fresh Sound CD: FSR-CD 702 - Double Exposure + Two's Company [twofer] (2012)
The preceding list aims at comprehensiveness. A full, 100% complete listing would probably require further assistance from fellow fans -- especially, from those whose collections lean toward non-USA issues. If you know the catalogue number of any unlisted reissues, I would appreciate hearing from you, via email. Corrections are also welcome.
| 03:11 | January 23, 1961 | 5294 | Master | Summertime (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward) |
| 02:34 | January 23, 1961 | 5292 | Master | I Only Have Eyes For You (Al Dubin, Harry Warren) |
| 05:04 | December 14, 1960 | 5226 | Master | It Never Entered My Mind (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) |
| 02:36 | December 5, 1960 | 5216 | Master | Two Ladies In De Shade Of De Banana Tree (Truman Capote, Harold Arlen) |
| 04:17 | December 14, 1960 | 5224 | Master | Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most (Fran Landesman, Tommy Wolf) |
| 04:20 | December 5, 1960 | 5215 | Master | Lonesome Road (Gene Austin, Nathaniel Shilkret) |
| 02:48 | December 14, 1960 | 5225 | Master | All The Things You Are (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) |
| 03:37 | December 14, 1960 | 5227 | Master | Black Coffee (Joseph F. "Sonny" Burke, Paul Francis Webster) |
| 04:23 | December 5, 1960 | 5217 | Master | Happy New Year (Gordon Jenkins) |
| 03:11 | January 23, 1961 | 5295 | Master | That's How It Went, All Right (Andre Previn, Dory Previn) |
Chris Connor, Maynard Ferguson (ldr), Nesuhi Ertegun (pdr), Willie Maiden (arr, cl, ts), Don Sebesky (arr), Joe Farrell (f, ss, ts), Lanny Morgan (f, as), Frank Hittner (bcl, bar), Bill Berry, Rolf Ericson, Augustino 'Chet' Ferretti, Rick Kiefer (t), Maynard Ferguson (t, tb, frh), Kenny Rupp, Ray Winslow (tb), Charlie Sanders (b), Jaki Byard (p), Rufus Jones (d), Chris Connor (v)
| January Or February 1960 | Radio Taping | Lonesome Road (Gene Austin, Nathaniel Shilkret) | ||
| January Or February 1960 | Radio Taping | Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most (Fran Landesman, Tommy Wolf) | ||
| January Or February 1960 | Radio Taping | Black Coffee (Joseph F. "Sonny" Burke, Paul Francis Webster) | ||
| January Or February 1960 | Radio Taping | Witchcraft (Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh) | ||
| January Or February 1960 | Radio Taping | Baltimore Oriole (Hoagy Carmichael, Paul Francis Webster) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Ray Bloch And His Orchestra (acc), Barry Galbraith (g), Ben Tucker (b), Ronnie Ball (key), Dave Bailey (per), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
As indicated by the question mark found above, my identification of this program's number is very tentative (and ditto for the program's date).
Program no. 178 definitely features Chris Connor; that detail is not in question. The obstacle is that I have not listened to it, nor have I located a track listing.
Stars For Defense transcription disc 177-178 features Chris Connor on one side (no. 178), Robert Rounseville on the other side (no. 177). The label of the disc also credits (announcer) Jay Jackson and Ray Bloch And His Orchestra, along with Leo A. Hoegh, the director of the Office Of Civil And Defense Mobilization, the entity responsible for these discs. The Connor side bears a (no-later-than) February 28, 1960 playing date. It can thus be presumed that the performances were recorded some time in January or February of that year.
Since as I am under the (still-to-be-corroborated) assumption that program no. 178 features the performances listed above, I have gone on to tentatively assign a January or February 1960 date to this session.
A lengthier discussion on this subject matter is offered in the corresponding "January or February 1960" session of the chronological sessionography.
Chris Connor also guested on program no. 545 of the Star For Defense series. Disc no. 545 bears a no-latter-than March 29, 1967 playing date. I do not know its track listing.
| 02:26 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | It's All Right With Me (Cole Porter) | |
| 03:26 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | All This And Heaven Too (Ed DeLange, Jimmy Van Heusen) | |
| 02:53 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Lush Life (Billy Strayhorn) | |
| 02:45 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | The Thrill Is Gone (Lew Brown, Ray Henderson) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Creed Taylor (pdr), The Vinnie Burke Quartet, The Ralph Sharon Group (acc), Herbie Mann (f, ts), Ronnie Odrich (f, cl), J. J. Johnson, Kai Winding (tb), Joe Cinderella, Joe Puma (g), Vinnie Burke, Milt Hinton (b), Ralph Sharon (p), Don Burns (pac), Osie Johnson, Art Mardigan (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
British Parlophone's Triple Threat is in reality a reissue of the 1956 American album Bethlehems Girlfriends -- same tracks and artwork, different label and title. Parlophone also issued this anthology in other countries, including New Zealand (PMEM 6007).
| 02:34 | March 11, 1962 | 6043 | Master | The Sweetest Sounds (Richard Rodgers) |
| 03:10 | December 11, 1961 | 5859 | Master | Opportunity, Please Knock (Oscar Brown, Jr.) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Nesuhi Ertegun (pdr), Al Cohn (arr, con), Gene Quill (cl, as), Phil Woods (as), Oliver Nelson (ts), Sol Schlinger (bar), Joe Newman, Ernie Royal, Clark Terry, Nick Travis (t), James "Jimmy" Cleveland (tb), Milt Hinton, Ben Tucker (b), Ronnie Ball (p), Dave Bailey, Gus Johnson (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Released in April 1962.
| 02:38 | January 30, 1961 | 15651 | Master | Send For Me (Ollie Jones) |
| 02:45 | January 30, 1961 | 15654 | Master | Can't Get Out Of This Mood (Frank Loesser, Jimmy McHugh) |
Chris Connor, Maynard Ferguson (ldr), Joe Farrell (f, ss, ts), Lanny Morgan (f, as), Willie Maiden (cl, ts), Frank Hittner (bcl, bar), Bill Berry, Rolf Ericson, Augustino 'Chet' Ferretti (t), Maynard Ferguson (t, tb, frh), Kenny Rupp, Ray Winslow (tb), John Neves (b), Jaki Byard (p), Rufus Jones (d), Chris Connor (v)
| 02:46 | April 9, 1962 | 6095 | Master | Jump For Joy (Duke Ellington, Sid Kuller, Paul Francis Webster) |
| 03:18 | April 30, 1962 | 6188 | Master | Night Bird (Al Cohn, Kitty Malone) |
| 03:21 | April 9, 1962 | 6094 | Master | Milano (Margo Guryan, John Lewis) |
| 03:10 | December 11, 1961 | 5859 | Master | Opportunity, Please Knock (Oscar Brown, Jr.) |
| 03:02 | April 30, 1962 | 6189 | Master | Daydream (Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, John Latouche) |
| 02:27 | April 30, 1962 | 6187 | Master | Things Are Swingin' (Peggy Lee, Jack Marshall) |
| 03:53 | April 30, 1962 | 6186 | Master | Kansas City (Mike Stoller, Jerry Leiber) |
| 04:04 | April 9, 1962 | 6097 | Master | Lonely Woman (Ornette Coleman, Margo Guryan) |
| 02:51 | December 11, 1961 | 5858 | Master | I'm Gonna Go Fishin' (Duke Ellington, Peggy Lee) |
| 03:01 | April 9, 1962 | 6096 | Master | God Bless The Child (Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog, Jr.) |
| 03:19 | December 11, 1961 | 5857 | Master | Free Spirits (Norman Mapp) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Nesuhi Ertegun (pdr), Al Cohn (arr, con), Oliver Nelson (cl, ts), Gene Quill, Phil Woods (cl, as), Sol Schlinger (bcl, bar), Irwin 'Marky' Markowitz, Joe Newman, Clark Terry (t), James "Jimmy" Cleveland (tb), George Duvivier, Ben Tucker (b), Ronnie Ball (p), Dave Bailey, Ed Shaughnessy (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
I am aware of the following issues, editions, and reissues of this LP. (Public Domain items, such as the multi-CD sets from Avid and Real Gone, or the typically low-grade CDs from the Hallmark label, have been excluded.) Issues with asterisks include foes bonus tracks.
From America (United States):
1. Collectables CD: COL 6521 [licensed from Atlantic] (2004)
2. Collectables CD: COL 0403 [4CD box, licensed from Atlantic, containing six albums] (2006)
From Japan:
3. Atlantic Warner=Pioneer CD: AMCY-1077 ("Ladies Sing Jazz" Series) (1991) ****
4. Warner CD: WPCR-25171 ("Atlantic 60th Anniversary" Series) [miniature-LP, 24-bit edition] (2007) ****
International Releases (Australia & Europe & Others):
5. Warner Music Japan & Rhino CD:: WCPR-27498 ("Jazz Best Collection 1000" Series, 10) [24-bit audio] (2013) ****
6. Warner Music Japan & Rhino CD:: 8122-79575-5 ("Jazz Best Collection 1000" Series, 10) [24-bit audio] (2013) ****
The preceding list aims at comprehensiveness. A full, 100% complete listing would probably require further assistance from fellow fans -- especially, from those whose collections lean toward non-USA issues. If you know the catalogue number of any unlisted reissues, I would appreciate hearing from you, via email. Corrections are also welcome.
| 02:34 | March 11, 1962 | 6043 | Master | The Sweetest Sounds (Richard Rodgers) |
| 03:41 | March 11, 1962 | 6044 | Master | Look No Further (Richard Rodgers) |
| 02:40 | March 11, 1962 | 6045 | Master | No Strings (Richard Rodgers) |
| 03:18 | March 11, 1962 | 6046 | Master | Nobody Told Me (Richard Rodgers) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Al Cohn (arr, con), Gene Quill (cl, as), Phil Woods (as), Oliver Nelson (ts), Sol Schlinger (bar), Ernie Royal, Nick Travis (t), James "Jimmy" Cleveland (tb), Milt Hinton (b), Ronnie Ball (p), Gus Johnson (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
A. Background
This album project was triggered by the smash success of the contemporaneous Richard Rodgers Broadway show No Strings. In addition to Chris Connor, the other performers that Atlantic recruited from its roster for this project were LaVern Baker ("You Don't Tell Me," "Eager Beaver," "Loads Of Love"), Herbie Mann ("La La La"), and Bobby Short ("Be My Host," "The Man Who Has Everything," "An Orthodox Fool," "Love Makes The World Go"). There are no duets: all artists do either solo vocals or, in the case of Herbie Mann, an instrumental with a basic litany of "la la la las."
B. Reissues
I am aware of only one reissue of this LP: a CD on the American label Collectables (catalogue number COL 6714, released in 2004; licensed from Atlantic). I would appreciate receiving details about any foreign LP or CD versions of this album.
| Between 1960 And 1962 | Radio Taping | I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) | ||
| Between 1960 And 1962 | Radio Taping | God Bless The Child (Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog, Jr.) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Other Individuals Unknown (acc), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
This radio program also contains a Lambert, Hendricks And Ross version of "Gimme That Wine," a number that they did for Columbia as well (recorded in 1959, released in 1960).
My dating for this program is speculative, relying as it does on the fact that Chris Connor and the aforementioned group recorded commercial versions of the same songs in the late 1950s.
At Atlantic, Connor recorded a studio version of "I Gotta Right Sing The Blues" on November 16, 1960 and a studio version of "God Bless The Child" on April 9, 1962.
The last of these dates could lead to the assumption that the versions on the Sounds Of Freedom program were attempted in 1962 or later, the assumption being that the second song had not been part of her repertoire before. (However it is by no means impossible that she would have been singing "God Bless The Child" long before she recorded her studio version. The number is, after all, a very well-known, oft-sung standard.)
In any case, and for the time being, I am tentatively choosing the year 1962 as the likeliest to be correct.
| 02:57 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | All About Ronnie (Joe Greene) | |
| 02:44 | December 17-18, 1953 | Master | Miser's Serenade (Mad Miser Man) (Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, Gimme) (Fred Patrick, Claude Reese, Marvin Fisher, Jack Val) | |
| 02:16 | December 17-18, 1953 | Master | Ev'rything I Love (Cole Porter) | |
| 02:54 | December 17-18, 1953 | Master | Indian Summer (Al Dubin, Victor Herbert) | |
| 02:18 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | I Hear Music (Burton Lane, Frank Loesser) | |
| 02:43 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Come Back To Sorrento (Claude Aveling, Ernesto DeCurtis) | |
| 02:54 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Out Of This World (Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen) | |
| 02:53 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Lush Life (Billy Strayhorn) | |
| 02:28 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | From This Moment On (Cole Porter) | |
| 03:23 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | A Good Man Is A Seldom Thing (Charles DeForest) | |
| 02:33 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Don't Wait Up For Me (Charles DeForest) | |
| 03:06 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words) (Bart Howard) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Sy Oliver (pdr, arr, con), Creed Taylor (pdr), Tom Dowd (eng), The Vinnie Burke Quartet, The Ellis Larkins Trio, The Sy Oliver Orchestra, The Ralph Sharon Group (acc), Herbie Mann (f, ts), Ronnie Odrich (f, cl), Sid Cooper, Milt Yaner (as), Boomie Richman, Sam Taylor (ts), Dave McRae (bar), Jim Bright, Jimmy Nottingham, Red Solomon (t), Vernon "Vern" Friley, J. J. Johnson, Frank Saracco, Ward Silloway, Kai Winding (tb), Everett Barksdale, Joe Cinderella, Joe Puma (g), Sid Block, Vinnie Burke, Milt Hinton, Beverly Peer (b), Ellis Larkins, Dave Martin, Ralph Sharon (p), Don Burns (pac), Jimmy Crawford, Osie Johnson, Art Mardigan (d), Chris Connor (v), Bob Garrity (spk)
NOTES:
British reissue of the 1957 Bethlehem album The Rich Sound Of Chris Connor (aka Chris). Also issued in Japan as Ember LP PAP-Ember EMB-3341.
| 03:43 | June 5, 1956 | 2008 | Master | Oh! You Crazy Moon (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) |
| 02:51 | December 11, 1961 | 5858 | Master | I'm Gonna Go Fishin' (Duke Ellington, Peggy Lee) |
| 03:39 | March 10, 1959 | 3405-stereo | Master | These Foolish Things (Harry Link, Eric Maschwitz aka Holt Marvell, Jack Strachey) |
| 02:46 | April 9, 1962 | 6095 | Master | Jump For Joy (Duke Ellington, Sid Kuller, Paul Francis Webster) |
| 02:51 | February 15, 1956 | 1878 | Master | Go 'Way From My Window (John Jacob Niles) |
| 02:26 | July 31, 1958 | 3108 | Master | Hallelujah, I Love Him So (Ray Charles) |
| 02:30 | July 28, 1956 | 2064 | Master | I Miss You So (Jimmy Henderson, Bertha Scott, Sid Robin) |
| 03:14 | January 29, 1959 | 3338 | Master | Bargain Day (William Roy) |
| 02:36 | February 26, 1957 | 2387 | Master | Summertime (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward) |
| 03:06 | September 14, 1959 | 3763 | Master | Witchcraft (Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh) |
| 03:45 | January 19, 1956 | 1837 | Master | He Was Too Good To Me (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) |
| 01:53 | January 23, 1956 | 1854 | Master | I Get A Kick Out Of You (Cole Porter) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Ahmet Ertegun, Nesuhi Ertegun, Jerry Wexler (pdr), Ralph Burns, Al Cohn, Ray Ellis, Richard Wess (arr, con), Ralph Sharon (arr, con, p), Ralph Burns Orchestra, The Ray Ellis Orchestra (acc), George Berg, Phil Bodner, Al Klink, Romeo Penque, Jerry Sanfino (r), Bobby Jasper (f), Oliver Nelson (cl, ts), Gene Quill, Phil Woods (cl, as), Sol Schlinger (bcl, bar), Marshal Royal (as), Frank Foster, Seldon Powell (ts), Charles Fowlkes (bar), Harry "Sweets" Edison, Bernie Glow, Joe Newman, Jimmy Nottingham, Bernie Privin, Ernie Royal, Clark Terry, Snooky Young (t), Bob Alexander, Wayne Andre, Eddie Bert, Mort Bullman, James "Jimmy" Cleveland, Willie Dennis, Al Grey, Dick Hixson, Frank Rehak, Chauncey Welsch (tb), Barry Galbraith, Freddie Green, Mundell Lowe (g), George Duvivier, Milt Hinton, Eddie Jones, Don Payne, Oscar Pettiford, Ben Tucker (b), Ronnie Ball, Stan Free, Hank Jones, John Lewis (p), Dave Bailey, Sol Gubin, Osie Johnson, Connie Kay, Don Lamond, Sonny Payne, Ed Shaughnessy (d), Bobby Rosengarden (bo), Phil Kraus (per), Ray Free, Harry Katzman, Harold Melnikoff, George Ockner, Gene Orloff, Samuel Rand, Sylvan Shulman, Harry Urbont (vn), Dave Markovitz, Isadore Zirr (vl), Maurice Brown, Dave Sayer (vc), Chris Connor (v), unidentified (spk)
NOTES:
Atlantic prepared this album for issue around 1963 (i.e., either after Connor had already left the label, or as she was about to do so). Plans to release the LP in the United States were scrapped. However, the album has been issued in the Japanese market. Bearing the same title and including bonus track material, it has come on CD at least twice, first in 1991 as AMCY-1078 and then in 1997, as reissue AMCY 2221.
Besides the two Japanese CD pressings (1991, 1997, an earlier Japanese LP edition is alleged to exist as well. So far, I have not come across copies of this item, nor do I have any actual evidence of its existence. I would appreciate receiving input from readers who might be better informed on the matter. (This mythical Japanese LP is said to have included two bonus tracks, neither part of the cancelled American album: "All About Ronnie" and "I Hear The Music Now." The Japanese CD editions do include both of these tracks, as well as a third bonus number, not on the LPs: "I Won't Cry Anymore." Note that there are one or two Japanese LPs bearing the title The Best Of Chris Connor, but with track listing which do not correspond to the hypothetical album of our pursuit.
| 02:35 | February 26, 1957 | 2384 | Master | The Man I Love (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:13 | March 13, 1958 | 3001 | Master | Chinatown, My Chinatown (William Jerome, Jean Schwartz) |
| 03:37 | March 10, 1959 | 3405-mono | Master | These Foolish Things (Harry Link, Eric Maschwitz aka Holt Marvell, Jack Strachey) |
| 02:55 | September 6, 1959 | 3655 | Master | Señor Blues (Horace Silver) |
| 02:34 | July 31, 1958 | 3107 | Master | Flying Home (Lionel Hampton, Benny Goodman, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) |
| 02:15 | February 8, 1956 | 1875 | Master | Anything Goes (Cole Porter) |
| 03:14 | May 23, 1958 | 3068 | Master | Moonlight In Vermont (Karl Suessdorf, John Blackburn) |
| 02:44 | September 21, 1959 | 3774 | Master | Come Rain Or Come Shine (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) |
| 02:50 | February 8, 1956 | 1874-stereo | Master | You Make Me Feel So Young (Joseph Myrow, Mack Gordon) |
| 03:42 | October 5, 1959 | 3817 | Master | The Lady Sings the Blues (Alec Wilder, William Engvick) |
| 03:25 | November 16, 1960 | 5179 | Master | Where Flamingos Fly (John Benson Brooks, Harold Courlander, Elthea Peale) |
| 02:10 | March 12, 1957 | 2421 | Master | They Can't Take That Away From Me (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Ahmet Ertegun, Nesuhi Ertegun, Jerry Wexler (pdr), Jimmy Jones (arr, p), Ralph Sharon (arr, con, p, cel), Richard Wess (arr, con), George Berg (r, f, as), Phil Bodner (r, f, ts, enh), Romeo Penque, Jerry Sanfino (r), Bobby Jasper (f, ts), Herbie Mann, Sam Most (f), Peanuts Hucko (cl), Ray Beckenstein, Sam Markowitz, Herman "Hymie" Sche[r]tzer (as), Zoot Sims, Al Young (ts), Danny Bank (bar), Bernie Glow, Bernie Privin, Doc Severinsen, Nick Travis (t), Clark Terry (t, fh), Bob Alexander, Wayne Andre, Robert "Bob" Ascher, Mort Bullman, Willie Dennis, Dick Hixson, Frank Rehak, Chauncey Welsch (tb), Fred Klein (enh), Jim Buffington (frh), Barry Galbraith, Mundell Lowe, Joe Puma (g), Vinnie Burke, George Duvivier, Percy Heath, Milt Hinton, Don Payne, Oscar Pettiford (b), Stan Free, Hank Jones, Moe Wechsler (p), Sol Gubin (vib, bel), Osie Johnson, Don Lamond, Ed Shaughnessy, Teddy Sommer (d), Tony Bambino, Linda Barnett, Max Cahn, Mac Ceppos, Arnold Eidus, Ray Free, Felix Giglio, Harry Katzman, Leo Kruczek, Harry Lookofsky, Joe Malin, Harold Melnikoff, David Montagu, George Ockner, Gene Orloff, Samuel Rand, Sylvan Shulman, Harry Urbont (vn), Dave Markovitz, Henry Pakaln, Isadore Zirr (vl), Maurice Brown, Sidney Edwards, Dave Sayer (vc), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
The version of "Señor Blues" in this LP could be the mono master, as entered above, or it could be the stereo master indeed. I would appreciate receiving clarification from any owner of an album copy.
I should also make note of the fact that this Japanese Atlantic Best Of Chris Connor LP has a different track listing from the Japanese Atlantic Best Of Chris Connor CD (first issued in 1991 as AMCY-1028, then reissued in 1997 as AMCY 2221). In other words, the digital items are not a reissue of this particular vinyl issue. (As explained elsewhere, the two compact discs might have a vinyl ancestor, but I have yet to find corroboration for such speculation.)
| 02:03 | Between January 18 And January 27, 1963 | Concert Taping | A Lot Of Livin' To Do (Lee Adams, Charles Strouse) | |
| 03:50 | Between January 18 And January 27, 1963 | Concert Taping | Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home (Free And Easy) (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) | |
| 02:56 | Between January 18 And January 27, 1963 | Concert Taping | All Or Nothing At All (Arthur Altman, Jack Lawrence) | |
| 04:17 | Between January 18 And January 27, 1963 | Concert Taping | Something's Coming (Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim) | |
| 02:15 | Between January 18 And January 27, 1963 | Concert Taping | You Came A Long Way From St. Louis (John Benson Brooks, Bob Russell) | |
| 02:56 | Between January 18 And January 27, 1963 | Concert Taping | Old Devil Moon (Erwin 'Yip' Harburg, Burton Lane) | |
| 02:48 | Between January 18 And January 27, 1963 | Concert Taping | I Concentrate On You (Cole Porter) | |
| 03:58 | Between January 18 And January 27, 1963 | Concert Taping | Black Coffee (Joseph F. "Sonny" Burke, Paul Francis Webster) | |
| 03:07 | Between January 18 And January 27, 1963 | Concert Taping | Goodbye (Gordon Jenkins) | |
| 05:10 | Between January 18 And January 27, 1963 | Concert Taping | Only The Lonely (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) | |
| 04:22 | Between January 18 And January 27, 1963 | Concert Taping | Ten Cents A Dance (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Mundell Lowe (g), Richard Davis (b), Ronnie Ball (p), Ed Shaughnessy (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
A. Reissues
I am aware of the following issues, editions, and reissues of this LP. Those whose are numbered "0" [zero] rank as tentative entries, whose existence I have not yet been able to corroborate. (Public Domain items, such as the multi-CD sets from Avid and Real Gone, or the typically low-grade CDs from the Hallmark label, have been excluded. Exceptions have been made in the case of two collector's labels, Blue Moon and Fresh Sound, both of which have produced fine-quality issues, and were licensed labels in their early days.)
International Releases (Australia & Europe & United States &Others):
1. Roulette Jazz & EMI CD: 0946 3 71346 2 7 ("The Great Jazz Vocal Collection" Series) (2006)
From Brazil:
2. Elenco LP: MEV 01 (1964)
From Japan:
3. Roulette LP: RF 7016 [manufactured by Victor]
4. Nippon Columbia LP: SL-5111-RO ("Roulette Vocal Memorial" Series) (1974)
5. Nippon Columbia LP: YW-7515-RO ("Roulette Jazz Library" Series," 15) (1975)
6. Nippon Columbia LP: YW-7817-RO ("Roulette Jazz Evergreens" Series, 7) (1977)
7. Nippon Columbia LP: YS-7086-RO ("Jazztime Now!!" Series, 6) (1981)
8. Nippon Columbia CD: 35C38-7720 ("S.J. Gold Disk Collection" Series, 5) (1984)
0. Nippon Columbia CD: 30CY 1433 (1987)
9. Toshiba EMI CD: TOCJ-5332 ("We Love Jazz" Series) (1990)
10. Toshiba EMI CD: TOCJ-6122 ("ジャズ名盤物語" Series) (1997)
11. Toshiba EMI CD: TOCJ-9499 ("Super Bit Jazz Classics" Series) [24-bit mastering] (2003)
0. Toshiba EMI CD: TOCJ-6880 (2007)
12. Toshiba EMI CD: TOCJ 50017 ("Jazz名盤 999 Best & More" Series) (2010)
13. Warner Music CD: WPCR-29044 ("Jazz Master Collection 1200" Series) [S-HMCD] (2016)
From Spain:
14. Fresh Sound LP: FSR-705 (1977)
15. Blue Moon CD: BMCD 3074 (released under the title 'S Wonderful; 2 bonus tracks) (1998)
The preceding list aims at comprehensiveness. A full, 100% complete listing would probably require further assistance from fellow fans -- especially, from those whose collections lean toward non-USA issues. If you know the catalogue number of any unlisted reissues, I would appreciate hearing from you, via email. Corrections are also welcome.
| 02:03 | Between January 18 And January 27, 1963 | Concert Taping | A Lot Of Livin' To Do (Lee Adams, Charles Strouse) | |
| 02:48 | Between January 18 And January 27, 1963 | Concert Taping | I Concentrate On You (Cole Porter) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Mundell Lowe (g), Richard Davis (b), Ronnie Ball (p), Ed Shaughnessy (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Released in June 1963.
| 02:26 | July 31, 1958 | 3108 | Master | Hallelujah, I Love Him So (Ray Charles) |
| 02:13 | March 13, 1958 | 3001 | Master | Chinatown, My Chinatown (William Jerome, Jean Schwartz) |
| 03:17 | September 13, 1959 | 3450 | Concert Taping | Lover, Come Back To Me (Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg) |
| 02:55 | September 6, 1959 | 3655 | Master | Señor Blues (Horace Silver) |
| 02:32 | September 6, 1959 | 3656 | Master | Misty (Johnny Burke, Erroll Garner) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Nesuhi Ertegun (pdr), Bobby Jasper (f, ts), Kenny Burrell, Mundell Lowe (g), Eddie de Haas, Percy Heath (b), Stan Free, Bill Rubenstein (p), Lex Humpries, Ed Shaughnessy (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Due to the fact that I have not listened to this issue, the track listing above is tentative. The song titles are correct, but only the version of "Lover, Come Back To Me" is guaranteed to be correctly identified. For all the four tracks, the versions could be the ones indicated above, or they could be concert cuts from the 1959 Atlantic album Chris In Person.
| 02:38 | January 30, 1961 | 15651 | Master | Send For Me (Ollie Jones) |
| 03:37 | December 15, 1960 | 15647 | Master | When The Sun Comes Out (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) |
| 02:45 | January 30, 1961 | 15654 | Master | Can't Get Out Of This Mood (Frank Loesser, Jimmy McHugh) |
| 02:08 | January 30, 1961 | 15652 | Master | I Feel A Song Coming On (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh, George Oppenheimer) |
| 03:31 | December 22, 1960 | 15648 | Master | Guess Who I Saw Today (Murray Grand, Elisse Boyd) |
| 04:40 | December 15, 1960 | 15645 | Master | New York's My Home (Gordon Jenkins) |
Chris Connor, Maynard Ferguson (ldr), Joe Farrell (f, ss, ts), Lanny Morgan (f, as), Willie Maiden (cl, ts), Frank Hittner (bcl, bar), Bill Berry, Rolf Ericson, Augustino 'Chet' Ferretti (t), Maynard Ferguson (t, tb, frh), Kenny Rupp, Ray Winslow (tb), John Neves (b), Jaki Byard (p), Rufus Jones (d), Chris Connor (v)
| 02:22 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Lullaby Of Birdland (George Shearing, George David Weiss) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Creed Taylor (pdr), Tom Dowd (eng), The Ellis Larkins Trio (acc), Everett Barksdale (g), Beverly Peer (b), Ellis Larkins (p), Chris Connor (v)
| 02:44 | May 25, 1953 | 11559-23 | Master | I Get A Kick Out Of You (Cole Porter) |
The Stan Kenton Orchestra (ldr), Bill Russo (arr), Vinnie Dean, Lee Konitz (as), Bill Holman, Richie Kamuca (ts), Bob Gioga (bar), Conte Candoli, Walter "Pete" Candoli, Marion "Buddy" Childers, Don Dennis, Ernie Royal, Don Smith (t), Bob Burgess, Keith Moon, Frank Rosolino, Tom Shepard (tb), George Roberts (bt), Sal Salvador (g), Donald "Don" Bagley (b), Stan Kenton (p), Stan Levey (d), Harry DeAlmeida (tam), Chris Connor, The Stan Kenton Orchestra (v)
NOTES:
This album was produced for British Capitol. It was later issued in the United States, on Kenton's Creative World label (# CW ST-1028).
| 02:22 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Lullaby Of Birdland (George Shearing, George David Weiss) | |
| 02:57 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | All About Ronnie (Joe Greene) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Creed Taylor (pdr), Tom Dowd (eng), The Ellis Larkins Trio (acc), Everett Barksdale (g), Beverly Peer (b), Ellis Larkins (p), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
If the release date found in my sources is correct, this Bethlehem single was released belatedly -- eight years after Connor had left the label. (Judging from the label design, its release date is no earlier than 1960.) The single presumably attempted to belatedly capitalize on the former popularity of Connor's interpretations of both songs. (Bethlehem had previously issued "All About Ronnie" on LP but not on a single. An earlier Connor 45, featuring "All About Ronnie" was on Capitol Records, and contained a different performance.)
| 03:00 | 1963 | Master | It's Not For Me To Say (Al Stillman, Robert Allen) | |
| 02:20 | 1963 | Master | Cry Me A River (Arthur Hamilton) | |
| 03:20 | 1963 | Master | I Could Go On Singing (Harold Arlen, Erwin 'Yip' Harburg) | |
| 03:02 | 1963 | Master | I Love My Man (Joe Scott, Bobby Scott) | |
| 02:45 | 1963 | Master | Humdrum Blues (Oscar Brown, Jr.) | |
| 03:15 | 1963 | Master | The Second Time Around (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) | |
| 03:29 | 1963 | Master | I Wish You Love (Charles Trenet, Albert Beach) | |
| 03:53 | 1963 | Master | Chances Are (Al Stillman, Robert Allen) | |
| 04:58 | 1963 | Master | Meantime (Robert Allen, Al Stillman) | |
| 02:46 | 1963 | Master | Johnny (Bobby Scott, Joe Scott) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Alan Douglas (pdr), Michel Colombier Orchestra (acc), Chris Connor (v), Les Double Six (bkv)
NOTES:
A. Release And Distribution
FM LP #312 received a very limited commercial release. The record company folded a short time after the album had been pressed. Extant copies are rare. On those which I have seen, the stickers and stamps make it evident that they are promo items, sent out mostly to radio disc jockeys, and also to cutout bins at music department stores.
There must have been plans to promote the album in the French market. The brief liner notes in the album's back cover are written in English and replicated in French.
B. Reissues
I am aware of the following issues, editions, and reissues of this LP. (Public Domain items, such as the multi-CD sets from Avid and Real Gone, or the typically low-grade CDs from the Hallmark label, have been excluded.)
From Japan:
1. Roulette Nippon Columbia LP: SL-5059-RO
2. Roulette Nippon Columbia LP: YW-7551-RO (1976)
3. Toshiba EMI CD: TOCJ-5359 ("We Love Jazz" Series) (1990)
4. Toshiba EMI Music Japan CD: TOCJ-50065 ("Jazz名盤 999 Best & More" Series) (2010)
5. Warner Music Japan CD: WPCR-29092 ("Jazz Master Collection 1200" Series) (2016)
The preceding list aims at comprehensiveness. A full, 100% complete listing would probably require further assistance from fellow fans -- especially, from those whose collections lean toward non-USA issues. If you know the catalogue number of any unlisted reissues, I would appreciate hearing from you, via email. Corrections are also welcome.
| 02:03 | Between January 18 And January 27, 1963 | Concert Taping | A Lot Of Livin' To Do (Lee Adams, Charles Strouse) | |
| 03:50 | Between January 18 And January 27, 1963 | Concert Taping | Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home (Free And Easy) (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) | |
| 02:56 | Between January 18 And January 27, 1963 | Concert Taping | All Or Nothing At All (Arthur Altman, Jack Lawrence) | |
| 04:17 | Between January 18 And January 27, 1963 | Concert Taping | Something's Coming (Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim) | |
| 02:15 | Between January 18 And January 27, 1963 | Concert Taping | You Came A Long Way From St. Louis (John Benson Brooks, Bob Russell) | |
| 02:56 | Between January 18 And January 27, 1963 | Concert Taping | Old Devil Moon (Erwin 'Yip' Harburg, Burton Lane) | |
| 02:48 | Between January 18 And January 27, 1963 | Concert Taping | I Concentrate On You (Cole Porter) | |
| 03:58 | Between January 18 And January 27, 1963 | Concert Taping | Black Coffee (Joseph F. "Sonny" Burke, Paul Francis Webster) | |
| 03:07 | Between January 18 And January 27, 1963 | Concert Taping | Goodbye (Gordon Jenkins) | |
| 05:10 | Between January 18 And January 27, 1963 | Concert Taping | Only The Lonely (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) | |
| 04:22 | Between January 18 And January 27, 1963 | Concert Taping | Ten Cents A Dance (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Mundell Lowe (g), Richard Davis (b), Ronnie Ball (p), Ed Shaughnessy (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Reissue of the 1963 FM live album At The Village Gate, Early Show & Late Show.
| 01:58 | February 7, 1957 | 2335 | Master | Slap That Bass (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 03:35 | February 7, 1957 | 2336 | Master | For You, For Me, For Evermore (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 03:16 | February 26, 1957 | 2386 | Master | A Foggy Day (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:36 | February 26, 1957 | 2387 | Master | Summertime (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward) |
| 02:58 | February 26, 1957 | 2389 | Master | I Loves You Porgy (Dubose Heyward, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 01:19 | March 12, 1957 | 2419 | Master | Nice Work If You Can Get It (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:10 | March 12, 1957 | 2421 | Master | They Can't Take That Away From Me (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:15 | March 26, 1957 | 2424 | Master | I Was Doing All Right (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 03:16 | April 24, 1957 | 2484 | Master | (Our) Love Is Here To Stay (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:58 | May 1, 1957 | 2518 | Master | Love Walked In (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Ahmet Ertegun, Nesuhi Ertegun, Jerry Wexler (pdr), Ray Ellis (arr), Stan Free (arr, p), Ralph Sharon (arr, p, cel), Herbie Mann, Sam Most (f), Peanuts Hucko (cl), Eddie Wasserman (bcl, ts), Al Cohn (ts), Danny Bank (bar), Doc Severinsen (t), Eddie Bert, James "Jimmy" Cleveland, Warren Covington, Jim Thompson (tb), Barry Galbraith, Mundell Lowe, Joe Puma (g), Vinnie Burke, Milt Hinton, Wendell Marshall, Oscar Pettiford (b), Hank Jones (p), Milt Jackson (vib), Ronnie Free, Osie Johnson, Ed Shaughnessy (d), Chris Connor (v), unidentified (spk)
NOTES:
Item from a budget branch of Atlantic. The stereo edition is believed to be an electronically enhanced affair. (Confirmation needed.)
Reissued on the 2006 Collectables 4-CD boxed set Chris Connor (COL 0403, licensed from Atlantic).
| 02:25 | September 1965 | 12840 | Master | A Hard Day's Night (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) |
| 03:35 | September 1965 | 12841 | Master | A Taste Of Honey (Ric Marlow, Bobby Scott) |
| 03:35 | September 1965 | 12842 | Master | Downtown (Tony Hatch) |
| 03:25 | September 1965 | 12843 | Master | Feeling Good (Anthony Newley, Leslie Bricusse) |
| 03:35 | September 1965 | 12844 | Master | The Shadow Of Your Smile (Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster) |
| 01:53 | September 1965 | 12845 | Master | Who Can I Turn To (Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley) |
| 02:38 | September 1965 | 12846 | Master | Can't Get Over the Bossa Nova (Steve Lawrence, Eydie Gorme, Marilyn Gins) |
| 02:13 | September 1965 | 12847 | Master | Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte (Mack David, Frank DeVol) |
| 02:41 | September 1965 | 12848 | Master | Dear Heart (Raymond B. "Ray" Evans, Jay Livingston, Henry Mancini) |
| 02:34 | September 1965 | 12849 | Master | Baby, The Rain Must Fall (Elmer Bernstein, Ernie Sheldon) |
| 02:41 | September 1965 | 12850 | Master | Stranger On The Shore (Robert Mellin, Acker Bilk) |
| 03:27 | September 1965 | 12851 | Master | A Quiet Thing (Fred Ebb, John Kander) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Ken Greenglass, At GLG Productions (pdr), Billy Byers (arr), Pat Williams (arr, con), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
A. Reissues
In addition to the LP, this album was also originally issued as a jukebox EP, with catalogue number unknown to me. I am aware of the following issues, editions, and reissues of this LP.
From Australia:
1. Ampar/Festival LP: ML-31,826 (mono) (1965)
From Canada:
2. Justin Time CD: Jam 6167 (2011)
From England:
3. His Master's Voice LP: CSLP.3515 [mono] (1965)
4. His Master's Voice LP: CSD.3515 [stereo] (1965)
5. World Record Club LP: ST.778 - Downtown .. Chris Connor Sings Gentle Bossa Nova (different front cover) (probably late 1960s)
From Japan:
6. ABC LP: Sr 182
7. ABC/Dunhill's Probe LP: IPP-80805 ("Vocal Best Collection" Series) [manufactured by Toshiba-EMI]
8. Roulette & Nippon Columbia LP: YS 8534 -Singin' In N.Y. [side A only; 6 tracks] (1978)
9. King LP: SH221 - Cool Chris
10. Oldays/Clinck CD: ODR 6180 (also 1610354) (pressed in Taiwan) (2016)
From Spain:
11. Westminster LP: GM-L0010 - En Ritmo de Bossa Nova (different front cover; stereo) (1976)
The preceding list aims at comprehensiveness. A full, 100% complete listing would probably require further assistance from fellow fans -- especially, from those whose collections lean toward non-USA issues. If you know the catalogue number of any unlisted reissues, I would appreciate hearing from you, via email. Corrections are also welcome.
| 02:25 | September 1965 | 12840 | Master | A Hard Day's Night (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) |
| 03:35 | September 1965 | 12842 | Master | Downtown (Tony Hatch) |
| 01:53 | September 1965 | 12845 | Master | Who Can I Turn To (Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley) |
| 02:38 | September 1965 | 12846 | Master | Can't Get Over the Bossa Nova (Steve Lawrence, Eydie Gorme, Marilyn Gins) |
| 02:41 | September 1965 | 12848 | Master | Dear Heart (Raymond B. "Ray" Evans, Jay Livingston, Henry Mancini) |
| 02:34 | September 1965 | 12849 | Master | Baby, The Rain Must Fall (Elmer Bernstein, Ernie Sheldon) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Ken Greenglass, At GLG Productions (pdr), Billy Byers (arr), Pat Williams (arr, con), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
There was no front cover on the only copy of this EP that I have seen. The vinyl was inside a white and blue ABC sleeve.
| 02:48 | Between January 18 And January 27, 1963 | Concert Taping | I Concentrate On You (Cole Porter) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Mundell Lowe (g), Richard Davis (b), Ronnie Ball (p), Ed Shaughnessy (d), Chris Connor (v)
| 02:38 | July 11, 1966 | 13604 | Master | Never On Sunday (Manos Hadjidakis, B. Towne) |
| 02:28 | July 18, 1966 | 13609 | Master | The Boys From Madrid (Bob Thiele, George David Weiss, Stride) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Peter De Angelis, Bob Thiele (pdr), Don Sebesky (pdr, arr, con), Chris Connor (v)
| 03:05 | July 18, 1966 | 13608 | Master | Goin' Out Of My Head (Teddy Randazzo, Bobby Weinstein) |
| 03:16 | July 11, 1966 | 13602 | Master | Carnival (Black Orpheus) (George David Weiss, Luiz Bonfá, Luigi Creator, Hugo Peretti) |
| 02:28 | July 18, 1966 | 13609 | Master | The Boys From Madrid (Bob Thiele, George David Weiss, Stride) |
| 02:44 | July 20, 1966 | 13612 | Master | Love Life (Don Payne) |
| 02:38 | July 11, 1966 | 13604 | Master | Never On Sunday (Manos Hadjidakis, B. Towne) |
| 02:52 | July 11, 1966 | 13605 | Master | Autumn (David Shire, Richard Maltby) |
| 02:04 | July 20, 1966 | 13610 | Master | You're Gonna Hear From Me (Andre Previn, Dory Previn) |
| 02:44 | July 20, 1966 | 13613 | Master | The Shining Sea (Peggy Lee, Johnny Mandel) |
| 02:16 | July 18, 1966 | 13606 | Master | I'm Telling You Now (Freddie Garrity, Mitch Murray) |
| 02:55 | July 18, 1966 | 13607 | Master | Nowhere Man (Paul McCartney, John Lennon) |
| 03:04 | July 11, 1966 | 13603 | Master | Strangers In The Night (Bert Kaempfert, Charles Singleton, Eddie Snyder) |
| 02:53 | July 20, 1966 | 13611 | Master | Who's Afraid? (Paul Francis Webster, Alex North) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Peter De Angelis, Bob Thiele (pdr), Don Sebesky (pdr, arr, con), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
I am aware of the following issues, editions, and reissues of this LP. (Public Domain items, such as the multi-CD sets from Avid and Real Gone, or the typically low-grade CDs from the Hallmark label, have been excluded.)
From Japan:
1. ABC/Dunhill's Probe LP: IPP-70024 ("Vocal Best Collection" Series) [manufactured by Toshiba-EMI]
2. ABC & Nippon Columbia LP: YW-8508-AB ("ABC Jazz Library" Series) (1976)
3. Universal CD: UCCC-9045 [miniature LP edition] (2002)
4. Universal CD: UCCM-9286 ("Jazz The Best" Series) (2012)
The preceding list aims at comprehensiveness. A full, 100% complete listing would probably require further assistance from fellow fans -- especially, from those whose collections lean toward non-USA issues. If you know the catalogue number of any unlisted reissues, I would appreciate hearing from you, via email. Corrections are also welcome.
| Probably 1966 | Radio Taping | Goin' Out Of My Head (Teddy Randazzo, Bobby Weinstein) | ||
| Probably 1966 | Radio Taping | Carnival (Black Orpheus) (George David Weiss, Luiz Bonfá, Luigi Creator, Hugo Peretti) | ||
| Probably 1966 | Radio Taping | Nowhere Man (Paul McCartney, John Lennon) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Ray Bloch And His Orchestra, Unknown (acc), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Chris Connor is featured in one side of this AFRS LP. The other side features Bob Carroll.
| 02:22 | May 1, 1957 | 2519 | Master | Somebody Loves Me (Buddy G. DeSylva, George Gershwin, Ballard MacDonald) |
| 02:35 | February 26, 1957 | 2384 | Master | The Man I Love (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:24 | February 26, 1957 | 2385 | Master | 'S Wonderful (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 01:45 | February 1, 1957 | 2329 | Master | I Got Rhythm (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:33 | May 1, 1957 | 2520 | Master | Embraceable You (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:15 | February 1, 1957 | 2325 | Master | I've Got A Crush On You (Ira Gershwin, George Gershwin) |
| 03:50 | June 5, 1956 | 2007 | Master | But Not For Me (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 03:16 | April 24, 1957 | 2484 | Master | (Our) Love Is Here To Stay (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:36 | February 26, 1957 | 2387 | Master | Summertime (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward) |
| 02:58 | February 26, 1957 | 2389 | Master | I Loves You Porgy (Dubose Heyward, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 03:16 | February 26, 1957 | 2386 | Master | A Foggy Day (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:58 | May 1, 1957 | 2518 | Master | Love Walked In (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:38 | February 1, 1957 | 2327 | Master | Liza (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Gus Kahn) |
| 02:31 | February 1, 1957 | 2324 | Master | Strike Up The Band (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Ahmet Ertegun, Nesuhi Ertegun, Jerry Wexler (pdr), Ralph Burns (arr, con), Ray Ellis (arr), Stan Free, Ralph Sharon (arr, p), Ralph Burns Orchestra (acc), Al Cohn (ts), Danny Bank (bar), Joe Newman, Doc Severinsen (t), Eddie Bert (tb), Mundell Lowe (g), Milt Hinton, Wendell Marshall, Oscar Pettiford (b), Eddie Costa, Milt Jackson (vib), Osie Johnson, Ed Shaughnessy (d), John Rodrigues (bo), Chris Connor (v), unidentified (spk)
NOTES:
On the album's jacket, the artist's name is given as Chris Connor, and the album's title as Gershwin Song Book, but on the vinyl itself the title shifts into Chris Conner Sings George Gershwin. The front cover uses the artwork of the US Atlantic LP He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not, rotated so that Connor's head occupies the right side of the album jacket, and the ground near her is viewed vertically. An estimate, the above-given release year is highly tentative.
| 02:56 | January 28 & 29, 1969 | Master | Softly As In A Morning Sunrise (Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II) | |
| 04:54 | January 28 & 29, 1969 | Master | 'Round Midnight (Bernie D. Hanighen, Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams) | |
| 03:40 | January 28 & 29, 1969 | Master | Cry Me A River (Arthur Hamilton) | |
| 04:04 | January 28 & 29, 1969 | Master | Misty (Johnny Burke, Erroll Garner) | |
| 03:46 | January 28 & 29, 1969 | Master | Someone To Watch Over Me (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) | |
| 02:50 | January 28 & 29, 1969 | Master | The Fool On The Hill (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) | |
| 03:04 | January 28 & 29, 1969 | Master | I've Gotta Be Me (Walter Marks) | |
| 02:26 | January 28 & 29, 1969 | Master | What The World Needs Now Is Love (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) | |
| 02:53 | January 28 & 29, 1969 | Master | It's All Right With Me (Cole Porter) | |
| 03:02 | January 28 & 29, 1969 | Master | Goodbye (Gordon Jenkins) |
Chris Connor (ldr), George Otsuka Trio (acc), Shungo Sawada (g), Takashi Mizuhashi (b), Hideo Ichikawa (p), George Otsuka (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
A. Original Distribution And Reissues
This album was produced in Japan and meant the Japanese record market only. It was reissued on CD by Victor in Japan (2006).
B. A Live Date, With Soldiers In Tow?
According to an uncorroborated report, this album's numbers were recorded in front of a crowd of soldiers on leave from duty in Vietnam. If the point being made is that we are listening to a taped live date, the report does not sound particularly credible to me. For one thing, I hear no indications that the date was taking place "live" or outside of the studio. (Of course, the report could just mean that the soldiers were invited to a studio session, even if such a setup strikes me as a bit out of the norm.) Moreover, the recording information at my reach indicates that the numbers were recorded over two days. Had Connor and company "waxed" these tracks in front of an audience, I would have expected the recording information to list them under one day, not two. (Of course, my discographical source could be wrong. Or, alternatively, and despite my expectations, the numbers could indeed stem from two dates, played for the soldiers.)
Perhaps the album's notes, which are in Japanese and thus unintelligible to me, shed light on the subject. If so, I would be grateful for clarification from any fellow fans who read Japanese.
Whichever the circumstances at play, this album is not Connor's finest hour.
| 02:56 | January 28 & 29, 1969 | Master | Softly As In A Morning Sunrise (Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II) | |
| 04:54 | January 28 & 29, 1969 | Master | 'Round Midnight (Bernie D. Hanighen, Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams) |
Chris Connor (ldr), George Otsuka Trio (acc), Shungo Sawada (g), Takashi Mizuhashi (b), Hideo Ichikawa (p), George Otsuka (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
This 45-rpm single comes with a picture sleeve -- a close profile shot of Chris, singing. The release date information is tentative.
| 02:31 | 1971 | Master | Hit 'Em In The Head With Love (Rod McKuen) | |
| 03:40 | 1971 | Master | Make It With You (David Gates) | |
| 02:50 | 1971 | Master | More Today Than Yesterday (Pat Upton) | |
| 02:47 | 1971 | Master | We've Only Just Begun (Paul Williams, Roger Nichols) | |
| 02:12 | 1971 | Master | Time And Love (Laura Nyro) | |
| 03:46 | 1971 | Master | Buy And Sell (Laura Nyro) | |
| 03:10 | 1971 | Master | Fire And Rain (James Taylor) | |
| 03:32 | 1971 | Master | As I Love My Own (Rod McKuen) | |
| 02:37 | 1971 | Master | The Long And Winding Road (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) | |
| 03:06 | 1971 | Master | Hi De Ho (That Old Sweet Roll) (Carole King, Gerry Goffin) | |
| 02:56 | 1971 | Master | What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life? (Alan Bergman, Marilyn Keith aka Marilyn Bergman, Michel Legrand) | |
| 02:54 | 1971 | Master | Snowbird (Gene MacLellan) | |
| 02:59 | 1971 | Master | Hurry, Tuesday Child (Bobbie Gentry) | |
| 03:54 | 1971 | Master | Ten Cents A Dance (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Wade Alexander, Rod McKuen (pdr), Patrick Rebillot (arr), Alyn Ainesworth (s-a), George Barnes (g), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Connor's only original album from the first half of the 1970s. (Her next album would be released in 1977.) Liner notes by Rex Reed. Reissued on Stanyan's Bainbridge subsidiary in 1982, on both LP (Bt 6230) and cassette tape (Btc 6230). Also reissued in 1982 by Bainbridge in Australia, with catalogue number Pow 3010 and a slightly reconfigured front cover (same drawing and coloring, but red framing all around). Never issued on CD.
| 02:31 | 1971 | Master | Hit 'Em In The Head With Love (Rod McKuen) | |
| 03:54 | 1971 | Master | Ten Cents A Dance (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) | |
| 02:56 | 1971 | Master | What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life? (Alan Bergman, Marilyn Keith aka Marilyn Bergman, Michel Legrand) | |
| 02:12 | 1971 | Master | Time And Love (Laura Nyro) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Wade Alexander, Rod McKuen (pdr), Patrick Rebillot (arr), Alyn Ainesworth (s-a), George Barnes (g), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
A. An Edited Version Of Sketches
The LP Guest Star: Chris Connor contains four shows made by Chris Connor for the U.S. Savings Bond Division. All Connor songs heard in these four shows are edited versions of the masters from her 1971 Stanyan album Sketches.
B. Format Of The Shows
The show's host was Mike Douglas, and there was no studio orchestra. Each program was five minutes long, and began with Douglas singing the line "this is the country land that I love." Only one Connor song was heard per show. A partial exception was the first show: it featured a few, additional bars from a second song, "We've Only Just Begun."
C. Spoken Comments
The patter called for Connor to promote savings bonds in every episode, and allowed for one or two quick personal comments from her. In the first show, she credits Rod McKuen for providing her with her most relaxed session to date. In another show, she voices her enthusiasm for Laura Nyro's composition of "Buy And Sell." In the final show, Connor announces that she will soon be on a long tour, and professes her intention to keep "working till money falls from trees."
D. Release Date
The album's catalogue number (11-71) is probably also an indication of the month and year in which this "Star of the Month" was heard over participating radio stations.
| 02:44 | May 25, 1953 | 11559-23 | Master | I Get A Kick Out Of You (Cole Porter) |
The Stan Kenton Orchestra (ldr), Bill Russo (arr), Vinnie Dean, Lee Konitz (as), Bill Holman, Richie Kamuca (ts), Bob Gioga (bar), Conte Candoli, Walter "Pete" Candoli, Marion "Buddy" Childers, Don Dennis, Ernie Royal, Don Smith (t), Bob Burgess, Keith Moon, Frank Rosolino, Tom Shepard (tb), George Roberts (bt), Sal Salvador (g), Donald "Don" Bagley (b), Stan Kenton (p), Stan Levey (d), Harry DeAlmeida (tam), Chris Connor, The Stan Kenton Orchestra (v)
NOTES:
Reissue of the Capitol album that bears the same title.
| 02:16 | February 11, 1953 | 11116-7 | Master | Jeepers Creepers (Harry Warren, Johnny Mercer) |
| 02:46 | May 25, 1953 | 11446-13 | Master | All About Ronnie (Joe Greene) |
The Stan Kenton Orchestra (ldr), Lee Gillette (pdr), Bill Russo (arr, tb), Vinnie Dean, Lee Konitz (as), Bill Holman, Richie Kamuca (ts), Bob Gioga (bar), Conte Candoli, Walter "Pete" Candoli, Marion "Buddy" Childers, Don Dennis, Maynard Ferguson, Ruben McFall, Ernie Royal, Don Smith (t), Bob Burgess, Keith Moon, Frank Rosolino, Tom Shepard (tb), George Roberts (bt), Sal Salvador (g), Donald "Don" Bagley (b), Stan Kenton (p), Stan Levey (d), Harry DeAlmeida (tam), Chris Connor, The Stan Kenton Orchestra (v)
NOTES:
Besides Chris Connor, Kenton's other women are June Christy, Anita O'Day, Ann Richards, Jean Turner, and Jerri Winters. The album's twelve tracks are evenly divided among those six vocalists.
| 02:47 | April 8, 1953 | 11354-6 | Master | Baia (Ary Barroso) |
The Stan Kenton Orchestra (ldr), Bill Russo (arr), Vinnie Dean, Lee Konitz (as), Bill Holman, Richie Kamuca (ts), Henry "Hank" Levy (bar), Conte Candoli, Marion "Buddy" Childers, Don Dennis, Ernie Royal, Don Smith (t), Bob Burgess, Keith Moon, Frank Rosolino, Tom Shepard (tb), George Roberts (bt), Sal Salvador (g), Glen Roberts (b), Stan Kenton (p), Stan Levey (d), Chris Connor (v)
| 02:39 | February 11, 1953 | 11115-25 | Master | And The Bull Walked Around, Olé! (Joe Greene, Doug Neal, Betsy Ellis) |
The Stan Kenton Orchestra (ldr), Lee Gillette (pdr), Bill Russo (arr, tb), Vinnie Dean, Lee Konitz (as), Bill Holman, Richie Kamuca (ts), Bob Gioga (bar), Conte Candoli, Walter "Pete" Candoli, Marion "Buddy" Childers, Don Dennis, Maynard Ferguson, Ruben McFall (t), Bob Burgess, Keith Moon, Frank Rosolino (tb), George Roberts (bt), Sal Salvador (g), Donald "Don" Bagley (b), Stan Kenton (p), Stan Levey (d), Harry DeAlmeida (tam), Chris Connor (v), The Stan Kenton Orchestra (bkv)
| 02:38 | February 11, 1953 | 11120 | Master | If I Should Lose You (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) |
The Stan Kenton Orchestra (ldr), Lee Gillette (pdr), Bill Russo (arr, tb), Vinnie Dean, Lee Konitz (as), Bill Holman, Richie Kamuca (ts), Bob Gioga (bar), Conte Candoli, Walter "Pete" Candoli, Marion "Buddy" Childers, Don Dennis, Maynard Ferguson, Ruben McFall (t), Bob Burgess, Keith Moon, Frank Rosolino (tb), George Roberts (bt), Sal Salvador (g), Donald "Don" Bagley (b), Stan Kenton (p), Stan Levey (d), Chris Connor (v)
| 02:24 | April 23 To May 6, 1953 | Concert Taping | Taking A Chance On Love (Vernon Duke, Ted Fetter, John Latouche) |
The Stan Kenton Orchestra (ldr), Johnny Richards (arr), Vinnie Dean, Lee Konitz (as), Bill Holman, Richie Kamuca (ts), Henry "Hank" Levy (bar), Conte Candoli, Marion "Buddy" Childers, Don Dennis, Ernie Royal, Don Smith (t), Bob Burgess, Keith Moon, Frank Rosolino, Bill Russo (tb), George Roberts (bt), Sal Salvador (g), Donald "Don" Bagley (b), Stan Kenton (p), Stan Levey (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Please be aware that, in the case of all performances dated March 27 or April 23, those dates refer to the first day of Kenton's 1953 concert engagements at the Blue Note and Birdland Clubs, not to the exact day on which the given performance took place. For the specific days, consult the notes under the sessions dated May 27 - April 9, 1953 and April 23 - May 6, 1953 in this page.
| 03:01 | January 6, 1949 | D9-BV-0049 | Master | There's A Small Hotel (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) |
| 03:15 | January 6, 1949 | D9-VB-0048 | Master | I Don't Know Why (Roy Turk, Fred E. Ahlert) |
The Claude Thornhill Orchestra (ldr), Gil Evans (arr), Claude Thornhill (arr, con, p), Danny Polo, Jerry Therkeld (cl, as), Drew Moore, Mario Rollo (ts), Bill Bushey (bar), John Carisi, John Napton, Gene Roland (t), Leon Cox, Allan Langstaff (tb), Addison Collins, Arthur Sussman (frh), Barry Galbraith (g), Joe Shulman (b), William Exiner (d), Chris Connor, The Snowflakes (v)
| 02:54 | July 16, 1961 | Concert Taping | Day In - Day Out (Rube Bloom, Johnny Mercer) | |
| 02:27 | July 16, 1961 | Concert Taping | Hallelujah, I Love Him So (Ray Charles) | |
| 05:09 | July 16, 1961 | Concert Taping | Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most (Fran Landesman, Tommy Wolf) | |
| 03:43 | July 16, 1961 | Concert Taping | I Get A Kick Out Of You (Cole Porter) | |
| 03:43 | July 16, 1961 | Concert Taping | From This Moment On (Cole Porter) | |
| 02:10 | July 16, 1961 | Concert Taping | Blow, Gabriel, Blow (Cole Porter) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Ben Tucker (b), Ronnie Ball (p), Dave Bailey (d), Chris Connor (v)
| 02:16 | February 11, 1953 | 11116-7 | Master | Jeepers Creepers (Harry Warren, Johnny Mercer) |
| 02:46 | May 25, 1953 | 11446-13 | Master | All About Ronnie (Joe Greene) |
| 02:44 | May 25, 1953 | 11559-23 | Master | I Get A Kick Out Of You (Cole Porter) |
The Stan Kenton Orchestra (ldr), Lee Gillette (pdr), Bill Russo (arr, tb), Vinnie Dean, Lee Konitz (as), Bill Holman, Richie Kamuca (ts), Bob Gioga (bar), Conte Candoli, Walter "Pete" Candoli, Marion "Buddy" Childers, Don Dennis, Maynard Ferguson, Ruben McFall, Ernie Royal, Don Smith (t), Bob Burgess, Keith Moon, Frank Rosolino, Tom Shepard (tb), George Roberts (bt), Sal Salvador (g), Donald "Don" Bagley (b), Stan Kenton (p), Stan Levey (d), Harry DeAlmeida (tam), Chris Connor, The Stan Kenton Orchestra (v)
| 02:46 | December 17-18, 1953 | Master | Chiquita From Chi-Wah-Wah (Bennie Bonacio, Jimmie La Marge, Jimmie Franklin) | |
| 02:44 | December 17-18, 1953 | Master | Miser's Serenade (Mad Miser Man) (Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, Gimme) (Fred Patrick, Claude Reese, Marvin Fisher, Jack Val) | |
| 02:16 | December 17-18, 1953 | Master | Ev'rything I Love (Cole Porter) | |
| 02:54 | December 17-18, 1953 | Master | Indian Summer (Al Dubin, Victor Herbert) | |
| 02:44 | December 17-18, 1953 | Master | Ask Me (Woody Hinderling, Mike Pollard) | |
| 02:43 | December 17-18, 1953 | Master | Blue Silhouette (Murray Semos, Jack Val, Jimmy Dale) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Sy Oliver (pdr, arr, con), The Sy Oliver Orchestra (acc), Sid Cooper, Milt Yaner (as), Boomie Richman, Sam Taylor (ts), Dave McRae (bar), Jim Bright, Jimmy Nottingham, Red Solomon (t), Vernon "Vern" Friley, Frank Saracco, Ward Silloway, Kai Winding (tb), Sid Block (b), Dave Martin (p), Jimmy Crawford (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Japanese LP MP 2378 contains Carmen McRae's entire output for Bethlehem Records on its A side. Side B features, on the other hand, Connor's entire December 17-18, 1953 session. For its front cover, Polydor re-used the artwork that graces Carmen's original Bethlehem LP, changing only the catalogue number and adding the words "vs Chris Connor" to the title. My thanks to Brian Yordnoff for directing me to a site that showed this cover, and to Keizo Takada for identifying the tracks by Connor.
| 02:55 | September 6, 1959 | 3655 | Master | Señor Blues (Horace Silver) |
| 02:32 | September 6, 1959 | 3656 | Master | Misty (Johnny Burke, Erroll Garner) |
| 02:45 | April 29, 1958 | 3055 | Master | Moon Ride (Margo Guryan) |
| 02:05 | December 22, 1959 | 3986 | Master | I Sold My Heart To The Junkman (Leon Rene, Otis Rene) |
| 02:50 | December 22, 1959 | 3984 | Master | Invitation (Paul Francis Webster, Bronislau Kaper) |
| 02:39 | April 29, 1958 | 3054 | Master | Under Paris Skies (Hubert Giraud, Kim Gannon, Jean Drejac) |
| 02:18 | January 28, 1960 | 4238 | Master | I Heard A Bluebird (unknown) |
| 02:34 | July 31, 1958 | 3107 | Master | Flying Home (Lionel Hampton, Benny Goodman, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) |
| 02:23 | July 31, 1958 | 3109 | Master | I Won't Cry Anymore (Fred Wise, Al Frisch) |
| 02:02 | April 29, 1958 | 3057 | Master | Circus (Bob Russell, Louis Alter) |
| 02:00 | December 22, 1959 | 3985 | Master | To Each His Own (Jay Livingston, Raymond B. "Ray" Evans) |
| 02:13 | January 28, 1960 | 4239 | Master | Fortune Cookies (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) |
| 03:08 | April 29, 1958 | 3056 | Master | Long Hot Summer (Sammy Cahn, Alex North) |
| 03:03 | March 10, 1959 | 3406 | Master | (I'm Afraid) The Masquerade Is Over (Herb Magidson, Allie Wrubel) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Nesuhi Ertegun, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller (pdr), Ralph Sharon (arr, con), Richard Wess (con), Bobby Jasper (f), Joe Wilder (t), Wayne Andre, Willie Dennis, Dick Hixson, Frank Rehak (tb), Barry Galbraith (g), George Duvivier, Don Payne (b), Stan Free (p), Ed Shaughnessy (d), Ray Free, Harry Katzman, Harold Melnikoff, George Ockner, Gene Orloff, Samuel Rand, Sylvan Shulman, Harry Urbont (vn), Dave Markovitz, Isadore Zirr (vl), Maurice Brown, Dave Sayer (vc), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
A. A Compilation Of Singles (13 Tracks From Singles Sessions + 1 From An Album Session)
B. The Prequel
This Japanese release is one of two albums that compile Connor's pop singles for Atlantic Records. The other album is the US-released compilation I Miss You So, originally released in 1958. Each of Connor's 9 singles sessions for Atlantic is represented in these two albums.
Collectors might be happy to know that there is no duplication between the LPs Misty and I Miss You So. Matters are a bit different, however, if we consider digital versions. The Japanese CD edition of I Miss You So contains four bonus tracks, of which the following three can also be found in the LP Misty: "Under Paris Skies, "Moon Ride," and "Invitation." (As for a CD issue of Misty, it took nearly 30 years before one made its appearance, in November of 2013.)
All but one of the tracks in Misty are from singles sessions. The exception is "(I'm Afraid) The Masquerade Is Over," which was recorded during the Chris Connor Sings Ballads Of The Sad Café album dates but ultimately left out from that LP. The other 13 tracks were culled from the following singles sessions:
4/29/58 (includes all four masters from this session )
7/31/58 (includes two of this session's four masters; of the other two, one was issued in the Japanese CD The Best Of Chris Connor, whereas the other one was never issued)
9/6/59 (includes two of this session's 4 masters; of the other two, one was issued in the Japanese CD The Best Of Chris Connor, whereas the other one was never issued)
12/22/59 (includes all three masters from this session )
1/28/60 (includes two of this session's four masters; of the other two, one appeared as a bonus track in the 1991 Japanese CD edition of I Miss You So, whereas the other one has been issued on 45 only)
C. Numbers Issued On 45 Versus Previously Unissued Numbers
Five of the 14 tracks in Misty had never been issued before:
I Heard A Bluebird (recorded on 1/28/1960)
To Each His Own (recorded on 12/22/1959)
Fortune Cookies (recorded on 1/28/1960)
Long Hot Summer (recorded on 4/29/1958)
(I'm Afraid) The Masquerade Is Over (recorded on 3/10/1959)
As for the other 9 tracks, they had been issued in the following singles:
Atlantic #1188: Moon Ride / Under Paris Skies
Atlantic #1198: I Won't Cry Anymore / [the other side," Hallelujah, I Love Him So" was not included in Misty]
Atlantic #2017: Flying Home / Circus
Atlantic #2037: Señor Blues / Misty
Atlantic #2073: I Sold My Heart To The Junkman / Invitation
D. Misspelled Song Title
The album's track listing misspells the name of the song "Fortune Cookies," instead calling it "Fortune Cockies."
| 02:51 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | What Is There To Say? (Vernon Duke, Erwin 'Yip' Harburg) | |
| 02:18 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | I Hear Music (Burton Lane, Frank Loesser) | |
| 02:43 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Come Back To Sorrento (Claude Aveling, Ernesto DeCurtis) | |
| 03:02 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Try A Little Tenderness (Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly, Harry Woods) | |
| 02:22 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Lullaby Of Birdland (George Shearing, George David Weiss) | |
| 02:57 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | All About Ronnie (Joe Greene) | |
| 02:54 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Spring Is Here (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) | |
| 02:54 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Out Of This World (Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen) | |
| 02:53 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Lush Life (Billy Strayhorn) | |
| 02:26 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Stella By Starlight (Ned Washington, Victor Popular Young) | |
| 02:19 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Gone With The Wind (Herb Magidson, Allie Wrubel) | |
| 02:37 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Blame It On My Youth (Oscar Levant, Edward Heyman) | |
| 04:13 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Ridin' High (Cole Porter) | |
| 02:26 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | It's All Right With Me (Cole Porter) | |
| 01:48 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | All Dressed Up With A Broken Heart (Fred Patrick, Claude Reese, Jack Val) | |
| 02:51 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Trouble Is A Man (Alec Wilder) | |
| 02:28 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | From This Moment On (Cole Porter) | |
| 02:45 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | The Thrill Is Gone (Lew Brown, Ray Henderson) | |
| 03:28 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | I Concentrate On You (Cole Porter) | |
| 03:06 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words) (Bart Howard) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Creed Taylor (pdr), Tom Dowd (eng), The Vinnie Burke Quartet, The Ellis Larkins Trio, The Ralph Sharon Group (acc), Herbie Mann (f, ts), Ronnie Odrich (f, cl), J. J. Johnson, Kai Winding (tb), Everett Barksdale, Joe Cinderella, Joe Puma (g), Vinnie Burke, Milt Hinton, Beverly Peer (b), Ellis Larkins, Ralph Sharon (p), Don Burns (pac), Osie Johnson, Art Mardigan (d), Chris Connor (v), Bob Garrity (spk)
NOTES:
Compiles tracks from Connor's Bethlehem years. I recently learned about a CD with the same title and from the same label. Unfortunately, I have no track information nor catalogue number for this CD. I would appreciate receiving information about that CD issues -- especially, the missing details.
| 02:43 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Come Back To Sorrento (Claude Aveling, Ernesto DeCurtis) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Creed Taylor (pdr), Tom Dowd (eng), The Ellis Larkins Trio (acc), Everett Barksdale (g), Beverly Peer (b), Ellis Larkins (p), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
My thanks to Jan Kagenaar for his kind provision of all the above-shown details about this issue.
| 02:37 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Blame It On My Youth (Oscar Levant, Edward Heyman) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Creed Taylor (pdr), The Ralph Sharon Group (acc), Herbie Mann (f, ts), Joe Puma (g), Milt Hinton (b), Ralph Sharon (p), Osie Johnson (d), Chris Connor (v)
| 02:22 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Lullaby Of Birdland (George Shearing, George David Weiss) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Creed Taylor (pdr), Tom Dowd (eng), The Ellis Larkins Trio (acc), Everett Barksdale (g), Beverly Peer (b), Ellis Larkins (p), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
The front cover of this LP identifies the singer as "Chris Connors." (On the other hand, volume 2 correctly shows the name without a final s.)
My thanks to Jan Kagenaar for letting me know the title of the Chris Connor number found in this issue.
| 02:34 | May 27, 1957 (10:30 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.) | Television Taping | 'S Wonderful (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) | |
| 02:56 | May 27, 1957 (10:30 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.) | Television Taping | Love Walked In (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Unknown (b, d), Stan Freeman (p), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Taped from a televised performance; see details in Live, Television And Radio page, under session dated May 27, 1957.
| 02:34 | May 27, 1957 (10:30 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.) | Television Taping | 'S Wonderful (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) | |
| 02:56 | May 27, 1957 (10:30 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.) | Television Taping | Love Walked In (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Unknown (b, d), Stan Freeman (p), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
This album recycles the same tracks found in Calliope 3002 (1976). Taped from a televised performance; see details in Live, Television And Radio page, under session dated May 27, 1957.
| 02:16 | February 11, 1953 | 11116-7 | Master | Jeepers Creepers (Harry Warren, Johnny Mercer) |
| 02:44 | May 25, 1953 | 11559-23 | Master | I Get A Kick Out Of You (Cole Porter) |
The Stan Kenton Orchestra (ldr), Lee Gillette (pdr), Bill Russo (arr, tb), Vinnie Dean, Lee Konitz (as), Bill Holman, Richie Kamuca (ts), Bob Gioga (bar), Conte Candoli, Walter "Pete" Candoli, Marion "Buddy" Childers, Don Dennis, Maynard Ferguson, Ruben McFall, Ernie Royal, Don Smith (t), Bob Burgess, Keith Moon, Frank Rosolino, Tom Shepard (tb), George Roberts (bt), Sal Salvador (g), Donald "Don" Bagley (b), Stan Kenton (p), Stan Levey (d), Harry DeAlmeida (tam), Chris Connor, The Stan Kenton Orchestra (v)
NOTES:
Joint Capitol and Verve release. The first LP is from Capitol, the second from Verve. As is often the case, Chris Connor's last name is spelled as "Conner" instead. In this case, the variant spelling is on both the front cover and the vinyl disc. (In quite a few other cases, the front cover uses "Connor," the disc "Conner.")
| 03:13 | October 10, 1976 | Master | This One's For You (Barry Manilow, Marty Panzer) | |
| 02:18 | October 10, 1976 | Master | Ridin' On The Moon (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) | |
| 05:44 | October 10, 1976 | Master | Lush Life (Billy Strayhorn) | |
| 03:12 | October 12, 1976 | Master | The Jazz Man (Carole King, David Palmer) | |
| 04:11 | October 12, 1976 | Master | The Wind (Russ Freeman, Jerry Gladstone) | |
| 04:44 | October 12, 1976 | Master | Good Morning, Heartache (Ervin Drake, Dan Fisher, Irene Higginbotham) | |
| 04:25 | October 18, 1976 | Master | The Way We Were (Marvin Hamlisch, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman) | |
| 02:17 | October 18, 1976 | Master | The Gypsy In My Soul (Clay A. Boland, Moe Jaffe) | |
| 04:00 | October 19, 1976 | Master | Feelings (Morris Albert) | |
| 02:57 | October 19, 1976 | Master | All Too Soon (Duke Ellington, Carl Sigman) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Teo Macero (pdr), George Opalinsky (f, ts), Lee Konitz (as), Richard Davis, Michael Moore (b), Mike Abene, Bob Kaye (p), Jimmy Madison, Edward Soph, Grady Tate (d), Dom Chicchetti, Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Original album, released in Japan only. Never issued in the United States.
| 03:10 | September 13, 1959 | 3448 | Concert Taping | Misty (Johnny Burke, Erroll Garner) |
| 02:47 | September 19, 1960 | 4935 | Master | Love (Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Nesuhi Ertegun (pdr), Ronnie Ball (arr, con, p), Phil Woods (as), Bert Collins, Danny Stiles (t), Willie Dennis (tb), Kenny Burrell (g), Eddie de Haas, George Duvivier (b), Bill Rubenstein (p), Lex Humpries, Ed Shaughnessy (d), Chris Connor (v)
| 02:18 | October 10, 1976 | Master | Ridin' On The Moon (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Teo Macero (pdr), Lee Konitz (as), Richard Davis (b), Bob Kaye (p), Grady Tate (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Meant primarily for disc jockey airplay, this various-artists EP seems to have served as a sampler for a 1977 vinyl series called "Teo Macero Plays." The individual mentioned in the title, Ted Macero, was the producer of all the sessions. YAPN-9 highlights the artists from the series by including one track from each of their albums: "Delauney's Dilemma" (from John Lewis' Sensitive Scenery), "Verdande"(from Tommy Flanagan's Positive Intensity), "Riding On The Moon" (from Chris Connor's Chris Moves), and "My Shining Hour" (from Tal Farlow's Trinity).
| 01:47 | January 27, 1978 | Master | Things Are Swingin' (Peggy Lee, Jack Marshall) | |
| 04:02 | January 27, 1978 | Master | Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home (Free And Easy) (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) | |
| 02:58 | January 27, 1978 | Master | Just In Time (Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Jule Styne) | |
| 03:37 | January 27, 1978 | Master | Here's That Rainy Day (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) | |
| 03:36 | February 3, 1978 | Master | Out Of This World (Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen) | |
| 01:27 | January 27, 1978 | Master | The Sweetest Sounds (Richard Rodgers) | |
| 03:35 | January 27, 1978 | Master | Where Flamingos Fly (John Benson Brooks, Harold Courlander, Elthea Peale) | |
| 02:53 | February 3, 1978 | Master | I've Got You Under My Skin (Cole Porter) | |
| 04:45 | February 3, 1978 | Master | I Wish You Love (Charles Trenet, Albert Beach) | |
| 02:17 | February 3, 1978 | Master | I Feel A Song Coming On (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh, George Oppenheimer) | |
| 05:37 | February 3, 1978 | Master | When Sunny Gets Blue (Marvin Fisher, Jack Segal) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Gus P. Statiras (pdr), Jerry Dodgion (f, as), Michael Moore (b), Mike Abene (p), Ronnie Bedford (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
A. Reissues
I am aware of the following issues, editions, and reissues of this original LP/CS.
From America (United States):
1. Audiophile LP: AP 208 - Sweet And Swinging (1988)
2. Audiophile CD: ACD 208 - Sweet And Swinging (1995)
From Japan:
3. Progressive & Teichiku LP: ULS 6080-G - Chris' Corner (1978)
4. Progressive & Teichiku LP: ULS 1671-G - Chris' Corner (1980)
5. Progressive & Teichiku LP: KUK 82-G - Chris' Corner
6. Progressive & Century CD: CECC 00353 - Chris' Corner (1991)
The preceding list aims at comprehensiveness. A full, 100% complete listing would probably require further assistance from fellow fans -- especially, from those whose collections lean toward non-USA issues. If you know the catalogue number of any unlisted reissues, I would appreciate hearing from you, via email. Corrections are also welcome.
| 01:47 | January 27, 1978 | Master | Things Are Swingin' (Peggy Lee, Jack Marshall) | |
| 04:02 | January 27, 1978 | Master | Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home (Free And Easy) (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) | |
| 02:58 | January 27, 1978 | Master | Just In Time (Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Jule Styne) | |
| 03:37 | January 27, 1978 | Master | Here's That Rainy Day (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) | |
| 03:36 | February 3, 1978 | Master | Out Of This World (Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen) | |
| 01:27 | January 27, 1978 | Master | The Sweetest Sounds (Richard Rodgers) | |
| 03:35 | January 27, 1978 | Master | Where Flamingos Fly (John Benson Brooks, Harold Courlander, Elthea Peale) | |
| 02:53 | February 3, 1978 | Master | I've Got You Under My Skin (Cole Porter) | |
| 04:45 | February 3, 1978 | Master | I Wish You Love (Charles Trenet, Albert Beach) | |
| 02:17 | February 3, 1978 | Master | I Feel A Song Coming On (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh, George Oppenheimer) | |
| 05:37 | February 3, 1978 | Master | When Sunny Gets Blue (Marvin Fisher, Jack Segal) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Gus P. Statiras (pdr), Jerry Dodgion (f, as), Michael Moore (b), Mike Abene (p), Ronnie Bedford (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Japanese reissues of the 1978 American LP Sweet And Swinging, on Progressive Records. (In the United States this album was also reissued by Audiophile in 1988, under the same title.) All but the last of the catalogue numbers listed above belong to Japanese vinyl editions, the first with a 1978 production date and the second with a 1980 production date. All of them including the last one (a CD on Century Records) bear the title Chris' Corner.
| 03:22 | April 30, May 1, or May 3, 1978 | Master | Wende (Richard R. Bennett, Dominique St. John, Ran Blake) |
Ran Blake (ldr), Jerome Harris (g), Rufus Reid (b), Ran Blake (p), Chris Connor (v), Richard Rodney Bennett (ac)
NOTES:
Chris Connor appeared as a guest in this album by avant-garde pianist and academician Ran Blake, who is a big fan of her singing.
| 02:37 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Blame It On My Youth (Oscar Levant, Edward Heyman) | |
| 02:26 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | It's All Right With Me (Cole Porter) | |
| 03:09 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Someone To Watch Over Me (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) | |
| 02:51 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Trouble Is A Man (Alec Wilder) | |
| 03:26 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | All This And Heaven Too (Ed DeLange, Jimmy Van Heusen) | |
| 02:45 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | The Thrill Is Gone (Lew Brown, Ray Henderson) | |
| 03:28 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | I Concentrate On You (Cole Porter) | |
| 01:48 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | All Dressed Up With A Broken Heart (Fred Patrick, Claude Reese, Jack Val) | |
| 02:28 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | From This Moment On (Cole Porter) | |
| 04:13 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Ridin' High (Cole Porter) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Creed Taylor (pdr), The Ralph Sharon Group (acc), Herbie Mann (f, ts), J. J. Johnson, Kai Winding (tb), Joe Puma (g), Milt Hinton (b), Ralph Sharon (p), Osie Johnson (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
A compilation of tracks from Connor's Bethlehem years. Notice that all 10 tracks are from her April 1955 sessions. Only 3 tracks from those dates were left out ("Don't Wait Up For Me," "A Good Man Is A Seldom Thing," and "Fly Me To The Moon").
| 02:03 | Between January 18 And January 27, 1963 | Concert Taping | A Lot Of Livin' To Do (Lee Adams, Charles Strouse) | |
| 02:56 | Between January 18 And January 27, 1963 | Concert Taping | All Or Nothing At All (Arthur Altman, Jack Lawrence) | |
| 02:56 | Between January 18 And January 27, 1963 | Concert Taping | Old Devil Moon (Erwin 'Yip' Harburg, Burton Lane) | |
| 02:48 | Between January 18 And January 27, 1963 | Concert Taping | I Concentrate On You (Cole Porter) | |
| 03:58 | Between January 18 And January 27, 1963 | Concert Taping | Black Coffee (Joseph F. "Sonny" Burke, Paul Francis Webster) | |
| 05:10 | Between January 18 And January 27, 1963 | Concert Taping | Only The Lonely (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) | |
| 03:07 | Between January 18 And January 27, 1963 | Concert Taping | Goodbye (Gordon Jenkins) | |
| 04:40 | December 15, 1960 | 15645 | Master | New York's My Home (Gordon Jenkins) |
| 03:37 | December 15, 1960 | 15647 | Master | When The Sun Comes Out (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) |
| 02:38 | January 30, 1961 | 15651 | Master | Send For Me (Ollie Jones) |
| 03:44 | December 22, 1960 | 15649 | Master | Where Do You Go? (Alec Wilder, Arnold Sundgaard) |
| 06:41 | January 30, 1961 | 15650 | Master | Something's Coming (Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim) |
Chris Connor, Maynard Ferguson (ldr), Joe Farrell (f, ss, ts), Lanny Morgan (f, as), Willie Maiden (cl, ts), Frank Hittner (bcl, bar), Bill Berry, Rolf Ericson, Augustino 'Chet' Ferretti (t), Maynard Ferguson (t, tb, frh), Kenny Rupp, Ray Winslow (tb), Mundell Lowe (g), Richard Davis, John Neves (b), Ronnie Ball, Jaki Byard (p), Rufus Jones, Ed Shaughnessy (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Side A of this anthology culls tracks from Chris Connor's At The Village Gate album, originally on FM Records. The tracks on side B are from Two's Company, her Roulette album with Maynard Ferguson. My thanks to Robert Gray for his extensive assistance during the labor of researching this album.
| 03:39 | December 12, 1978 | Master | Come In From The Rain (Melissa Manchester, Carole Bayer Sager) | |
| 03:49 | December 12, 1978 | Master | A Baby's Born (Thom Bell, Linda Creed) | |
| 03:57 | December 12, 1978 | Master | I'll Catch The Sun (Rod McKuen) | |
| 03:22 | December 12, 1978 | Master | Blue, Green, Grey And Gone (Michel Legrand, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Francis Lemarque) | |
| 03:27 | December 12, 1978 | Master | Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words) (Bart Howard) | |
| 03:22 | December 12, 1978 | Master | More Today Than Yesterday (Pat Upton) | |
| 02:40 | December 12, 1978 | Master | Alone Together (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) | |
| 02:53 | December 12, 1978 | Master | Baltimore Oriole (Hoagy Carmichael, Paul Francis Webster) | |
| 02:50 | December 12, 1978 | Master | All Or Nothing At All (Arthur Altman, Jack Lawrence) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Ronne McClure (b), Harold Danko (p), Edward Soph (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
This album was prepared for exclusive release in the Japanese market.
At the December 12, 1978 session, LOBster resorted to the then-fashionable direct-to-disc process. "Direct-to-disc" meant that all the songs intended for the LP's side A were recorded in a continued, uninterrupted string (as if they all were part of one long take, with no more than a brief pause in-between tracks). After finishing with side A, Connor and the musicians followed the same procedure for the flip side of the LP. For their part, the engineers recorded both sides directly to a master lacquer -- not to magnetic tape, as had been the norm for decades.
By recording directly to a master disc, engineers were bypassing a few steps of what had become their regular process. Obviously, they no longer had to transfer from magnetic tape to the stamper. Also, they could not splice or apply any corrective techniques to the masters: thre numbers are heard exactly as they were performed, any errors included. (Of course, we should presume that, if any major mistake was made, the proceedings were stopped. In such a case, the personnel would have to start over, taking it again from the very first song of side A or side B.)
Audiophile listeners approved of this process because, from their perspective, the resulting product was "purer." In comparison with the rest of available commercial albums, direct-to-disc LPs were far less removed from what had been actually recorded at the studio session. Also part of the allure was the promise of limited LP quantities. (Quantities were limited by necessity: unlike magnetic tape, master lacquers could be re-used only a few times, because their sound quality noticeably degenerates with each successive use. Eventually, the master would thus be rendered unusable, leaving the company with no other option but to altogether stop pressing from it. At that point (and until the advent of the CD), they would have to permanently terminate pressing or, alternatively -- but in violation of what was promised to customers -- they would have to press from the previously issued commercial vinyl.)
Alone Together has been digitally reissued twice: in 1993 (TDK Records) and in 2004 (Absord Records). Both CD editions include bonus tracks by Anita O'Day, also originally recorded for LOBster.
| 03:14 | July 27, 1942 | CO 33048-2 | Alternate Take (Columbia) | Why Don't You Do Right? (Joe McCoy) |
| 03:24 | May 6, 1946 (Recording Date) | Guest Spot (AFRS) | I Get The Blues (When It Rains) (Marcy Klauber, Harry Stoddard) | |
| 03:31 | October 21, 1952 | Concert Taping | Come Rain Or Come Shine (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) | |
| 02:48 | October 21, 1952 | Concert Taping | Sorta Kinda (James Oliver Young) | |
| 03:46 | October 21, 1952 | Concert Taping | Wish You Were Here (Harold Rome) | |
| 03:53 | October 28, 1952 | Concert Taping | Who Are We To Say? (Gus Kahn, Sigmund Romberg) |
Benny Goodman, Peggy Lee, The Claude Thornhill Orchestra (ldr), Morty Palitz (pdr), Mel Powell (arr, p), The Benny Goodman Orchestra, The Les Paul Trio (acc), Dave Figg, Cliff Hoff (cl, ts), Med Flory, Gene Quill (cl, as), Benny Goodman (cl), Dick Zabach (cl, bar), Clint Neagley, Herman "Hymie" Sche[r]tzer (as), Leonard Sims, Jon Walton (ts), Robert "Bob" Poland (bar), Benny Baker, Rusty Dedrick, Tony Faso (aka Joseph Fasulo), James "Jimmy" Maxwell, Sonny Rich, Lawrence Stearns, aka Alfred Sculco, Nick Travis (t), Charlie Castaldo, Milt Gold, Obie Massingill, Lou McGarity (tb), Al Antonucci (frh), Dave Barbour, Cal Gooden (g), Les Paul (elg), Bill Crow, Cliff Hill (b), Clint Nordquist (sb), Milt Raskin, Claude Thornhill (p), Howard "Hud" Davies, Winston Welch (d), Chris Connor, Peggy Lee (v)
NOTES:
Please be aware that this entry contains performances by two of my discographical subjects. Of the six above-listed titles, "Why Don't You Do Right?" and "I Get The Blues When It Rains" are sung by Peggy Lee, whereas the other four are Chris Connor interpretations.
This LP was reissued by Tokuma Industries on its Dan Records imprint. (Dan Records is thus part of Tokuma. For the sake of greater clarity, I have still provided separate entries for the Dan LP and the Tokuma CD.) The front cover is the same one on both formats.
| 02:55 | December 19, 1956 | 2281 | Master | It's A Most Unusual Day (Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Nesuhi Ertegun (pdr), Ralph Sharon (arr, p), Al Cohn, Lucky Thompson (ts), Oscar Pettiford (b), Eddie Costa (vib), Osie Johnson (d), Francisco "Chino" Pozo (bo), Ramon 'Mongo' Santamaria (cng), Chris Connor (v)
| April 23 To May 6, 1953 | Concert Taping | Don't Worry 'Bout Me (Rube Bloom, Ted Koehler) | ||
| April 23 To May 6, 1953 | Concert Taping | Love Me Or Leave Me (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) |
The Stan Kenton Orchestra (ldr), Pete Rugolo (arr), Bill Russo (arr, tb), Vinnie Dean, Lee Konitz (as), Bill Holman, Richie Kamuca (ts), Henry "Hank" Levy (bar), Conte Candoli, Marion "Buddy" Childers, Don Dennis, Ernie Royal, Don Smith (t), Bob Burgess, Keith Moon, Frank Rosolino (tb), George Roberts (bt), Sal Salvador (g), Donald "Don" Bagley (b), Stan Kenton (p), Stan Levey (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Please be aware that, in the case of all performances dated March 27 or April 23, those dates refer to the first day of Kenton's 1953 concert engagements at the Blue Note and Birdland Clubs, not to the exact day on which the given performance took place. For the specific days, consult the notes under the sessions dated May 27 - April 9, 1953 and April 23 - May 6, 1953 in this page.
| 02:31 | 1971 | Master | Hit 'Em In The Head With Love (Rod McKuen) | |
| 03:40 | 1971 | Master | Make It With You (David Gates) | |
| 02:50 | 1971 | Master | More Today Than Yesterday (Pat Upton) | |
| 02:47 | 1971 | Master | We've Only Just Begun (Paul Williams, Roger Nichols) | |
| 02:12 | 1971 | Master | Time And Love (Laura Nyro) | |
| 03:46 | 1971 | Master | Buy And Sell (Laura Nyro) | |
| 03:10 | 1971 | Master | Fire And Rain (James Taylor) | |
| 03:32 | 1971 | Master | As I Love My Own (Rod McKuen) | |
| 02:37 | 1971 | Master | The Long And Winding Road (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) | |
| 03:06 | 1971 | Master | Hi De Ho (That Old Sweet Roll) (Carole King, Gerry Goffin) | |
| 02:56 | 1971 | Master | What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life? (Alan Bergman, Marilyn Keith aka Marilyn Bergman, Michel Legrand) | |
| 02:54 | 1971 | Master | Snowbird (Gene MacLellan) | |
| 02:59 | 1971 | Master | Hurry, Tuesday Child (Bobbie Gentry) | |
| 03:54 | 1971 | Master | Ten Cents A Dance (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Wade Alexander, Rod McKuen (pdr), Patrick Rebillot (arr), Alyn Ainesworth (s-a), George Barnes (g), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Reissue of Connor's original 1971 album on Stanyan Records.
| 03:25 | November 16, 1960 | 5179 | Master | Where Flamingos Fly (John Benson Brooks, Harold Courlander, Elthea Peale) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Nesuhi Ertegun (pdr), Jimmy Jones (arr, p), Clark Terry (t, fh), Barry Galbraith (g), George Duvivier (b), Teddy Sommer (d), Chris Connor (v)
| 02:58 | September 25, 1981 | Concert Taping | I Hear The Music Now (Sammy Fain, Jerry Seelen, Ambroise Charles Thomas) | |
| 04:43 | September 25, 1981 | Concert Taping | Good Morning, Heartache (Ervin Drake, Dan Fisher, Irene Higginbotham) | |
| 03:26 | September 25, 1981 | Concert Taping | It Might As Well Be Spring (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers) | |
| 01:41 | September 25, 1981 | Concert Taping | Things Are Swingin' (Peggy Lee, Jack Marshall) | |
| 03:31 | September 25, 1981 | Concert Taping | Where Flamingos Fly (John Benson Brooks, Harold Courlander, Elthea Peale) | |
| 02:55 | September 25, 1981 | Concert Taping | All Or Nothing At All (Arthur Altman, Jack Lawrence) | |
| 02:30 | September 25, 1981 | Concert Taping | Lover (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) | |
| 02:18 | September 25, 1981 | Concert Taping | Get Out Of Town (Cole Porter) | |
| 02:58 | September 25, 1981 | Concert Taping | All About Ronnie (Joe Greene) | |
| 03:30 | September 25, 1981 | Concert Taping | Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home (Free And Easy) (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) | |
| 02:38 | September 25, 1981 | Concert Taping | Just In Time (Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Jule Styne) | |
| 03:20 | September 25, 1981 | Concert Taping | Glad To Be Unhappy (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) | |
| 02:58 | September 25, 1981 | Concert Taping | Poor Little Rich Girl (Noel Coward) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Horst Liepolt (pdr), Steve LaSpina (b), Fred Hersch (p), Tony Tedesco (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
According to the LP's liner annotator, "this performance of Chris Connor and her trio was first broadcast on National Public Radio's Peabody award-winning series Jazz Alive! in October of 1981 and is hereby included for your enjoyment by mutual agreement between NPR and Ms. Connor. We wish to thank the Jazz Alive! staff for their assistance on the recording."
Evidence released a partial reissue of this album in 1995, and called it Lover Come Back To Me: Live At Sweet Basil. I call it a "partial reissue" because three of the 13 tracks tracks above were left out (and a handful of previously unissued were added).
At this point in time, Connor had not released an original album in the United States since the 1971 LP Sketches, made for Stanyan Records. But in 1983 she came back with not one but two domestic albums: Live and, on Stash Records, Love Being Here With You. (Between 1971 and 1983, she had recorded for the Japanese market, though: the 1976 LP Chris Moves, released by CBS Japan in 1977, and -- Alone Together, recorded and released by LOBster in 1979.
| 02:51 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | What Is There To Say? (Vernon Duke, Erwin 'Yip' Harburg) | |
| 03:02 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Try A Little Tenderness (Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly, Harry Woods) | |
| 02:22 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Lullaby Of Birdland (George Shearing, George David Weiss) | |
| 02:54 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Spring Is Here (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) | |
| 02:26 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Stella By Starlight (Ned Washington, Victor Popular Young) | |
| 02:19 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Gone With The Wind (Herb Magidson, Allie Wrubel) | |
| 02:37 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Blame It On My Youth (Oscar Levant, Edward Heyman) | |
| 02:26 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | It's All Right With Me (Cole Porter) | |
| 02:45 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | The Thrill Is Gone (Lew Brown, Ray Henderson) | |
| 03:28 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | I Concentrate On You (Cole Porter) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Creed Taylor (pdr), Tom Dowd (eng), The Vinnie Burke Quartet, The Ellis Larkins Trio, The Ralph Sharon Group (acc), Herbie Mann (f, ts), Ronnie Odrich (f, cl), J. J. Johnson, Kai Winding (tb), Everett Barksdale, Joe Cinderella, Joe Puma (g), Vinnie Burke, Milt Hinton, Beverly Peer (b), Ellis Larkins, Ralph Sharon (p), Don Burns (pac), Osie Johnson, Art Mardigan (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Side A of this LP is dedicated to numbers sung by Carmen McRae, side B to interpretations by Chris Connor. All tracks come from Connors' and McRae's respective periods as Bethlehem artists.
| 03:31 | December 22, 1960 | 15648 | Master | Guess Who I Saw Today (Murray Grand, Elisse Boyd) |
| 03:44 | December 22, 1960 | 15649 | Master | Where Do You Go? (Alec Wilder, Arnold Sundgaard) |
| 03:37 | December 15, 1960 | 15647 | Master | When The Sun Comes Out (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) |
| 04:09 | January 30, 1961 | 15653 | Master | Deep Song (Douglass Cross, George Cory) |
Chris Connor, Maynard Ferguson (ldr), Joe Farrell (f, ss, ts), Lanny Morgan (f, as), Willie Maiden (cl, ts), Frank Hittner (bcl, bar), Bill Berry, Rolf Ericson, Augustino 'Chet' Ferretti (t), Maynard Ferguson (t, tb, frh), Kenny Rupp, Ray Winslow (tb), John Neves (b), Jaki Byard (p), Rufus Jones (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
This Collection consists of ten numbers: six Maynard Ferguson instrumentals and four vocals from the 1961 Connor-Ferguson album Two's Company, on Roulette Records.
| 02:18 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | I Hear Music (Burton Lane, Frank Loesser) | |
| 02:51 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | What Is There To Say? (Vernon Duke, Erwin 'Yip' Harburg) | |
| 02:43 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Come Back To Sorrento (Claude Aveling, Ernesto DeCurtis) | |
| 02:42 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Why Shouldn't I? (Cole Porter) | |
| 02:22 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Lullaby Of Birdland (George Shearing, George David Weiss) | |
| 03:02 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Try A Little Tenderness (Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly, Harry Woods) | |
| 02:57 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | All About Ronnie (Joe Greene) | |
| 02:54 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Spring Is Here (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Creed Taylor (pdr), Tom Dowd (eng), The Ellis Larkins Trio (acc), Everett Barksdale (g), Beverly Peer (b), Ellis Larkins (p), Chris Connor (v), Bob Garrity (spk)
NOTES:
Reissue of Connor's album of the same title. It is curious to see that the 10" LP was the configuration picked for reissue, rather than the 12" LP. (Then again, it is a celebrated 10" LP, and the 12" version does not have the much-praised cover by Burt Goldblatt.) I have not seen this Spanish album myself, and would like to receive corroboration that my sources have correctly identified it as a reissue of the 10" LP version.
| 03:11 | January 23, 1961 | 5294 | Master | Summertime (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward) |
| 02:34 | January 23, 1961 | 5292 | Master | I Only Have Eyes For You (Al Dubin, Harry Warren) |
| 05:04 | December 14, 1960 | 5226 | Master | It Never Entered My Mind (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) |
| 02:36 | December 5, 1960 | 5216 | Master | Two Ladies In De Shade Of De Banana Tree (Truman Capote, Harold Arlen) |
| 04:17 | December 14, 1960 | 5224 | Master | Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most (Fran Landesman, Tommy Wolf) |
| 04:20 | December 5, 1960 | 5215 | Master | Lonesome Road (Gene Austin, Nathaniel Shilkret) |
| 02:48 | December 14, 1960 | 5225 | Master | All The Things You Are (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) |
| 03:37 | December 14, 1960 | 5227 | Master | Black Coffee (Joseph F. "Sonny" Burke, Paul Francis Webster) |
| 04:23 | December 5, 1960 | 5217 | Master | Happy New Year (Gordon Jenkins) |
| 03:11 | January 23, 1961 | 5295 | Master | That's How It Went, All Right (Andre Previn, Dory Previn) |
Chris Connor, Maynard Ferguson (ldr), Nesuhi Ertegun (pdr), Willie Maiden (arr, cl, ts), Don Sebesky (arr), Joe Farrell (f, ss, ts), Lanny Morgan (f, as), Frank Hittner (bcl, bar), Bill Berry, Rolf Ericson, Augustino 'Chet' Ferretti, Rick Kiefer (t), Maynard Ferguson (t, tb, frh), Kenny Rupp, Ray Winslow (tb), Charlie Sanders (b), Jaki Byard (p), Rufus Jones (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Reissue -- with different cover artwork -- of the 1961 album that Chris Connor and Maynard Ferguson did jointly for Atlantic Records in 1961. Double Exposure should not be confused with Two's Company, another album by the pair, released the same year but on a different label -- Roulette Records.
| 02:18 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | I Hear Music (Burton Lane, Frank Loesser) | |
| 02:57 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | All About Ronnie (Joe Greene) | |
| 02:42 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Why Shouldn't I? (Cole Porter) | |
| 02:43 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Come Back To Sorrento (Claude Aveling, Ernesto DeCurtis) | |
| 02:54 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Out Of This World (Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen) | |
| 02:37 | August 21, 1954 | Master | A Cottage For Sale (Larry Conley, Willard Robison) | |
| 02:32 | August 21, 1954 | Master | How Long Has This Been Going On? (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) | |
| 02:32 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Goodbye (Gordon Jenkins) | |
| 02:53 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Lush Life (Billy Strayhorn) | |
| 02:42 | August 21, 1954 | Master | He's Coming Home (Charles DeForest) | |
| 04:13 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Ridin' High (Cole Porter) | |
| 01:48 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | All Dressed Up With A Broken Heart (Fred Patrick, Claude Reese, Jack Val) | |
| 02:51 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Trouble Is A Man (Alec Wilder) | |
| 03:26 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | All This And Heaven Too (Ed DeLange, Jimmy Van Heusen) | |
| 03:09 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Someone To Watch Over Me (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) | |
| 03:06 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words) (Bart Howard) | |
| 02:28 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | From This Moment On (Cole Porter) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Creed Taylor (pdr), Tom Dowd (eng), The Vinnie Burke Quartet, The Ellis Larkins Trio, The Ralph Sharon Group (acc), Herbie Mann (f, ts), Ronnie Odrich (f, cl), J. J. Johnson, Kai Winding (tb), Everett Barksdale, Joe Cinderella, Joe Puma (g), Vinnie Burke, Milt Hinton, Beverly Peer (b), Ellis Larkins, Ralph Sharon (p), Don Burns (pac), Osie Johnson, Art Mardigan (d), Chris Connor (v), Bob Garrity (spk)
NOTES:
This compilation contains 17 selections from Connor's Bethlehem period. Out Of This World has been reissued on CD at least twice (1993, 1995), on both cases in versions that cut the total number of Connor tracks from 17 to 10 .
| 05:18 | April 25 & 27, 1983 | Master | A Foggy Day (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) | |
| April 25 & 27, 1983 | Master | I Love Being Here With You (Dave Cavanaugh aka Bill Schluger, Peggy Lee) | ||
| April 25 & 27, 1983 | Master | The Thrill Is Gone (Lew Brown, Ray Henderson) | ||
| April 25 & 27, 1983 | Master | Solitude (Ed DeLange, Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) |
Takao Ishizuka, Hiroaki Itoh (pdr), George Mraz (b), Norman Simmons (p), Tim Horner (d), Ernestine Anderson, Chris Connor, Carol Sloane (v)
NOTES:
This album contains 10 tracks. Each of the featured vocalists sings solo on two or more tracks. Ernestine Anderson interprets "What's New?" and "Someday My Prince Will Come." Carol Sloane does "All Of Me," "Love Walked In," "Early Autumn" and "Willow Weep For Me." Anderson, Connor, and Sloane sing together in the remaining track ("A Foggy Day").
This Japanese album has been issued on CD several times:
1. CBS 32DP 794 (1987)
2. EMI Eastworld CP38-3140 (1988)
3. EMI Eastworld TEC-2034 (rel. year unknown)
4. EMI Toshiba TOCJ-8039 ("Somethin' Else Classics") (1998)
The original 1984 date is carried by the CDs above as a "production date," and no release date stipulated. That situation might give viewers the wrong impression of a very early CD release.
The release dates entered form items #1 and #2 should be deemed tentative, and thus in need of further confirmation. Actually, the existence of item #1 still needs to be confirmed
.
| 02:10 | September 12 & 19, 1983 | Master | I Love Being Here With You (Dave Cavanaugh aka Bill Schluger, Peggy Lee) | |
| 02:24 | September 12 & 19, 1983 | Master | The Thrill Is Gone (Lew Brown, Ray Henderson) | |
| 04:57 | September 12 & 19, 1983 | Master | Like Someone In Love (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) | |
| 02:55 | September 12 & 19, 1983 | Master | This Is It (Arthur Schwartz, Dorothy Fields) | |
| 02:09 | September 12 & 19, 1983 | Master | Rio (Peter Allen) | |
| 03:08 | September 12 & 19, 1983 | Master | How Little We Know (Johnny Mercer, Hoagy Carmichael) | |
| 04:58 | September 12 & 19, 1983 | Master | Anyone Home (Richard R. Bennett, Frank Underwood) | |
| 04:44 | September 12 & 19, 1983 | Master | Baia (Ary Barroso) | |
| 02:06 | September 12 & 19, 1983 | Master | Come Rain Or Come Shine (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Bernie Brightman (pdr), Richard Rodney Bennett (arr), Russ Kassoff (arr, p), Bucky Pizzarelli (g), Dick Sarpolo (b), Tony Tedesco (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
At this point in time, no original albums by Connor had been released in the United States since 1971, when Stanyan Recorded issued her LP Sketches. This sad state of affairs finally changed during 1983 and 1984. The first year marked the release of an earlier live date on the Applause label, as well as the recording of this new album which Stash issued in 1984.
(The comments in the preceding paragraph are circumscribed to the American market. Between 1971 and 1984, she had actually made two albums for the Japanese market. One of them was Chris Moves, recorded in 1976 and released by CBS Japan in 1977. The other was Alone Together, recorded and released by LOBster in 1979.)
I am aware of the following issues, editions, and reissues of the original Love Being Here With You LP.
From America (United States):
1. Stash CD: ST-CD-14 - A Double Date With Helen Forrest and Chris Connor [twofer] (1989)
From Japan:
2. Stash CD: MID-1014 (1988)
3. Nippon Phonogram CD: PHCE-1045 ("Sounds Of The Apple" Series) (1991)
The preceding list aims at comprehensiveness. A full, 100% complete listing would probably require further assistance from fellow fans -- especially, from those whose collections lean toward non-USA issues. If you know the catalogue number of any unlisted reissues, I would appreciate hearing from you, via email. Corrections are also welcome.
| 02:37 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Blame It On My Youth (Oscar Levant, Edward Heyman) | |
| 02:22 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Lullaby Of Birdland (George Shearing, George David Weiss) | |
| 02:45 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | The Thrill Is Gone (Lew Brown, Ray Henderson) | |
| 03:09 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Someone To Watch Over Me (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) | |
| 02:19 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Gone With The Wind (Herb Magidson, Allie Wrubel) | |
| 03:06 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words) (Bart Howard) | |
| 02:28 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | From This Moment On (Cole Porter) | |
| 03:02 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Try A Little Tenderness (Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly, Harry Woods) | |
| 02:53 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Lush Life (Billy Strayhorn) | |
| 02:57 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | All About Ronnie (Joe Greene) | |
| 02:26 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | It's All Right With Me (Cole Porter) | |
| 01:48 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | All Dressed Up With A Broken Heart (Fred Patrick, Claude Reese, Jack Val) | |
| 03:28 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | I Concentrate On You (Cole Porter) | |
| 02:26 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Stella By Starlight (Ned Washington, Victor Popular Young) | |
| 02:32 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Goodbye (Gordon Jenkins) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Creed Taylor (pdr), Tom Dowd (eng), The Vinnie Burke Quartet, The Ellis Larkins Trio, The Ralph Sharon Group (acc), Herbie Mann (f, ts), Ronnie Odrich (f, cl), J. J. Johnson, Kai Winding (tb), Everett Barksdale, Joe Cinderella, Joe Puma (g), Vinnie Burke, Milt Hinton, Beverly Peer (b), Ellis Larkins, Ralph Sharon (p), Don Burns (pac), Osie Johnson, Art Mardigan (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
This CD is basically an abbreviated reissue of the Bethlehem 2LP set that bears the same title. Differences: country of origin (Japan instead of the USA), number of songs (15 instead of 20), two tracks not on the LP set ("Someone To Watch Over Me," "Goodbye") and artwork (head shot instead of LP's drawing).
| 02:38 | February 11, 1953 | 11120 | Master | If I Should Lose You (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) |
The Stan Kenton Orchestra (ldr), Lee Gillette (pdr), Bill Russo (arr, tb), Vinnie Dean, Lee Konitz (as), Bill Holman, Richie Kamuca (ts), Bob Gioga (bar), Conte Candoli, Walter "Pete" Candoli, Marion "Buddy" Childers, Don Dennis, Maynard Ferguson, Ruben McFall (t), Bob Burgess, Keith Moon, Frank Rosolino (tb), George Roberts (bt), Sal Salvador (g), Donald "Don" Bagley (b), Stan Kenton (p), Stan Levey (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
On vinyl, this set consisted of three LPs. In cassette format, it came out in the form of two tapes.
| 04:04 | Late April, 1974 | 29428 | Master Take (Atlantic) | Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight (James Taylor) |
| 04:04 | April 9, 1962 | 6097 | Master | Lonely Woman (Ornette Coleman, Margo Guryan) |
Chris Connor, Peggy Lee (ldr), Nesuhi Ertegun (pdr), Dave Grusin (pdr, arr, con, p, fen, snt, per), Peggy Lee (pdr, arr, v), Phil Schier (eng), Artie Butler (arr), Al Cohn (arr, con), Erno Neufeld (ccm), Pete Christlieb (f, ts), Oliver Nelson (cl, ts), Phil Woods (cl, as), Sol Schlinger (bcl, bar), Jerome Richardson (ss, as, bar), Charles "Chuck" Findley, Joe Newman, Clark Terry (t), Frank Rosolino (tb), Vincent DeRosa (frh), Gene Cipriano (o), Dennis Budimir, Dan Ferguson, Lee Ritenour, David T. Walker (g), George Duvivier, Chuck Rainey (b), Unknown (str), Ronnie Ball, George Gaffney (p), Dick Borden, Ed Shaughnessy (d), Harvey Mason (d, per), Bobbye Hall (cng), Chris Connor (v), Jim Gilstrap, Joe Green, Marti McCall, Jackie Ward, Edna Wright (bkv)
NOTES:
Not the full track listing; only tracks of relevance to my discographies are listed. (This issue actually features performances from more than one of my discographical subjects. "Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight" is a Peggy Lee performance, "Lonely Woman" a Chris Connor performance.)
Singers was available both separately and as part of the 12-volume box Atlantic Jazz (catalogue number 81712). The box was issued in both cassette and LP configurations; I do not know if it was also produced in the CD format.
| 02:38 | August 5 & 6, 1986 | Master | Let's Face The Music And Dance (Irving Berlin) | |
| 04:12 | August 5 & 6, 1986 | Master | Laura (Johnny Mercer, David Raksin) | |
| 02:40 | August 5 & 6, 1986 | Master | Sweet Happy Life (Samba de Orfeu) (Luiz Bonfá, Norman Gimbel, Antônio Maria Araújo de Morais) | |
| 03:37 | August 5 & 6, 1986 | Master | In Love In Vain (Jerome Kern, Leo Robin) | |
| 00:36 | August 5 & 6, 1986 | Master | What Is This Thing Called Love? (Cole Porter) | |
| 01:52 | August 5 & 6, 1986 | Master | You Don't Know What Love Is (Don Raye, Gene DePaul) | |
| 02:29 | August 5 & 6, 1986 | Master | Love (Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin) | |
| 04:10 | August 5 & 6, 1986 | Master | Ten Cents A Dance (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) | |
| 04:04 | August 5 & 6, 1986 | Master | Blame It On My Youth (Oscar Levant, Edward Heyman) | |
| 03:34 | August 5 & 6, 1986 | Master | Brazil (Ary Barroso, Bob Russell) | |
| 04:30 | August 5 & 6, 1986 | Master | We'll Be Together Again (Carl Fischer, Frankie Laine) | |
| 02:40 | August 5 & 6, 1986 | Master | Let's Take The Long Way Home (Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Helen Keane (pdr), Richard Rodney Bennett (arr, p, DX7), Paquito D'Rivera (as), Claudio Roditi (t, fh), Rufus Reid (b), Mike Abene (p, DX7), Akira Tana (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Classic was reviewed by Alan Bargebuhr in the September 1987 issue of Cadence magazine: "Chris Connor sounds surprisingly as she did in the 50's. The breathy huskiness, which has been her trademark, appears intact. She seems to find some comfort in familiar material, or else (with so many songs in the popular song catalog), why would she choose to re-record Blame/Love/Cents/Don't Know? She's still skillful at playing with meter and emphasis, readjusting melodies and, in some cases, reshaping whole songs. She is not a strong interpreter of lyrics ... This is not to say that she disregards them entirely. She is, in the end, a stylist who has escaped falling into an exaggeration of her own style. On this LP, her accompaniment is solid and the proceedings are ... jazz inclined. The album's title may be a slight overstatement, but Miss Connor is certainly holding her own."
Besides making this original appearance on LP and cassette in 1987, this album was also reissued on CD by Classics in 1992 and EMI Odeon ("Jazz Voice" Series, JV.222) in 2004.
| 03:05 | August 17 To 19, 1987 | Master | Dearly Beloved (Jerome Kern, Johnny Mercer) | |
| 04:11 | August 17 To 19, 1987 | Master | Down In Brazil (Michael Franks) | |
| 03:46 | August 17 To 19, 1987 | Master | I Never Meant To Hurt You (Laura Nyro) | |
| 03:14 | August 17 To 19, 1987 | Master | Love Locked Out (Ray Noble, M. Kester) | |
| 02:00 | August 17 To 19, 1987 | Master | Cheek To Cheek (Irving Berlin) | |
| 01:25 | August 17 To 19, 1987 | Master | That Face (Lew Spence, Alan Bergman) | |
| 02:35 | August 17 To 19, 1987 | Master | Dancing In The Dark (Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz) | |
| 00:20 | August 17 To 19, 1987 | Master | It Only Happens When I Dance With You (Irving Berlin) | |
| 03:06 | August 17 To 19, 1987 | Master | Mad About The Boy (Noel Coward) | |
| 04:17 | August 17 To 19, 1987 | Master | Antonio's Song (Michael Franks) | |
| 04:12 | August 17 To 19, 1987 | Master | I Wish I'd Met You (Johnny Mandel, Richard R. Bennett, Frank Underwood) | |
| 05:02 | August 17 To 19, 1987 | Master | My Foolish Heart (Ned Washington, Victor Popular Young) | |
| August 17 To 19, 1987 | Master | Saturday Night (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) | ||
| August 17 To 19, 1987 | Master | Little White Lies (Walter Donaldson) | ||
| August 17 To 19, 1987 | Master | I Wish I Didn't Love You So (Frank Loesser) | ||
| August 17 To 19, 1987 | Master | I've Heard That Song Before (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) | ||
| August 17 To 19, 1987 | Master | Everything Old Is New Again (Peter Allen) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Helen Keane, Lori Muscarelle (pdr), Mike Abene, Richard Rodney Bennett (arr, key), Bill Kirchner (f, cl, ss, as, ts), Dave Valentin (f), Claudio Roditi (t, fh), Michael Moore (b), Buddy Williams (d), Sammy Figueroa (per), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Besides making this original appearance on LP and cassette in 1987, this album was also issued on CD in 1992.
| 02:34 | March 11, 1962 | 6043 | Master | The Sweetest Sounds (Richard Rodgers) |
| 02:30 | July 28, 1956 | 2064 | Master | I Miss You So (Jimmy Henderson, Bertha Scott, Sid Robin) |
| 03:16 | January 19, 1956 | 1838 | Master | Something To Live For (Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn) |
| 01:53 | January 23, 1956 | 1854 | Master | I Get A Kick Out Of You (Cole Porter) |
| 02:15 | April 24, 1957 | 2485 | Master | They All Laughed (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Ahmet Ertegun, Nesuhi Ertegun, Jerry Wexler (pdr), Al Cohn (arr, con, ts), Ray Ellis (arr, con), Ralph Burns (con), The Ray Ellis Orchestra (acc), Gene Quill (cl, as), Phil Woods (as), Oliver Nelson (ts), Danny Bank, Sol Schlinger (bar), Ernie Royal, Doc Severinsen, Nick Travis (t), Eddie Bert, James "Jimmy" Cleveland (tb), Barry Galbraith, Mundell Lowe (g), Milt Hinton, Wendell Marshall, Oscar Pettiford (b), Ronnie Ball, Stan Free, John Lewis (p), Gus Johnson, Connie Kay, Ed Shaughnessy (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Besides making this original appearance on LP in 1987, this album was also issued on CD and on cassette in 1991.
| 02:57 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | All About Ronnie (Joe Greene) | |
| 02:44 | December 17-18, 1953 | Master | Miser's Serenade (Mad Miser Man) (Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, Gimme) (Fred Patrick, Claude Reese, Marvin Fisher, Jack Val) | |
| 02:16 | December 17-18, 1953 | Master | Ev'rything I Love (Cole Porter) | |
| 02:54 | December 17-18, 1953 | Master | Indian Summer (Al Dubin, Victor Herbert) | |
| 02:18 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | I Hear Music (Burton Lane, Frank Loesser) | |
| 02:43 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Come Back To Sorrento (Claude Aveling, Ernesto DeCurtis) | |
| 02:54 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Out Of This World (Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen) | |
| 02:53 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Lush Life (Billy Strayhorn) | |
| 02:28 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | From This Moment On (Cole Porter) | |
| 03:23 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | A Good Man Is A Seldom Thing (Charles DeForest) | |
| 02:33 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Don't Wait Up For Me (Charles DeForest) | |
| 03:06 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words) (Bart Howard) | |
| 02:37 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Blame It On My Youth (Oscar Levant, Edward Heyman) | |
| 02:26 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | It's All Right With Me (Cole Porter) | |
| 03:09 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Someone To Watch Over Me (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) | |
| 02:51 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Trouble Is A Man (Alec Wilder) | |
| 03:26 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | All This And Heaven Too (Ed DeLange, Jimmy Van Heusen) | |
| 02:45 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | The Thrill Is Gone (Lew Brown, Ray Henderson) | |
| 03:28 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | I Concentrate On You (Cole Porter) | |
| 01:48 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | All Dressed Up With A Broken Heart (Fred Patrick, Claude Reese, Jack Val) | |
| 04:13 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Ridin' High (Cole Porter) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Sy Oliver (pdr, arr, con), Creed Taylor (pdr), Tom Dowd (eng), The Vinnie Burke Quartet, The Ellis Larkins Trio, The Sy Oliver Orchestra, The Ralph Sharon Group (acc), Herbie Mann (f, ts), Ronnie Odrich (f, cl), Sid Cooper, Milt Yaner (as), Boomie Richman, Sam Taylor (ts), Dave McRae (bar), Jim Bright, Jimmy Nottingham, Red Solomon (t), Vernon "Vern" Friley, J. J. Johnson, Frank Saracco, Ward Silloway, Kai Winding (tb), Everett Barksdale, Joe Cinderella, Joe Puma (g), Sid Block, Vinnie Burke, Milt Hinton, Beverly Peer (b), Ellis Larkins, Dave Martin, Ralph Sharon (p), Don Burns (pac), Jimmy Crawford, Osie Johnson, Art Mardigan (d), Chris Connor (v), Bob Garrity (spk)
NOTES:
Digital reissue of the Bethlehem LPs Chris and This Is Chris. One number, "From This Moment On," happens to be in both LPs. This CD includes the number only once, as part of the Chris sequence.
I have never seen a physical copy of this issue. I would appreciate hearing from those who have, and who might want to kindly share any other details of relevance to this entry. A description of the front cover would be particularly welcome. The limited amount of information at my reach points toward the use of the same cover as the Bethlehem album Chris (BCP-56). The exact title of this twofer also remains unclear to me. It might be Chris Connor or it might simply be Chris.
| 02:18 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | I Hear Music (Burton Lane, Frank Loesser) | |
| 02:22 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Lullaby Of Birdland (George Shearing, George David Weiss) | |
| 02:54 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Out Of This World (Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen) | |
| 02:28 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | From This Moment On (Cole Porter) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Creed Taylor (pdr), Tom Dowd (eng), The Vinnie Burke Quartet, The Ellis Larkins Trio, The Ralph Sharon Group (acc), Herbie Mann (f, ts), Ronnie Odrich (f, cl), J. J. Johnson, Kai Winding (tb), Everett Barksdale, Joe Cinderella, Joe Puma (g), Vinnie Burke, Milt Hinton, Beverly Peer (b), Ellis Larkins, Ralph Sharon (p), Don Burns (pac), Osie Johnson, Art Mardigan (d), Chris Connor (v), Bob Garrity (spk)
NOTES:
This compilation contains masters made for Bethlehem Records by the six above-listed singers.
| 02:18 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | I Hear Music (Burton Lane, Frank Loesser) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Creed Taylor (pdr), Tom Dowd (eng), The Ellis Larkins Trio (acc), Everett Barksdale (g), Beverly Peer (b), Ellis Larkins (p), Chris Connor (v), Bob Garrity (spk)
| 01:47 | January 27, 1978 | Master | Things Are Swingin' (Peggy Lee, Jack Marshall) | |
| 04:02 | January 27, 1978 | Master | Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home (Free And Easy) (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) | |
| 02:58 | January 27, 1978 | Master | Just In Time (Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Jule Styne) | |
| 03:37 | January 27, 1978 | Master | Here's That Rainy Day (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) | |
| 03:36 | February 3, 1978 | Master | Out Of This World (Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen) | |
| 01:27 | January 27, 1978 | Master | The Sweetest Sounds (Richard Rodgers) | |
| 03:35 | January 27, 1978 | Master | Where Flamingos Fly (John Benson Brooks, Harold Courlander, Elthea Peale) | |
| 02:53 | February 3, 1978 | Master | I've Got You Under My Skin (Cole Porter) | |
| 04:45 | February 3, 1978 | Master | I Wish You Love (Charles Trenet, Albert Beach) | |
| 02:17 | February 3, 1978 | Master | I Feel A Song Coming On (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh, George Oppenheimer) | |
| 05:37 | February 3, 1978 | Master | When Sunny Gets Blue (Marvin Fisher, Jack Segal) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Gus P. Statiras (pdr), Jerry Dodgion (f, as), Michael Moore (b), Mike Abene (p), Ronnie Bedford (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Reissue of the 1978 LP that bears the same title, on Progressive Records. Both the LP and the CD from Audiophile bear 1988 copyright and production dates, but it would seem that 1988 saw the release of the LP only. The CD carries the 1988 release date of the LP but I believe that it was actually issued in December of 1995.
In partnership with Teichiku, Progressive also reissued this album multiple times in Japan. However, the artwork used for the Japanese market was different, and ditto for the choice of title (Chris' Corner).
| 02:18 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | I Hear Music (Burton Lane, Frank Loesser) | |
| 02:22 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Lullaby Of Birdland (George Shearing, George David Weiss) | |
| 02:51 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | What Is There To Say? (Vernon Duke, Erwin 'Yip' Harburg) | |
| 02:43 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Come Back To Sorrento (Claude Aveling, Ernesto DeCurtis) | |
| 02:42 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Why Shouldn't I? (Cole Porter) | |
| 02:57 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | All About Ronnie (Joe Greene) | |
| 03:02 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Try A Little Tenderness (Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly, Harry Woods) | |
| 02:54 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Out Of This World (Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen) | |
| 02:53 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Lush Life (Billy Strayhorn) | |
| 02:37 | August 21, 1954 | Master | A Cottage For Sale (Larry Conley, Willard Robison) | |
| 02:32 | August 21, 1954 | Master | How Long Has This Been Going On? (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) | |
| 02:26 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Stella By Starlight (Ned Washington, Victor Popular Young) | |
| 02:19 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Gone With The Wind (Herb Magidson, Allie Wrubel) | |
| 02:42 | August 21, 1954 | Master | He's Coming Home (Charles DeForest) | |
| 02:32 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Goodbye (Gordon Jenkins) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Creed Taylor (pdr), Tom Dowd (eng), The Vinnie Burke Quartet, The Ellis Larkins Trio (acc), Ronnie Odrich (f, cl), Everett Barksdale, Joe Cinderella (g), Vinnie Burke, Beverly Peer (b), Ellis Larkins (p), Don Burns (pac), Art Mardigan (d), Chris Connor (v), Bob Garrity (spk)
NOTES:
Compilation of tracks from Connor's Bethlehem years.
| 02:54 | July 16, 1961 | Concert Taping | Day In - Day Out (Rube Bloom, Johnny Mercer) | |
| 02:27 | July 16, 1961 | Concert Taping | Hallelujah, I Love Him So (Ray Charles) | |
| 05:09 | July 16, 1961 | Concert Taping | Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most (Fran Landesman, Tommy Wolf) | |
| 03:43 | July 16, 1961 | Concert Taping | I Get A Kick Out Of You (Cole Porter) | |
| 03:43 | July 16, 1961 | Concert Taping | From This Moment On (Cole Porter) | |
| 02:10 | July 16, 1961 | Concert Taping | Blow, Gabriel, Blow (Cole Porter) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Ben Tucker (b), Ronnie Ball (p), Dave Bailey (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
This LP contains nine tracks. In addition to the five vocals listed above, four instrumentals are included: "Love For Sale," "Lover Come Back To Me," "Rifftide" and "The Man I Love." The instrumentals feature Tommy Flanagan, Coleman Hawkins, and Roy Eldridge, along with some of the other musicians who were part of the so-called American Jazz Festival from which all these live tracks were taken.
At The American Jazz Festival In Latin America was reissued on CD in 1995, both as one disc and as part of the 3CD set The Jazz Festivals In Latin America. See further details under those 1995 releases.
Portions of the festival have been issued in various LPs and CDs. There is one entitled Hot Stuff From Brazil, credited to Kenny Dorham but in reality featuring various ensembles. It was first issued on LP, then on CD (1995, 2007). I do not have a copy, and online listings about it are confusing. The LP and the 1995 CD do not seem to have any Connor tracks, but the 2007 edition does.
| 02:10 | September 12 & 19, 1983 | Master | I Love Being Here With You (Dave Cavanaugh aka Bill Schluger, Peggy Lee) | |
| 02:24 | September 12 & 19, 1983 | Master | The Thrill Is Gone (Lew Brown, Ray Henderson) | |
| 04:57 | September 12 & 19, 1983 | Master | Like Someone In Love (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) | |
| 02:55 | September 12 & 19, 1983 | Master | This Is It (Arthur Schwartz, Dorothy Fields) | |
| 02:09 | September 12 & 19, 1983 | Master | Rio (Peter Allen) | |
| 03:08 | September 12 & 19, 1983 | Master | How Little We Know (Johnny Mercer, Hoagy Carmichael) | |
| 04:58 | September 12 & 19, 1983 | Master | Anyone Home (Richard R. Bennett, Frank Underwood) | |
| 04:44 | September 12 & 19, 1983 | Master | Baia (Ary Barroso) | |
| 02:06 | September 12 & 19, 1983 | Master | Come Rain Or Come Shine (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Bernie Brightman (pdr), Richard Rodney Bennett (arr), Russ Kassoff (arr, p), Bucky Pizzarelli (g), Dick Sarpolo (b), Tony Tedesco (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Reissued by Nippon Phonogram as CD PHCE-1045 ("Sounds Of The Apple" Series, 1991).
| 03:50 | June 5, 1956 | 2007 | Master | But Not For Me (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 01:26 | February 1, 1957 | 2323 | Master | Of Thee I Sing (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:31 | February 1, 1957 | 2324 | Master | Strike Up The Band (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:15 | February 1, 1957 | 2325 | Master | I've Got A Crush On You (Ira Gershwin, George Gershwin) |
| 02:00 | February 1, 1957 | 2326 | Master | Soon (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:38 | February 1, 1957 | 2327 | Master | Liza (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Gus Kahn) |
| 03:02 | February 1, 1957 | 2328 | Master | Looking For A Boy (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 01:45 | February 1, 1957 | 2329 | Master | I Got Rhythm (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:09 | February 7, 1957 | 2334 | Master | I've Got Beginner's Luck (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 01:58 | February 7, 1957 | 2335 | Master | Slap That Bass (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 03:35 | February 7, 1957 | 2336 | Master | For You, For Me, For Evermore (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:54 | February 7, 1957 | 2337 | Master | Love Is Sweeping The Country (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:35 | February 26, 1957 | 2384 | Master | The Man I Love (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:24 | February 26, 1957 | 2385 | Master | 'S Wonderful (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 03:16 | February 26, 1957 | 2386 | Master | A Foggy Day (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:36 | February 26, 1957 | 2387 | Master | Summertime (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward) |
| 01:41 | February 26, 1957 | 2388 | Master | There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward) |
| 02:58 | February 26, 1957 | 2389 | Master | I Loves You Porgy (Dubose Heyward, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 01:19 | March 12, 1957 | 2419 | Master | Nice Work If You Can Get It (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:54 | March 12, 1957 | 2420 | Master | Blah Blah Blah (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:10 | March 12, 1957 | 2421 | Master | They Can't Take That Away From Me (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:26 | March 26, 1957 | 2422 | Master | Clap Yo' Hands (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 03:08 | March 26, 1957 | 2423 | Master | Little Jazz Bird (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:15 | March 26, 1957 | 2424 | Master | I Was Doing All Right (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:39 | March 26, 1957 | 2425 | Master | My One And Only (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:12 | April 24, 1957 | 2482 | Master | That Certain Feeling (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:34 | April 24, 1957 | 2483 | Master | Fascinating Rhythm (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 03:16 | April 24, 1957 | 2484 | Master | (Our) Love Is Here To Stay (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:15 | April 24, 1957 | 2485 | Master | They All Laughed (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 04:00 | May 1, 1957 | 2516 | Master | How Long Has This Been Going On? (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 01:48 | May 1, 1957 | 2517 | Master | I Can't Be Bothered Now (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:58 | May 1, 1957 | 2518 | Master | Love Walked In (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:22 | May 1, 1957 | 2519 | Master | Somebody Loves Me (Buddy G. DeSylva, George Gershwin, Ballard MacDonald) |
| 02:33 | May 1, 1957 | 2520 | Master | Embraceable You (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:09 | September 13, 1959 | 3447 | Concert Taping | Strike Up The Band (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 03:11 | January 23, 1961 | 5294 | Master | Summertime (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward) |
Chris Connor, Maynard Ferguson (ldr), Ahmet Ertegun, Nesuhi Ertegun, Jerry Wexler (pdr), Ralph Burns (arr, con), Ray Ellis, Don Sebesky (arr), Stan Free (arr, p), Ralph Sharon (arr, p, cel), Ralph Burns Orchestra (acc), Joe Farrell (f, ss, ts), Herbie Mann, Sam Most (f), Lanny Morgan (f, as), Peanuts Hucko (cl), Willie Maiden (cl, ts), Frank Hittner (bcl, bar), Eddie Wasserman (bcl, ts), Al Cohn (ts), Danny Bank (bar), Bill Berry, Rolf Ericson, Augustino 'Chet' Ferretti, Joe Newman, Doc Severinsen (t), Maynard Ferguson (t, tb, frh), Eddie Bert, James "Jimmy" Cleveland, Warren Covington, Kenny Rupp, Jim Thompson, Ray Winslow (tb), Kenny Burrell, Barry Galbraith, Mundell Lowe, Joe Puma (g), Vinnie Burke, Eddie de Haas, Milt Hinton, Wendell Marshall, Oscar Pettiford, Charlie Sanders (b), Jaki Byard, Hank Jones, Bill Rubenstein (p), Eddie Costa, Milt Jackson (vib), Ronnie Free, Lex Humpries, Osie Johnson, Rufus Jones, Ed Shaughnessy (d), John Rodrigues (bo), Chris Connor (v), unidentified (spk)
NOTES:
Domestic digital reissue of the 1957 LP set that bears the same title.
A. Total Number Of Tracks
Although 36 titles are listed above, the total number of tracks is 34, due to the fact that two titles are part of a Porgy And Bess medley (Summertime," "There's A Boat Dat's Leaving For New York," and "I Loves You, Porgy").
B. Bonus Tracks
Four bonus tracks are included: a 1956 version of "But Not For Me" (from the album He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not), a 1957 version of "They All Laughed" (from these Gershwin sessions, but originally released in the LP I Miss You So, not in the Gershwin Almanac), a 1959 live version of "Strike Up The Band" (taken from the album Chris In Person), and a 1961 version of "Summertime," from the Roulette album Two's Company. Unlike the rest of the set, these bonus tracks appear to be stereophonic.
C. Factual Errors
There are various discographical mistakes in the information provided by this CD. The front cover states that the total number of bonus tracks is two. The back cover and the booklet correctly list four.
The recording date that the booklet of Atlantic CD 601-2 gives to "They All Laughed" (master #2485) is wrong, too. The correct date is not September 13, 1959 but April 24, 1957.
Another dating error in the information supplied by Atlantic CD 601-2 pertains to "Strike Up The Band" (master 3447). It was not taped on the date stated by the CD (January 23, 1961) but on September 13, 1959.
D. Sound Quality
Some listeners of Atlantic CD 601-2 have expressed dissatisfaction with its sound quality, calling it "muddy" and "filtered." They theorize that the masters may be somewhat damaged, and that more recent digital technology would produce vastly improved audio quality. (I have not heard any enthusiastic comments about the sound quality of the Japanese reissue.)
E. Reissues
Leaving aide a belated Public Domain release from Greece, reissues of this set have been circumscribed to Japan. At least two LP editions were issued there. The first CD edition dates from 1991. After more than a decade, three more editions turned up during the second half of the 2000s, including a "miniature-LP" edition (Atlantic WEA WPCR-25164/25165) in 2007. Meanwhile, the set never had the honor of being reissued in its original American land.
| 02:08 | January 30, 1961 | 15652 | Master | I Feel A Song Coming On (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh, George Oppenheimer) |
| 05:00 | December 15, 1960 | 15646 | Master | The Wind (Russ Freeman, Jerry Gladstone) |
| 04:40 | December 15, 1960 | 15645 | Master | New York's My Home (Gordon Jenkins) |
| 03:31 | December 22, 1960 | 15648 | Master | Guess Who I Saw Today (Murray Grand, Elisse Boyd) |
| 03:37 | December 15, 1960 | 15647 | Master | When The Sun Comes Out (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) |
| 02:38 | January 30, 1961 | 15651 | Master | Send For Me (Ollie Jones) |
| 03:44 | December 22, 1960 | 15649 | Master | Where Do You Go? (Alec Wilder, Arnold Sundgaard) |
| 06:41 | January 30, 1961 | 15650 | Master | Something's Coming (Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim) |
| 04:09 | January 30, 1961 | 15653 | Master | Deep Song (Douglass Cross, George Cory) |
| 02:45 | January 30, 1961 | 15654 | Master | Can't Get Out Of This Mood (Frank Loesser, Jimmy McHugh) |
Chris Connor, Maynard Ferguson (ldr), Joe Farrell (f, ss, ts), Lanny Morgan (f, as), Willie Maiden (cl, ts), Frank Hittner (bcl, bar), Bill Berry, Rolf Ericson, Augustino 'Chet' Ferretti (t), Maynard Ferguson (t, tb, frh), Kenny Rupp, Ray Winslow (tb), John Neves (b), Jaki Byard (p), Rufus Jones (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Digital reissue of Two's Company, the 1961 album that Chris Connor and Maynard Ferguson did for Roulette in 1961.
| 02:10 | September 12 & 19, 1983 | Master | I Love Being Here With You (Dave Cavanaugh aka Bill Schluger, Peggy Lee) | |
| 02:24 | September 12 & 19, 1983 | Master | The Thrill Is Gone (Lew Brown, Ray Henderson) | |
| 04:57 | September 12 & 19, 1983 | Master | Like Someone In Love (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) | |
| 02:55 | September 12 & 19, 1983 | Master | This Is It (Arthur Schwartz, Dorothy Fields) | |
| 02:09 | September 12 & 19, 1983 | Master | Rio (Peter Allen) | |
| 03:08 | September 12 & 19, 1983 | Master | How Little We Know (Johnny Mercer, Hoagy Carmichael) | |
| 04:58 | September 12 & 19, 1983 | Master | Anyone Home (Richard R. Bennett, Frank Underwood) | |
| 04:44 | September 12 & 19, 1983 | Master | Baia (Ary Barroso) | |
| 02:06 | September 12 & 19, 1983 | Master | Come Rain Or Come Shine (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Bernie Brightman (pdr), Richard Rodney Bennett (arr), Russ Kassoff (arr, p), Bucky Pizzarelli (g), Dick Sarpolo (b), Tony Tedesco (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
This twofer reissues two original LPs on Stash Records, both from 1983: Connor's Love Being Here With You and Helen Forrest's Now And Forever.
| 03:00 | 1963 | Master | It's Not For Me To Say (Al Stillman, Robert Allen) | |
| 02:20 | 1963 | Master | Cry Me A River (Arthur Hamilton) | |
| 03:20 | 1963 | Master | I Could Go On Singing (Harold Arlen, Erwin 'Yip' Harburg) | |
| 03:02 | 1963 | Master | I Love My Man (Joe Scott, Bobby Scott) | |
| 02:45 | 1963 | Master | Humdrum Blues (Oscar Brown, Jr.) | |
| 03:15 | 1963 | Master | The Second Time Around (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) | |
| 03:29 | 1963 | Master | I Wish You Love (Charles Trenet, Albert Beach) | |
| 03:53 | 1963 | Master | Chances Are (Al Stillman, Robert Allen) | |
| 04:58 | 1963 | Master | Meantime (Robert Allen, Al Stillman) | |
| 02:46 | 1963 | Master | Johnny (Bobby Scott, Joe Scott) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Alan Douglas (pdr), Michel Colombier Orchestra (acc), Chris Connor (v), Les Double Six (bkv)
NOTES:
Reissue of the 1964 original album that bears the same title. Also reissued by EMI Toshiba in 2010, as TOCJ-56065.
| 02:25 | April 21, 1953 | Concert Taping | Everything Happens To Me (Matt Dennis, Tom Adair) | |
| 02:24 | April 23 To May 6, 1953 | Concert Taping | Taking A Chance On Love (Vernon Duke, Ted Fetter, John Latouche) | |
| 03:17 | April 23 To May 6, 1953 | Concert Taping | Don't Worry 'Bout Me (Rube Bloom, Ted Koehler) | |
| 03:18 | June 2, 1953 | Concert Taping | I Get A Kick Out Of You (Cole Porter) |
The Stan Kenton Orchestra (ldr), Johnny Richards, Pete Rugolo (arr), Bill Russo (arr, tb), Don Carone, Vinnie Dean, Lee Konitz (as), Bill Holman, Richie Kamuca (ts), Tony Ferina, Henry "Hank" Levy (bar), Conte Candoli, Marion "Buddy" Childers, Don Dennis, Ernie Royal, Don Smith (t), Bob Burgess, Keith Moon, Frank Rosolino (tb), George Roberts (bt), Sal Salvador (g), Donald "Don" Bagley (b), Stan Kenton (p), Stan Levey (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Please be aware that, in the case of all performances dated March 27 or April 23, those dates refer to the first day of Kenton's 1953 concert engagements at the Blue Note and Birdland Clubs, not to the exact day on which the given performance took place. For the specific days, consult the notes under the sessions dated May 27 - April 9, 1953 and April 23 - May 6, 1953 in this page.
| 02:54 | July 16, 1961 | Concert Taping | Day In - Day Out (Rube Bloom, Johnny Mercer) | |
| 02:27 | July 16, 1961 | Concert Taping | Hallelujah, I Love Him So (Ray Charles) | |
| 05:09 | July 16, 1961 | Concert Taping | Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most (Fran Landesman, Tommy Wolf) | |
| 03:43 | July 16, 1961 | Concert Taping | I Get A Kick Out Of You (Cole Porter) | |
| 03:43 | July 16, 1961 | Concert Taping | From This Moment On (Cole Porter) | |
| 02:10 | July 16, 1961 | Concert Taping | Blow, Gabriel, Blow (Cole Porter) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Ben Tucker (b), Ronnie Ball (p), Dave Bailey (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Reissue of a 1972 LP on the same label.
| 04:03 | March 30 & 31 + April 1 & 2, 1991 ["As Time Goes By" set] | Master | Falling In Love With Love (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) | |
| 06:51 | March 30 & 31 + April 1 & 2, 1991 ["As Time Goes By" set] | Master | As Time Goes By (Herman Hupfeld) | |
| 03:37 | March 30 & 31 + April 1 & 2, 1991 ["As Time Goes By" set] | Master | September In The Rain (Al Dubin, Harry Warren) | |
| 04:58 | March 30 & 31 + April 1 & 2, 1991 ["As Time Goes By" set] | Master | Gone With The Wind (Herb Magidson, Allie Wrubel) | |
| 03:53 | March 30 & 31 + April 1 & 2, 1991 ["As Time Goes By" set] | Master | Everything I've Got (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) | |
| 04:08 | March 30 & 31 + April 1 & 2, 1991 ["As Time Goes By" set] | Master | Long Ago (And Far Away) (Ira Gershwin, Jerome Kern) | |
| 03:46 | March 30 & 31 + April 1 & 2, 1991 ["As Time Goes By" set] | Master | A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening (Jimmy McHugh, Harold Adamson) | |
| 05:24 | March 30 & 31 + April 1 & 2, 1991 ["As Time Goes By" set] | Master | A Foggy Day (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) | |
| 02:20 | March 30 & 31 + April 1 & 2, 1991 ["As Time Goes By" set] | Master | Strike Up The Band (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) | |
| 07:03 | March 30 & 31 + April 1 & 2, 1991 ["As Time Goes By" set] | Master | Goodbye (Gordon Jenkins) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Todd Barkan, Makoto Kimata (pdr), {Head Arrangement} (arr), George Mraz (b), Hank Jones (p), Keith Copeland (d), Chris Connor (v), Richard Rodney Bennett (ac)
NOTES:
This original Alpha Jazz album was issued in both Japan and Germany. The German label that released it was Enja. Both versions came out the same year and bear the same title, but their feature entirely different artwork.
| 04:03 | March 30 & 31 + April 1 & 2, 1991 ["As Time Goes By" set] | Master | Falling In Love With Love (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) | |
| 06:51 | March 30 & 31 + April 1 & 2, 1991 ["As Time Goes By" set] | Master | As Time Goes By (Herman Hupfeld) | |
| 03:37 | March 30 & 31 + April 1 & 2, 1991 ["As Time Goes By" set] | Master | September In The Rain (Al Dubin, Harry Warren) | |
| 04:58 | March 30 & 31 + April 1 & 2, 1991 ["As Time Goes By" set] | Master | Gone With The Wind (Herb Magidson, Allie Wrubel) | |
| 03:53 | March 30 & 31 + April 1 & 2, 1991 ["As Time Goes By" set] | Master | Everything I've Got (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) | |
| 04:08 | March 30 & 31 + April 1 & 2, 1991 ["As Time Goes By" set] | Master | Long Ago (And Far Away) (Ira Gershwin, Jerome Kern) | |
| 03:46 | March 30 & 31 + April 1 & 2, 1991 ["As Time Goes By" set] | Master | A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening (Jimmy McHugh, Harold Adamson) | |
| 05:24 | March 30 & 31 + April 1 & 2, 1991 ["As Time Goes By" set] | Master | A Foggy Day (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) | |
| 02:20 | March 30 & 31 + April 1 & 2, 1991 ["As Time Goes By" set] | Master | Strike Up The Band (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) | |
| 07:03 | March 30 & 31 + April 1 & 2, 1991 ["As Time Goes By" set] | Master | Goodbye (Gordon Jenkins) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Todd Barkan, Makoto Kimata (pdr), {Head Arrangement} (arr), George Mraz (b), Hank Jones (p), Keith Copeland (d), Chris Connor (v), Richard Rodney Bennett (ac)
NOTES:
Reissue (or simultaneous co-release) of the 1991 Alpha Jazz Japanese CD that bears the same title. Different artwork.
Reviewed in the May 1993 issue of the magazine Stereo Review: Short of Billie Holiday, you couldn't ask for more than we get here. Chris Connor is a veteran singer whose slight nasality and occasionally brittle phrasing used to come as affected but now seems evidence of character. In this new release, she offers lived-in but undistressed interpretations of ten songs whose familiarity deepens their meaning -- songs like the title from Casablanca, to which listeners bring their own associations. The rhythm backing is flawless ... "
| March 30 & 31 + April 1 & 2, 1991 ["Angel Eyes" Set] | Master | Unforgettable (Irving Gordon) | ||
| March 30 & 31 + April 1 & 2, 1991 ["Angel Eyes" Set] | Master | It Might As Well Be Spring (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers) | ||
| March 30 & 31 + April 1 & 2, 1991 ["Angel Eyes" Set] | Master | Angel Eyes (Earl K. Brent, Matt Dennis) | ||
| March 30 & 31 + April 1 & 2, 1991 ["Angel Eyes" Set] | Master | You Make Me Feel So Young (Joseph Myrow, Mack Gordon) | ||
| March 30 & 31 + April 1 & 2, 1991 ["Angel Eyes" Set] | Master | The Nearness Of You (Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington) | ||
| March 30 & 31 + April 1 & 2, 1991 ["Angel Eyes" Set] | Master | I Get A Kick Out Of You (Cole Porter) | ||
| March 30 & 31 + April 1 & 2, 1991 ["Angel Eyes" Set] | Master | All Alone (Irving Berlin) | ||
| March 30 & 31 + April 1 & 2, 1991 ["Angel Eyes" Set] | Master | What'll I Do (Irving Berlin) | ||
| March 30 & 31 + April 1 & 2, 1991 ["Angel Eyes" Set] | Master | This Can't Be Love (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) | ||
| March 30 & 31 + April 1 & 2, 1991 ["Angel Eyes" Set] | Master | That Old Devil Called Love (Doris Fisher, Allan Roberts) | ||
| March 30 & 31 + April 1 & 2, 1991 ["Angel Eyes" Set] | Master | Lover (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Todd Barkan, Makoto Kimata (pdr), {Head Arrangement} (arr), George Mraz (b), Hank Jones (p), Keith Copeland (d), Chris Connor (v), Richard Rodney Bennett (ac)
NOTES:
Original album. Released in Japan only.
| 02:02 | April 29, 1958 | 3057 | Master | Circus (Bob Russell, Louis Alter) |
| 02:34 | July 31, 1958 | 3107 | Master | Flying Home (Lionel Hampton, Benny Goodman, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Nesuhi Ertegun (pdr), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Listed above are just the bonus tracks -- not the full program -- of this Japanese issue. (When a CD has been issued in the English-speaking world and reissued in Japan, my policy is to list only the American, Australian, or British version. However, and as shown above, I make allowances when it comes to bonus tracks. If the Japanese reissue contains bonus tracks that are not found in the counterparts from the English-speaking world, I have entered the reissue in this discography, along with its bonus tracks.)
| 02:39 | April 29, 1958 | 3054 | Master | Under Paris Skies (Hubert Giraud, Kim Gannon, Jean Drejac) |
| 02:45 | April 29, 1958 | 3055 | Master | Moon Ride (Margo Guryan) |
| 02:50 | December 22, 1959 | 3984 | Master | Invitation (Paul Francis Webster, Bronislau Kaper) |
| 02:47 | January 28, 1960 | 4241 | Master | I Only Want Some (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller (pdr), Richard Wess (con), Joe Wilder (t), George Duvivier (b), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Listed above are just the bonus tracks -- not the full program -- of this Japanese issue. (When an album has been digitally released both in the English-speaking world and in Japan, my policy is to list only the American, Australian, or British version. However, I exceptionally list Japanese CDs when they have bonus tracks that are not found in the counterparts from the English-speaking world.)
| 02:32 | September 6, 1959 | 3656 | Master | Misty (Johnny Burke, Erroll Garner) |
| 02:55 | September 6, 1959 | 3655 | Master | Señor Blues (Horace Silver) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Listed above are just the bonus tracks -- not the full program -- of this Japanese issue. (When an album has been digitally released both in the English-speaking world and in Japan, my policy is to list only the American, Australian, or British version. However, I exceptionally list Japanese CDs when they have bonus tracks that are not found in the counterparts from the English-speaking world.)
| 02:34 | March 11, 1962 | 6043 | Master | The Sweetest Sounds (Richard Rodgers) |
| 03:41 | March 11, 1962 | 6044 | Master | Look No Further (Richard Rodgers) |
| 02:40 | March 11, 1962 | 6045 | Master | No Strings (Richard Rodgers) |
| 03:18 | March 11, 1962 | 6046 | Master | Nobody Told Me (Richard Rodgers) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Al Cohn (arr, con), Gene Quill (cl, as), Phil Woods (as), Oliver Nelson (ts), Sol Schlinger (bar), Ernie Royal, Nick Travis (t), James "Jimmy" Cleveland (tb), Milt Hinton (b), Ronnie Ball (p), Gus Johnson (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Listed above are just the four bonus tracks included in the Japanese edition of the American album Free Spirits. (When an album has been digitally released both in the English-speaking world and in Japan, my policy is to list only the American, Australian, or British version. However, I exceptionally list Japanese CDs when they have bonus tracks that are not found in the counterparts from the English-speaking world.) All four tracks were taken from another American Atlantic album, a 1962 multiple-artists project entitled No Strings: An After-Theater Version, which was Connor's last work for the label.
| 03:10 | September 6, 1959 | 3658 | Master | All About Ronnie (Joe Greene) |
| 02:19 | September 14, 1959 | 3764 | Master | I Hear The Music Now (Sammy Fain, Jerry Seelen, Ambroise Charles Thomas) |
| 03:43 | June 5, 1956 | 2008 | Master | Oh! You Crazy Moon (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) |
| 02:51 | December 11, 1961 | 5858 | Master | I'm Gonna Go Fishin' (Duke Ellington, Peggy Lee) |
| 03:39 | March 10, 1959 | 3405-stereo | Master | These Foolish Things (Harry Link, Eric Maschwitz aka Holt Marvell, Jack Strachey) |
| 02:46 | April 9, 1962 | 6095 | Master | Jump For Joy (Duke Ellington, Sid Kuller, Paul Francis Webster) |
| 02:51 | February 15, 1956 | 1878 | Master | Go 'Way From My Window (John Jacob Niles) |
| 02:26 | July 31, 1958 | 3108 | Master | Hallelujah, I Love Him So (Ray Charles) |
| 02:23 | July 31, 1958 | 3109 | Master | I Won't Cry Anymore (Fred Wise, Al Frisch) |
| 02:30 | July 28, 1956 | 2064 | Master | I Miss You So (Jimmy Henderson, Bertha Scott, Sid Robin) |
| 03:14 | January 29, 1959 | 3338 | Master | Bargain Day (William Roy) |
| 02:36 | February 26, 1957 | 2387 | Master | Summertime (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward) |
| 03:06 | September 14, 1959 | 3763 | Master | Witchcraft (Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh) |
| 03:45 | January 19, 1956 | 1837 | Master | He Was Too Good To Me (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) |
| 01:53 | January 23, 1956 | 1854 | Master | I Get A Kick Out Of You (Cole Porter) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Ahmet Ertegun, Nesuhi Ertegun, Jerry Wexler (pdr), Ralph Burns, Al Cohn, Ray Ellis, Richard Wess (arr, con), Ralph Sharon (arr, con, p), Ralph Burns Orchestra, The Ray Ellis Orchestra (acc), George Berg, Phil Bodner, Al Klink, Romeo Penque, Jerry Sanfino (r), Bobby Jasper (f), Oliver Nelson (cl, ts), Gene Quill, Phil Woods (cl, as), Sol Schlinger (bcl, bar), Marshal Royal (as), Frank Foster, Seldon Powell (ts), Charles Fowlkes (bar), Harry "Sweets" Edison, Bernie Glow, Joe Newman, Jimmy Nottingham, Bernie Privin, Ernie Royal, Clark Terry, Snooky Young (t), Bob Alexander, Wayne Andre, Eddie Bert, Mort Bullman, James "Jimmy" Cleveland, Willie Dennis, Al Grey, Dick Hixson, Frank Rehak, Chauncey Welsch (tb), Barry Galbraith, Freddie Green, Mundell Lowe (g), George Duvivier, Milt Hinton, Eddie Jones, Don Payne, Oscar Pettiford, Ben Tucker (b), Ronnie Ball, Stan Free, Hank Jones, John Lewis (p), Dave Bailey, Sol Gubin, Osie Johnson, Connie Kay, Don Lamond, Sonny Payne, Ed Shaughnessy (d), Bobby Rosengarden (bo), Phil Kraus (per), Ray Free, Harry Katzman, Harold Melnikoff, George Ockner, Gene Orloff, Samuel Rand, Sylvan Shulman, Harry Urbont (vn), Dave Markovitz, Isadore Zirr (vl), Maurice Brown, Dave Sayer (vc), Chris Connor (v), unidentified (spk)
NOTES:
Curiously, the front cover of this Japanese CD is uncharacteristically drab: a black backdrop, with the title and other details in red lettering, but no artwork at all. It is the other side of the front cover (i.e., the booklet's back cover) that offers a visually appealing photo of Connor against a light green backdrop. Since that back also includes the words The Best Of Chris Connor, it could (should) have served as the front.
As indicated above, this 1991 CD was reissued in 1997 with a different catalogue number (AMCY-2221). Judging from the looks of a copy that I've seen online, that reissue might have flip the booklet's back cover, turning it into the CD's front cover.
Moving on to the track listening, this Japanese CD reprises the full contents of a LP that American Atlantic prepared around 1963. The American label canceled the project before its release.
It appears, however, that the Japanese branch of Atlantic also scheduled the LP, and it did release it. (Although I have yet to see a copy of this LP, at this point in time I am trusting that the allegation of its release is accurate.) Besides the tracks found on the canceled US edition, the Japanese LP also includes a couple of bonus tracks: "All About Ronnie" and "I Hear The Music Now."
Those two tracks are indeed in this CD. Since they are not labeled "bonus tracks, their presence suggests that the aforementioned Japanese LP was truly released, as have been alleged. Furthermore, the CD does have one track that it identifies as a bonus track ("I Won't Cry Anymore"), and which is not in the track listing of the Japanese LP, or in that of the cancelled US LP.
Particularly noteworthy is the inclusion of Chris Connor's rare studio version of "All About Ronnie." That Atlantic version (not to be confused with her live version on Atlantic, or with studio versions on other labels) has been issued only on this "Best Of" compilation.
As for the other tracks on the CD, two thirds of them come from Connor's original albums on Atlantic Records. Specifically:
Chris Connor ("He Was Too Good To Me," "I Get A Kick Out of You")
He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not ("Oh, You Crazy Moon")
Chris Connor Sings The George Gershwin Almanac Of Song ("Summertime")
Witchcraft ("I Hear The Music Now," "Witchcraft")
Chris Connor Sings Ballads of The Sad Café ("These Foolish Things," "Bargain Day")
Free Spirits ("I'm Gonna Go Fishin'," "Jump For Joy")
(To further itemize: The Atlantic albums with no tracks on The Best Of Chris Connor are Chris Craft, A Jazz Date With Chris Connor, A Portrait Of Chris, Double Exposure or Chris In Person.)
In addition to the tracks culled from the original LP, this compilation incorporates four numbers taken from singles sessions, as well as the aforementioned rarity ("All About Ronnie"). "I Won't Cry Anymore" and "Hallelujah, I Love Him So" were recorded on July 31, 1958 and originally issued on Atlantic 45 #1198. "Go 'Way From My Window" (recorded on February 15, 1956) and "I Miss Yo So" (recorded on July 28, 1956) were released on separate singles and also in the album I Miss You So, which was a singles compilation.
| 02:39 | February 11, 1953 | 11115-25 | Master | And The Bull Walked Around, Olé! (Joe Greene, Doug Neal, Betsy Ellis) |
| 02:16 | February 11, 1953 | 11116-7 | Master | Jeepers Creepers (Harry Warren, Johnny Mercer) |
| 02:38 | February 11, 1953 | 11120 | Master | If I Should Lose You (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) |
| 02:50 | April 8, 1953 | 11352-9 | Master | All About Ronnie (Joe Greene) |
| 02:47 | April 8, 1953 | 11354-6 | Master | Baia (Ary Barroso) |
| 02:46 | May 25, 1953 | 11446-13 | Master | All About Ronnie (Joe Greene) |
| 02:44 | May 25, 1953 | 11559-23 | Master | I Get A Kick Out Of You (Cole Porter) |
The Stan Kenton Orchestra (ldr), Lee Gillette (pdr), Bill Russo (arr, tb), Vinnie Dean, Lee Konitz (as), Bill Holman, Richie Kamuca (ts), Bob Gioga, Henry "Hank" Levy (bar), Conte Candoli, Walter "Pete" Candoli, Marion "Buddy" Childers, Don Dennis, Maynard Ferguson, Ruben McFall, Ernie Royal, Don Smith (t), Bob Burgess, Keith Moon, Frank Rosolino, Tom Shepard (tb), George Roberts (bt), Sal Salvador (g), Donald "Don" Bagley, Glen Roberts (b), Stan Kenton (p), Stan Levey (d), Harry DeAlmeida (tam), Chris Connor (v), The Stan Kenton Orchestra (v, bkv)
| 02:38 | February 11, 1953 | 11120 | Master | If I Should Lose You (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) |
| 02:46 | May 25, 1953 | 11446-13 | Master | All About Ronnie (Joe Greene) |
The Stan Kenton Orchestra (ldr), Lee Gillette (pdr), Bill Russo (arr, tb), Vinnie Dean, Lee Konitz (as), Bill Holman, Richie Kamuca (ts), Bob Gioga (bar), Conte Candoli, Walter "Pete" Candoli, Marion "Buddy" Childers, Don Dennis, Maynard Ferguson, Ruben McFall, Ernie Royal, Don Smith (t), Bob Burgess, Keith Moon, Frank Rosolino, Tom Shepard (tb), George Roberts (bt), Sal Salvador (g), Donald "Don" Bagley (b), Stan Kenton (p), Stan Levey (d), Harry DeAlmeida (tam), Chris Connor, The Stan Kenton Orchestra (v)
NOTES:
Each of the discs in this 5CD set has its own title and -- as is generally the case for Japanese set --, its own catalogue number. Connor's two tracks can be found in the last disc, entitled Standards By Kenton, catalogue number 5655.
| 02:34 | March 11, 1962 | 6043 | Master | The Sweetest Sounds (Richard Rodgers) |
| 02:30 | July 28, 1956 | 2064 | Master | I Miss You So (Jimmy Henderson, Bertha Scott, Sid Robin) |
| 03:16 | January 19, 1956 | 1838 | Master | Something To Live For (Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn) |
| 01:53 | January 23, 1956 | 1854 | Master | I Get A Kick Out Of You (Cole Porter) |
| 02:15 | April 24, 1957 | 2485 | Master | They All Laughed (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Ahmet Ertegun, Nesuhi Ertegun, Jerry Wexler (pdr), Al Cohn (arr, con, ts), Ray Ellis (arr, con), Ralph Burns (con), The Ray Ellis Orchestra (acc), Gene Quill (cl, as), Phil Woods (as), Oliver Nelson (ts), Danny Bank, Sol Schlinger (bar), Ernie Royal, Doc Severinsen, Nick Travis (t), Eddie Bert, James "Jimmy" Cleveland (tb), Barry Galbraith, Mundell Lowe (g), Milt Hinton, Wendell Marshall, Oscar Pettiford (b), Ronnie Ball, Stan Free, John Lewis (p), Gus Johnson, Connie Kay, Ed Shaughnessy (d), Chris Connor (v)
| 02:16 | February 11, 1953 | 11116-7 | Master | Jeepers Creepers (Harry Warren, Johnny Mercer) |
The Stan Kenton Orchestra (ldr), Lee Gillette (pdr), Bill Russo (arr, tb), Vinnie Dean, Lee Konitz (as), Bill Holman, Richie Kamuca (ts), Bob Gioga (bar), Conte Candoli, Walter "Pete" Candoli, Marion "Buddy" Childers, Don Dennis, Maynard Ferguson, Ruben McFall (t), Bob Burgess, Keith Moon, Frank Rosolino (tb), George Roberts (bt), Sal Salvador (g), Donald "Don" Bagley (b), Stan Kenton (p), Stan Levey (d), Chris Connor (v)
| 02:20 | 1963 | Master | Cry Me A River (Arthur Hamilton) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Alan Douglas (pdr), Michel Colombier Orchestra (acc), Chris Connor (v), Les Double Six (bkv)
| 02:30 | July 28, 1956 | 2064 | Master | I Miss You So (Jimmy Henderson, Bertha Scott, Sid Robin) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Ahmet Ertegun, Jerry Wexler (pdr), Ray Ellis (arr, con), The Ray Ellis Orchestra (acc), Chris Connor (v)
| 02:38 | August 5 & 6, 1986 | Master | Let's Face The Music And Dance (Irving Berlin) | |
| 04:12 | August 5 & 6, 1986 | Master | Laura (Johnny Mercer, David Raksin) | |
| 02:40 | August 5 & 6, 1986 | Master | Sweet Happy Life (Samba de Orfeu) (Luiz Bonfá, Norman Gimbel, Antônio Maria Araújo de Morais) | |
| 03:37 | August 5 & 6, 1986 | Master | In Love In Vain (Jerome Kern, Leo Robin) | |
| 00:36 | August 5 & 6, 1986 | Master | What Is This Thing Called Love? (Cole Porter) | |
| 01:52 | August 5 & 6, 1986 | Master | You Don't Know What Love Is (Don Raye, Gene DePaul) | |
| 02:29 | August 5 & 6, 1986 | Master | Love (Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin) | |
| 02:41 | August 5 & 6, 1986 | Master | The Nearness Of You (Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington) | |
| 04:10 | August 5 & 6, 1986 | Master | Ten Cents A Dance (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) | |
| 04:04 | August 5 & 6, 1986 | Master | Blame It On My Youth (Oscar Levant, Edward Heyman) | |
| 03:34 | August 5 & 6, 1986 | Master | Brazil (Ary Barroso, Bob Russell) | |
| 04:30 | August 5 & 6, 1986 | Master | We'll Be Together Again (Carl Fischer, Frankie Laine) | |
| 02:40 | August 5 & 6, 1986 | Master | Let's Take The Long Way Home (Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Helen Keane (pdr), Richard Rodney Bennett (arr, p, DX7), Paquito D'Rivera (as), Claudio Roditi (t, fh), Rufus Reid (b), Mike Abene (p, DX7), Akira Tana (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Digital version of the original 1987 album that bears the same title and artwork.
Reissued in 2004, as part of a CD series collectively called Jazz Voice; The Art Of Vocal Jazz, released in Spain by the Global Rhythm Press in conjunction with EMI Odeon.
| 03:05 | August 17 To 19, 1987 | Master | Dearly Beloved (Jerome Kern, Johnny Mercer) | |
| 04:11 | August 17 To 19, 1987 | Master | Down In Brazil (Michael Franks) | |
| 03:46 | August 17 To 19, 1987 | Master | I Never Meant To Hurt You (Laura Nyro) | |
| 03:14 | August 17 To 19, 1987 | Master | Love Locked Out (Ray Noble, M. Kester) | |
| 02:00 | August 17 To 19, 1987 | Master | Cheek To Cheek (Irving Berlin) | |
| 01:25 | August 17 To 19, 1987 | Master | That Face (Lew Spence, Alan Bergman) | |
| 02:35 | August 17 To 19, 1987 | Master | Dancing In The Dark (Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz) | |
| 00:20 | August 17 To 19, 1987 | Master | It Only Happens When I Dance With You (Irving Berlin) | |
| 03:06 | August 17 To 19, 1987 | Master | Mad About The Boy (Noel Coward) | |
| 04:17 | August 17 To 19, 1987 | Master | Antonio's Song (Michael Franks) | |
| 04:12 | August 17 To 19, 1987 | Master | I Wish I'd Met You (Johnny Mandel, Richard R. Bennett, Frank Underwood) | |
| 05:02 | August 17 To 19, 1987 | Master | My Foolish Heart (Ned Washington, Victor Popular Young) | |
| August 17 To 19, 1987 | Master | Saturday Night (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) | ||
| August 17 To 19, 1987 | Master | Little White Lies (Walter Donaldson) | ||
| August 17 To 19, 1987 | Master | I Wish I Didn't Love You So (Frank Loesser) | ||
| August 17 To 19, 1987 | Master | I've Heard That Song Before (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) | ||
| August 17 To 19, 1987 | Master | Everything Old Is New Again (Peter Allen) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Helen Keane, Lori Muscarelle (pdr), Mike Abene, Richard Rodney Bennett (arr, key), Bill Kirchner (f, cl, ss, as, ts), Dave Valentin (f), Claudio Roditi (t, fh), Michael Moore (b), Buddy Williams (d), Sammy Figueroa (per), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Digital version of the original 1987 album that bears the same title and artwork.
| 02:22 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Lullaby Of Birdland (George Shearing, George David Weiss) | |
| 02:51 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | What Is There To Say? (Vernon Duke, Erwin 'Yip' Harburg) | |
| 03:02 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Try A Little Tenderness (Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly, Harry Woods) | |
| 02:54 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Spring Is Here (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) | |
| 02:42 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Why Shouldn't I? (Cole Porter) | |
| 02:44 | December 17-18, 1953 | Master | Ask Me (Woody Hinderling, Mike Pollard) | |
| 02:43 | December 17-18, 1953 | Master | Blue Silhouette (Murray Semos, Jack Val, Jimmy Dale) | |
| 02:46 | December 17-18, 1953 | Master | Chiquita From Chi-Wah-Wah (Bennie Bonacio, Jimmie La Marge, Jimmie Franklin) | |
| 02:37 | August 21, 1954 | Master | A Cottage For Sale (Larry Conley, Willard Robison) | |
| 02:32 | August 21, 1954 | Master | How Long Has This Been Going On? (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) | |
| 02:26 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Stella By Starlight (Ned Washington, Victor Popular Young) | |
| 02:19 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Gone With The Wind (Herb Magidson, Allie Wrubel) | |
| 02:42 | August 21, 1954 | Master | He's Coming Home (Charles DeForest) | |
| 02:32 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Goodbye (Gordon Jenkins) | |
| 02:54 | August 9-11, 1954 | Alternate Take | Why Shouldn't I? (Cole Porter) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Sy Oliver (pdr, arr, con), Creed Taylor (pdr), Tom Dowd (eng), The Vinnie Burke Quartet, The Ellis Larkins Trio, The Sy Oliver Orchestra (acc), Ronnie Odrich (f, cl), Sid Cooper, Milt Yaner (as), Boomie Richman, Sam Taylor (ts), Dave McRae (bar), Jim Bright, Jimmy Nottingham, Red Solomon (t), Vernon "Vern" Friley, Frank Saracco, Ward Silloway, Kai Winding (tb), Everett Barksdale, Joe Cinderella (g), Sid Block, Vinnie Burke, Beverly Peer (b), Ellis Larkins, Dave Martin (p), Don Burns (pac), Jimmy Crawford, Art Mardigan (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Earliest domestic CD edition of the Bethlehem 12" LP that bears the same title (catalogue number BCP-6004), with one alternate take as a bonus track. Remastered. It was preceded by a couple of Japanese CD editions, and would be followed by a few US CD editions, as well as many more Japanese editions.
| 02:22 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Lullaby Of Birdland (George Shearing, George David Weiss) | |
| 02:51 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | What Is There To Say? (Vernon Duke, Erwin 'Yip' Harburg) | |
| 03:02 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Try A Little Tenderness (Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly, Harry Woods) | |
| 02:54 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Spring Is Here (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) | |
| 02:42 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Why Shouldn't I? (Cole Porter) | |
| 02:44 | December 17-18, 1953 | Master | Ask Me (Woody Hinderling, Mike Pollard) | |
| 02:43 | December 17-18, 1953 | Master | Blue Silhouette (Murray Semos, Jack Val, Jimmy Dale) | |
| 02:46 | December 17-18, 1953 | Master | Chiquita From Chi-Wah-Wah (Bennie Bonacio, Jimmie La Marge, Jimmie Franklin) | |
| 02:37 | August 21, 1954 | Master | A Cottage For Sale (Larry Conley, Willard Robison) | |
| 02:32 | August 21, 1954 | Master | How Long Has This Been Going On? (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) | |
| 02:26 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Stella By Starlight (Ned Washington, Victor Popular Young) | |
| 02:19 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Gone With The Wind (Herb Magidson, Allie Wrubel) | |
| 02:42 | August 21, 1954 | Master | He's Coming Home (Charles DeForest) | |
| 02:32 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Goodbye (Gordon Jenkins) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Sy Oliver (pdr, arr, con), Creed Taylor (pdr), Tom Dowd (eng), The Vinnie Burke Quartet, The Ellis Larkins Trio, The Sy Oliver Orchestra (acc), Ronnie Odrich (f, cl), Sid Cooper, Milt Yaner (as), Boomie Richman, Sam Taylor (ts), Dave McRae (bar), Jim Bright, Jimmy Nottingham, Red Solomon (t), Vernon "Vern" Friley, Frank Saracco, Ward Silloway, Kai Winding (tb), Everett Barksdale, Joe Cinderella (g), Sid Block, Vinnie Burke, Beverly Peer (b), Ellis Larkins, Dave Martin (p), Don Burns (pac), Jimmy Crawford, Art Mardigan (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Domestic CD reissue of Bethlehem 12" LP BCP-6004. Or, more accurately, a licensed reissue of the first domestic CD, on Evidence Records (1992).
| 02:44 | May 25, 1953 | 11559-23 | Master | I Get A Kick Out Of You (Cole Porter) |
The Stan Kenton Orchestra (ldr), Bill Russo (arr), Vinnie Dean, Lee Konitz (as), Bill Holman, Richie Kamuca (ts), Bob Gioga (bar), Conte Candoli, Walter "Pete" Candoli, Marion "Buddy" Childers, Don Dennis, Ernie Royal, Don Smith (t), Bob Burgess, Keith Moon, Frank Rosolino, Tom Shepard (tb), George Roberts (bt), Sal Salvador (g), Donald "Don" Bagley (b), Stan Kenton (p), Stan Levey (d), Harry DeAlmeida (tam), Chris Connor, The Stan Kenton Orchestra (v)
| 03:16 | February 26, 1957 | 2386 | Master | A Foggy Day (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Ahmet Ertegun, Nesuhi Ertegun, Jerry Wexler (pdr), Ralph Sharon (arr, p), Oscar Pettiford (b), Osie Johnson (d), Chris Connor (v)
| 03:29 | 1963 | Master | I Wish You Love (Charles Trenet, Albert Beach) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Alan Douglas (pdr), Michel Colombier Orchestra (acc), Chris Connor (v), Les Double Six (bkv)
| 02:45 | January 30, 1961 | 15654 | Master | Can't Get Out Of This Mood (Frank Loesser, Jimmy McHugh) |
Chris Connor, Maynard Ferguson (ldr), Joe Farrell (f, ss, ts), Lanny Morgan (f, as), Willie Maiden (cl, ts), Frank Hittner (bcl, bar), Bill Berry, Rolf Ericson, Augustino 'Chet' Ferretti (t), Maynard Ferguson (t, tb, frh), Kenny Rupp, Ray Winslow (tb), John Neves (b), Jaki Byard (p), Rufus Jones (d), Chris Connor (v)
| 02:46 | May 25, 1953 | 11446-13 | Master | All About Ronnie (Joe Greene) |
The Stan Kenton Orchestra (ldr), Bill Russo (arr), Vinnie Dean, Lee Konitz (as), Bill Holman, Richie Kamuca (ts), Bob Gioga (bar), Conte Candoli, Walter "Pete" Candoli, Marion "Buddy" Childers, Don Dennis, Ernie Royal, Don Smith (t), Bob Burgess, Keith Moon, Frank Rosolino, Tom Shepard (tb), George Roberts (bt), Sal Salvador (g), Donald "Don" Bagley (b), Stan Kenton (p), Stan Levey (d), Harry DeAlmeida (tam), Chris Connor, The Stan Kenton Orchestra (v)
NOTES:
Connor's one track contribution can be found in disc #97352 of this 4CD set.
| 03:08 | April 23 To May 6, 1953 | Concert Taping | I'll Remember April (Gene DePaul, Don Raye, Patricia Johnston) | |
| 03:17 | March 27 To April 9, 1953 | Concert Taping | There Will Never Be Another You (Mack Gordon, Harry Warren) |
The Stan Kenton Orchestra (ldr), Bill Russo (arr, tb), Vinnie Dean, Lee Konitz (as), Bill Holman, Richie Kamuca (ts), Henry "Hank" Levy (bar), Conte Candoli, Marion "Buddy" Childers, Don Dennis, Ernie Royal, Don Smith (t), Bob Burgess, Keith Moon, Frank Rosolino, Tom Shepard (tb), George Roberts (bt), Sal Salvador (g), Donald "Don" Bagley, Glen Roberts (b), Stan Kenton (p), Stan Levey (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Reissued by Viper's Nest, with the same title, in 1996. Please notice that, in the case of all performances dated March 27 or April 23, those dates refer to the first day of Kenton's 1953 concert engagements at the Blue Note and Birdland Clubs, not to the exact day on which the given performance took place. For the specific days, consult the notes under the sessions dated May 27 - April 9, 1953 and April 23 - May 6, 1953 in this page.
| 02:10 | September 20, 1990 | Concert Taping | Strike Up The Band (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) | |
| 02:48 | September 22, 1990 | Concert Taping | I Hear The Music Now (Sammy Fain, Jerry Seelen, Ambroise Charles Thomas) | |
| 03:49 | September 21, 1990 | Concert Taping | My Heart Stood Still (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) | |
| 02:33 | September 20, 1990 | Concert Taping | Everything I've Got (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) | |
| 02:12 | September 21, 1990 | Concert Taping | Lover (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) | |
| 03:30 | September 20, 1990 | Concert Taping | Gone With The Wind (Herb Magidson, Allie Wrubel) | |
| 02:10 | September 22, 1990 | Concert Taping | Things Are Swingin' (Peggy Lee, Jack Marshall) | |
| September 22, 1990 | Concert Taping | That Old Devil Called Love (Doris Fisher, Allan Roberts) | ||
| 03:14 | September 21, 1990 | Concert Taping | Dearly Beloved (Jerome Kern, Johnny Mercer) | |
| 03:30 | September 20, 1990 | Concert Taping | Angel Eyes (Earl K. Brent, Matt Dennis) | |
| September 21, 1990 | Concert Taping | It Might As Well Be Spring (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers) | ||
| September 22, 1990 | Concert Taping | Good Morning, Heartache (Ervin Drake, Dan Fisher, Irene Higginbotham) | ||
| 02:05 | September 22, 1990 | Concert Taping | This Can't Be Love (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) | |
| 02:34 | September 21, 1990 | Concert Taping | Day In - Day Out (Rube Bloom, Johnny Mercer) | |
| 02:29 | September 21, 1990 | Concert Taping | Lover, Come Back To Me (Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg) | |
| 04:49 | September 22, 1990 | Concert Taping | The More I See You (Mack Gordon, Harry Warren) | |
| 03:06 | September 22, 1990 | Concert Taping | All Or Nothing At All (Arthur Altman, Jack Lawrence) | |
| 02:18 | September 20, 1990 | Concert Taping | I Love Being Here With You (Dave Cavanaugh aka Bill Schluger, Peggy Lee) | |
| 02:38 | September 22, 1990 | Concert Taping | Key Largo (Benny Carter, Karl Suessdorf, Leah Worth) |
Chris Connor (ldr), George H. Buck, Jr. (pdr), Richard Rodney Bennett (arr), Alan Barnes (as), Duncan Lamont (ts), Spike Heathley (b), Bob Kaye (p), Terry Jenkins (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Original album, containing live numbers performed in London's Pizza On The Park.
| 04:31 | May 31 and June 2 & 4, 1992 | Master | Come Fly With Me (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) | |
| 04:22 | May 31 and June 2 & 4, 1992 | Master | Summertime (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward) | |
| 05:36 | May 31 and June 2 & 4, 1992 | Master | Funny (Not Much) (Marcia Neil, Phillip Folsom Broughton, Hughie Prince, Bob Merrill) | |
| 03:55 | May 31 and June 2 & 4, 1992 | Master | You Go To My Head (John Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie) | |
| 05:23 | May 31 and June 2 & 4, 1992 | Master | Night And Day (Cole Porter) | |
| 03:34 | May 31 and June 2 & 4, 1992 | Master | This Heart Of Mine (Harry Warren, Ralph Freed) | |
| 04:25 | May 31 and June 2 & 4, 1992 | Master | It's Easy to Remember (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) | |
| 02:35 | May 31 and June 2 & 4, 1992 | Master | Just One Of Those Things (Cole Porter) | |
| 05:04 | May 31 and June 2 & 4, 1992 | Master | My Funny Valentine (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) | |
| 03:21 | May 31 and June 2 & 4, 1992 | Master | Flying Down To Rio (Gus Kahn, Vincent Youmans, Edward Eliscu) | |
| 03:20 | May 31 and June 2 & 4, 1992 | Master | Beauty and the Beast (Alan Menken, Howard Ashman) | |
| 04:10 | May 31 and June 2 & 4, 1992 | Master | The Last Dance (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) | |
| 05:27 | May 31 and June 2 & 4, 1992 | Master | Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye (Cole Porter) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Todd Barkan, Satosh Hirano (pdr), Richard Rodney Bennett (arr, key), Ted Nash aka Theodore Nash (f, ts), Jim Powell (t, fh), Chip Jackson (b), Bob Kaye (p), Vinton W. "Vinnie" Johnson (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Original album, recorded for the Japanese market.
| 03:39 | December 12, 1978 | Master | Come In From The Rain (Melissa Manchester, Carole Bayer Sager) | |
| 03:49 | December 12, 1978 | Master | A Baby's Born (Thom Bell, Linda Creed) | |
| 03:57 | December 12, 1978 | Master | I'll Catch The Sun (Rod McKuen) | |
| 03:22 | December 12, 1978 | Master | Blue, Green, Grey And Gone (Michel Legrand, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Francis Lemarque) | |
| 03:27 | December 12, 1978 | Master | Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words) (Bart Howard) | |
| 03:22 | December 12, 1978 | Master | More Today Than Yesterday (Pat Upton) | |
| 02:40 | December 12, 1978 | Master | Alone Together (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) | |
| 02:53 | December 12, 1978 | Master | Baltimore Oriole (Hoagy Carmichael, Paul Francis Webster) | |
| 02:50 | December 12, 1978 | Master | All Or Nothing At All (Arthur Altman, Jack Lawrence) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Ronne McClure (b), Harold Danko (p), Edward Soph (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Digital version of a 1979 original Connor LP. Also issued on CD by Absord Records (2004).
Both CD issues contain five tracks by Anita O'Day which were not part of the 1979 LP. All material -- Connor's and O'Day's -- was originally recorded for the Japanese music market. (The O'Day tracks are "You Go To My Head," "A Sleepin' Bee," "Bluesette," "I'm Old Fashioned," and "Speak Low.")
| 02:18 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | I Hear Music (Burton Lane, Frank Loesser) | |
| 02:43 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Come Back To Sorrento (Claude Aveling, Ernesto DeCurtis) | |
| 02:57 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | All About Ronnie (Joe Greene) | |
| 02:54 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Out Of This World (Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen) | |
| 02:53 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Lush Life (Billy Strayhorn) | |
| 02:54 | December 17-18, 1953 | Master | Indian Summer (Al Dubin, Victor Herbert) | |
| 02:16 | December 17-18, 1953 | Master | Ev'rything I Love (Cole Porter) | |
| 02:28 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | From This Moment On (Cole Porter) | |
| 02:33 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Don't Wait Up For Me (Charles DeForest) | |
| 03:06 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words) (Bart Howard) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Sy Oliver (pdr, arr, con), Creed Taylor (pdr), Tom Dowd (eng), The Vinnie Burke Quartet, The Ellis Larkins Trio, The Sy Oliver Orchestra, The Ralph Sharon Group (acc), Herbie Mann (f, ts), Ronnie Odrich (f, cl), Sid Cooper, Milt Yaner (as), Boomie Richman, Sam Taylor (ts), Dave McRae (bar), Jim Bright, Jimmy Nottingham, Red Solomon (t), Vernon "Vern" Friley, J. J. Johnson, Frank Saracco, Ward Silloway, Kai Winding (tb), Everett Barksdale, Joe Cinderella, Joe Puma (g), Sid Block, Vinnie Burke, Milt Hinton, Beverly Peer (b), Ellis Larkins, Dave Martin, Ralph Sharon (p), Don Burns (pac), Jimmy Crawford, Osie Johnson, Art Mardigan (d), Chris Connor (v), Bob Garrity (spk)
NOTES:
A digital reissue of two British LPs: Carmen McRae In London; Recorded Live At The Flamingo Jazz Club (Ember Records, 1966) and Chris Connor's Out Of This World (Affinity, a label or branch of Charly Records, 1984). The Affinity album is a 17-track compilation of material from Chris Connor's Bethlehem period. This 1993 CD contains only 10 of the 17 tracks that appear in the Affinity LP. Reissued in 1995.
| 03:50 | June 5, 1956 | 2007 | Master | But Not For Me (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Nesuhi Ertegun (pdr), Ralph Burns (arr, con), Ralph Burns Orchestra (acc), Chris Connor (v)
| 03:30 | January 29, 1959 | 3341 | Master | Glad To Be Unhappy (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Nesuhi Ertegun (pdr), Ralph Sharon (arr, con), Marshal Royal, Phil Woods (as), Frank Foster, Seldon Powell (ts), Charles Fowlkes (bar), Harry "Sweets" Edison, Joe Newman, Ernie Royal, Snooky Young (t), Eddie Bert, Al Grey, Frank Rehak (tb), Freddie Green (g), Eddie Jones (b), Stan Free (p), Sonny Payne (d), Chris Connor (v)
| 03:16 | January 19, 1956 | 1838 | Master | Something To Live For (Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Ahmet Ertegun, Nesuhi Ertegun, Jerry Wexler (pdr), Ralph Burns (con), Chris Connor (v)
| 02:09 | September 12 & 19, 1983 | Master | Rio (Peter Allen) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Bernie Brightman (pdr), Richard Rodney Bennett (arr), Bucky Pizzarelli (g), Dick Sarpolo (b), Russ Kassoff (p), Tony Tedesco (d), Chris Connor (v)
| 02:41 | April 23 To May 6, 1953 | Concert Taping | All About Ronnie (Joe Greene) | |
| 03:51 | April 23 To May 6, 1953 | Concert Taping | I'll Remember April (Gene DePaul, Don Raye, Patricia Johnston) | |
| 02:58 | April 23 To May 6, 1953 | Concert Taping | Jeepers Creepers (Harry Warren, Johnny Mercer) | |
| 03:17 | April 23 To May 6, 1953 | Concert Taping | Don't Worry 'Bout Me (Rube Bloom, Ted Koehler) | |
| 02:58 | March 27 To April 9, 1953 | Concert Taping | Taking A Chance On Love (Vernon Duke, Ted Fetter, John Latouche) |
The Stan Kenton Orchestra (ldr), Johnny Richards, Pete Rugolo (arr), Bill Russo (arr, tb), Vinnie Dean, Lee Konitz (as), Bill Holman, Richie Kamuca (ts), Henry "Hank" Levy (bar), Conte Candoli, Marion "Buddy" Childers, Don Dennis, Ernie Royal, Don Smith (t), Bob Burgess, Keith Moon, Frank Rosolino, Tom Shepard (tb), George Roberts (bt), Sal Salvador (g), Donald "Don" Bagley, Glen Roberts (b), Stan Kenton (p), Stan Levey (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Please notice that, in the case of all performances dated March 27 or April 23, those dates refer to the first day of Kenton's 1953 concert engagements at the Blue Note and Birdland Clubs, not to the exact day on which the given performance took place. For the specific days, consult the notes under the sessions dated May 27 - April 9, 1953 and April 23 - May 6, 1953 in this page.
| 02:58 | September 13, 1959 | 3451 | Concert Taping | All About Ronnie (Joe Greene) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Kenny Burrell (g), Eddie de Haas (b), Bill Rubenstein (p), Lex Humpries (d), Chris Connor (v)
| 03:37 | March 30 & 31 + April 1 & 2, 1991 ["As Time Goes By" set] | Master | September In The Rain (Al Dubin, Harry Warren) | |
| 03:53 | March 30 & 31 + April 1 & 2, 1991 ["As Time Goes By" set] | Master | Everything I've Got (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) | |
| 05:24 | March 30 & 31 + April 1 & 2, 1991 ["As Time Goes By" set] | Master | A Foggy Day (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) | |
| 04:03 | March 30 & 31 + April 1 & 2, 1991 ["As Time Goes By" set] | Master | Falling In Love With Love (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) | |
| March 30 & 31 + April 1 & 2, 1991 ["Angel Eyes" Set] | Master | It Might As Well Be Spring (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers) | ||
| March 30 & 31 + April 1 & 2, 1991 ["Angel Eyes" Set] | Master | Unforgettable (Irving Gordon) | ||
| March 30 & 31 + April 1 & 2, 1991 ["Angel Eyes" Set] | Master | I Get A Kick Out Of You (Cole Porter) | ||
| March 30 & 31 + April 1 & 2, 1991 ["Angel Eyes" Set] | Master | This Can't Be Love (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) | ||
| 05:23 | May 31 and June 2 & 4, 1992 | Master | Night And Day (Cole Porter) | |
| 03:55 | May 31 and June 2 & 4, 1992 | Master | You Go To My Head (John Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie) | |
| 05:27 | May 31 and June 2 & 4, 1992 | Master | Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye (Cole Porter) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Todd Barkan, Satosh Hirano, Makoto Kimata (pdr), {Head Arrangement} (arr), Richard Rodney Bennett (arr, key, ac), Ted Nash aka Theodore Nash (f, ts), Jim Powell (t, fh), Chip Jackson, George Mraz (b), Hank Jones, Bob Kaye (p), Keith Copeland, Vinton W. "Vinnie" Johnson (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
This compilation contains tracks from three of Chris Connor's original albums on the Japanese label Alfa Jazz. The first four tracks are from As Time Goes By, those numbered 5 to 8 from Angel Eyes, and the last three from My Funny Valentine. Part of Alfa Jazz' "Fifth Anniversary Sound Catalogue" releases.
| 04:11 | August 17 To 19, 1987 | Master | Down In Brazil (Michael Franks) | |
| 04:17 | August 17 To 19, 1987 | Master | Antonio's Song (Michael Franks) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Helen Keane, Lori Muscarelle (pdr), Mike Abene (arr, key), Bill Kirchner (f, cl, ss, as, ts), Dave Valentin (f), Claudio Roditi (t, fh), Michael Moore (b), Richard Rodney Bennett (key), Buddy Williams (d), Sammy Figueroa (per), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Licensed from Fantasy.
| 02:50 | April 8, 1953 | 11352-9 | Master | All About Ronnie (Joe Greene) |
The Stan Kenton Orchestra (ldr), Bill Russo (arr), Vinnie Dean, Lee Konitz (as), Bill Holman, Richie Kamuca (ts), Henry "Hank" Levy (bar), Conte Candoli, Marion "Buddy" Childers, Don Dennis, Ernie Royal, Don Smith (t), Bob Burgess, Keith Moon, Frank Rosolino, Tom Shepard (tb), George Roberts (bt), Sal Salvador (g), Glen Roberts (b), Stan Kenton (p), Stan Levey (d), Chris Connor (v)
| 02:57 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | All About Ronnie (Joe Greene) | |
| 02:44 | December 17-18, 1953 | Master | Miser's Serenade (Mad Miser Man) (Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, Gimme) (Fred Patrick, Claude Reese, Marvin Fisher, Jack Val) | |
| 02:16 | December 17-18, 1953 | Master | Ev'rything I Love (Cole Porter) | |
| 02:54 | December 17-18, 1953 | Master | Indian Summer (Al Dubin, Victor Herbert) | |
| 02:18 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | I Hear Music (Burton Lane, Frank Loesser) | |
| 02:43 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Come Back To Sorrento (Claude Aveling, Ernesto DeCurtis) | |
| 02:54 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Out Of This World (Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen) | |
| 02:53 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Lush Life (Billy Strayhorn) | |
| 02:28 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | From This Moment On (Cole Porter) | |
| 03:23 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | A Good Man Is A Seldom Thing (Charles DeForest) | |
| 02:33 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Don't Wait Up For Me (Charles DeForest) | |
| 03:06 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words) (Bart Howard) | |
| 02:57 | August 9-11, 1954 | Alternate Take | All About Ronnie (Joe Greene) | |
| 02:52 | December 17-18, 1953 | Alternate Take | Miser's Serenade (Mad Miser Man) (Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, Gimme) (Fred Patrick, Claude Reese, Marvin Fisher, Jack Val) | |
| 02:24 | December 17-18, 1953 | Alternate Take | Ev'rything I Love (Cole Porter) | |
| 03:01 | December 17-18, 1953 | Alternate Take | Indian Summer (Al Dubin, Victor Herbert) | |
| 02:19 | August 9-11, 1954 | Alternate Take | I Hear Music (Burton Lane, Frank Loesser) | |
| 02:43 | August 9-11, 1954 | Alternate Take | Come Back To Sorrento (Claude Aveling, Ernesto DeCurtis) | |
| 02:54 | August 21, 1954 | Alternate Take | Out Of This World (Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen) | |
| 02:53 | August 21, 1954 | Alternate Take | Lush Life (Billy Strayhorn) | |
| 02:29 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Alternate Take | From This Moment On (Cole Porter) | |
| 03:30 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Alternate Take | A Good Man Is A Seldom Thing (Charles DeForest) | |
| 02:41 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Alternate Take | Don't Wait Up For Me (Charles DeForest) | |
| 03:06 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Alternate Take | Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words) (Bart Howard) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Sy Oliver (pdr, arr, con), Creed Taylor (pdr), Tom Dowd (eng), The Vinnie Burke Quartet, The Ellis Larkins Trio, The Sy Oliver Orchestra, The Ralph Sharon Group (acc), Herbie Mann (f, ts), Ronnie Odrich (f, cl), Sid Cooper, Milt Yaner (as), Boomie Richman, Sam Taylor (ts), Dave McRae (bar), Jim Bright, Jimmy Nottingham, Red Solomon (t), Vernon "Vern" Friley, J. J. Johnson, Frank Saracco, Ward Silloway, Kai Winding (tb), Everett Barksdale, Joe Cinderella, Joe Puma (g), Sid Block, Vinnie Burke, Milt Hinton, Beverly Peer (b), Ellis Larkins, Dave Martin, Ralph Sharon (p), Don Burns (pac), Jimmy Crawford, Osie Johnson, Art Mardigan (d), Chris Connor (v), Bob Garrity (spk)
NOTES:
Remastered edition of one of Chris Connor's three main LPs on Bethlehem. Includes, as bonus tracks, (alleged) alternate takes of all 12 master takes. Since most of them sound identical to the master takes, there is doubt about the validity of the moniker "alternate."
Domestically, this CD was reissued by Avenue Jazz Records in 2000.
| 02:37 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Blame It On My Youth (Oscar Levant, Edward Heyman) | |
| 02:26 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | It's All Right With Me (Cole Porter) | |
| 03:09 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Someone To Watch Over Me (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) | |
| 02:51 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Trouble Is A Man (Alec Wilder) | |
| 03:26 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | All This And Heaven Too (Ed DeLange, Jimmy Van Heusen) | |
| 02:45 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | The Thrill Is Gone (Lew Brown, Ray Henderson) | |
| 03:28 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | I Concentrate On You (Cole Porter) | |
| 01:48 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | All Dressed Up With A Broken Heart (Fred Patrick, Claude Reese, Jack Val) | |
| 02:28 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | From This Moment On (Cole Porter) | |
| 04:13 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Ridin' High (Cole Porter) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Creed Taylor (pdr), The Ralph Sharon Group (acc), Herbie Mann (f, ts), J. J. Johnson, Kai Winding (tb), Joe Puma (g), Milt Hinton (b), Ralph Sharon (p), Osie Johnson (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Remastered edition of one of Chris Connor's three main LPs on Bethlehem. (Actually, this was the only one of those three LPs to contain tracks, expressly recorded for release on a 12" album. Though advertised as brand new original albums, the other two 12" LPs were just compilations of material previously issued on singles, EPs, and 10" LPs.) Domestically, this Evidence CD was reissued by Avenue Jazz Records in 2001.
| 02:57 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | All About Ronnie (Joe Greene) | |
| 02:44 | December 17-18, 1953 | Master | Miser's Serenade (Mad Miser Man) (Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, Gimme) (Fred Patrick, Claude Reese, Marvin Fisher, Jack Val) | |
| 02:16 | December 17-18, 1953 | Master | Ev'rything I Love (Cole Porter) | |
| 02:54 | December 17-18, 1953 | Master | Indian Summer (Al Dubin, Victor Herbert) | |
| 02:18 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | I Hear Music (Burton Lane, Frank Loesser) | |
| 02:43 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Come Back To Sorrento (Claude Aveling, Ernesto DeCurtis) | |
| 02:54 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Out Of This World (Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen) | |
| 02:53 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Lush Life (Billy Strayhorn) | |
| 02:28 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | From This Moment On (Cole Porter) | |
| 03:23 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | A Good Man Is A Seldom Thing (Charles DeForest) | |
| 02:33 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Don't Wait Up For Me (Charles DeForest) | |
| 03:06 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words) (Bart Howard) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Sy Oliver (pdr, arr, con), Creed Taylor (pdr), Tom Dowd (eng), The Vinnie Burke Quartet, The Ellis Larkins Trio, The Sy Oliver Orchestra, The Ralph Sharon Group (acc), Herbie Mann (f, ts), Ronnie Odrich (f, cl), Sid Cooper, Milt Yaner (as), Boomie Richman, Sam Taylor (ts), Dave McRae (bar), Jim Bright, Jimmy Nottingham, Red Solomon (t), Vernon "Vern" Friley, J. J. Johnson, Frank Saracco, Ward Silloway, Kai Winding (tb), Everett Barksdale, Joe Cinderella, Joe Puma (g), Sid Block, Vinnie Burke, Milt Hinton, Beverly Peer (b), Ellis Larkins, Dave Martin, Ralph Sharon (p), Don Burns (pac), Jimmy Crawford, Osie Johnson, Art Mardigan (d), Chris Connor (v), Bob Garrity (spk)
NOTES:
This bargain twofer consists of two albums that the British label Ember had released in the 1960s: Carmen McRae In London; Recorded Live At The Flamingo Jazz Club (1966) and The Magic Of Chris Connor (1962). The latter was in turn a reissue of the Bethlehem LP Chris, aka The Rich Sound Of Chris Connor.
| 03:12 | December 17, 1956 | 2245 | Master | Moon Ray (Arthur Quenzer, Paul Madison, Artie Shaw) |
| 03:52 | November 16, 1956 | 2204 | Master | Poor Little Rich Girl (Noel Coward) |
| 04:15 | December 19, 1956 | 2279 | Master | Just Squeeze Me (Duke Ellington, Lee Gaines) |
| 02:15 | December 17, 1956 | 2244 | Master | Fancy Free (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) |
| 02:55 | December 19, 1956 | 2281 | Master | It's A Most Unusual Day (Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh) |
| 03:28 | November 16, 1956 | 2206 | Master | All I Need Is You (Benny Davis, Peter DeRose, Mitchell Parish) |
| 03:48 | November 16, 1956 | 2207 | Master | It Only Happens When I Dance With You (Irving Berlin) |
| 04:19 | December 17, 1956 | 2243 | Master | Lonely Town (Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden, Adolph Green) |
| 03:20 | November 16, 1956 | 2205 | Master | Everything I've Got (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) |
| 02:24 | December 17, 1956 | 2246 | Master | Driftwood (Peter Udel, Tommy Goodman) |
| 02:32 | December 19, 1956 | 2280 | Master | I'm Shooting High (Jimmy McHugh, Ted Koehler) |
| 03:12 | December 19, 1956 | 2278 | Master | My Shining Hour (Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen) |
| 03:14 | May 23, 1958 | 3068 | Master | Moonlight In Vermont (Karl Suessdorf, John Blackburn) |
| 02:12 | March 13, 1958 | 3000 | Master | Blow, Gabriel, Blow (Cole Porter) |
| 03:38 | March 13, 1958 | 2998 | Master | Here Lies Love (Leo Robin, Ralph Rainger) |
| 03:03 | May 23, 1958 | 3067 | Master | Be A Clown (Cole Porter) |
| 03:56 | April 8, 1958 | 3034 | Master | Good For Nothin' (But Love) (Ed DeLange, Jimmy Van Heusen) |
| 02:42 | April 8, 1958 | 3035 | Master | On The First Warm Day (Bart Howard) |
| 02:13 | March 13, 1958 | 3001 | Master | Chinatown, My Chinatown (William Jerome, Jean Schwartz) |
| 02:40 | April 8, 1958 | 3033 | Master | One Love Affair (Bart Howard) |
| 03:22 | March 13, 1958 | 2999 | Master | The Night We Called It A Day (Matt Dennis, Tom Adair) |
| 02:00 | May 23, 1958 | 3070 | Master | Johnny One Note (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) |
| 03:53 | May 23, 1958 | 3069 | Master | Lover Man (Roger "Ram" Ramirez, Jimmy Davis, Jimmy Sherman) |
| 04:24 | April 8, 1958 | 3032 | Master | Be My All (Bart Howard) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Nesuhi Ertegun (pdr), Ralph Sharon (arr, p), Bobby Jasper (f, ts), Sam Most (f), Al Epstein (bcl, enh), Al Cohn, Lucky Thompson (ts), Joe Wilder (t), Mundell Lowe, Joe Puma (g), George Duvivier, Percy Heath, Oscar Pettiford (b), Stan Free (p), Eddie Costa (vib), Osie Johnson, Ed Shaughnessy (d), Francisco "Chino" Pozo (bo), Ramon 'Mongo' Santamaria (cng), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
This twofer consists of two albums originally recorded for Atlantic. It was reviewed at length (and brightly) by Max Harrison in the Spring 1996 issue of Jazz Journal International. Choice excerpts: "she recasts phrases and whole melodies from within. She actually 'phrases like a horn' in the way often claimed for jazz singers .... [These sessions] prove that, contrary to what has so often been written about her, there is rarely much of the understatement of cool jazz in her singing ... A by no means incidental effect of Miss Connor's approach is that she sometimes makes outstandingly foolish ditties seem as if they have something to do with real life, even forcing their words to take on a degree of meaning ... At the other extreme, she discovers good songs that seem to have been missed elsewhere ... Obviously, there can be no such thing as a definitive performance of any of this material, but several of the[se] recordings almost suggest otherwise, as do earlier specimens from Miss Connor's work such as the Bethlehem Out Of This World or much later cases like the Contemporary Laura."
| 02:37 | August 21, 1954 | Master | A Cottage For Sale (Larry Conley, Willard Robison) | |
| 03:02 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Try A Little Tenderness (Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly, Harry Woods) | |
| 02:51 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | What Is There To Say? (Vernon Duke, Erwin 'Yip' Harburg) | |
| 02:32 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Goodbye (Gordon Jenkins) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Creed Taylor (pdr), Tom Dowd (eng), The Vinnie Burke Quartet, The Ellis Larkins Trio (acc), Ronnie Odrich (f, cl), Everett Barksdale, Joe Cinderella (g), Vinnie Burke, Beverly Peer (b), Ellis Larkins (p), Don Burns (pac), Art Mardigan (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Digital reissue of the 1960 Bethlehem compilation that bears the same title.
| 03:07 | February 8, 1956 | 1877-stereo | Master | Get Out Of Town (Cole Porter) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Ahmet Ertegun, Nesuhi Ertegun, Jerry Wexler (pdr), Ray Beckenstein, Sam Markowitz (as), Zoot Sims, Al Young (ts), Danny Bank (bar), Nick Travis (t), Barry Galbraith (g), Milt Hinton (b), Moe Wechsler (p), Osie Johnson (d), Chris Connor (v)
| 03:54 | 1971 | Master | Ten Cents A Dance (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Wade Alexander, Rod McKuen (pdr), Patrick Rebillot (arr), Alyn Ainesworth (s-a), George Barnes (g), Chris Connor (v)
| 03:26 | September 25, 1981 | Concert Taping | It Might As Well Be Spring (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers) | |
| 03:30 | September 25, 1981 | Concert Taping | Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home (Free And Easy) (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) | |
| 03:31 | September 25, 1981 | Concert Taping | Where Flamingos Fly (John Benson Brooks, Harold Courlander, Elthea Peale) | |
| 02:55 | September 25, 1981 | Concert Taping | All Or Nothing At All (Arthur Altman, Jack Lawrence) | |
| 04:43 | September 25, 1981 | Concert Taping | Good Morning, Heartache (Ervin Drake, Dan Fisher, Irene Higginbotham) | |
| 02:42 | September 25, 1981 | Concert Taping | I've Got You Under My Skin (Cole Porter) | |
| 02:25 | September 25, 1981 | Concert Taping | A Foggy Day (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) | |
| 02:46 | September 25, 1981 | Concert Taping | Lover, Come Back To Me (Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg) | |
| 04:08 | September 25, 1981 | Concert Taping | Lush Life (Billy Strayhorn) | |
| 02:18 | September 25, 1981 | Concert Taping | Get Out Of Town (Cole Porter) | |
| 03:20 | September 25, 1981 | Concert Taping | Glad To Be Unhappy (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) | |
| 02:58 | September 25, 1981 | Concert Taping | I Hear The Music Now (Sammy Fain, Jerry Seelen, Ambroise Charles Thomas) | |
| 02:58 | September 25, 1981 | Concert Taping | All About Ronnie (Joe Greene) | |
| 02:38 | September 25, 1981 | Concert Taping | Just In Time (Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Jule Styne) | |
| 03:28 | September 25, 1981 | Concert Taping | My Heart Stood Still (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Horst Liepolt (pdr), Steve LaSpina (b), Fred Hersch (p), Tony Tedesco (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Digital reissue of a live performance that National Public Radio broadcasted in 1981 and the label Applause originally issued on LP format in 1983, under the simple title Live. The LP includes conner's spoken comments between songs, which the CD omits. Also omitted are three of the songs on the LP. Added are four numbers, all of them previously unissued. The CD enjoyed its own reissue in 2003, thanks to the Japanese label Absorb Music.
| 03:03 | June 13 & 15 & 17 + July 5 & 6, 1995 | Master | Dearly Beloved (Jerome Kern, Johnny Mercer) | |
| 04:27 | June 13 & 15 & 17 + July 5 & 6, 1995 | Master | All The Way (Jimmy Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn) | |
| 04:00 | June 13 & 15 & 17 + July 5 & 6, 1995 | Master | Days Of Wine And Roses (Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer) | |
| 05:18 | June 13 & 15 & 17 + July 5 & 6, 1995 | Master | All Through The Night (Cole Porter) | |
| 03:14 | June 13 & 15 & 17 + July 5 & 6, 1995 | Master | Singing In The Rain (Arthur Freed, Nacio Herb Brown) | |
| 03:55 | June 13 & 15 & 17 + July 5 & 6, 1995 | Master | The Crying Game (Geoff Stephens) | |
| 05:35 | June 13 & 15 & 17 + July 5 & 6, 1995 | Master | Wild Is The Wind (Dmitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington) | |
| 04:08 | June 13 & 15 & 17 + July 5 & 6, 1995 | Master | So In Love (Cole Porter) | |
| 04:47 | June 13 & 15 & 17 + July 5 & 6, 1995 | Master | Blue Moon (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) | |
| 03:47 | June 13 & 15 & 17 + July 5 & 6, 1995 | Master | That's Entertainment (Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz) | |
| 04:23 | June 13 & 15 & 17 + July 5 & 6, 1995 | Master | Can You Feel The Love Tonight (Tim Rice, Elton John) | |
| 03:17 | June 13 & 15 & 17 + July 5 & 6, 1995 | Master | Be A Clown (Cole Porter) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Todd Barkan, Satosh Hirano (pdr), Mike Abene (arr, p), Frank Vicari (ss, ts), Lew Soloff (t), Chip Jackson (b), Dom Chicchetti (snt), Danny Gottlieb (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Connor's last original album of the 1990s. (Her next original album would be Haunted Heart, released in 2001.)
| 02:28 | August 21, 1954 | Alternate Take | Stella By Starlight (Ned Washington, Victor Popular Young) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Creed Taylor (pdr), The Vinnie Burke Quartet (acc), Ronnie Odrich (f, cl), Joe Cinderella (g), Vinnie Burke (b), Don Burns (pac), Art Mardigan (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Reissue of one of Connor's Bethlehem albums. The original LP has 14 tracks. This CD under discussion adds two alternates as bonuses, for a grand total of 16 tracks.
Listed above, per this discography's policy for foreign reissues, is the only track that had not been previously issued. It is an alternate take of "Stella By Starlight."
The other bonus alternate, "Why Shouldn't I?," had already appeared on a 1992 American CD reissue. Hence it has not been entered above.
A couple of clarifications. First, the obi of this CD fails to indicate the inclusion of the alternate take of "Stella By Starlight."
Second, the track listing on the back cover of the CD suffers from a significant error. Track #16 is misidentified as "Ask Me," a song that is nowhere to be heard on this release. Track #15 is instead "Stella By Starlight." My thanks to Max O. Preeo, who clarified this matter for me after he listened to Columbia Nippon CD COCY-78861.
| 02:54 | July 16, 1961 | Concert Taping | Day In - Day Out (Rube Bloom, Johnny Mercer) | |
| 02:27 | July 16, 1961 | Concert Taping | Hallelujah, I Love Him So (Ray Charles) | |
| 05:09 | July 16, 1961 | Concert Taping | Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most (Fran Landesman, Tommy Wolf) | |
| 03:43 | July 16, 1961 | Concert Taping | I Get A Kick Out Of You (Cole Porter) | |
| 03:43 | July 16, 1961 | Concert Taping | From This Moment On (Cole Porter) | |
| 02:10 | July 16, 1961 | Concert Taping | Blow, Gabriel, Blow (Cole Porter) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Ben Tucker (b), Ronnie Ball (p), Dave Bailey (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Digital reissue of the 1988 Westwind LP that bears the same title. Both the LP and the CD contain a total of nine tracks. In addition to the five vocals listed above, four instrumentals are included: "Love For Sale," "Lover, Come Back To Me," "Rifftide" and "The Man I Love." The instrumentals feature Tommy Flanagan, Coleman Hawkins, and Roy Eldridge, along with some of the other musicians who were part of the so-called American Jazz Festival from which all these live tracks were taken.
| 02:54 | July 16, 1961 | Concert Taping | Day In - Day Out (Rube Bloom, Johnny Mercer) | |
| 02:27 | July 16, 1961 | Concert Taping | Hallelujah, I Love Him So (Ray Charles) | |
| 05:09 | July 16, 1961 | Concert Taping | Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most (Fran Landesman, Tommy Wolf) | |
| 03:43 | July 16, 1961 | Concert Taping | I Get A Kick Out Of You (Cole Porter) | |
| 03:43 | July 16, 1961 | Concert Taping | From This Moment On (Cole Porter) | |
| 02:10 | July 16, 1961 | Concert Taping | Blow, Gabriel, Blow (Cole Porter) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Ben Tucker (b), Ronnie Ball (p), Dave Bailey (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
This 3CD set contains many of the performances from the so-called American Jazz Festival which was held in Brazil in 1961. The set's total number of tracks is 22, with the Connor tracks circumscribed to the second disc. They are the same vocals found in a sibling release of sorts from Westwind, At The American Jazz Festival In Latin America (1995).
| 02:00 | April 10, 1960 | Television Taping | I Get A Kick Out Of You (Cole Porter) | |
| 02:31 | July 17, 1960 | Television Taping | Come Rain Or Come Shine (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
This CD contains the audio of various performances from Ed Sullivan's TV show. It is an official release from the company that owns Sullivan's TV material. In addition to Chris Connor, the other featured singers are Lena Horne, Carmen McRae, Nina Simone, Keely Smith, and Sarah Vaughan. In 2010, these performances were also officially released on commercial MP3 files.
| 02:18 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | I Hear Music (Burton Lane, Frank Loesser) | |
| 02:43 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Come Back To Sorrento (Claude Aveling, Ernesto DeCurtis) | |
| 02:33 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Don't Wait Up For Me (Charles DeForest) | |
| 02:57 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | All About Ronnie (Joe Greene) | |
| 02:54 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Out Of This World (Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen) | |
| 02:53 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Lush Life (Billy Strayhorn) | |
| 02:16 | December 17-18, 1953 | Master | Ev'rything I Love (Cole Porter) | |
| 02:54 | December 17-18, 1953 | Master | Indian Summer (Al Dubin, Victor Herbert) | |
| 02:28 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | From This Moment On (Cole Porter) | |
| 03:06 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words) (Bart Howard) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Sy Oliver (pdr, arr, con), Creed Taylor (pdr), Tom Dowd (eng), The Vinnie Burke Quartet, The Ellis Larkins Trio, The Sy Oliver Orchestra, The Ralph Sharon Group (acc), Herbie Mann (f, ts), Ronnie Odrich (f, cl), Sid Cooper, Milt Yaner (as), Boomie Richman, Sam Taylor (ts), Dave McRae (bar), Jim Bright, Jimmy Nottingham, Red Solomon (t), Vernon "Vern" Friley, J. J. Johnson, Frank Saracco, Ward Silloway, Kai Winding (tb), Everett Barksdale, Joe Cinderella, Joe Puma (g), Sid Block, Vinnie Burke, Milt Hinton, Beverly Peer (b), Ellis Larkins, Dave Martin, Ralph Sharon (p), Don Burns (pac), Jimmy Crawford, Osie Johnson, Art Mardigan (d), Chris Connor (v), Bob Garrity (spk)
NOTES:
A digital reissue of two British LPs: Carmen McRae In London; Recorded Live At The Flamingo Jazz Club (Ember Records, 1966) and Chris Connor's Out Of This World (Affinity, a label or branch of Charly Records, 1984). The Affinity album is a 17-track compilation of material from Chris Connor's Bethlehem period. This 1995 CD contains only 10 of the 17 tracks that appear in the Affinity LP. Previously issued in 1993.
| 02:18 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | I Hear Music (Burton Lane, Frank Loesser) | |
| 02:22 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Lullaby Of Birdland (George Shearing, George David Weiss) | |
| 02:54 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Out Of This World (Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen) | |
| 02:32 | August 21, 1954 | Master | How Long Has This Been Going On? (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) | |
| 02:28 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | From This Moment On (Cole Porter) | |
| 03:06 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words) (Bart Howard) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Creed Taylor (pdr), Tom Dowd (eng), The Vinnie Burke Quartet, The Ellis Larkins Trio, The Ralph Sharon Group (acc), Herbie Mann (f, ts), Ronnie Odrich (f, cl), J. J. Johnson, Kai Winding (tb), Everett Barksdale, Joe Cinderella, Joe Puma (g), Vinnie Burke, Milt Hinton, Beverly Peer (b), Ellis Larkins, Ralph Sharon (p), Don Burns (pac), Osie Johnson, Art Mardigan (d), Chris Connor (v), Bob Garrity (spk)
| 03:50 | June 5, 1956 | 2007 | Master | But Not For Me (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 03:16 | January 19, 1956 | 1838 | Master | Something To Live For (Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Ahmet Ertegun, Nesuhi Ertegun, Jerry Wexler (pdr), Ralph Burns (arr, con), Ralph Burns Orchestra (acc), Chris Connor (v)
| 02:45 | January 30, 1961 | 15654 | Master | Can't Get Out Of This Mood (Frank Loesser, Jimmy McHugh) |
Chris Connor, Maynard Ferguson (ldr), Joe Farrell (f, ss, ts), Lanny Morgan (f, as), Willie Maiden (cl, ts), Frank Hittner (bcl, bar), Bill Berry, Rolf Ericson, Augustino 'Chet' Ferretti (t), Maynard Ferguson (t, tb, frh), Kenny Rupp, Ray Winslow (tb), John Neves (b), Jaki Byard (p), Rufus Jones (d), Chris Connor (v)
| 02:34 | May 27, 1957 (10:30 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.) | Television Taping | 'S Wonderful (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) | |
| 02:56 | May 27, 1957 (10:30 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.) | Television Taping | Love Walked In (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Unknown (b, d), Stan Freeman (p), Chris Connor (v)
| 02:55 | September 6, 1959 | 3655 | Master | Señor Blues (Horace Silver) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Chris Connor (v)
| 03:32 | 1971 | Master | As I Love My Own (Rod McKuen) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Wade Alexander, Rod McKuen (pdr), Patrick Rebillot (arr), Alyn Ainesworth (s-a), George Barnes (g), Chris Connor (v)
| 02:18 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | I Hear Music (Burton Lane, Frank Loesser) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Creed Taylor (pdr), Tom Dowd (eng), The Ellis Larkins Trio (acc), Everett Barksdale (g), Beverly Peer (b), Ellis Larkins (p), Chris Connor (v), Bob Garrity (spk)
| 04:53 | June 2, 1991 (Back To Balboa Convention) | Concert Taping | All About Ronnie (Joe Greene) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Richard Rodney Bennett (arr), Marion "Buddy" Childers (con), Alan Broadbent (p), Chris Connor (v)
| 02:25 | April 21, 1953 | Concert Taping | Everything Happens To Me (Matt Dennis, Tom Adair) | |
| 03:07 | May 19, 1953 | Concert Taping | Don't Worry 'Bout Me (Rube Bloom, Ted Koehler) | |
| 03:18 | June 2, 1953 | Concert Taping | I Get A Kick Out Of You (Cole Porter) | |
| 02:24 | April 23 To May 6, 1953 | Concert Taping | Taking A Chance On Love (Vernon Duke, Ted Fetter, John Latouche) | |
| 03:17 | April 23 To May 6, 1953 | Concert Taping | Don't Worry 'Bout Me (Rube Bloom, Ted Koehler) |
The Stan Kenton Orchestra (ldr), Johnny Richards, Pete Rugolo (arr), Bill Russo (arr, tb), Don Carone, Vinnie Dean, Lee Konitz (as), Bill Holman, Richie Kamuca (ts), Tony Ferina, Henry "Hank" Levy (bar), Conte Candoli, Marion "Buddy" Childers, Don Dennis, Ernie Royal, Don Smith (t), Bob Burgess, Keith Moon, Frank Rosolino (tb), George Roberts (bt), Sal Salvador (g), Donald "Don" Bagley (b), Stan Kenton (p), Stan Levey (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Please be aware that, in the case of all performances dated March 27 or April 23, those dates refer to the first day of Kenton's 1953 concert engagements at the Blue Note and Birdland Clubs, not to the exact day on which the given performance took place. For the specific days, consult the notes under the sessions dated May 27 - April 9, 1953 and April 23 - May 6, 1953 in this page.
I have seen one online entry suggesting that this issue was originally issued on December 31, 1976. I have not found corroboration for the claim. If correct, the original issue would most likely be a LP.
| 02:22 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Lullaby Of Birdland (George Shearing, George David Weiss) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Creed Taylor (pdr), Tom Dowd (eng), The Ellis Larkins Trio (acc), Everett Barksdale (g), Beverly Peer (b), Ellis Larkins (p), Chris Connor (v)
| 03:06 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words) (Bart Howard) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Creed Taylor (pdr), The Ralph Sharon Group (acc), Herbie Mann (f, ts), J. J. Johnson, Kai Winding (tb), Joe Puma (g), Milt Hinton (b), Ralph Sharon (p), Osie Johnson (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Chances are that there was also a CD edition, but I have not come across confirmation of its existence.
| 02:33 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Don't Wait Up For Me (Charles DeForest) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Creed Taylor (pdr), The Ralph Sharon Group (acc), Herbie Mann (f, ts), J. J. Johnson, Kai Winding (tb), Joe Puma (g), Milt Hinton (b), Ralph Sharon (p), Osie Johnson (d), Chris Connor (v)
| 03:16 | January 19, 1956 | 1838 | Master | Something To Live For (Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Ahmet Ertegun, Nesuhi Ertegun, Jerry Wexler (pdr), Ralph Burns (con), Chris Connor (v)
| 02:16 | February 11, 1953 | 11116-7 | Master | Jeepers Creepers (Harry Warren, Johnny Mercer) |
| 02:38 | February 11, 1953 | 11120 | Master | If I Should Lose You (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) |
| 02:39 | February 11, 1953 | 11115-25 | Master | And The Bull Walked Around, Olé! (Joe Greene, Doug Neal, Betsy Ellis) |
| 02:46 | May 25, 1953 | 11446-13 | Master | All About Ronnie (Joe Greene) |
| 02:44 | May 25, 1953 | 11559-23 | Master | I Get A Kick Out Of You (Cole Porter) |
| 03:25 | November 16, 1960 | 5179 | Master | Where Flamingos Fly (John Benson Brooks, Harold Courlander, Elthea Peale) |
| 02:44 | December 17-18, 1953 | Master | Miser's Serenade (Mad Miser Man) (Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, Gimme) (Fred Patrick, Claude Reese, Marvin Fisher, Jack Val) | |
| 02:44 | December 17-18, 1953 | Master | Ask Me (Woody Hinderling, Mike Pollard) | |
| 02:46 | December 17-18, 1953 | Master | Chiquita From Chi-Wah-Wah (Bennie Bonacio, Jimmie La Marge, Jimmie Franklin) | |
| 02:43 | December 17-18, 1953 | Master | Blue Silhouette (Murray Semos, Jack Val, Jimmy Dale) | |
| 02:16 | December 17-18, 1953 | Master | Ev'rything I Love (Cole Porter) | |
| 02:19 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Gone With The Wind (Herb Magidson, Allie Wrubel) | |
| 02:32 | August 21, 1954 | Master | How Long Has This Been Going On? (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) | |
| 02:26 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Stella By Starlight (Ned Washington, Victor Popular Young) | |
| 02:22 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Lullaby Of Birdland (George Shearing, George David Weiss) | |
| 02:18 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | I Hear Music (Burton Lane, Frank Loesser) | |
| 02:54 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Out Of This World (Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen) | |
| 02:53 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Lush Life (Billy Strayhorn) | |
| 02:28 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | From This Moment On (Cole Porter) | |
| 03:06 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words) (Bart Howard) | |
| 02:37 | August 21, 1954 | Master | A Cottage For Sale (Larry Conley, Willard Robison) | |
| 02:54 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Spring Is Here (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) | |
| 02:54 | December 17-18, 1953 | Master | Indian Summer (Al Dubin, Victor Herbert) | |
| 02:32 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Goodbye (Gordon Jenkins) |
Chris Connor, The Stan Kenton Orchestra (ldr), Nesuhi Ertegun, Lee Gillette, Creed Taylor (pdr), Sy Oliver (pdr, arr, con), Tom Dowd (eng), Jimmy Jones (arr, p), Bill Russo (arr, tb), The Vinnie Burke Quartet, The Ellis Larkins Trio, The Sy Oliver Orchestra, The Ralph Sharon Group (acc), Herbie Mann (f, ts), Ronnie Odrich (f, cl), Sid Cooper, Vinnie Dean, Lee Konitz, Milt Yaner (as), Bill Holman, Richie Kamuca, Boomie Richman, Sam Taylor (ts), Bob Gioga, Dave McRae (bar), Jim Bright, Conte Candoli, Walter "Pete" Candoli, Marion "Buddy" Childers, Don Dennis, Maynard Ferguson, Ruben McFall, Jimmy Nottingham, Ernie Royal, Don Smith, Red Solomon (t), Clark Terry (t, fh), Bob Burgess, Vernon "Vern" Friley, J. J. Johnson, Keith Moon, Frank Rosolino, Frank Saracco, Tom Shepard, Ward Silloway, Kai Winding (tb), George Roberts (bt), Everett Barksdale, Joe Cinderella, Barry Galbraith, Joe Puma, Sal Salvador (g), Donald "Don" Bagley, Sid Block, Vinnie Burke, George Duvivier, Milt Hinton, Beverly Peer (b), Stan Kenton, Ellis Larkins, Dave Martin, Ralph Sharon (p), Don Burns (pac), Jimmy Crawford, Osie Johnson, Stan Levey, Art Mardigan, Teddy Sommer (d), Harry DeAlmeida (tam), Chris Connor (v), The Stan Kenton Orchestra (v, bkv), Bob Garrity (spk)
NOTES:
Public Domain compilation that combines 17 of Chris Connor's 35 masters for Bethlehem Records with 1 master from her Atlantic years ("Where Flamingos Fly") and 5 of the 8 masters that she recorded for Capitol (as vocalist with The Stan Kenton Orchestra).
| 02:08 | January 30, 1961 | 15652 | Master | I Feel A Song Coming On (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh, George Oppenheimer) |
| 05:00 | December 15, 1960 | 15646 | Master | The Wind (Russ Freeman, Jerry Gladstone) |
| 04:40 | December 15, 1960 | 15645 | Master | New York's My Home (Gordon Jenkins) |
| 03:31 | December 22, 1960 | 15648 | Master | Guess Who I Saw Today (Murray Grand, Elisse Boyd) |
| 03:37 | December 15, 1960 | 15647 | Master | When The Sun Comes Out (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) |
| 02:38 | January 30, 1961 | 15651 | Master | Send For Me (Ollie Jones) |
| 03:44 | December 22, 1960 | 15649 | Master | Where Do You Go? (Alec Wilder, Arnold Sundgaard) |
| 06:41 | January 30, 1961 | 15650 | Master | Something's Coming (Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim) |
| 04:09 | January 30, 1961 | 15653 | Master | Deep Song (Douglass Cross, George Cory) |
| 02:45 | January 30, 1961 | 15654 | Master | Can't Get Out Of This Mood (Frank Loesser, Jimmy McHugh) |
Chris Connor, Maynard Ferguson (ldr), Joe Farrell (f, ss, ts), Lanny Morgan (f, as), Willie Maiden (cl, ts), Frank Hittner (bcl, bar), Bill Berry, Rolf Ericson, Augustino 'Chet' Ferretti (t), Maynard Ferguson (t, tb, frh), Kenny Rupp, Ray Winslow (tb), John Neves (b), Jaki Byard (p), Rufus Jones (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Reissue of the album that Roulette Records originally issued in 1961, with the same title.
| 02:39 | February 11, 1953 | 11115-25 | Master | And The Bull Walked Around, Olé! (Joe Greene, Doug Neal, Betsy Ellis) |
| 02:16 | February 11, 1953 | 11116-7 | Master | Jeepers Creepers (Harry Warren, Johnny Mercer) |
| 02:38 | February 11, 1953 | 11120 | Master | If I Should Lose You (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) |
| 02:46 | May 25, 1953 | 11446-13 | Master | All About Ronnie (Joe Greene) |
| 02:44 | May 25, 1953 | 11559-23 | Master | I Get A Kick Out Of You (Cole Porter) |
The Stan Kenton Orchestra (ldr), Lee Gillette (pdr), Bill Russo (arr, tb), Vinnie Dean, Lee Konitz (as), Bill Holman, Richie Kamuca (ts), Bob Gioga (bar), Conte Candoli, Walter "Pete" Candoli, Marion "Buddy" Childers, Don Dennis, Maynard Ferguson, Ruben McFall, Ernie Royal, Don Smith (t), Bob Burgess, Keith Moon, Frank Rosolino, Tom Shepard (tb), George Roberts (bt), Sal Salvador (g), Donald "Don" Bagley (b), Stan Kenton (p), Stan Levey (d), Harry DeAlmeida (tam), Chris Connor (v), The Stan Kenton Orchestra (v, bkv)
NOTES:
This Public Domain compilation features vocal recordings by The Stan Kenton Orchestra. In addition to Chris Connor, the other featured canaries are Kay Brown, June Christy, Anita O'Day, Ann Richards, and Jean Turner.
| 03:11 | June 6, 1956 | 2011 | Master | Suddenly It's Spring (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Nesuhi Ertegun (pdr), Ralph Burns (arr, con), Ralph Burns Orchestra (acc), Chris Connor (v)
| 03:08 | April 23 To May 6, 1953 | Concert Taping | I'll Remember April (Gene DePaul, Don Raye, Patricia Johnston) | |
| 03:17 | March 27 To April 9, 1953 | Concert Taping | There Will Never Be Another You (Mack Gordon, Harry Warren) |
The Stan Kenton Orchestra (ldr), Bill Russo (arr, tb), Vinnie Dean, Lee Konitz (as), Bill Holman, Richie Kamuca (ts), Henry "Hank" Levy (bar), Conte Candoli, Marion "Buddy" Childers, Don Dennis, Ernie Royal, Don Smith (t), Bob Burgess, Keith Moon, Frank Rosolino, Tom Shepard (tb), George Roberts (bt), Sal Salvador (g), Donald "Don" Bagley, Glen Roberts (b), Stan Kenton (p), Stan Levey (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Previously issued (1992) by Natasha Imports, with the same title but different artwork. Please notice that, in the case of all performances dated March 27 or April 23, those dates refer to the first day of Kenton's 1953 concert engagements at the Blue Note and Birdland Clubs, not to the exact day on which the given performance took place. For the specific days, consult the notes under the sessions dated May 27 - April 9, 1953 and April 23 - May 6, 1953 in this page.
| 02:22 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Lullaby Of Birdland (George Shearing, George David Weiss) | |
| 02:32 | August 21, 1954 | Master | How Long Has This Been Going On? (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Creed Taylor (pdr), Tom Dowd (eng), The Vinnie Burke Quartet, The Ellis Larkins Trio (acc), Ronnie Odrich (f, cl), Everett Barksdale, Joe Cinderella (g), Vinnie Burke, Beverly Peer (b), Ellis Larkins (p), Don Burns (pac), Art Mardigan (d), Chris Connor (v)
| 05:24 | March 30 & 31 + April 1 & 2, 1991 ["As Time Goes By" set] | Master | A Foggy Day (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Todd Barkan, Makoto Kimata (pdr), {Head Arrangement} (arr), George Mraz (b), Hank Jones (p), Keith Copeland (d), Chris Connor (v), Richard Rodney Bennett (ac)
| 02:54 | 1971 | Master | Snowbird (Gene MacLellan) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Wade Alexander, Rod McKuen (pdr), Patrick Rebillot (arr), Alyn Ainesworth (s-a), George Barnes (g), Chris Connor (v)
| 03:50 | June 5, 1956 | 2007 | Master | But Not For Me (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Nesuhi Ertegun (pdr), Ralph Burns (arr, con), Ralph Burns Orchestra (acc), Chris Connor (v)
| 04:00 | May 1, 1957 | 2516 | Master | How Long Has This Been Going On? (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Ahmet Ertegun, Nesuhi Ertegun, Jerry Wexler (pdr), Stan Free (arr, p), Mundell Lowe (g), Milt Hinton (b), Milt Jackson (vib), Ed Shaughnessy (d), Chris Connor (v)
| 02:18 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | I Hear Music (Burton Lane, Frank Loesser) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Creed Taylor (pdr), Tom Dowd (eng), The Ellis Larkins Trio (acc), Everett Barksdale (g), Beverly Peer (b), Ellis Larkins (p), Chris Connor (v), Bob Garrity (spk)
| 03:05 | August 17 To 19, 1987 | Master | Dearly Beloved (Jerome Kern, Johnny Mercer) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Helen Keane, Lori Muscarelle (pdr), Mike Abene (arr, key), Bill Kirchner (f, cl, ss, as, ts), Dave Valentin (f), Claudio Roditi (t, fh), Michael Moore (b), Richard Rodney Bennett (key), Buddy Williams (d), Sammy Figueroa (per), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Seems to have been issued in 1996 first, then reissued in 1998.
| 03:53 | March 30 & 31 + April 1 & 2, 1991 ["As Time Goes By" set] | Master | Everything I've Got (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Todd Barkan, Makoto Kimata (pdr), {Head Arrangement} (arr), George Mraz (b), Hank Jones (p), Keith Copeland (d), Chris Connor (v), Richard Rodney Bennett (ac)
| 03:53 | March 30 & 31 + April 1 & 2, 1991 ["As Time Goes By" set] | Master | Everything I've Got (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Todd Barkan, Makoto Kimata (pdr), {Head Arrangement} (arr), George Mraz (b), Hank Jones (p), Keith Copeland (d), Chris Connor (v), Richard Rodney Bennett (ac)
| 06:51 | March 30 & 31 + April 1 & 2, 1991 ["As Time Goes By" set] | Master | As Time Goes By (Herman Hupfeld) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Todd Barkan, Makoto Kimata (pdr), {Head Arrangement} (arr), George Mraz (b), Hank Jones (p), Keith Copeland (d), Chris Connor (v), Richard Rodney Bennett (ac)
| 02:20 | March 30 & 31 + April 1 & 2, 1991 ["As Time Goes By" set] | Master | Strike Up The Band (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Todd Barkan, Makoto Kimata (pdr), {Head Arrangement} (arr), George Mraz (b), Hank Jones (p), Keith Copeland (d), Chris Connor (v), Richard Rodney Bennett (ac)
| 03:16 | January 19, 1956 | 1838 | Master | Something To Live For (Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Ahmet Ertegun, Nesuhi Ertegun, Jerry Wexler (pdr), Ralph Burns (con), Chris Connor (v)
| 03:23 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | A Good Man Is A Seldom Thing (Charles DeForest) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Creed Taylor (pdr), The Ralph Sharon Group (acc), Herbie Mann (f, ts), J. J. Johnson, Kai Winding (tb), Joe Puma (g), Milt Hinton (b), Ralph Sharon (p), Osie Johnson (d), Chris Connor (v)
| 02:03 | Between January 18 And January 27, 1963 | Concert Taping | A Lot Of Livin' To Do (Lee Adams, Charles Strouse) | |
| 03:50 | Between January 18 And January 27, 1963 | Concert Taping | Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home (Free And Easy) (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) | |
| 02:56 | Between January 18 And January 27, 1963 | Concert Taping | All Or Nothing At All (Arthur Altman, Jack Lawrence) | |
| 04:17 | Between January 18 And January 27, 1963 | Concert Taping | Something's Coming (Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim) | |
| 02:15 | Between January 18 And January 27, 1963 | Concert Taping | You Came A Long Way From St. Louis (John Benson Brooks, Bob Russell) | |
| 02:56 | Between January 18 And January 27, 1963 | Concert Taping | Old Devil Moon (Erwin 'Yip' Harburg, Burton Lane) | |
| 02:48 | Between January 18 And January 27, 1963 | Concert Taping | I Concentrate On You (Cole Porter) | |
| 03:58 | Between January 18 And January 27, 1963 | Concert Taping | Black Coffee (Joseph F. "Sonny" Burke, Paul Francis Webster) | |
| 03:07 | Between January 18 And January 27, 1963 | Concert Taping | Goodbye (Gordon Jenkins) | |
| 05:10 | Between January 18 And January 27, 1963 | Concert Taping | Only The Lonely (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) | |
| 04:22 | Between January 18 And January 27, 1963 | Concert Taping | Ten Cents A Dance (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) | |
| 02:34 | May 27, 1957 (10:30 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.) | Television Taping | 'S Wonderful (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) | |
| 02:56 | May 27, 1957 (10:30 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.) | Television Taping | Love Walked In (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Mundell Lowe (g), Richard Davis (b), Unknown (b, d), Ronnie Ball, Stan Freeman (p), Ed Shaughnessy (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Reissue of the 1963 FM live album Chris Connor At The Village Gate, Early Show & Late Show, with two bonus tracks taken from the 1976 Calliope LPs Sessions, Live, 1956 and Sessions, Live, 1957. (Those bonus tracks were taped from a 1957 TV performance. They are not found in any other CD.)
This Blue Moon CD can be found listed with a 2004 release date in some online sites. However, it definitely was originally issued years earlier. Perhaps it was just re-pressed and re-released in 2004.
The Spanish label Fresh Sound (to which Blue Moon probably has ties) also released this album on LP, at an unknown date.
| 03:12 | December 17, 1956 | 2245 | Master | Moon Ray (Arthur Quenzer, Paul Madison, Artie Shaw) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Nesuhi Ertegun (pdr), Ralph Sharon (arr, p), Sam Most (f), Joe Puma (g), Oscar Pettiford (b), Eddie Costa (vib), Osie Johnson (d), Chris Connor (v)
| 03:42 | June 6, 1956 | 2012 | Master | Angel Eyes (Earl K. Brent, Matt Dennis) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Nesuhi Ertegun (pdr), Ralph Burns (arr, con), Ralph Burns Orchestra (acc), Chris Connor (v)
| 04:13 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Ridin' High (Cole Porter) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Creed Taylor (pdr), The Ralph Sharon Group (acc), Herbie Mann (f, ts), Joe Puma (g), Milt Hinton (b), Ralph Sharon (p), Osie Johnson (d), Chris Connor (v)
| 02:24 | April 23 To May 6, 1953 | Concert Taping | Taking A Chance On Love (Vernon Duke, Ted Fetter, John Latouche) | |
| 02:21 | April 23 To May 6, 1953 | Concert Taping | Love Me Or Leave Me (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) | |
| 02:53 | April 23 To May 6, 1953 | Concert Taping | If I Should Lose You (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) | |
| 02:14 | April 23 To May 6, 1953 | Concert Taping | Jeepers Creepers (Harry Warren, Johnny Mercer) |
The Stan Kenton Orchestra (ldr), Johnny Richards (arr), Bill Russo (arr, tb), Vinnie Dean, Lee Konitz (as), Bill Holman, Richie Kamuca (ts), Henry "Hank" Levy (bar), Conte Candoli, Marion "Buddy" Childers, Don Dennis, Ernie Royal, Don Smith (t), Bob Burgess, Keith Moon, Frank Rosolino (tb), George Roberts (bt), Sal Salvador (g), Donald "Don" Bagley (b), Stan Kenton (p), Stan Levey (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Please be aware that, in the case of all performances dated March 27 or April 23, those dates refer to the first day of Kenton's 1953 concert engagements at the Blue Note and Birdland Clubs, not to the exact day on which the given performance took place. For the specific days, consult the notes under the sessions dated May 27 - April 9, 1953 and April 23 - May 6, 1953 in this page.
| 03:12 | December 17, 1956 | 2245 | Master | Moon Ray (Arthur Quenzer, Paul Madison, Artie Shaw) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Nesuhi Ertegun (pdr), Ralph Sharon (arr, p), Sam Most (f), Joe Puma (g), Oscar Pettiford (b), Eddie Costa (vib), Osie Johnson (d), Chris Connor (v)
| 02:18 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | I Hear Music (Burton Lane, Frank Loesser) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Creed Taylor (pdr), Tom Dowd (eng), The Ellis Larkins Trio (acc), Everett Barksdale (g), Beverly Peer (b), Ellis Larkins (p), Chris Connor (v), Bob Garrity (spk)
| 02:38 | August 5 & 6, 1986 | Master | Let's Face The Music And Dance (Irving Berlin) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Helen Keane (pdr), Richard Rodney Bennett (arr), Paquito D'Rivera (as), Claudio Roditi (t, fh), Rufus Reid (b), Mike Abene (p), Akira Tana (d), Chris Connor (v)
| 04:20 | December 5, 1960 | 5215 | Master | Lonesome Road (Gene Austin, Nathaniel Shilkret) |
| 02:48 | December 14, 1960 | 5225 | Master | All The Things You Are (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) |
| 05:04 | December 14, 1960 | 5226 | Master | It Never Entered My Mind (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) |
| 03:11 | January 23, 1961 | 5294 | Master | Summertime (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward) |
| 03:02 | October 27, 1960 | 5148 | Master | Here's That Rainy Day (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) |
| 02:50 | November 16, 1960 | 5177 | Master | Follow Me (Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe) |
| 04:20 | November 16, 1960 | 5180 | Master | I'm Glad There Is You (Jimmy Dorsey, Paul Madeira Mertz) |
| 02:51 | February 15, 1956 | 1878 | Master | Go 'Way From My Window (John Jacob Niles) |
| 02:30 | July 28, 1956 | 2064 | Master | I Miss You So (Jimmy Henderson, Bertha Scott, Sid Robin) |
| 02:42 | October 16, 1956 | 2158 | Master | Time Out For Tears (Abe Schiff, Irving Berman) |
| 03:50 | June 5, 1956 | 2007 | Master | But Not For Me (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 03:43 | June 5, 1956 | 2008 | Master | Oh! You Crazy Moon (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) |
| 03:46 | June 5, 1956 | 2009 | Master | High On A Windy Hill (Joan Whitney, Alex Kramer) |
| 03:42 | June 6, 1956 | 2012 | Master | Angel Eyes (Earl K. Brent, Matt Dennis) |
| 04:13 | August 7, 1956 | 2075 | Master | I Wonder What Became Of Me (Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen) |
| 03:16 | January 19, 1956 | 1838 | Master | Something To Live For (Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn) |
| 03:27 | January 19, 1956 | 1836 | Master | When The Wind Was Green (Don Hunt, Henry Stinson) |
| 03:52 | November 16, 1956 | 2204 | Master | Poor Little Rich Girl (Noel Coward) |
| 03:48 | November 16, 1956 | 2207 | Master | It Only Happens When I Dance With You (Irving Berlin) |
| 04:19 | December 17, 1956 | 2243 | Master | Lonely Town (Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden, Adolph Green) |
| 03:12 | December 19, 1956 | 2278 | Master | My Shining Hour (Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen) |
| 04:23 | January 29, 1959 | 3340 | Master | Good Morning, Heartache (Ervin Drake, Dan Fisher, Irene Higginbotham) |
| 03:48 | March 10, 1959 | 3407 | Master | The End Of A Love Affair (Edward. C. Redding) |
| 04:51 | March 19, 1959 | 3413 | Master | Lilac Wine (James H. Shelton) |
| 02:31 | February 1, 1957 | 2324 | Master | Strike Up The Band (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:15 | February 1, 1957 | 2325 | Master | I've Got A Crush On You (Ira Gershwin, George Gershwin) |
| 01:45 | February 1, 1957 | 2329 | Master | I Got Rhythm (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:24 | February 26, 1957 | 2385 | Master | 'S Wonderful (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 03:16 | February 26, 1957 | 2386 | Master | A Foggy Day (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 03:08 | March 26, 1957 | 2423 | Master | Little Jazz Bird (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:51 | December 11, 1961 | 5858 | Master | I'm Gonna Go Fishin' (Duke Ellington, Peggy Lee) |
| 03:21 | April 9, 1962 | 6094 | Master | Milano (Margo Guryan, John Lewis) |
| 02:46 | April 9, 1962 | 6095 | Master | Jump For Joy (Duke Ellington, Sid Kuller, Paul Francis Webster) |
| 04:04 | April 9, 1962 | 6097 | Master | Lonely Woman (Ornette Coleman, Margo Guryan) |
| 03:53 | April 30, 1962 | 6186 | Master | Kansas City (Mike Stoller, Jerry Leiber) |
| 02:34 | July 31, 1958 | 3107 | Master | Flying Home (Lionel Hampton, Benny Goodman, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) |
| 02:55 | September 6, 1959 | 3655 | Master | Señor Blues (Horace Silver) |
| 02:32 | September 6, 1959 | 3656 | Master | Misty (Johnny Burke, Erroll Garner) |
| 03:03 | March 10, 1959 | 3406 | Master | (I'm Afraid) The Masquerade Is Over (Herb Magidson, Allie Wrubel) |
| 03:39 | March 10, 1959 | 3405-stereo | Master | These Foolish Things (Harry Link, Eric Maschwitz aka Holt Marvell, Jack Strachey) |
Chris Connor, Maynard Ferguson (ldr), Ahmet Ertegun, Nesuhi Ertegun, Jerry Wexler (pdr), Ralph Burns, Ray Ellis (arr, con), Al Cohn (arr, con, ts), Jimmy Jones (arr, p), Willie Maiden (arr, cl, ts), Don Sebesky (arr), Ralph Sharon (arr, con, p), Harry Lookofsky (ccm, vn), Ralph Burns Orchestra, The Ray Ellis Orchestra, Jimmy Jones Orchestra (acc), Phil Bodner, Morton Lewis, Steve Perlow, Jerry Sanfino, Warren "Champ" Webb (r), Bobby Jasper (r, f), Joe Farrell (f, ss, ts), Lanny Morgan (f, as), Sam Most (f), Oliver Nelson (cl, ts), Gene Quill, Phil Woods (cl, as), Frank Hittner, Sol Schlinger (bcl, bar), Eddie Wasserman (bcl, ts), Marshal Royal (as), Frank Foster, Seldon Powell, Lucky Thompson (ts), Charles Fowlkes (bar), Bill Berry, Donald Byrd, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Rolf Ericson, Augustino 'Chet' Ferretti, Rick Kiefer, Irwin 'Marky' Markowitz, Joe Newman, Ernie Royal, Joe Wilder, Snooky Young (t), Maynard Ferguson (t, tb, frh), Clark Terry (t, fh), Wayne Andre, Eddie Bert, James "Jimmy" Cleveland, Warren Covington, Willie Dennis, Al Grey, Dick Hixson, Frank Rehak, Kenny Rupp, Jim Thompson, Ray Winslow (tb), Kenny Burrell, Barry Galbraith, Freddie Green, Joe Puma (g), George Duvivier, Milt Hinton, Eddie Jones, Wendell Marshall, Don Payne, Oscar Pettiford, Charlie Sanders, Ben Tucker (b), Unknown (str), Ronnie Ball, Jaki Byard, Stan Free, Hank Jones (p), Eddie Costa (vib), Dave Bailey, William Exiner, Osie Johnson, Rufus Jones, Sonny Payne, Ed Shaughnessy, Teddy Sommer (d), Francisco "Chino" Pozo, John Rodrigues (bo), Ramon 'Mongo' Santamaria (cng), Mac Ceppos, Ray Free, Harry Katzman, Leo Kruczek, Harold Melnikoff, George Ockner, Gene Orloff, Samuel Rand, Tosha Samaroff, Sylvan Shulman, Harry Urbont (vn), Dave Markovitz, Isadore Zirr (vl), Maurice Brown, Dave Sayer (vc), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
For listeners wanting to explore Chris Connor's Atlantic years, Warm Cool is so far the best anthology available. Its 40 tracks were chosen by Chris Connor and by Will Friedwald. According to liner annotator and co-producer Friedwald, he and Connor separately proposed 40 tracks. The final set combines 20 of Connor's choices with 20 of Friedwald's picks. Also included: photos (of the singer, of her albums for Atlantic), a long essay by Friedwald, and personnel details.
Various listeners have voiced the curious opinion that many of this 2CD set's tracks are alternate takes. As far as I can ascertain, such does not seem to be the case. Perceived differences are likelier to be the result of remastering of the tracks, which has resulted in a 'brighter' sound throughout. (My thanks to Donald Martin for corroborating this last detail.)
Critical reviews of this 1999 issue ran the gamut from overly positive to subjectively negative. An example of the former appeared in the March 13, 1999 issue of Billboard magazine: "What? Never heard (or barely heard) of the magnificent Chris Connor? Blame it on her former labels for snoozing despite demand. A major star from the mid-50's onward, she was one of Atlantic's best-known jazz artists, and 32 Records deserves a deep bow for this two-CD retrospective. The still-active Connor followed Anita O'Day and June Christy as vocalist in the Stan Kenton band and, like them, went on to a richer solo career, first on Bethlehem (pick up those reissues, too -- if you can find them) and then on Atlantic. She was a perennial poll-winner, and her "cool jazz" albums also sold well (it didn't hurt that she was a platinum-haired beauty) and were hip-crowd favorites. And no wonder: she had a husky, "warm cool" expressive voice and she took on adventurous material like Strayhorn's Something To Live For and Ornette Coleman's Lonely Woman, both included among the 40 choice recordings here. A decent Connor-on-Atlantic retrospective is long, long overdue, and, saints preserve us, it's not only terrific but it's budget-priced too!"
A largely negative review by Alan Bargebuhr appeared in Cadence magazine: "I find, in listening to these tracks again, after 25 or so odd years, that Connor does not hold up for me as well as [June] Christy of the same era. Ms. Connor's vagueness of intonation and oft faltering rhythmic attack are variably distracting. True, at her best, she purveyed a unique gravitas of world-weary broken-heartedness that was stamped with her smoky, dryly compressed trademark sound. And as an apprentice adult, newly emerged from the throes of a stormy puberty, nothing could have suited me better, half a century ago. But now, on the cusp of a new millennia, much of her heartbreak sounds suspiciously tinny. Here, on this 40 track overview, one could quarrel with the inclusion of folksy piffle such as Lilac Wine .... as well as examples of failed pop songwriting like Time Out For Tears, at the expense of gems like Here Lies Love and He Was Too Good To Me ... which will have to await future reissue seizures. And one could question the space used by material currently at hand on the Gershwin Almanac and Jazz Date albums, space which could have been devoted to otherwise unavailable items."
| 03:14 | January 29, 1959 | 3338 | Master | Bargain Day (William Roy) |
| 04:52 | January 29, 1959 | 3339 | Master | One For My Baby (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) |
| 04:23 | January 29, 1959 | 3340 | Master | Good Morning, Heartache (Ervin Drake, Dan Fisher, Irene Higginbotham) |
| 03:30 | January 29, 1959 | 3341 | Master | Glad To Be Unhappy (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) |
| 03:48 | March 10, 1959 | 3407 | Master | The End Of A Love Affair (Edward. C. Redding) |
| 04:27 | March 10, 1959 | 3408 | Master | Something I Dreamed Last Night (Herb Magidson, Jack Yellen, Sammy Fain) |
| 05:00 | March 19, 1959 | 3411 | Master | Ballad of the Sad Café (Charles DeForest) |
| 04:51 | March 19, 1959 | 3413 | Master | Lilac Wine (James H. Shelton) |
| 03:39 | March 10, 1959 | 3405-stereo | Master | These Foolish Things (Harry Link, Eric Maschwitz aka Holt Marvell, Jack Strachey) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Nesuhi Ertegun (pdr), Ralph Sharon (arr, con), Bobby Jasper (r, f), Morton Lewis, Steve Perlow, Jerry Sanfino, Warren "Champ" Webb (r), Marshal Royal, Phil Woods (as), Frank Foster, Seldon Powell (ts), Charles Fowlkes (bar), Donald Byrd, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Joe Newman, Ernie Royal, Snooky Young (t), Wayne Andre, Eddie Bert, Willie Dennis, Al Grey, Dick Hixson, Frank Rehak (tb), Kenny Burrell, Barry Galbraith, Freddie Green (g), Eddie Jones, Don Payne (b), Stan Free (p), William Exiner, Sonny Payne, Ed Shaughnessy (d), Mac Ceppos, Ray Free, Harry Katzman, Leo Kruczek, Harold Melnikoff, George Ockner, Gene Orloff, Samuel Rand, Tosha Samaroff, Sylvan Shulman, Harry Urbont (vn), Dave Markovitz, Isadore Zirr (vl), Maurice Brown, Dave Sayer (vc), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
This twofer contains one Connor album and one instrumental album, both originally released by Atlantic Records. Because I have not listened to this issue, I am not certain which version of "These Foolish Things" it contains. The listing of the stereo version is thus tentative.
| 01:53 | January 23, 1956 | 1854 | Master | I Get A Kick Out Of You (Cole Porter) |
| 03:16 | January 19, 1956 | 1838 | Master | Something To Live For (Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn) |
| 03:07 | February 8, 1956 | 1877-stereo | Master | Get Out Of Town (Cole Porter) |
| 03:50 | January 23, 1956 | 1853 | Master | Where Are You? (Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh) |
| 02:15 | February 8, 1956 | 1875 | Master | Anything Goes (Cole Porter) |
| 02:50 | February 8, 1956 | 1874-stereo | Master | You Make Me Feel So Young (Joseph Myrow, Mack Gordon) |
| 03:49 | January 23, 1956 | 1855 | Master | Every Time (Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin) |
| 02:31 | February 8, 1956 | 1876 | Master | Way Out There (George Wallington, Buddy Goodman) |
| 02:45 | January 19, 1956 | 1835 | Master | My April Heart (Buddy Goodman, George Wallington) |
| 02:08 | January 23, 1956 | 1856 | Master | Almost Like Being In Love (Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe) |
| 02:02 | April 29, 1958 | 3057 | Master | Circus (Bob Russell, Louis Alter) |
| 02:34 | July 31, 1958 | 3107 | Master | Flying Home (Lionel Hampton, Benny Goodman, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) |
| 03:46 | June 5, 1956 | 2009 | Master | High On A Windy Hill (Joan Whitney, Alex Kramer) |
| 03:57 | June 5, 1956 | 2006 | Master | 'Round About (Vernon Duke, Ogden Nash) |
| 03:42 | June 6, 1956 | 2012 | Master | Angel Eyes (Earl K. Brent, Matt Dennis) |
| 03:50 | June 6, 1956 | 2013 | Master | You Stepped Out Of A Dream (Nacio Herb Brown, Gus Kahn) |
| 03:46 | June 6, 1956 | 2010 | Master | Why Can't I? (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) |
| 03:11 | June 6, 1956 | 2011 | Master | Suddenly It's Spring (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) |
| 03:43 | August 7, 1956 | 2076 | Master | About The Blues (Arthur Hamilton) |
| 03:43 | June 5, 1956 | 2008 | Master | Oh! You Crazy Moon (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) |
| 03:50 | June 5, 1956 | 2007 | Master | But Not For Me (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 03:30 | August 7, 1956 | 2073 | Master | Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) |
| 04:13 | August 7, 1956 | 2075 | Master | I Wonder What Became Of Me (Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen) |
| 03:53 | August 7, 1956 | 2074 | Master | Thursday's Child (Elisse Boyd, Murray Grand) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Ahmet Ertegun, Nesuhi Ertegun, Jerry Wexler (pdr), Ralph Burns (arr, con), Ralph Burns Orchestra (acc), Ray Beckenstein, Sam Markowitz (as), Zoot Sims, Al Young (ts), Danny Bank (bar), Nick Travis (t), Barry Galbraith (g), Milt Hinton, Oscar Pettiford (b), John Lewis, Moe Wechsler (p), Osie Johnson, Connie Kay (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Twofer containing two Atlantic albums and two bonus tracks ("Circus," "Flying Home"). The original albums' liner notes are included. In a move that Connor fans deemed outrageous, Collectables omitted two of the tracks that were part of the original Atlantic LP Chris Connor: "When The Wind Was Green" and "He Was Too Good To Me." Inquiring fans were told that lack of sufficient space was the reason for both omissions.
On the matter of alternate takes, I have corroborated that this issue indeed contains the stereo version of "Get Out Of Town."
| 02:26 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | It's All Right With Me (Cole Porter) | |
| 02:45 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | The Thrill Is Gone (Lew Brown, Ray Henderson) | |
| 03:26 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | All This And Heaven Too (Ed DeLange, Jimmy Van Heusen) | |
| 02:53 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Lush Life (Billy Strayhorn) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Creed Taylor (pdr), The Vinnie Burke Quartet, The Ralph Sharon Group (acc), Herbie Mann (f, ts), Ronnie Odrich (f, cl), J. J. Johnson, Kai Winding (tb), Joe Cinderella, Joe Puma (g), Vinnie Burke, Milt Hinton (b), Ralph Sharon (p), Don Burns (pac), Osie Johnson, Art Mardigan (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Digital reissue of the 1956 LP compilation that bears the same title.
| 02:19 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Gone With The Wind (Herb Magidson, Allie Wrubel) | |
| 02:22 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Lullaby Of Birdland (George Shearing, George David Weiss) | |
| 02:32 | August 21, 1954 | Master | How Long Has This Been Going On? (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Creed Taylor (pdr), Tom Dowd (eng), The Vinnie Burke Quartet, The Ellis Larkins Trio (acc), Ronnie Odrich (f, cl), Everett Barksdale, Joe Cinderella (g), Vinnie Burke, Beverly Peer (b), Ellis Larkins (p), Don Burns (pac), Art Mardigan (d), Chris Connor (v)
| 02:20 | 1963 | Master | Cry Me A River (Arthur Hamilton) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Alan Douglas (pdr), Michel Colombier Orchestra (acc), Chris Connor (v), Les Double Six (bkv)
| 02:18 | April 14, 1953 | Concert Taping | Love Me Or Leave Me (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) | |
| April 15, 1953 (8:15 p.m.) | Concert Taping | All About Ronnie (Joe Greene) |
The Stan Kenton Orchestra (ldr), Bill Russo (arr, tb), Vinnie Dean, Lee Konitz (as), Bill Holman, Richie Kamuca (ts), Henry "Hank" Levy (bsx, bar), Conte Candoli, Marion "Buddy" Childers, Don Dennis, Ernie Royal, Don Smith (t), Bob Burgess, Keith Moon, Frank Rosolino (tb), George Roberts (bt), Sal Salvador (g), Donald "Don" Bagley (b), Stan Kenton (p), Stan Levey (d), Chris Connor (v)
| 02:33 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Don't Wait Up For Me (Charles DeForest) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Creed Taylor (pdr), The Ralph Sharon Group (acc), Herbie Mann (f, ts), J. J. Johnson, Kai Winding (tb), Joe Puma (g), Milt Hinton (b), Ralph Sharon (p), Osie Johnson (d), Chris Connor (v)
| 03:53 | May 23, 1958 | 3069 | Master | Lover Man (Roger "Ram" Ramirez, Jimmy Davis, Jimmy Sherman) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Nesuhi Ertegun (pdr), Mundell Lowe (g), George Duvivier (b), Stan Free (p), Ed Shaughnessy (d), Chris Connor (v)
| 03:53 | May 23, 1958 | 3069 | Master | Lover Man (Roger "Ram" Ramirez, Jimmy Davis, Jimmy Sherman) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Nesuhi Ertegun (pdr), Mundell Lowe (g), George Duvivier (b), Stan Free (p), Ed Shaughnessy (d), Chris Connor (v)
| 02:55 | September 6, 1959 | 3655 | Master | Señor Blues (Horace Silver) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Chris Connor (v)
| 01:53 | January 23, 1956 | 1854 | Master | I Get A Kick Out Of You (Cole Porter) |
| 03:16 | January 19, 1956 | 1838 | Master | Something To Live For (Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn) |
| 03:07 | February 8, 1956 | 1877-stereo | Master | Get Out Of Town (Cole Porter) |
| 03:50 | January 23, 1956 | 1853 | Master | Where Are You? (Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh) |
| 02:15 | February 8, 1956 | 1875 | Master | Anything Goes (Cole Porter) |
| 03:27 | January 19, 1956 | 1836 | Master | When The Wind Was Green (Don Hunt, Henry Stinson) |
| 03:45 | January 19, 1956 | 1837 | Master | He Was Too Good To Me (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) |
| 02:50 | February 8, 1956 | 1874-stereo | Master | You Make Me Feel So Young (Joseph Myrow, Mack Gordon) |
| 03:49 | January 23, 1956 | 1855 | Master | Every Time (Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin) |
| 02:31 | February 8, 1956 | 1876 | Master | Way Out There (George Wallington, Buddy Goodman) |
| 02:45 | January 19, 1956 | 1835 | Master | My April Heart (Buddy Goodman, George Wallington) |
| 02:08 | January 23, 1956 | 1856 | Master | Almost Like Being In Love (Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Ahmet Ertegun, Nesuhi Ertegun, Jerry Wexler (pdr), Ralph Burns (con), Ray Beckenstein, Sam Markowitz (as), Zoot Sims, Al Young (ts), Danny Bank (bar), Nick Travis (t), Barry Galbraith (g), Milt Hinton, Oscar Pettiford (b), John Lewis, Moe Wechsler (p), Osie Johnson, Connie Kay (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Digital reissue of Connor's first album for Atlantic Records. Some listeners have expressed dissatisfaction with the disc's sound quality, which reminds them of electronically channelled stereo.
Since I have not actually listened to this British release, I do not whether the stereo or the mono edition of "Get Out Of Town" was the one included. Hence the listing of the stereo version is tentative, though likely.
This item seems to have been re-pressed by Rhino in 2005. It is credited online as released by Rhino/WEA UK. The artwork of the 2005 version is essentially the same (i.e., the front cover reproduces the photo on the original LP), but only the 2000 issue includes a red strip to the left of the front cover, with the words "Atlantic original sound." For a listing of other CD versions, including Japanese ones, see note under the entry for the original 1956 LP, in this page.
| 02:09 | September 13, 1959 | 3447 | Concert Taping | Strike Up The Band (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 03:10 | September 13, 1959 | 3448 | Concert Taping | Misty (Johnny Burke, Erroll Garner) |
| 03:19 | September 13, 1959 | 3449 | Concert Taping | Señor Blues (Horace Silver) |
| 03:17 | September 13, 1959 | 3450 | Concert Taping | Lover, Come Back To Me (Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg) |
| 03:38 | September 13, 1959 | 3462 | Concert Taping | Angel Eyes (Earl K. Brent, Matt Dennis) |
| 02:48 | September 13, 1959 | 3452 | Concert Taping | Hallelujah, I Love Him So (Ray Charles) |
| 02:46 | September 13, 1959 | 3453 | Concert Taping | Poor Little Rich Girl (Noel Coward) |
| 03:49 | September 13, 1959 | 3454 | Concert Taping | 'Round Midnight (Bernie D. Hanighen, Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams) |
| 02:58 | September 13, 1959 | 3451 | Concert Taping | All About Ronnie (Joe Greene) |
| 02:18 | September 13, 1959 | 3458 | Concert Taping | Fine And Dandy (Paul James, Kay Swift) |
| 02:49 | September 13, 1959 | 3459 | Concert Taping | Don't Worry 'Bout Me (Rube Bloom, Ted Koehler) |
| 03:23 | September 13, 1959 | 3460 | Concert Taping | It Don't Mean A Thing (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) |
| 02:35 | September 13, 1959 | 3461 | Concert Taping | Chinatown, My Chinatown (William Jerome, Jean Schwartz) |
| 03:16 | February 26, 1957 | 2386 | Master | A Foggy Day (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:36 | February 26, 1957 | 2387 | Master | Summertime (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward) |
| 02:10 | March 12, 1957 | 2421 | Master | They Can't Take That Away From Me (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 01:58 | February 7, 1957 | 2335 | Master | Slap That Bass (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:15 | March 26, 1957 | 2424 | Master | I Was Doing All Right (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:58 | May 1, 1957 | 2518 | Master | Love Walked In (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 01:19 | March 12, 1957 | 2419 | Master | Nice Work If You Can Get It (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:58 | February 26, 1957 | 2389 | Master | I Loves You Porgy (Dubose Heyward, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 03:35 | February 7, 1957 | 2336 | Master | For You, For Me, For Evermore (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 03:16 | April 24, 1957 | 2484 | Master | (Our) Love Is Here To Stay (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Ahmet Ertegun, Nesuhi Ertegun, Jerry Wexler (pdr), Ray Ellis (arr), Stan Free (arr, p), Ralph Sharon (arr, p, cel), Herbie Mann, Sam Most (f), Peanuts Hucko (cl), Eddie Wasserman (bcl, ts), Al Cohn (ts), Danny Bank (bar), Doc Severinsen (t), Eddie Bert, James "Jimmy" Cleveland, Warren Covington, Jim Thompson (tb), Kenny Burrell, Barry Galbraith, Mundell Lowe, Joe Puma (g), Vinnie Burke, Eddie de Haas, Milt Hinton, Wendell Marshall, Oscar Pettiford (b), Hank Jones, Bill Rubenstein (p), Milt Jackson (vib), Ronnie Free, Lex Humpries, Osie Johnson, Ed Shaughnessy (d), Chris Connor (v), unidentified (spk)
NOTES:
Another incongruous release from the mass-marketing label Collectables. For this reissue, the label combined Connor's one live album on Atlantic Records (Chris In Person) with a budget compilation originally released by Clarion Records, which was an Atlantic budget branch. (The Clarion compilation contains selected tracks from the double LP Chris Connor Sings The George Gershwin Almanac.)
| 02:22 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Lullaby Of Birdland (George Shearing, George David Weiss) | |
| 02:51 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | What Is There To Say? (Vernon Duke, Erwin 'Yip' Harburg) | |
| 03:02 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Try A Little Tenderness (Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly, Harry Woods) | |
| 02:54 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Spring Is Here (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) | |
| 02:42 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Why Shouldn't I? (Cole Porter) | |
| 02:44 | December 17-18, 1953 | Master | Ask Me (Woody Hinderling, Mike Pollard) | |
| 02:43 | December 17-18, 1953 | Master | Blue Silhouette (Murray Semos, Jack Val, Jimmy Dale) | |
| 02:46 | December 17-18, 1953 | Master | Chiquita From Chi-Wah-Wah (Bennie Bonacio, Jimmie La Marge, Jimmie Franklin) | |
| 02:37 | August 21, 1954 | Master | A Cottage For Sale (Larry Conley, Willard Robison) | |
| 02:32 | August 21, 1954 | Master | How Long Has This Been Going On? (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) | |
| 02:26 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Stella By Starlight (Ned Washington, Victor Popular Young) | |
| 02:19 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Gone With The Wind (Herb Magidson, Allie Wrubel) | |
| 02:42 | August 21, 1954 | Master | He's Coming Home (Charles DeForest) | |
| 02:32 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Goodbye (Gordon Jenkins) | |
| 02:54 | August 9-11, 1954 | Alternate Take | Why Shouldn't I? (Cole Porter) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Sy Oliver (pdr, arr, con), Creed Taylor (pdr), Tom Dowd (eng), The Vinnie Burke Quartet, The Ellis Larkins Trio, The Sy Oliver Orchestra (acc), Ronnie Odrich (f, cl), Sid Cooper, Milt Yaner (as), Boomie Richman, Sam Taylor (ts), Dave McRae (bar), Jim Bright, Jimmy Nottingham, Red Solomon (t), Vernon "Vern" Friley, Frank Saracco, Ward Silloway, Kai Winding (tb), Everett Barksdale, Joe Cinderella (g), Sid Block, Vinnie Burke, Beverly Peer (b), Ellis Larkins, Dave Martin (p), Don Burns (pac), Jimmy Crawford, Art Mardigan (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Domestic reissue of the 1992 CD of the same title, on Evidence Records.
| 02:57 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | All About Ronnie (Joe Greene) | |
| 02:44 | December 17-18, 1953 | Master | Miser's Serenade (Mad Miser Man) (Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, Gimme) (Fred Patrick, Claude Reese, Marvin Fisher, Jack Val) | |
| 02:16 | December 17-18, 1953 | Master | Ev'rything I Love (Cole Porter) | |
| 02:54 | December 17-18, 1953 | Master | Indian Summer (Al Dubin, Victor Herbert) | |
| 02:18 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | I Hear Music (Burton Lane, Frank Loesser) | |
| 02:43 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Come Back To Sorrento (Claude Aveling, Ernesto DeCurtis) | |
| 02:54 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Out Of This World (Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen) | |
| 02:53 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Lush Life (Billy Strayhorn) | |
| 02:28 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | From This Moment On (Cole Porter) | |
| 03:23 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | A Good Man Is A Seldom Thing (Charles DeForest) | |
| 02:33 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Don't Wait Up For Me (Charles DeForest) | |
| 03:06 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words) (Bart Howard) | |
| 02:57 | August 9-11, 1954 | Alternate Take | All About Ronnie (Joe Greene) | |
| 02:52 | December 17-18, 1953 | Alternate Take | Miser's Serenade (Mad Miser Man) (Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, Gimme) (Fred Patrick, Claude Reese, Marvin Fisher, Jack Val) | |
| 02:24 | December 17-18, 1953 | Alternate Take | Ev'rything I Love (Cole Porter) | |
| 03:01 | December 17-18, 1953 | Alternate Take | Indian Summer (Al Dubin, Victor Herbert) | |
| 02:19 | August 9-11, 1954 | Alternate Take | I Hear Music (Burton Lane, Frank Loesser) | |
| 02:43 | August 9-11, 1954 | Alternate Take | Come Back To Sorrento (Claude Aveling, Ernesto DeCurtis) | |
| 02:54 | August 21, 1954 | Alternate Take | Out Of This World (Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen) | |
| 02:53 | August 21, 1954 | Alternate Take | Lush Life (Billy Strayhorn) | |
| 02:29 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Alternate Take | From This Moment On (Cole Porter) | |
| 03:30 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Alternate Take | A Good Man Is A Seldom Thing (Charles DeForest) | |
| 02:41 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Alternate Take | Don't Wait Up For Me (Charles DeForest) | |
| 03:06 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Alternate Take | Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words) (Bart Howard) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Sy Oliver (pdr, arr, con), Creed Taylor (pdr), Tom Dowd (eng), The Vinnie Burke Quartet, The Ellis Larkins Trio, The Sy Oliver Orchestra, The Ralph Sharon Group (acc), Herbie Mann (f, ts), Ronnie Odrich (f, cl), Sid Cooper, Milt Yaner (as), Boomie Richman, Sam Taylor (ts), Dave McRae (bar), Jim Bright, Jimmy Nottingham, Red Solomon (t), Vernon "Vern" Friley, J. J. Johnson, Frank Saracco, Ward Silloway, Kai Winding (tb), Everett Barksdale, Joe Cinderella, Joe Puma (g), Sid Block, Vinnie Burke, Milt Hinton, Beverly Peer (b), Ellis Larkins, Dave Martin, Ralph Sharon (p), Don Burns (pac), Jimmy Crawford, Osie Johnson, Art Mardigan (d), Chris Connor (v), Bob Garrity (spk)
NOTES:
Domestic reissue of one of Connor's Bethlehem albums. Includes, as bonus tracks, (alleged) alternate takes of all 12 master takes. Domestically, an earlier CD incarnation of this album had been released by Evidence Records (1994).
| 02:37 | July 28, 1956 | 2065 | Master | Radar Blues (Harry Revel) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Ahmet Ertegun, Jerry Wexler (pdr), Ray Ellis (arr, con), The Ray Ellis Orchestra (acc), Chris Connor (v)
| 02:20 | 1963 | Master | Cry Me A River (Arthur Hamilton) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Alan Douglas (pdr), Michel Colombier Orchestra (acc), Chris Connor (v), Les Double Six (bkv)
| 02:22 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Lullaby Of Birdland (George Shearing, George David Weiss) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Creed Taylor (pdr), Tom Dowd (eng), The Ellis Larkins Trio (acc), Everett Barksdale (g), Beverly Peer (b), Ellis Larkins (p), Chris Connor (v)
| 02:22 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Lullaby Of Birdland (George Shearing, George David Weiss) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Creed Taylor (pdr), Tom Dowd (eng), The Ellis Larkins Trio (acc), Everett Barksdale (g), Beverly Peer (b), Ellis Larkins (p), Chris Connor (v)
| 05:02 | August 17 To 19, 1987 | Master | My Foolish Heart (Ned Washington, Victor Popular Young) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Helen Keane, Lori Muscarelle (pdr), Richard Rodney Bennett (arr, key), Bill Kirchner (f, cl, ss, as, ts), Dave Valentin (f), Claudio Roditi (t, fh), Michael Moore (b), Mike Abene (key), Buddy Williams (d), Sammy Figueroa (per), Chris Connor (v)
| 03:27 | March 10 & 12, 2001 | Master | By Myself (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) | |
| 05:24 | March 10 & 12, 2001 | Master | Haunted Heart (Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz) | |
| 03:30 | March 10 & 12, 2001 | Master | Snowfall (Ruth Thornhill, Claude Thornhill) | |
| 03:23 | March 10 & 12, 2001 | Master | But Not For Me (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) | |
| 04:36 | March 10 & 12, 2001 | Master | Stairway To The Stars (Frank Signorelli, Matt Malneck, Mitchell Parish) | |
| 03:22 | March 10 & 12, 2001 | Master | Key Largo (Benny Carter, Karl Suessdorf, Leah Worth) | |
| 04:10 | March 10 & 12, 2001 | Master | Only The Lonely (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) | |
| 04:04 | March 10 & 12, 2001 | Master | Day In - Day Out (Rube Bloom, Johnny Mercer) | |
| 03:09 | March 10 & 12, 2001 | Master | I Wished On The Moon (Dorothy Parker, Ralph Rainger) | |
| 03:09 | March 10 & 12, 2001 | Master | Drinking Again (Johnny Mercer, Doris Tauber) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Mike Abene (pdr, arr, p), Bill Easley (f, ts), Ingrid Jensen (t, fh), Chip Jackson, Steve LaSpina (b), Dennis Mackrel (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Original album. Connor's first new recording project of the twenty-first century.
| 03:14 | May 23, 1958 | 3068 | Master | Moonlight In Vermont (Karl Suessdorf, John Blackburn) |
| 02:12 | March 13, 1958 | 3000 | Master | Blow, Gabriel, Blow (Cole Porter) |
| 03:38 | March 13, 1958 | 2998 | Master | Here Lies Love (Leo Robin, Ralph Rainger) |
| 03:03 | May 23, 1958 | 3067 | Master | Be A Clown (Cole Porter) |
| 03:56 | April 8, 1958 | 3034 | Master | Good For Nothin' (But Love) (Ed DeLange, Jimmy Van Heusen) |
| 02:42 | April 8, 1958 | 3035 | Master | On The First Warm Day (Bart Howard) |
| 02:13 | March 13, 1958 | 3001 | Master | Chinatown, My Chinatown (William Jerome, Jean Schwartz) |
| 02:40 | April 8, 1958 | 3033 | Master | One Love Affair (Bart Howard) |
| 03:22 | March 13, 1958 | 2999 | Master | The Night We Called It A Day (Matt Dennis, Tom Adair) |
| 02:00 | May 23, 1958 | 3070 | Master | Johnny One Note (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) |
| 03:53 | May 23, 1958 | 3069 | Master | Lover Man (Roger "Ram" Ramirez, Jimmy Davis, Jimmy Sherman) |
| 04:24 | April 8, 1958 | 3032 | Master | Be My All (Bart Howard) |
| 03:12 | December 17, 1956 | 2245 | Master | Moon Ray (Arthur Quenzer, Paul Madison, Artie Shaw) |
| 03:52 | November 16, 1956 | 2204 | Master | Poor Little Rich Girl (Noel Coward) |
| 04:15 | December 19, 1956 | 2279 | Master | Just Squeeze Me (Duke Ellington, Lee Gaines) |
| 02:15 | December 17, 1956 | 2244 | Master | Fancy Free (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) |
| 02:55 | December 19, 1956 | 2281 | Master | It's A Most Unusual Day (Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh) |
| 03:28 | November 16, 1956 | 2206 | Master | All I Need Is You (Benny Davis, Peter DeRose, Mitchell Parish) |
| 03:48 | November 16, 1956 | 2207 | Master | It Only Happens When I Dance With You (Irving Berlin) |
| 04:19 | December 17, 1956 | 2243 | Master | Lonely Town (Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden, Adolph Green) |
| 03:20 | November 16, 1956 | 2205 | Master | Everything I've Got (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) |
| 02:24 | December 17, 1956 | 2246 | Master | Driftwood (Peter Udel, Tommy Goodman) |
| 02:32 | December 19, 1956 | 2280 | Master | I'm Shooting High (Jimmy McHugh, Ted Koehler) |
| 03:12 | December 19, 1956 | 2278 | Master | My Shining Hour (Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Nesuhi Ertegun (pdr), Ralph Sharon (arr, p), Bobby Jasper (f, ts), Sam Most (f), Al Epstein (bcl, enh), Al Cohn, Lucky Thompson (ts), Joe Wilder (t), Mundell Lowe, Joe Puma (g), George Duvivier, Percy Heath, Oscar Pettiford (b), Stan Free (p), Eddie Costa (vib), Osie Johnson, Ed Shaughnessy (d), Francisco "Chino" Pozo (bo), Ramon 'Mongo' Santamaria (cng), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Reissue of two original Atlantic albums. Or, actually, it is a reissue of a reissue: Collectors' Choice Music licensed its 2001 CD release from Rhino's 1994 CD release, titled A Jazz Date With Chris Connor / Chris Craft. The Collectors' Choice actually bears on its back cover the 1994 production date of the Rhino mastering.
| 02:30 | July 28, 1956 | 2064 | Master | I Miss You So (Jimmy Henderson, Bertha Scott, Sid Robin) |
| 02:51 | February 15, 1956 | 1878 | Master | Go 'Way From My Window (John Jacob Niles) |
| 02:16 | October 16, 1956 | 2159 | Master | Trust In Me (Milton Ager, Ned Wever, Jean Schwartz) |
| 02:38 | February 15, 1956 | 1879 | Master | Past The Age Of Innocence (Norman Gimbel, Bill Sawens) |
| 02:42 | October 16, 1956 | 2158 | Master | Time Out For Tears (Abe Schiff, Irving Berman) |
| 02:38 | October 16, 1956 | 2161 | Master | I Love You, Yes I Do (Henry Glover, Sally Nix, Sol Marcus, Eddie Seiler, Guy Wood) |
| 02:19 | July 28, 1956 | 2063 | Master | My Heart Is So Full Of You (Frank Loesser) |
| 02:24 | February 15, 1956 | 1881 | Master | My Ideal (Newell Chase, Leo Robin, Richard Whiting) |
| 02:50 | October 16, 1956 | 2160 | Master | Mixed Emotions (Stuart Louchheim) |
| 02:15 | April 24, 1957 | 2485 | Master | They All Laughed (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:34 | February 15, 1956 | 1880 | Master | Speak Low (Ogden Nash, Kurt Weill) |
| 02:37 | July 28, 1956 | 2065 | Master | Radar Blues (Harry Revel) |
| 03:06 | September 14, 1959 | 3763 | Master | Witchcraft (Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh) |
| September 21, 1959 | 3775 | Master | I'll Never Be Free (George David Weiss, Bennie Benjamin) | |
| 03:42 | October 5, 1959 | 3817 | Master | The Lady Sings the Blues (Alec Wilder, William Engvick) |
| 02:44 | September 21, 1959 | 3774 | Master | Come Rain Or Come Shine (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) |
| 04:15 | October 5, 1959 | 3820 | Master | When Sunny Gets Blue (Marvin Fisher, Jack Segal) |
| 02:34 | September 21, 1959 | 3776 | Master | How Little We Know (How Little It Matters) (Carolyn Leigh, Phil Springer) |
| 02:19 | September 14, 1959 | 3764 | Master | I Hear The Music Now (Sammy Fain, Jerry Seelen, Ambroise Charles Thomas) |
| 03:28 | October 5, 1959 | 3819 | Master | Baltimore Oriole (Hoagy Carmichael, Paul Francis Webster) |
| 02:25 | September 21, 1959 | 3773 | Master | Just In Time (Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Jule Styne) |
| 02:40 | September 14, 1959 | 3765 | Master | Like A Woman (Frank Loesser) |
| 04:13 | October 5, 1959 | 3818 | Master | Skyscraper Blues (Tom Adair, Jenkins) |
| 03:44 | September 14, 1959 | 3766 | Master | You Don't Know What Love Is (Don Raye, Gene DePaul) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Ahmet Ertegun, Nesuhi Ertegun, Jerry Wexler (pdr), Ray Ellis, Richard Wess (arr, con), The Ray Ellis Orchestra (acc), George Berg (r, f, as), Phil Bodner (r, f, ts, enh), Al Klink, Romeo Penque, Jerry Sanfino (r), Herman "Hymie" Sche[r]tzer (as), Al Cohn (ts), Danny Bank (bar), Bernie Glow, Jimmy Nottingham, Bernie Privin, Ernie Royal, Doc Severinsen (t), Bob Alexander, Robert "Bob" Ascher, Eddie Bert, Mort Bullman, Frank Rehak, Chauncey Welsch (tb), Fred Klein (enh), Jim Buffington (frh), Mundell Lowe (g), Milt Hinton, Wendell Marshall (b), Stan Free, Hank Jones (p), Sol Gubin (vib, d, bel), Osie Johnson, Don Lamond, Ed Shaughnessy (d), Bobby Rosengarden (bo), Phil Kraus (per), Tony Bambino, Linda Barnett, Max Cahn, Mac Ceppos, Arnold Eidus, Felix Giglio, Harry Katzman, Leo Kruczek, Harry Lookofsky, Joe Malin, David Montagu, Gene Orloff (vn), Henry Pakaln, Isadore Zirr (vl), Maurice Brown, Sidney Edwards (vc), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Reissue of two original Atlantic albums.
| 02:37 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Blame It On My Youth (Oscar Levant, Edward Heyman) | |
| 02:26 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | It's All Right With Me (Cole Porter) | |
| 03:09 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Someone To Watch Over Me (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) | |
| 02:51 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Trouble Is A Man (Alec Wilder) | |
| 03:26 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | All This And Heaven Too (Ed DeLange, Jimmy Van Heusen) | |
| 02:45 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | The Thrill Is Gone (Lew Brown, Ray Henderson) | |
| 03:28 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | I Concentrate On You (Cole Porter) | |
| 01:48 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | All Dressed Up With A Broken Heart (Fred Patrick, Claude Reese, Jack Val) | |
| 02:28 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | From This Moment On (Cole Porter) | |
| 04:13 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Ridin' High (Cole Porter) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Creed Taylor (pdr), The Ralph Sharon Group (acc), Herbie Mann (f, ts), J. J. Johnson, Kai Winding (tb), Joe Puma (g), Milt Hinton (b), Ralph Sharon (p), Osie Johnson (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Domestic reissue of one of Connor's Bethlehem albums. Domestically, an earlier CD incarnation of this album had been released by Evidence Records (1994).
| 02:16 | October 16, 1956 | 2159 | Master | Trust In Me (Milton Ager, Ned Wever, Jean Schwartz) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Ahmet Ertegun, Jerry Wexler (pdr), Ray Ellis (arr, con), The Ray Ellis Orchestra (acc), Chris Connor (v)
| 02:38 | August 5 & 6, 1986 | Master | Let's Face The Music And Dance (Irving Berlin) | |
| 02:40 | August 5 & 6, 1986 | Master | Let's Take The Long Way Home (Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Helen Keane (pdr), Richard Rodney Bennett (arr, p), Paquito D'Rivera (as), Claudio Roditi (t, fh), Rufus Reid (b), Mike Abene (p), Akira Tana (d), Chris Connor (v)
| 02:47 | April 8, 1953 | 11354-6 | Master | Baia (Ary Barroso) |
The Stan Kenton Orchestra (ldr), Bill Russo (arr), Vinnie Dean, Lee Konitz (as), Bill Holman, Richie Kamuca (ts), Henry "Hank" Levy (bar), Conte Candoli, Marion "Buddy" Childers, Don Dennis, Ernie Royal, Don Smith (t), Bob Burgess, Keith Moon, Frank Rosolino, Tom Shepard (tb), George Roberts (bt), Sal Salvador (g), Glen Roberts (b), Stan Kenton (p), Stan Levey (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Also released by the Music For Pleasure branch of EMI in England (CDDL-1293, year unknown -- probably earlier than 2001).
| 03:14 | July 27, 1942 | CO 33048-2 | Alternate Take (Columbia) | Why Don't You Do Right? (Joe McCoy) |
| 03:24 | May 6, 1946 (Recording Date) | Guest Spot (AFRS) | I Get The Blues (When It Rains) (Marcy Klauber, Harry Stoddard) | |
| 03:31 | October 21, 1952 | Concert Taping | Come Rain Or Come Shine (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) | |
| 02:48 | October 21, 1952 | Concert Taping | Sorta Kinda (James Oliver Young) | |
| 03:46 | October 21, 1952 | Concert Taping | Wish You Were Here (Harold Rome) | |
| 03:53 | October 28, 1952 | Concert Taping | Who Are We To Say? (Gus Kahn, Sigmund Romberg) |
Benny Goodman, Peggy Lee, The Claude Thornhill Orchestra (ldr), Morty Palitz (pdr), Mel Powell (arr, p), The Benny Goodman Orchestra, The Les Paul Trio (acc), Dave Figg, Cliff Hoff (cl, ts), Med Flory, Gene Quill (cl, as), Benny Goodman (cl), Dick Zabach (cl, bar), Clint Neagley, Herman "Hymie" Sche[r]tzer (as), Leonard Sims, Jon Walton (ts), Robert "Bob" Poland (bar), Benny Baker, Rusty Dedrick, Tony Faso (aka Joseph Fasulo), James "Jimmy" Maxwell, Sonny Rich, Lawrence Stearns, aka Alfred Sculco, Nick Travis (t), Charlie Castaldo, Milt Gold, Obie Massingill, Lou McGarity (tb), Al Antonucci (frh), Dave Barbour, Cal Gooden (g), Les Paul (elg), Bill Crow, Cliff Hill (b), Clint Nordquist (sb), Milt Raskin, Claude Thornhill (p), Howard "Hud" Davies, Winston Welch (d), Chris Connor, Peggy Lee (v)
NOTES:
Reissue of a 1979 Japanese LP on Dan Records. Might have been re-pressed in various years after 2001, including 2012.
Please notice that this entry contains performances by two of my discographical subjects. Of the six above-listed titles, "Why Don't You Do Right?" and "I Get The Blues When It Rains" are sung by Peggy Lee, whereas the other four are Chris Connor interpretations.
| 04:12 | May 17 & 19, 2002 | Master | (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66 (Bobby Troup) | |
| 05:00 | May 17 & 19, 2002 | Master | Where Can I Go Without You? (Peggy Lee, Victor Popular Young) | |
| 04:06 | May 17 & 19, 2002 | Master | Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars (Corcovado) (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Buddy Kaye, Gene Lees) | |
| 03:23 | May 17 & 19, 2002 | Master | That Old Black Magic (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) | |
| 03:58 | May 17 & 19, 2002 | Master | How High The Moon (Nancy Hamilton, William Morgan Lewis) | |
| 03:18 | May 17 & 19, 2002 | Master | I Walk With Music (Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny Mercer) | |
| 05:04 | May 17 & 19, 2002 | Master | Serenade In Blue (Harry Warren, Mack Gordon) | |
| 02:39 | May 17 & 19, 2002 | Master | Shall We Dance? (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) | |
| 05:08 | May 17 & 19, 2002 | Master | This Heart Of Mine (Harry Warren, Ralph Freed) | |
| 03:14 | May 17 & 19, 2002 | Master | On The Road Again (Willie Nelson) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Mike Abene (pdr, arr, p), Arthur Sussman (s-a), Bill Easley (r), Jack Wilkins (g), Chip Jackson (b), Dennis Mackrel (d), Memo Acevedo (per), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Although it was not the last original Chris Connor CD released, I Walk With Music actually contains the final sessions which she recorded during her lifetime. (The last original CD was Everything I Love, released in 2003. It contains numbers that had been recorded shortly before these ones, in April 2002.)
| 02:50 | November 16, 1960 | 5177 | Master | Follow Me (Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe) |
| 02:44 | September 19, 1960 | 4934 | Master | Alone Together (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) |
| 02:54 | October 27, 1960 | 5145 | Master | All Too Soon (Duke Ellington, Carl Sigman) |
| 02:47 | September 19, 1960 | 4935 | Master | Love (Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin) |
| 03:25 | November 16, 1960 | 5179 | Master | Where Flamingos Fly (John Benson Brooks, Harold Courlander, Elthea Peale) |
| 03:02 | October 27, 1960 | 5148 | Master | Here's That Rainy Day (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) |
| 02:26 | September 19, 1960 | 4932 | Master | Day In - Day Out (Rube Bloom, Johnny Mercer) |
| 02:47 | October 27, 1960 | 5147 | Master | If I Should Lose You (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) |
| 02:22 | November 16, 1960 | 5178 | Master | I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) |
| 02:48 | October 27, 1960 | 5146 | Master | Harlequin (George Cory, Douglass Cross) |
| 04:20 | November 16, 1960 | 5180 | Master | I'm Glad There Is You (Jimmy Dorsey, Paul Madeira Mertz) |
| 02:31 | November 16, 1960 | 5182 | Master | Sweet William (Joe Sherman, Sid Wayne) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Nesuhi Ertegun (pdr), Ronnie Ball (arr, con, p), Jimmy Jones (arr, p), Harry Lookofsky (ccm, vn), Jimmy Jones Orchestra (acc), Phil Bodner (r), Phil Woods (as), Bert Collins, Danny Stiles (t), Clark Terry (t, fh), Willie Dennis (tb), Barry Galbraith (g), George Duvivier, Milt Hinton (b), Unknown (str), Hank Jones (p), Osie Johnson, Ed Shaughnessy, Teddy Sommer (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Reissue of the 1961 Atlantic album that bears the same title.
| 03:11 | January 23, 1961 | 5294 | Master | Summertime (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward) |
| 02:34 | January 23, 1961 | 5292 | Master | I Only Have Eyes For You (Al Dubin, Harry Warren) |
| 05:04 | December 14, 1960 | 5226 | Master | It Never Entered My Mind (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) |
| 02:36 | December 5, 1960 | 5216 | Master | Two Ladies In De Shade Of De Banana Tree (Truman Capote, Harold Arlen) |
| 04:17 | December 14, 1960 | 5224 | Master | Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most (Fran Landesman, Tommy Wolf) |
| 04:20 | December 5, 1960 | 5215 | Master | Lonesome Road (Gene Austin, Nathaniel Shilkret) |
| 02:48 | December 14, 1960 | 5225 | Master | All The Things You Are (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) |
| 03:37 | December 14, 1960 | 5227 | Master | Black Coffee (Joseph F. "Sonny" Burke, Paul Francis Webster) |
| 04:23 | December 5, 1960 | 5217 | Master | Happy New Year (Gordon Jenkins) |
| 03:11 | January 23, 1961 | 5295 | Master | That's How It Went, All Right (Andre Previn, Dory Previn) |
Chris Connor, Maynard Ferguson (ldr), Nesuhi Ertegun (pdr), Willie Maiden (arr, cl, ts), Don Sebesky (arr), Joe Farrell (f, ss, ts), Lanny Morgan (f, as), Frank Hittner (bcl, bar), Bill Berry, Rolf Ericson, Augustino 'Chet' Ferretti, Rick Kiefer (t), Maynard Ferguson (t, tb, frh), Kenny Rupp, Ray Winslow (tb), Charlie Sanders (b), Jaki Byard (p), Rufus Jones (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Reissue of the 1961 album that Chris Connor and Maynard Ferguson recorded for Roulette, and which bears the same title.
| 03:05 | July 18, 1966 | 13608 | Master | Goin' Out Of My Head (Teddy Randazzo, Bobby Weinstein) |
| 03:16 | July 11, 1966 | 13602 | Master | Carnival (Black Orpheus) (George David Weiss, Luiz Bonfá, Luigi Creator, Hugo Peretti) |
| 02:28 | July 18, 1966 | 13609 | Master | The Boys From Madrid (Bob Thiele, George David Weiss, Stride) |
| 02:44 | July 20, 1966 | 13612 | Master | Love Life (Don Payne) |
| 02:38 | July 11, 1966 | 13604 | Master | Never On Sunday (Manos Hadjidakis, B. Towne) |
| 02:52 | July 11, 1966 | 13605 | Master | Autumn (David Shire, Richard Maltby) |
| 02:04 | July 20, 1966 | 13610 | Master | You're Gonna Hear From Me (Andre Previn, Dory Previn) |
| 02:44 | July 20, 1966 | 13613 | Master | The Shining Sea (Peggy Lee, Johnny Mandel) |
| 02:16 | July 18, 1966 | 13606 | Master | I'm Telling You Now (Freddie Garrity, Mitch Murray) |
| 02:55 | July 18, 1966 | 13607 | Master | Nowhere Man (Paul McCartney, John Lennon) |
| 03:04 | July 11, 1966 | 13603 | Master | Strangers In The Night (Bert Kaempfert, Charles Singleton, Eddie Snyder) |
| 02:53 | July 20, 1966 | 13611 | Master | Who's Afraid? (Paul Francis Webster, Alex North) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Peter De Angelis, Bob Thiele (pdr), Don Sebesky (pdr, arr, con), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
First digital reissue of the 1966 Connor album of the same title. "Miniature LP" edition.
| 04:36 | March 10 & 12, 2001 | Master | Stairway To The Stars (Frank Signorelli, Matt Malneck, Mitchell Parish) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Mike Abene (pdr, arr, p), Bill Easley (f, ts), Steve LaSpina (b), Dennis Mackrel (d), Chris Connor (v)
| 02:15 | December 17, 1956 | 2244 | Master | Fancy Free (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Nesuhi Ertegun (pdr), Ralph Sharon (arr, p), Sam Most (f), Joe Puma (g), Oscar Pettiford (b), Eddie Costa (vib), Osie Johnson (d), Chris Connor (v)
| 03:16 | February 26, 1957 | 2386 | Master | A Foggy Day (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Ahmet Ertegun, Nesuhi Ertegun, Jerry Wexler (pdr), Ralph Sharon (arr, p), Oscar Pettiford (b), Osie Johnson (d), Chris Connor (v)
| 02:52 | April 2002 | Master | Lullaby Of Birdland (George Shearing, George David Weiss) | |
| 03:32 | April 2002 | Master | Like Someone In Love (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) | |
| 03:32 | April 2002 | Master | My Shining Hour (Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen) | |
| 03:38 | April 2002 | Master | Cry Me A River (Arthur Hamilton) | |
| 03:22 | April 2002 | Master | I've Got You Under My Skin (Cole Porter) | |
| 03:18 | April 2002 | Master | That Old Feeling (Lew Brown, Sammy Fain) | |
| 03:03 | April 2002 | Master | Ev'rything I Love (Cole Porter) | |
| 04:25 | April 2002 | Master | Baltimore Oriole (Hoagy Carmichael, Paul Francis Webster) | |
| 03:28 | April 2002 | Master | The Shining Sea (Peggy Lee, Johnny Mandel) | |
| 05:04 | April 2002 | Master | Sentimental Journey (Les Brown, Ben Homer, Bud Green) | |
| 03:17 | April 2002 | Master | I'm A Fool To Want You (Joel. S. Herron, Frank Sinatra, Jack Wolf) | |
| 04:11 | April 2002 | Master | I'll Remember April (Gene DePaul, Don Raye, Patricia Johnston) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Naoki Fujimoto, Shigeyuki Kawashima (pdr), Dave Matthews (arr, p), Andy Snitzer (sax), Joe Magnarelli (t), Roger Blanc (g), Chip Jackson (b), Terry Silverlight (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Chris Connor's very last studio sessions took place in April 2002 and May 2002. The May sessions were released first, in a CD entitled I Walk With Music (2002).
The 2003 CD Everything I Love contains the April 2002 masters, and qualifies as the last original album released during Connor's lifetime.
To my ears, Everything I Love is one of the least successful efforts of Connor's later years. On the other hand, I Walk With Music strikes me as one of her strongest.
Everything I Love has been issued by two labels, one in Japan (King), the other in the United States (HighNote). Both CDs came out in 2003, the Japanese one under the title Lullaby Of Birdland. The artwork used for the respective front covers are different. Whereas HighNote picked a photo of the singer (a rather unflattering one), King used a drawing of a dark city avenue, with cars in sight, and a sunset as background.
Oddly, I have been told that these April 2002 masters were made for King (not for HighNote), and that King later licensed the masters to HighNote. I do not know if Connor's contract with HighNote was exclusive. According to online data, the HighNote edition was released first, on July 29, 2003. The King edition is listed as issued exactly two months later, on September 29, 2003.
| 02:52 | April 2002 | Master | Lullaby Of Birdland (George Shearing, George David Weiss) | |
| 03:32 | April 2002 | Master | Like Someone In Love (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) | |
| 03:32 | April 2002 | Master | My Shining Hour (Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen) | |
| 03:38 | April 2002 | Master | Cry Me A River (Arthur Hamilton) | |
| 03:22 | April 2002 | Master | I've Got You Under My Skin (Cole Porter) | |
| 03:18 | April 2002 | Master | That Old Feeling (Lew Brown, Sammy Fain) | |
| 03:03 | April 2002 | Master | Ev'rything I Love (Cole Porter) | |
| 04:25 | April 2002 | Master | Baltimore Oriole (Hoagy Carmichael, Paul Francis Webster) | |
| 03:28 | April 2002 | Master | The Shining Sea (Peggy Lee, Johnny Mandel) | |
| 05:04 | April 2002 | Master | Sentimental Journey (Les Brown, Ben Homer, Bud Green) | |
| 03:17 | April 2002 | Master | I'm A Fool To Want You (Joel. S. Herron, Frank Sinatra, Jack Wolf) | |
| 04:11 | April 2002 | Master | I'll Remember April (Gene DePaul, Don Raye, Patricia Johnston) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Naoki Fujimoto, Shigeyuki Kawashima (pdr), Dave Matthews (arr, p), Andy Snitzer (sax), Joe Magnarelli (t), Roger Blanc (g), Chip Jackson (b), Terry Silverlight (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Dating from April 2002, this album's masters were recorded while Chris Connor was under contract with the HighNote label. I do not know if the contract was exclusive. I have been told that the masters were actually made for King Records and then licensed to HighNote, which released this exact same album in the United States, though under a different title (Everything I Love). Both issues came out the same year (2003).
The King and HighNote issues feature different artwork. Whereas HighNote picked a photo of the singer (a rather unflattering one), King used a drawing of a dark city avenue, with cars in sight, and a sunset as background.
| 03:26 | September 25, 1981 | Concert Taping | It Might As Well Be Spring (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers) | |
| 03:30 | September 25, 1981 | Concert Taping | Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home (Free And Easy) (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) | |
| 03:31 | September 25, 1981 | Concert Taping | Where Flamingos Fly (John Benson Brooks, Harold Courlander, Elthea Peale) | |
| 02:55 | September 25, 1981 | Concert Taping | All Or Nothing At All (Arthur Altman, Jack Lawrence) | |
| 04:43 | September 25, 1981 | Concert Taping | Good Morning, Heartache (Ervin Drake, Dan Fisher, Irene Higginbotham) | |
| 02:42 | September 25, 1981 | Concert Taping | I've Got You Under My Skin (Cole Porter) | |
| 02:25 | September 25, 1981 | Concert Taping | A Foggy Day (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) | |
| 02:46 | September 25, 1981 | Concert Taping | Lover, Come Back To Me (Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg) | |
| 04:08 | September 25, 1981 | Concert Taping | Lush Life (Billy Strayhorn) | |
| 02:18 | September 25, 1981 | Concert Taping | Get Out Of Town (Cole Porter) | |
| 03:20 | September 25, 1981 | Concert Taping | Glad To Be Unhappy (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) | |
| 02:58 | September 25, 1981 | Concert Taping | I Hear The Music Now (Sammy Fain, Jerry Seelen, Ambroise Charles Thomas) | |
| 02:58 | September 25, 1981 | Concert Taping | All About Ronnie (Joe Greene) | |
| 02:38 | September 25, 1981 | Concert Taping | Just In Time (Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Jule Styne) | |
| 03:28 | September 25, 1981 | Concert Taping | My Heart Stood Still (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Horst Liepolt (pdr), Steve LaSpina (b), Fred Hersch (p), Tony Tedesco (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Japanese reissue of the album that was originally issued by the Evidence label, with the same title, in 1995.
Different artwork was used for the two CDs. In both cases, it is a drawing. Obviously inspired by the album's title, Evidence's drawing consists of two simple silhouettes: a female and, a distance, a male. The Absord drawing is, on the other hand, a very faithful rendition of Connor in the act of singing. It seems to have been closely inspired by the photo on the cover of the Chris Connor LP Love Being Here With You, on Stash Records.
The Evidence and Absord incarnations are the only CD appearances of Lover Come Back To Me: Live At Sweet Basil. The album was never issued on vinyl. (It should not to be confused with the 1981 Applause LP Chris Connor Live, which contains a Sweet Basil concert from a different night.)
| 02:18 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | I Hear Music (Burton Lane, Frank Loesser) | |
| 02:51 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | What Is There To Say? (Vernon Duke, Erwin 'Yip' Harburg) | |
| 02:43 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Come Back To Sorrento (Claude Aveling, Ernesto DeCurtis) | |
| 02:42 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Why Shouldn't I? (Cole Porter) | |
| 02:22 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Lullaby Of Birdland (George Shearing, George David Weiss) | |
| 03:02 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Try A Little Tenderness (Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly, Harry Woods) | |
| 02:57 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | All About Ronnie (Joe Greene) | |
| 02:54 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Spring Is Here (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Creed Taylor (pdr), Tom Dowd (eng), The Ellis Larkins Trio (acc), Everett Barksdale (g), Beverly Peer (b), Ellis Larkins (p), Chris Connor (v), Bob Garrity (spk)
NOTES:
Whereas the 12" LP edition of Chris Connor Sings Lullabys Of Birdland has been transferred to compact disc many times, this Toshiba disc is the one and only CD edition of the 10" LP.
The packaging of the original 10" issue is reproduced in full, both front and back cover. The front cover features Henry Goldblatt's celebrated artwork. The back cover is also worth having. In addition to the extensive liner notes, it features a couple of photos which, to my knowledge, have not been reproduced anywhere else.
| 02:53 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Lush Life (Billy Strayhorn) | |
| 02:54 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Out Of This World (Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen) | |
| 02:37 | August 21, 1954 | Master | A Cottage For Sale (Larry Conley, Willard Robison) | |
| 02:32 | August 21, 1954 | Master | How Long Has This Been Going On? (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) | |
| 02:32 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Goodbye (Gordon Jenkins) | |
| 02:26 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Stella By Starlight (Ned Washington, Victor Popular Young) | |
| 02:19 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Gone With The Wind (Herb Magidson, Allie Wrubel) | |
| 02:42 | August 21, 1954 | Master | He's Coming Home (Charles DeForest) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Creed Taylor (pdr), The Vinnie Burke Quartet (acc), Ronnie Odrich (f, cl), Joe Cinderella (g), Vinnie Burke (b), Don Burns (pac), Art Mardigan (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
This Japanese disc is a collectible: a CD facsimile of the 10-inch LP of the same title, which had not been on CD before. It reproduces both the front and back covers of the 10" LP. The front cover features Henry Goldblatt's celebrated artwork. The back cover features extensive liner notes and two rare photos which, to my knowledge, have not been reproduced anywhere else. (Incidentally, there is also a modern-day LP facsimile, that one released in the United States ten years later.)
| 02:50 | February 8, 1956 | 1874-stereo | Master | You Make Me Feel So Young (Joseph Myrow, Mack Gordon) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Ahmet Ertegun, Nesuhi Ertegun, Jerry Wexler (pdr), Ray Beckenstein, Sam Markowitz (as), Zoot Sims, Al Young (ts), Danny Bank (bar), Nick Travis (t), Barry Galbraith (g), Milt Hinton (b), Moe Wechsler (p), Osie Johnson (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
In the LP format, the full catalogue number of this issue is 50504 665541 1 6. In the CD format, its full catalogue number is 50504 665541 2 3. The second volume of Swinging Lounge Tunes From The Warner And Atlantic Vaults would be released in 2005.
| 03:12 | December 17, 1956 | 2245 | Master | Moon Ray (Arthur Quenzer, Paul Madison, Artie Shaw) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Nesuhi Ertegun (pdr), Ralph Sharon (arr, p), Sam Most (f), Joe Puma (g), Oscar Pettiford (b), Eddie Costa (vib), Osie Johnson (d), Chris Connor (v)
| 02:50 | February 8, 1956 | 1874-stereo | Master | You Make Me Feel So Young (Joseph Myrow, Mack Gordon) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Ahmet Ertegun, Nesuhi Ertegun, Jerry Wexler (pdr), Ray Beckenstein, Sam Markowitz (as), Zoot Sims, Al Young (ts), Danny Bank (bar), Nick Travis (t), Barry Galbraith (g), Milt Hinton (b), Moe Wechsler (p), Osie Johnson (d), Chris Connor (v)
| 03:12 | December 17, 1956 | 2245 | Master | Moon Ray (Arthur Quenzer, Paul Madison, Artie Shaw) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Nesuhi Ertegun (pdr), Ralph Sharon (arr, p), Sam Most (f), Joe Puma (g), Oscar Pettiford (b), Eddie Costa (vib), Osie Johnson (d), Chris Connor (v)
| 03:36 | June 9, 1953 | Concert Taping | All About Ronnie (Joe Greene) |
The Stan Kenton Orchestra (ldr), Bill Russo (arr, tb), Don Carone, Lee Konitz (as), Bill Holman, Zoot Sims (ts), Tony Ferina (bar), Conte Candoli, Marion "Buddy" Childers, Don Dennis, Ernie Royal, Don Smith (t), Bob Burgess, Keith Moon, Frank Rosolino (tb), George Roberts (bt), Sal Salvador (g), Donald "Don" Bagley (b), Stan Kenton (p), Stan Levey (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Dynaflow would offer a second serving of Stan's Singers in 2008.
| 03:05 | August 17 To 19, 1987 | Master | Dearly Beloved (Jerome Kern, Johnny Mercer) | |
| 02:38 | August 5 & 6, 1986 | Master | Let's Face The Music And Dance (Irving Berlin) | |
| 02:40 | August 5 & 6, 1986 | Master | Let's Take The Long Way Home (Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Helen Keane, Lori Muscarelle (pdr), Mike Abene, Richard Rodney Bennett (arr, p, key), Bill Kirchner (f, cl, ss, as, ts), Dave Valentin (f), Paquito D'Rivera (as), Claudio Roditi (t, fh), Michael Moore, Rufus Reid (b), Akira Tana, Buddy Williams (d), Sammy Figueroa (per), Chris Connor (v)
| 04:15 | December 19, 1956 | 2279 | Master | Just Squeeze Me (Duke Ellington, Lee Gaines) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Nesuhi Ertegun (pdr), Ralph Sharon (arr, p), Al Cohn, Lucky Thompson (ts), Oscar Pettiford (b), Eddie Costa (vib), Osie Johnson (d), Francisco "Chino" Pozo (bo), Ramon 'Mongo' Santamaria (cng), Chris Connor (v)
| 03:14 | May 23, 1958 | 3068 | Master | Moonlight In Vermont (Karl Suessdorf, John Blackburn) |
| 02:12 | March 13, 1958 | 3000 | Master | Blow, Gabriel, Blow (Cole Porter) |
| 03:38 | March 13, 1958 | 2998 | Master | Here Lies Love (Leo Robin, Ralph Rainger) |
| 03:03 | May 23, 1958 | 3067 | Master | Be A Clown (Cole Porter) |
| 03:56 | April 8, 1958 | 3034 | Master | Good For Nothin' (But Love) (Ed DeLange, Jimmy Van Heusen) |
| 02:42 | April 8, 1958 | 3035 | Master | On The First Warm Day (Bart Howard) |
| 02:13 | March 13, 1958 | 3001 | Master | Chinatown, My Chinatown (William Jerome, Jean Schwartz) |
| 02:40 | April 8, 1958 | 3033 | Master | One Love Affair (Bart Howard) |
| 03:22 | March 13, 1958 | 2999 | Master | The Night We Called It A Day (Matt Dennis, Tom Adair) |
| 02:00 | May 23, 1958 | 3070 | Master | Johnny One Note (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) |
| 03:53 | May 23, 1958 | 3069 | Master | Lover Man (Roger "Ram" Ramirez, Jimmy Davis, Jimmy Sherman) |
| 04:24 | April 8, 1958 | 3032 | Master | Be My All (Bart Howard) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Nesuhi Ertegun (pdr), Bobby Jasper (f, ts), Al Epstein (bcl, enh), Mundell Lowe (g), George Duvivier, Percy Heath (b), Stan Free (p), Ed Shaughnessy (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Reissue of the 1958 album that bears the same title.
| 02:46 | April 9, 1962 | 6095 | Master | Jump For Joy (Duke Ellington, Sid Kuller, Paul Francis Webster) |
| 03:18 | April 30, 1962 | 6188 | Master | Night Bird (Al Cohn, Kitty Malone) |
| 03:21 | April 9, 1962 | 6094 | Master | Milano (Margo Guryan, John Lewis) |
| 03:10 | December 11, 1961 | 5859 | Master | Opportunity, Please Knock (Oscar Brown, Jr.) |
| 03:02 | April 30, 1962 | 6189 | Master | Daydream (Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, John Latouche) |
| 02:27 | April 30, 1962 | 6187 | Master | Things Are Swingin' (Peggy Lee, Jack Marshall) |
| 03:53 | April 30, 1962 | 6186 | Master | Kansas City (Mike Stoller, Jerry Leiber) |
| 04:04 | April 9, 1962 | 6097 | Master | Lonely Woman (Ornette Coleman, Margo Guryan) |
| 02:51 | December 11, 1961 | 5858 | Master | I'm Gonna Go Fishin' (Duke Ellington, Peggy Lee) |
| 03:01 | April 9, 1962 | 6096 | Master | God Bless The Child (Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog, Jr.) |
| 03:19 | December 11, 1961 | 5857 | Master | Free Spirits (Norman Mapp) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Nesuhi Ertegun (pdr), Al Cohn (arr, con), Oliver Nelson (cl, ts), Gene Quill, Phil Woods (cl, as), Sol Schlinger (bcl, bar), Irwin 'Marky' Markowitz, Joe Newman, Clark Terry (t), James "Jimmy" Cleveland (tb), George Duvivier, Ben Tucker (b), Ronnie Ball (p), Dave Bailey, Ed Shaughnessy (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Domestic reissue of the 1962 Atlantic album that bears the same title. (Previously reissued in Japan; consult notes under the 1962 original album.)
| 02:34 | March 11, 1962 | 6043 | Master | The Sweetest Sounds (Richard Rodgers) |
| 03:41 | March 11, 1962 | 6044 | Master | Look No Further (Richard Rodgers) |
| 02:40 | March 11, 1962 | 6045 | Master | No Strings (Richard Rodgers) |
| 03:18 | March 11, 1962 | 6046 | Master | Nobody Told Me (Richard Rodgers) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Al Cohn (arr, con), Gene Quill (cl, as), Phil Woods (as), Oliver Nelson (ts), Sol Schlinger (bar), Ernie Royal, Nick Travis (t), James "Jimmy" Cleveland (tb), Milt Hinton (b), Ronnie Ball (p), Gus Johnson (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Reissue of the 1962 Atlantic album that bears the same title.
| 03:39 | December 12, 1978 | Master | Come In From The Rain (Melissa Manchester, Carole Bayer Sager) | |
| 03:49 | December 12, 1978 | Master | A Baby's Born (Thom Bell, Linda Creed) | |
| 03:57 | December 12, 1978 | Master | I'll Catch The Sun (Rod McKuen) | |
| 03:22 | December 12, 1978 | Master | Blue, Green, Grey And Gone (Michel Legrand, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Francis Lemarque) | |
| 03:27 | December 12, 1978 | Master | Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words) (Bart Howard) | |
| 03:22 | December 12, 1978 | Master | More Today Than Yesterday (Pat Upton) | |
| 02:40 | December 12, 1978 | Master | Alone Together (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) | |
| 02:53 | December 12, 1978 | Master | Baltimore Oriole (Hoagy Carmichael, Paul Francis Webster) | |
| 02:50 | December 12, 1978 | Master | All Or Nothing At All (Arthur Altman, Jack Lawrence) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Ronne McClure (b), Harold Danko (p), Edward Soph (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
In 1979, Alone Together was issued as a LP that featured only Chris Connor. This CD edition and a previous one (TDK Records, 1993) add five tracks by Anita O'Day performances, which I have not listed above. (They are: "You Go To My Head," "A Sleepin' Bee," "Bluesette," "I'm Old Fashioned," and "Speak Low."). Whether sung by Connor or by O'Day, all the performances were originally recorded for the Japanese music market, and have never been issued in the United States.
| 03:05 | August 17 To 19, 1987 | Master | Dearly Beloved (Jerome Kern, Johnny Mercer) | |
| 02:38 | August 5 & 6, 1986 | Master | Let's Face The Music And Dance (Irving Berlin) | |
| 02:40 | August 5 & 6, 1986 | Master | Let's Take The Long Way Home (Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Helen Keane, Lori Muscarelle (pdr), Mike Abene, Richard Rodney Bennett (arr, p, key), Bill Kirchner (f, cl, ss, as, ts), Dave Valentin (f), Paquito D'Rivera (as), Claudio Roditi (t, fh), Michael Moore, Rufus Reid (b), Akira Tana, Buddy Williams (d), Sammy Figueroa (per), Chris Connor (v)
| 04:17 | August 17 To 19, 1987 | Master | Antonio's Song (Michael Franks) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Helen Keane, Lori Muscarelle (pdr), Mike Abene (arr, key), Bill Kirchner (f, cl, ss, as, ts), Dave Valentin (f), Claudio Roditi (t, fh), Michael Moore (b), Richard Rodney Bennett (key), Buddy Williams (d), Sammy Figueroa (per), Chris Connor (v)
| 03:42 | June 6, 1956 | 2012 | Master | Angel Eyes (Earl K. Brent, Matt Dennis) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Nesuhi Ertegun (pdr), Ralph Burns (arr, con), Ralph Burns Orchestra (acc), Chris Connor (v)
| 02:22 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Lullaby Of Birdland (George Shearing, George David Weiss) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Creed Taylor (pdr), Tom Dowd (eng), The Ellis Larkins Trio (acc), Everett Barksdale (g), Beverly Peer (b), Ellis Larkins (p), Chris Connor (v)
| 02:28 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | From This Moment On (Cole Porter) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Creed Taylor (pdr), The Ralph Sharon Group (acc), Herbie Mann (f, ts), J. J. Johnson, Kai Winding (tb), Joe Puma (g), Milt Hinton (b), Ralph Sharon (p), Osie Johnson (d), Chris Connor (v)
| 04:00 | May 1, 1957 | 2516 | Master | How Long Has This Been Going On? (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Ahmet Ertegun, Nesuhi Ertegun, Jerry Wexler (pdr), Stan Free (arr, p), Mundell Lowe (g), Milt Hinton (b), Milt Jackson (vib), Ed Shaughnessy (d), Chris Connor (v)
| 02:40 | April 8, 1958 | 3033 | Master | One Love Affair (Bart Howard) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Nesuhi Ertegun (pdr), Al Epstein (bcl, enh), Mundell Lowe (g), George Duvivier (b), Stan Free (p), Ed Shaughnessy (d), Chris Connor (v)
| 04:17 | August 17 To 19, 1987 | Master | Antonio's Song (Michael Franks) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Helen Keane, Lori Muscarelle (pdr), Mike Abene (arr, key), Bill Kirchner (f, cl, ss, as, ts), Dave Valentin (f), Claudio Roditi (t, fh), Michael Moore (b), Richard Rodney Bennett (key), Buddy Williams (d), Sammy Figueroa (per), Chris Connor (v)
| 02:50 | April 8, 1953 | 11352-9 | Master | All About Ronnie (Joe Greene) |
The Stan Kenton Orchestra (ldr), Bill Russo (arr), Vinnie Dean, Lee Konitz (as), Bill Holman, Richie Kamuca (ts), Henry "Hank" Levy (bar), Conte Candoli, Marion "Buddy" Childers, Don Dennis, Ernie Royal, Don Smith (t), Bob Burgess, Keith Moon, Frank Rosolino, Tom Shepard (tb), George Roberts (bt), Sal Salvador (g), Glen Roberts (b), Stan Kenton (p), Stan Levey (d), Chris Connor (v)
| 03:52 | November 16, 1956 | 2204 | Master | Poor Little Rich Girl (Noel Coward) |
| 02:55 | December 19, 1956 | 2281 | Master | It's A Most Unusual Day (Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Nesuhi Ertegun (pdr), Ralph Sharon (arr, p), Al Cohn, Lucky Thompson (ts), Joe Wilder (t), Oscar Pettiford (b), Eddie Costa (vib), Osie Johnson (d), Francisco "Chino" Pozo (bo), Ramon 'Mongo' Santamaria (cng), Chris Connor (v)
| 03:11 | January 23, 1961 | 5294 | Master | Summertime (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward) |
Chris Connor, Maynard Ferguson (ldr), Nesuhi Ertegun (pdr), Don Sebesky (arr), Joe Farrell (f, ss, ts), Lanny Morgan (f, as), Willie Maiden (cl, ts), Frank Hittner (bcl, bar), Bill Berry, Rolf Ericson, Augustino 'Chet' Ferretti (t), Maynard Ferguson (t, tb, frh), Kenny Rupp, Ray Winslow (tb), Charlie Sanders (b), Jaki Byard (p), Rufus Jones (d), Chris Connor (v)
| 03:19 | December 11, 1961 | 5857 | Master | Free Spirits (Norman Mapp) |
| 02:51 | December 11, 1961 | 5858 | Master | I'm Gonna Go Fishin' (Duke Ellington, Peggy Lee) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Nesuhi Ertegun (pdr), Al Cohn (arr, con), Gene Quill (cl, as), Phil Woods (as), Oliver Nelson (ts), Sol Schlinger (bar), Joe Newman, Clark Terry (t), James "Jimmy" Cleveland (tb), Ben Tucker (b), Ronnie Ball (p), Dave Bailey (d), Chris Connor (v)
| 01:53 | January 23, 1956 | 1854 | Master | I Get A Kick Out Of You (Cole Porter) |
| 02:15 | April 24, 1957 | 2485 | Master | They All Laughed (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Ahmet Ertegun, Nesuhi Ertegun, Jerry Wexler (pdr), Ray Ellis (arr), Al Cohn (ts), Danny Bank (bar), Doc Severinsen (t), Eddie Bert (tb), Barry Galbraith, Mundell Lowe (g), Wendell Marshall, Oscar Pettiford (b), Stan Free, John Lewis (p), Connie Kay, Ed Shaughnessy (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
In the LP format, the full catalogue number of this issue is 50504 674873 1 4. In the CD format, it is 50504 674873 2 1. The first volume of Swinging Lounge Tunes From The Warner And Atlantic Vaults was released in 2003.
| 02:50 | February 8, 1956 | 1874-stereo | Master | You Make Me Feel So Young (Joseph Myrow, Mack Gordon) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Ahmet Ertegun, Nesuhi Ertegun, Jerry Wexler (pdr), Ray Beckenstein, Sam Markowitz (as), Zoot Sims, Al Young (ts), Danny Bank (bar), Nick Travis (t), Barry Galbraith (g), Milt Hinton (b), Moe Wechsler (p), Osie Johnson (d), Chris Connor (v)
| 03:42 | October 5, 1959 | 3817 | Master | The Lady Sings the Blues (Alec Wilder, William Engvick) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Ahmet Ertegun, Nesuhi Ertegun (pdr), Richard Wess (arr, con), George Berg (f, as), Phil Bodner (f, ts, enh), Fred Klein (enh), Jim Buffington (frh), Mundell Lowe (g), Milt Hinton (b), Hank Jones (p), Sol Gubin (vib, bel), Osie Johnson (d), Tony Bambino, Linda Barnett, Max Cahn, Mac Ceppos, Arnold Eidus, Felix Giglio, Harry Katzman, Leo Kruczek, Harry Lookofsky, Joe Malin, David Montagu, Gene Orloff (vn), Henry Pakaln, Isadore Zirr (vl), Maurice Brown, Sidney Edwards (vc), Chris Connor (v)
| 03:19 | December 11, 1961 | 5857 | Master | Free Spirits (Norman Mapp) |
| 02:51 | December 11, 1961 | 5858 | Master | I'm Gonna Go Fishin' (Duke Ellington, Peggy Lee) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Nesuhi Ertegun (pdr), Al Cohn (arr, con), Gene Quill (cl, as), Phil Woods (as), Oliver Nelson (ts), Sol Schlinger (bar), Joe Newman, Clark Terry (t), James "Jimmy" Cleveland (tb), Ben Tucker (b), Ronnie Ball (p), Dave Bailey (d), Chris Connor (v)
| 03:05 | August 17 To 19, 1987 | Master | Dearly Beloved (Jerome Kern, Johnny Mercer) | |
| 02:38 | August 5 & 6, 1986 | Master | Let's Face The Music And Dance (Irving Berlin) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Helen Keane, Lori Muscarelle (pdr), Mike Abene (arr, p, key), Richard Rodney Bennett (arr, key), Bill Kirchner (f, cl, ss, as, ts), Dave Valentin (f), Paquito D'Rivera (as), Claudio Roditi (t, fh), Michael Moore, Rufus Reid (b), Akira Tana, Buddy Williams (d), Sammy Figueroa (per), Chris Connor (v)
| 03:32 | April 2002 | Master | Like Someone In Love (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) | |
| 05:04 | April 2002 | Master | Sentimental Journey (Les Brown, Ben Homer, Bud Green) | |
| 03:38 | April 2002 | Master | Cry Me A River (Arthur Hamilton) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Naoki Fujimoto, Shigeyuki Kawashima (pdr), Dave Matthews (arr, p), Andy Snitzer (sax), Joe Magnarelli (t), Roger Blanc (g), Chip Jackson (b), Terry Silverlight (d), Chris Connor (v)
| 02:22 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Lullaby Of Birdland (George Shearing, George David Weiss) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Creed Taylor (pdr), Tom Dowd (eng), The Ellis Larkins Trio (acc), Everett Barksdale (g), Beverly Peer (b), Ellis Larkins (p), Chris Connor (v)
| 02:40 | August 5 & 6, 1986 | Master | Sweet Happy Life (Samba de Orfeu) (Luiz Bonfá, Norman Gimbel, Antônio Maria Araújo de Morais) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Helen Keane (pdr), Richard Rodney Bennett (arr, DX7), Paquito D'Rivera (as), Claudio Roditi (t, fh), Rufus Reid (b), Mike Abene (p), Akira Tana (d), Chris Connor (v)
| 01:53 | January 23, 1956 | 1854 | Master | I Get A Kick Out Of You (Cole Porter) |
| 03:16 | January 19, 1956 | 1838 | Master | Something To Live For (Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn) |
| 03:07 | February 8, 1956 | 1877-stereo | Master | Get Out Of Town (Cole Porter) |
| 03:50 | January 23, 1956 | 1853 | Master | Where Are You? (Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh) |
| 02:50 | February 8, 1956 | 1874-stereo | Master | You Make Me Feel So Young (Joseph Myrow, Mack Gordon) |
| 03:49 | January 23, 1956 | 1855 | Master | Every Time (Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin) |
| 02:31 | February 8, 1956 | 1876 | Master | Way Out There (George Wallington, Buddy Goodman) |
| 02:45 | January 19, 1956 | 1835 | Master | My April Heart (Buddy Goodman, George Wallington) |
| 02:08 | January 23, 1956 | 1856 | Master | Almost Like Being In Love (Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe) |
| 02:15 | February 8, 1956 | 1875 | Master | Anything Goes (Cole Porter) |
| 02:02 | April 29, 1958 | 3057 | Master | Circus (Bob Russell, Louis Alter) |
| 02:34 | July 31, 1958 | 3107 | Master | Flying Home (Lionel Hampton, Benny Goodman, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) |
| 03:46 | June 5, 1956 | 2009 | Master | High On A Windy Hill (Joan Whitney, Alex Kramer) |
| 03:57 | June 5, 1956 | 2006 | Master | 'Round About (Vernon Duke, Ogden Nash) |
| 03:42 | June 6, 1956 | 2012 | Master | Angel Eyes (Earl K. Brent, Matt Dennis) |
| 03:50 | June 6, 1956 | 2013 | Master | You Stepped Out Of A Dream (Nacio Herb Brown, Gus Kahn) |
| 03:46 | June 6, 1956 | 2010 | Master | Why Can't I? (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) |
| 03:11 | June 6, 1956 | 2011 | Master | Suddenly It's Spring (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) |
| 03:43 | August 7, 1956 | 2076 | Master | About The Blues (Arthur Hamilton) |
| 03:43 | June 5, 1956 | 2008 | Master | Oh! You Crazy Moon (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) |
| 03:50 | June 5, 1956 | 2007 | Master | But Not For Me (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 03:30 | August 7, 1956 | 2073 | Master | Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) |
| 04:13 | August 7, 1956 | 2075 | Master | I Wonder What Became Of Me (Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen) |
| 03:53 | August 7, 1956 | 2074 | Master | Thursday's Child (Elisse Boyd, Murray Grand) |
| 02:46 | April 9, 1962 | 6095 | Master | Jump For Joy (Duke Ellington, Sid Kuller, Paul Francis Webster) |
| 03:18 | April 30, 1962 | 6188 | Master | Night Bird (Al Cohn, Kitty Malone) |
| 03:21 | April 9, 1962 | 6094 | Master | Milano (Margo Guryan, John Lewis) |
| 03:10 | December 11, 1961 | 5859 | Master | Opportunity, Please Knock (Oscar Brown, Jr.) |
| 03:02 | April 30, 1962 | 6189 | Master | Daydream (Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, John Latouche) |
| 02:27 | April 30, 1962 | 6187 | Master | Things Are Swingin' (Peggy Lee, Jack Marshall) |
| 03:53 | April 30, 1962 | 6186 | Master | Kansas City (Mike Stoller, Jerry Leiber) |
| 04:04 | April 9, 1962 | 6097 | Master | Lonely Woman (Ornette Coleman, Margo Guryan) |
| 02:51 | December 11, 1961 | 5858 | Master | I'm Gonna Go Fishin' (Duke Ellington, Peggy Lee) |
| 03:01 | April 9, 1962 | 6096 | Master | God Bless The Child (Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog, Jr.) |
| 03:19 | December 11, 1961 | 5857 | Master | Free Spirits (Norman Mapp) |
| 02:30 | July 28, 1956 | 2064 | Master | I Miss You So (Jimmy Henderson, Bertha Scott, Sid Robin) |
| 02:51 | February 15, 1956 | 1878 | Master | Go 'Way From My Window (John Jacob Niles) |
| 02:16 | October 16, 1956 | 2159 | Master | Trust In Me (Milton Ager, Ned Wever, Jean Schwartz) |
| 02:38 | February 15, 1956 | 1879 | Master | Past The Age Of Innocence (Norman Gimbel, Bill Sawens) |
| 02:42 | October 16, 1956 | 2158 | Master | Time Out For Tears (Abe Schiff, Irving Berman) |
| 02:38 | October 16, 1956 | 2161 | Master | I Love You, Yes I Do (Henry Glover, Sally Nix, Sol Marcus, Eddie Seiler, Guy Wood) |
| 02:19 | July 28, 1956 | 2063 | Master | My Heart Is So Full Of You (Frank Loesser) |
| 02:24 | February 15, 1956 | 1881 | Master | My Ideal (Newell Chase, Leo Robin, Richard Whiting) |
| 02:50 | October 16, 1956 | 2160 | Master | Mixed Emotions (Stuart Louchheim) |
| 02:15 | April 24, 1957 | 2485 | Master | They All Laughed (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:34 | February 15, 1956 | 1880 | Master | Speak Low (Ogden Nash, Kurt Weill) |
| 02:37 | July 28, 1956 | 2065 | Master | Radar Blues (Harry Revel) |
| 03:06 | September 14, 1959 | 3763 | Master | Witchcraft (Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh) |
| September 21, 1959 | 3775 | Master | I'll Never Be Free (George David Weiss, Bennie Benjamin) | |
| 03:42 | October 5, 1959 | 3817 | Master | The Lady Sings the Blues (Alec Wilder, William Engvick) |
| 02:44 | September 21, 1959 | 3774 | Master | Come Rain Or Come Shine (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) |
| 04:15 | October 5, 1959 | 3820 | Master | When Sunny Gets Blue (Marvin Fisher, Jack Segal) |
| 02:34 | September 21, 1959 | 3776 | Master | How Little We Know (How Little It Matters) (Carolyn Leigh, Phil Springer) |
| 02:19 | September 14, 1959 | 3764 | Master | I Hear The Music Now (Sammy Fain, Jerry Seelen, Ambroise Charles Thomas) |
| 03:28 | October 5, 1959 | 3819 | Master | Baltimore Oriole (Hoagy Carmichael, Paul Francis Webster) |
| 02:25 | September 21, 1959 | 3773 | Master | Just In Time (Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Jule Styne) |
| 02:40 | September 14, 1959 | 3765 | Master | Like A Woman (Frank Loesser) |
| 04:13 | October 5, 1959 | 3818 | Master | Skyscraper Blues (Tom Adair, Jenkins) |
| 03:44 | September 14, 1959 | 3766 | Master | You Don't Know What Love Is (Don Raye, Gene DePaul) |
| 02:09 | September 13, 1959 | 3447 | Concert Taping | Strike Up The Band (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 03:10 | September 13, 1959 | 3448 | Concert Taping | Misty (Johnny Burke, Erroll Garner) |
| 03:19 | September 13, 1959 | 3449 | Concert Taping | Señor Blues (Horace Silver) |
| 03:17 | September 13, 1959 | 3450 | Concert Taping | Lover, Come Back To Me (Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg) |
| 03:38 | September 13, 1959 | 3462 | Concert Taping | Angel Eyes (Earl K. Brent, Matt Dennis) |
| 02:48 | September 13, 1959 | 3452 | Concert Taping | Hallelujah, I Love Him So (Ray Charles) |
| 02:46 | September 13, 1959 | 3453 | Concert Taping | Poor Little Rich Girl (Noel Coward) |
| 03:49 | September 13, 1959 | 3454 | Concert Taping | 'Round Midnight (Bernie D. Hanighen, Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams) |
| 02:58 | September 13, 1959 | 3451 | Concert Taping | All About Ronnie (Joe Greene) |
| 02:18 | September 13, 1959 | 3458 | Concert Taping | Fine And Dandy (Paul James, Kay Swift) |
| 02:49 | September 13, 1959 | 3459 | Concert Taping | Don't Worry 'Bout Me (Rube Bloom, Ted Koehler) |
| 03:23 | September 13, 1959 | 3460 | Concert Taping | It Don't Mean A Thing (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) |
| 02:35 | September 13, 1959 | 3461 | Concert Taping | Chinatown, My Chinatown (William Jerome, Jean Schwartz) |
| 03:16 | February 26, 1957 | 2386 | Master | A Foggy Day (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:36 | February 26, 1957 | 2387 | Master | Summertime (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward) |
| 02:10 | March 12, 1957 | 2421 | Master | They Can't Take That Away From Me (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 01:58 | February 7, 1957 | 2335 | Master | Slap That Bass (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:15 | March 26, 1957 | 2424 | Master | I Was Doing All Right (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:58 | May 1, 1957 | 2518 | Master | Love Walked In (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 01:19 | March 12, 1957 | 2419 | Master | Nice Work If You Can Get It (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:58 | February 26, 1957 | 2389 | Master | I Loves You Porgy (Dubose Heyward, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 03:35 | February 7, 1957 | 2336 | Master | For You, For Me, For Evermore (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 03:16 | April 24, 1957 | 2484 | Master | (Our) Love Is Here To Stay (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Ahmet Ertegun, Nesuhi Ertegun, Jerry Wexler (pdr), Ralph Burns, Ray Ellis, Richard Wess (arr, con), Al Cohn (arr, con, ts), Stan Free (arr, p), Ralph Sharon (arr, p, cel), Ralph Burns Orchestra, The Ray Ellis Orchestra (acc), George Berg (r, f, as), Phil Bodner (r, f, ts, enh), Al Klink, Romeo Penque, Jerry Sanfino (r), Herbie Mann, Sam Most (f), Peanuts Hucko (cl), Oliver Nelson (cl, ts), Gene Quill, Phil Woods (cl, as), Sol Schlinger (bcl, bar), Eddie Wasserman (bcl, ts), Ray Beckenstein, Sam Markowitz, Herman "Hymie" Sche[r]tzer (as), Zoot Sims, Al Young (ts), Danny Bank (bar), Bernie Glow, Irwin 'Marky' Markowitz, Joe Newman, Jimmy Nottingham, Bernie Privin, Ernie Royal, Doc Severinsen, Clark Terry, Nick Travis (t), Bob Alexander, Robert "Bob" Ascher, Eddie Bert, Mort Bullman, James "Jimmy" Cleveland, Warren Covington, Frank Rehak, Jim Thompson, Chauncey Welsch (tb), Fred Klein (enh), Jim Buffington (frh), Kenny Burrell, Barry Galbraith, Mundell Lowe, Joe Puma (g), Vinnie Burke, Eddie de Haas, George Duvivier, Milt Hinton, Wendell Marshall, Oscar Pettiford, Ben Tucker (b), Ronnie Ball, Hank Jones, John Lewis, Bill Rubenstein, Moe Wechsler (p), Sol Gubin (vib, d, bel), Milt Jackson (vib), Dave Bailey, Ronnie Free, Lex Humpries, Osie Johnson, Connie Kay, Don Lamond, Ed Shaughnessy (d), Bobby Rosengarden (bo), Phil Kraus (per), Tony Bambino, Linda Barnett, Max Cahn, Mac Ceppos, Arnold Eidus, Felix Giglio, Harry Katzman, Leo Kruczek, Harry Lookofsky, Joe Malin, David Montagu, Gene Orloff (vn), Henry Pakaln, Isadore Zirr (vl), Maurice Brown, Sidney Edwards (vc), Chris Connor (v), unidentified (spk)
NOTES:
This crass-looking box (loud colors, big letters) contains a grand total of 83 tracks (82 vocals + the intro to the album Chris In Person). This set bundles together in one package all but one of the CDs by Chris Connor that the Collectables label had previously released: Chris Connor / He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not (first disc of the boxed set, 24-track total; includes two bonus tracks but misses two tracks from one of the original LPs), Free Spirits (second disc of the boxed set, 11-track total), I Miss You So / Witchcraft (third disc of the boxed set, 24-track total), <>Chris In Person / Chris Connor Sings George Gershwin (fourth disc of the boxed set, 24-track total).
Chris Connor Sings Ballads Of The Sad Café is the other Connor album which Collectables had previously reissued but which did not include in this box, for reasons unknown. (Since Sad Café had been twofered with a non-Connor album, it would not be surprising to learn one day that the makers of the box didn't realize that this album was also already available to them.) Note that the box's second CD contains just 11 tracks; the 9 tracks from Ballads Of The Sad Café would have been a suitable addition.
| 02:22 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Lullaby Of Birdland (George Shearing, George David Weiss) | |
| 02:51 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | What Is There To Say? (Vernon Duke, Erwin 'Yip' Harburg) | |
| 03:02 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Try A Little Tenderness (Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly, Harry Woods) | |
| 02:54 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Spring Is Here (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) | |
| 02:42 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Why Shouldn't I? (Cole Porter) | |
| 02:53 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Lush Life (Billy Strayhorn) | |
| 02:54 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Out Of This World (Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen) | |
| 02:37 | August 21, 1954 | Master | A Cottage For Sale (Larry Conley, Willard Robison) | |
| 02:32 | August 21, 1954 | Master | How Long Has This Been Going On? (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) | |
| 02:26 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Stella By Starlight (Ned Washington, Victor Popular Young) | |
| 02:32 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Goodbye (Gordon Jenkins) | |
| 02:42 | August 21, 1954 | Master | He's Coming Home (Charles DeForest) | |
| 04:13 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Ridin' High (Cole Porter) | |
| 02:37 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Blame It On My Youth (Oscar Levant, Edward Heyman) | |
| 02:51 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Trouble Is A Man (Alec Wilder) | |
| 03:26 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | All This And Heaven Too (Ed DeLange, Jimmy Van Heusen) | |
| 03:28 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | I Concentrate On You (Cole Porter) | |
| 03:23 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | A Good Man Is A Seldom Thing (Charles DeForest) | |
| 02:33 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Don't Wait Up For Me (Charles DeForest) | |
| 03:06 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words) (Bart Howard) | |
| 02:57 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | All About Ronnie (Joe Greene) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Creed Taylor (pdr), Tom Dowd (eng), The Vinnie Burke Quartet, The Ellis Larkins Trio, The Ralph Sharon Group (acc), Herbie Mann (f, ts), Ronnie Odrich (f, cl), J. J. Johnson, Kai Winding (tb), Everett Barksdale, Joe Cinderella, Joe Puma (g), Vinnie Burke, Milt Hinton, Beverly Peer (b), Ellis Larkins, Ralph Sharon (p), Don Burns (pac), Osie Johnson, Art Mardigan (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Yet another compilation of Chris Connor's Bethlehem recordings, now on the Public Domain in Europe.
| 02:03 | Between January 18 And January 27, 1963 | Concert Taping | A Lot Of Livin' To Do (Lee Adams, Charles Strouse) | |
| 03:50 | Between January 18 And January 27, 1963 | Concert Taping | Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home (Free And Easy) (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) | |
| 02:56 | Between January 18 And January 27, 1963 | Concert Taping | All Or Nothing At All (Arthur Altman, Jack Lawrence) | |
| 04:17 | Between January 18 And January 27, 1963 | Concert Taping | Something's Coming (Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim) | |
| 02:15 | Between January 18 And January 27, 1963 | Concert Taping | You Came A Long Way From St. Louis (John Benson Brooks, Bob Russell) | |
| 02:56 | Between January 18 And January 27, 1963 | Concert Taping | Old Devil Moon (Erwin 'Yip' Harburg, Burton Lane) | |
| 02:48 | Between January 18 And January 27, 1963 | Concert Taping | I Concentrate On You (Cole Porter) | |
| 03:58 | Between January 18 And January 27, 1963 | Concert Taping | Black Coffee (Joseph F. "Sonny" Burke, Paul Francis Webster) | |
| 03:07 | Between January 18 And January 27, 1963 | Concert Taping | Goodbye (Gordon Jenkins) | |
| 05:10 | Between January 18 And January 27, 1963 | Concert Taping | Only The Lonely (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) | |
| 04:22 | Between January 18 And January 27, 1963 | Concert Taping | Ten Cents A Dance (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Mundell Lowe (g), Richard Davis (b), Ronnie Ball (p), Ed Shaughnessy (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Official domestic reissue of the 1963 album that bears the same title.
| 02:56 | January 28 & 29, 1969 | Master | Softly As In A Morning Sunrise (Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II) | |
| 04:54 | January 28 & 29, 1969 | Master | 'Round Midnight (Bernie D. Hanighen, Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams) | |
| 03:40 | January 28 & 29, 1969 | Master | Cry Me A River (Arthur Hamilton) | |
| 04:04 | January 28 & 29, 1969 | Master | Misty (Johnny Burke, Erroll Garner) | |
| 03:46 | January 28 & 29, 1969 | Master | Someone To Watch Over Me (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) | |
| 02:50 | January 28 & 29, 1969 | Master | The Fool On The Hill (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) | |
| 03:04 | January 28 & 29, 1969 | Master | I've Gotta Be Me (Walter Marks) | |
| 02:26 | January 28 & 29, 1969 | Master | What The World Needs Now Is Love (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) | |
| 02:53 | January 28 & 29, 1969 | Master | It's All Right With Me (Cole Porter) | |
| 03:02 | January 28 & 29, 1969 | Master | Goodbye (Gordon Jenkins) |
Chris Connor (ldr), George Otsuka Trio (acc), Shungo Sawada (g), Takashi Mizuhashi (b), Hideo Ichikawa (p), George Otsuka (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
First digital reissue of the previously very rare (and, in all honesty, not very good) 1969 album that bears the same title. The CD edition touts itself as having used "20bit K2 super coding mastering."
| 02:12 | March 13, 1958 | 3000 | Master | Blow, Gabriel, Blow (Cole Porter) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Nesuhi Ertegun (pdr), Bobby Jasper (f, ts), Mundell Lowe (g), Percy Heath (b), Stan Free (p), Ed Shaughnessy (d), Chris Connor (v)
| 02:02 | April 29, 1958 | 3057 | Master | Circus (Bob Russell, Louis Alter) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Chris Connor (v)
| 02:16 | February 11, 1953 | 11116-7 | Master | Jeepers Creepers (Harry Warren, Johnny Mercer) |
The Stan Kenton Orchestra (ldr), Lee Gillette (pdr), Bill Russo (arr, tb), Vinnie Dean, Lee Konitz (as), Bill Holman, Richie Kamuca (ts), Bob Gioga (bar), Conte Candoli, Walter "Pete" Candoli, Marion "Buddy" Childers, Don Dennis, Maynard Ferguson, Ruben McFall (t), Bob Burgess, Keith Moon, Frank Rosolino (tb), George Roberts (bt), Sal Salvador (g), Donald "Don" Bagley (b), Stan Kenton (p), Stan Levey (d), Chris Connor (v)
| 03:06 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words) (Bart Howard) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Creed Taylor (pdr), The Ralph Sharon Group (acc), Herbie Mann (f, ts), J. J. Johnson, Kai Winding (tb), Joe Puma (g), Milt Hinton (b), Ralph Sharon (p), Osie Johnson (d), Chris Connor (v)
| 02:28 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | From This Moment On (Cole Porter) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Creed Taylor (pdr), The Ralph Sharon Group (acc), Herbie Mann (f, ts), J. J. Johnson, Kai Winding (tb), Joe Puma (g), Milt Hinton (b), Ralph Sharon (p), Osie Johnson (d), Chris Connor (v)
| 04:00 | May 1, 1957 | 2516 | Master | How Long Has This Been Going On? (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Ahmet Ertegun, Nesuhi Ertegun, Jerry Wexler (pdr), Stan Free (arr, p), Mundell Lowe (g), Milt Hinton (b), Milt Jackson (vib), Ed Shaughnessy (d), Chris Connor (v)
| 02:43 | December 17-18, 1953 | Master | Blue Silhouette (Murray Semos, Jack Val, Jimmy Dale) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Sy Oliver (pdr, arr, con), The Sy Oliver Orchestra (acc), Sid Cooper, Milt Yaner (as), Boomie Richman, Sam Taylor (ts), Dave McRae (bar), Jim Bright, Jimmy Nottingham, Red Solomon (t), Vernon "Vern" Friley, Frank Saracco, Ward Silloway, Kai Winding (tb), Sid Block (b), Dave Martin (p), Jimmy Crawford (d), Chris Connor (v)
| 02:42 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Why Shouldn't I? (Cole Porter) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Creed Taylor (pdr), Tom Dowd (eng), The Ellis Larkins Trio (acc), Everett Barksdale (g), Beverly Peer (b), Ellis Larkins (p), Chris Connor (v)
| 02:43 | December 17-18, 1953 | Master | Blue Silhouette (Murray Semos, Jack Val, Jimmy Dale) | |
| 02:44 | December 17-18, 1953 | Master | Miser's Serenade (Mad Miser Man) (Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, Gimme) (Fred Patrick, Claude Reese, Marvin Fisher, Jack Val) | |
| 02:44 | December 17-18, 1953 | Master | Ask Me (Woody Hinderling, Mike Pollard) | |
| 02:46 | December 17-18, 1953 | Master | Chiquita From Chi-Wah-Wah (Bennie Bonacio, Jimmie La Marge, Jimmie Franklin) | |
| 02:16 | December 17-18, 1953 | Master | Ev'rything I Love (Cole Porter) | |
| 02:54 | December 17-18, 1953 | Master | Indian Summer (Al Dubin, Victor Herbert) | |
| 02:51 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | What Is There To Say? (Vernon Duke, Erwin 'Yip' Harburg) | |
| 02:18 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | I Hear Music (Burton Lane, Frank Loesser) | |
| 02:43 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Come Back To Sorrento (Claude Aveling, Ernesto DeCurtis) | |
| 02:42 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Why Shouldn't I? (Cole Porter) | |
| 03:02 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Try A Little Tenderness (Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly, Harry Woods) | |
| 02:22 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Lullaby Of Birdland (George Shearing, George David Weiss) | |
| 02:57 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | All About Ronnie (Joe Greene) | |
| 02:54 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Spring Is Here (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) | |
| 02:54 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Out Of This World (Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen) | |
| 02:53 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Lush Life (Billy Strayhorn) | |
| 02:37 | August 21, 1954 | Master | A Cottage For Sale (Larry Conley, Willard Robison) | |
| 02:32 | August 21, 1954 | Master | How Long Has This Been Going On? (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) | |
| 02:32 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Goodbye (Gordon Jenkins) | |
| 02:26 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Stella By Starlight (Ned Washington, Victor Popular Young) | |
| 02:19 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Gone With The Wind (Herb Magidson, Allie Wrubel) | |
| 02:42 | August 21, 1954 | Master | He's Coming Home (Charles DeForest) | |
| 02:37 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Blame It On My Youth (Oscar Levant, Edward Heyman) | |
| 04:13 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Ridin' High (Cole Porter) | |
| 02:26 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | It's All Right With Me (Cole Porter) | |
| 01:48 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | All Dressed Up With A Broken Heart (Fred Patrick, Claude Reese, Jack Val) | |
| 02:51 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Trouble Is A Man (Alec Wilder) | |
| 03:26 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | All This And Heaven Too (Ed DeLange, Jimmy Van Heusen) | |
| 02:28 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | From This Moment On (Cole Porter) | |
| 02:45 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | The Thrill Is Gone (Lew Brown, Ray Henderson) | |
| 03:09 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Someone To Watch Over Me (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) | |
| 03:28 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | I Concentrate On You (Cole Porter) | |
| 02:33 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Don't Wait Up For Me (Charles DeForest) | |
| 03:23 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | A Good Man Is A Seldom Thing (Charles DeForest) | |
| 03:06 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words) (Bart Howard) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Sy Oliver (pdr, arr, con), Creed Taylor (pdr), Tom Dowd (eng), The Vinnie Burke Quartet, The Ellis Larkins Trio, The Sy Oliver Orchestra, The Ralph Sharon Group (acc), Herbie Mann (f, ts), Ronnie Odrich (f, cl), Sid Cooper, Milt Yaner (as), Boomie Richman, Sam Taylor (ts), Dave McRae (bar), Jim Bright, Jimmy Nottingham, Red Solomon (t), Vernon "Vern" Friley, J. J. Johnson, Frank Saracco, Ward Silloway, Kai Winding (tb), Everett Barksdale, Joe Cinderella, Joe Puma (g), Sid Block, Vinnie Burke, Milt Hinton, Beverly Peer (b), Ellis Larkins, Dave Martin, Ralph Sharon (p), Don Burns (pac), Jimmy Crawford, Osie Johnson, Art Mardigan (d), Chris Connor (v), Bob Garrity (spk)
| 02:54 | July 16, 1961 | Concert Taping | Day In - Day Out (Rube Bloom, Johnny Mercer) | |
| 02:27 | July 16, 1961 | Concert Taping | Hallelujah, I Love Him So (Ray Charles) | |
| 05:09 | July 16, 1961 | Concert Taping | Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most (Fran Landesman, Tommy Wolf) | |
| 03:43 | July 16, 1961 | Concert Taping | I Get A Kick Out Of You (Cole Porter) | |
| 03:43 | July 16, 1961 | Concert Taping | From This Moment On (Cole Porter) | |
| 02:10 | July 16, 1961 | Concert Taping | Blow, Gabriel, Blow (Cole Porter) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Ben Tucker (b), Ronnie Ball (p), Dave Bailey (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Reissue of the various-artists album At The American Jazz Festival In Latin America (originally released by the German label Westwind, first on LP in 1988, then on CD in 1995).
| 02:43 | December 17-18, 1953 | Master | Blue Silhouette (Murray Semos, Jack Val, Jimmy Dale) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Sy Oliver (pdr, arr, con), The Sy Oliver Orchestra (acc), Sid Cooper, Milt Yaner (as), Boomie Richman, Sam Taylor (ts), Dave McRae (bar), Jim Bright, Jimmy Nottingham, Red Solomon (t), Vernon "Vern" Friley, Frank Saracco, Ward Silloway, Kai Winding (tb), Sid Block (b), Dave Martin (p), Jimmy Crawford (d), Chris Connor (v)
| 02:22 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Lullaby Of Birdland (George Shearing, George David Weiss) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Creed Taylor (pdr), Tom Dowd (eng), The Ellis Larkins Trio (acc), Everett Barksdale (g), Beverly Peer (b), Ellis Larkins (p), Chris Connor (v)
| 03:38 | March 27 To April 9, 1953 | Concert Taping | Don't Worry 'Bout Me (Rube Bloom, Ted Koehler) | |
| 03:23 | March 27 To April 9, 1953 | Concert Taping | I'll Remember April (Gene DePaul, Don Raye, Patricia Johnston) |
The Stan Kenton Orchestra (ldr), Pete Rugolo (arr), Bill Russo (arr, tb), Vinnie Dean, Lee Konitz (as), Bill Holman, Richie Kamuca (ts), Henry "Hank" Levy (bar), Conte Candoli, Marion "Buddy" Childers, Don Dennis, Ernie Royal, Don Smith (t), Bob Burgess, Keith Moon, Frank Rosolino, Tom Shepard (tb), George Roberts (bt), Sal Salvador (g), Glen Roberts (b), Stan Kenton (p), Stan Levey (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Please be aware that, in the case of all performances dated March 27 or April 23, those dates refer to the first day of Kenton's 1953 concert engagements at the Blue Note and Birdland Clubs, not to the exact day on which the given performance took place. For the specific days, consult the notes under the sessions dated May 27 - April 9, 1953 and April 23 - May 6, 1953 in this page.
| 02:41 | April 23 To May 6, 1953 | Concert Taping | All About Ronnie (Joe Greene) | |
| 03:51 | April 23 To May 6, 1953 | Concert Taping | I'll Remember April (Gene DePaul, Don Raye, Patricia Johnston) |
The Stan Kenton Orchestra (ldr), Bill Russo (arr, tb), Vinnie Dean, Lee Konitz (as), Bill Holman, Richie Kamuca (ts), Henry "Hank" Levy (bar), Conte Candoli, Marion "Buddy" Childers, Don Dennis, Ernie Royal, Don Smith (t), Bob Burgess, Keith Moon, Frank Rosolino (tb), George Roberts (bt), Sal Salvador (g), Donald "Don" Bagley (b), Stan Kenton (p), Stan Levey (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Please be aware that, in the case of all performances dated March 27 or April 23, those dates refer to the first day of Kenton's 1953 concert engagements at the Blue Note and Birdland Clubs, not to the exact day on which the given performance took place. For the specific days, consult the notes under the sessions dated May 27 - April 9, 1953 and April 23 - May 6, 1953 in this page.
| 03:17 | April 23 To May 6, 1953 | Concert Taping | Don't Worry 'Bout Me (Rube Bloom, Ted Koehler) | |
| 02:14 | April 23 To May 6, 1953 | Concert Taping | Jeepers Creepers (Harry Warren, Johnny Mercer) |
The Stan Kenton Orchestra (ldr), Pete Rugolo (arr), Bill Russo (arr, tb), Vinnie Dean, Lee Konitz (as), Bill Holman, Richie Kamuca (ts), Henry "Hank" Levy (bar), Conte Candoli, Marion "Buddy" Childers, Don Dennis, Ernie Royal, Don Smith (t), Bob Burgess, Keith Moon, Frank Rosolino (tb), George Roberts (bt), Sal Salvador (g), Donald "Don" Bagley (b), Stan Kenton (p), Stan Levey (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Please be aware that, in the case of all performances dated March 27 or April 23, those dates refer to the first day of Kenton's 1953 concert engagements at the Blue Note and Birdland Clubs, not to the exact day on which the given performance took place. For the specific days, consult the notes under the sessions dated May 27 - April 9, 1953 and April 23 - May 6, 1953 in this page.
| 03:18 | March 17, 1953 | Concert Taping | Jeepers Creepers (Harry Warren, Johnny Mercer) |
The Stan Kenton Orchestra (ldr), Bill Russo (arr, tb), Vinnie Dean, Lee Konitz (as), Bill Holman, Richie Kamuca (ts), Henry "Hank" Levy (bar), Conte Candoli, Marion "Buddy" Childers, Don Dennis, Ernie Royal, Don Smith (t), Bob Burgess, Keith Moon, Frank Rosolino (tb), George Roberts (bt), Sal Salvador (g), Donald "Don" Bagley (b), Stan Kenton (p), Stan Levey (d), Chris Connor (v)
| 03:08 | April 14, 1953 | Concert Taping | All About Ronnie (Joe Greene) | |
| 02:18 | April 14, 1953 | Concert Taping | Love Me Or Leave Me (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) | |
| 02:25 | April 21, 1953 | Concert Taping | Everything Happens To Me (Matt Dennis, Tom Adair) |
The Stan Kenton Orchestra (ldr), Bill Russo (arr, tb), Vinnie Dean, Lee Konitz (as), Bill Holman, Richie Kamuca (ts), Henry "Hank" Levy (bar), Conte Candoli, Marion "Buddy" Childers, Don Dennis, Ernie Royal, Don Smith (t), Bob Burgess, Keith Moon, Frank Rosolino (tb), George Roberts (bt), Sal Salvador (g), Donald "Don" Bagley (b), Stan Kenton (p), Stan Levey (d), Chris Connor (v)
| 02:24 | April 23 To May 6, 1953 | Concert Taping | Taking A Chance On Love (Vernon Duke, Ted Fetter, John Latouche) | |
| 02:53 | April 23 To May 6, 1953 | Concert Taping | If I Should Lose You (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) |
The Stan Kenton Orchestra (ldr), Johnny Richards (arr), Bill Russo (arr, tb), Vinnie Dean, Lee Konitz (as), Bill Holman, Richie Kamuca (ts), Henry "Hank" Levy (bar), Conte Candoli, Marion "Buddy" Childers, Don Dennis, Ernie Royal, Don Smith (t), Bob Burgess, Keith Moon, Frank Rosolino (tb), George Roberts (bt), Sal Salvador (g), Donald "Don" Bagley (b), Stan Kenton (p), Stan Levey (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Please be aware that, in the case of all performances dated March 27 or April 23, those dates refer to the first day of Kenton's 1953 concert engagements at the Blue Note and Birdland Clubs, not to the exact day on which the given performance took place. For the specific days, consult the notes under the sessions dated May 27 - April 9, 1953 and April 23 - May 6, 1953 in this page.
| 04:22 | May 12, 1953 | Concert Taping | Everything Happens To Me (Matt Dennis, Tom Adair) | |
| 03:07 | May 19, 1953 | Concert Taping | Don't Worry 'Bout Me (Rube Bloom, Ted Koehler) |
The Stan Kenton Orchestra (ldr), Pete Rugolo (arr), Bill Russo (arr, tb), Don Carone, Vinnie Dean, Lee Konitz (as), Bill Holman, Richie Kamuca (ts), Henry "Hank" Levy (bar), Conte Candoli, Marion "Buddy" Childers, Don Dennis, Ernie Royal, Don Smith (t), Bob Burgess, Keith Moon, Frank Rosolino (tb), George Roberts (bt), Sal Salvador (g), Donald "Don" Bagley (b), Stan Kenton (p), Stan Levey, Joe Morello (d), Chris Connor (v)
| 03:18 | June 2, 1953 | Concert Taping | I Get A Kick Out Of You (Cole Porter) |
The Stan Kenton Orchestra (ldr), Bill Russo (arr, tb), Don Carone, Lee Konitz (as), Bill Holman, Richie Kamuca (ts), Tony Ferina (bar), Conte Candoli, Marion "Buddy" Childers, Don Dennis, Ernie Royal, Don Smith (t), Bob Burgess, Keith Moon, Frank Rosolino (tb), George Roberts (bt), Sal Salvador (g), Donald "Don" Bagley (b), Stan Kenton (p), Stan Levey (d), Chris Connor (v)
| 03:36 | June 9, 1953 | Concert Taping | All About Ronnie (Joe Greene) |
The Stan Kenton Orchestra (ldr), Bill Russo (arr, tb), Don Carone, Lee Konitz (as), Bill Holman, Zoot Sims (ts), Tony Ferina (bar), Conte Candoli, Marion "Buddy" Childers, Don Dennis, Ernie Royal, Don Smith (t), Bob Burgess, Keith Moon, Frank Rosolino (tb), George Roberts (bt), Sal Salvador (g), Donald "Don" Bagley (b), Stan Kenton (p), Stan Levey (d), Chris Connor (v)
| June 30, 1953 | Concert Taping | If I Should Lose You (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) |
The Stan Kenton Orchestra (ldr), Bill Russo (arr, tb), Don Carone, Lee Konitz (as), Zoot Sims, Eddie Wasserman (ts), Tony Ferina (bar), Conte Candoli, Marion "Buddy" Childers, Don Dennis, Ernie Royal, Don Smith (t), Bob Burgess, Keith Moon, Frank Rosolino (tb), George Roberts (bt), Sal Salvador (g), Stan Kenton (p), Stan Levey (d), Chris Connor (v)
| 02:14 | April 23 To May 6, 1953 | Concert Taping | Jeepers Creepers (Harry Warren, Johnny Mercer) |
The Stan Kenton Orchestra (ldr), Bill Russo (arr, tb), Vinnie Dean, Lee Konitz (as), Bill Holman, Richie Kamuca (ts), Henry "Hank" Levy (bar), Conte Candoli, Marion "Buddy" Childers, Don Dennis, Ernie Royal, Don Smith (t), Bob Burgess, Keith Moon, Frank Rosolino (tb), George Roberts (bt), Sal Salvador (g), Donald "Don" Bagley (b), Stan Kenton (p), Stan Levey (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Please be aware that, in the case of all performances dated March 27 or April 23, those dates refer to the first day of Kenton's 1953 concert engagements at the Blue Note and Birdland Clubs, not to the exact day on which the given performance took place. For the specific days, consult the notes under the sessions dated May 27 - April 9, 1953 and April 23 - May 6, 1953 in this page.
| 03:31 | October 21, 1952 | Concert Taping | Come Rain Or Come Shine (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) | |
| 02:48 | October 21, 1952 | Concert Taping | Sorta Kinda (James Oliver Young) | |
| 03:46 | October 21, 1952 | Concert Taping | Wish You Were Here (Harold Rome) |
The Claude Thornhill Orchestra (ldr), Dave Figg, Cliff Hoff (cl, ts), Med Flory, Gene Quill (cl, as), Dick Zabach (cl, bar), Rusty Dedrick, Sonny Rich, Nick Travis (t), Milt Gold, Obie Massingill (tb), Al Antonucci (frh), Bill Crow (b), Claude Thornhill (p), Winston Welch (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Sold only in Japan, where Audio Park CDs are listed as imports. The company might thus be operating from Europe or the USA.
| March 27 To April 9, 1953 | Concert Taping | Jeepers Creepers (Harry Warren, Johnny Mercer) | ||
| 03:23 | March 27 To April 9, 1953 | Concert Taping | I'll Remember April (Gene DePaul, Don Raye, Patricia Johnston) |
The Stan Kenton Orchestra (ldr), Bill Russo (arr, tb), Vinnie Dean, Lee Konitz (as), Bill Holman, Richie Kamuca (ts), Henry "Hank" Levy (bar), Conte Candoli, Marion "Buddy" Childers, Don Dennis, Ernie Royal, Don Smith (t), Bob Burgess, Keith Moon, Frank Rosolino, Tom Shepard (tb), George Roberts (bt), Sal Salvador (g), Glen Roberts (b), Stan Kenton (p), Stan Levey (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
The front cover of this CD features a b&w photo of Stan Kenton at the piano, with Chris Connor standing right near him. Please notice that, in the case of all performances dated March 27 or April 23, those dates refer to the first day of Kenton's 1953 concert engagements at the Blue Note and Birdland Clubs, not to the exact day on which the given performance took place. For the specific days, consult the notes under the sessions dated May 27 - April 9, 1953 and April 23 - May 6, 1953 in this page.
| 02:34 | February 15, 1956 | 1880 | Master | Speak Low (Ogden Nash, Kurt Weill) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Ahmet Ertegun, Jerry Wexler (pdr), Ray Ellis (arr, con), The Ray Ellis Orchestra (acc), Chris Connor (v)
| 01:53 | January 23, 1956 | 1854 | Master | I Get A Kick Out Of You (Cole Porter) |
| 02:50 | February 8, 1956 | 1874-stereo | Master | You Make Me Feel So Young (Joseph Myrow, Mack Gordon) |
| 03:11 | January 23, 1961 | 5294 | Master | Summertime (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward) |
| 02:12 | March 13, 1958 | 3000 | Master | Blow, Gabriel, Blow (Cole Porter) |
| 03:37 | December 14, 1960 | 5227 | Master | Black Coffee (Joseph F. "Sonny" Burke, Paul Francis Webster) |
| 03:06 | September 14, 1959 | 3763 | Master | Witchcraft (Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh) |
| 04:52 | January 29, 1959 | 3339 | Master | One For My Baby (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) |
| 03:10 | December 11, 1961 | 5859 | Master | Opportunity, Please Knock (Oscar Brown, Jr.) |
| 03:01 | April 9, 1962 | 6096 | Master | God Bless The Child (Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog, Jr.) |
| 03:12 | December 17, 1956 | 2245 | Master | Moon Ray (Arthur Quenzer, Paul Madison, Artie Shaw) |
| 03:39 | March 10, 1959 | 3405-stereo | Master | These Foolish Things (Harry Link, Eric Maschwitz aka Holt Marvell, Jack Strachey) |
| 04:23 | January 29, 1959 | 3340 | Master | Good Morning, Heartache (Ervin Drake, Dan Fisher, Irene Higginbotham) |
| 02:33 | May 1, 1957 | 2520 | Master | Embraceable You (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:35 | February 26, 1957 | 2384 | Master | The Man I Love (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:44 | September 21, 1959 | 3774 | Master | Come Rain Or Come Shine (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) |
| 03:19 | September 13, 1959 | 3449 | Concert Taping | Señor Blues (Horace Silver) |
| 02:58 | September 13, 1959 | 3451 | Concert Taping | All About Ronnie (Joe Greene) |
Chris Connor, Maynard Ferguson (ldr), Ahmet Ertegun, Nesuhi Ertegun, Jerry Wexler (pdr), Al Cohn, Richard Wess (arr, con), Stan Free (arr, p), Don Sebesky (arr), Ralph Sharon (arr, con, p), George Berg, Phil Bodner, Al Klink, Romeo Penque, Jerry Sanfino (r), Joe Farrell (f, ss, ts), Bobby Jasper (f, ts), Lanny Morgan (f, as), Sam Most (f), Willie Maiden, Oliver Nelson (cl, ts), Gene Quill, Phil Woods (cl, as), Frank Hittner, Sol Schlinger (bcl, bar), Ray Beckenstein, Sam Markowitz, Marshal Royal, Herman "Hymie" Sche[r]tzer (as), Frank Foster, Seldon Powell, Zoot Sims, Al Young (ts), Danny Bank, Charles Fowlkes (bar), Bill Berry, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Rolf Ericson, Augustino 'Chet' Ferretti, Bernie Glow, Rick Kiefer, Joe Newman, Jimmy Nottingham, Bernie Privin, Ernie Royal, Doc Severinsen, Clark Terry, Nick Travis, Snooky Young (t), Maynard Ferguson (t, tb, frh), Bob Alexander, Wayne Andre, Robert "Bob" Ascher, Eddie Bert, Mort Bullman, James "Jimmy" Cleveland, Willie Dennis, Al Grey, Dick Hixson, Frank Rehak, Kenny Rupp, Chauncey Welsch, Ray Winslow (tb), Kenny Burrell, Barry Galbraith, Freddie Green, Mundell Lowe, Joe Puma (g), Eddie de Haas, George Duvivier, Percy Heath, Milt Hinton, Eddie Jones, Don Payne, Oscar Pettiford, Charlie Sanders, Ben Tucker (b), Ronnie Ball, Jaki Byard, Hank Jones, John Lewis, Bill Rubenstein, Moe Wechsler (p), Eddie Costa, Milt Jackson (vib), Dave Bailey, Sol Gubin, Lex Humpries, Osie Johnson, Rufus Jones, Connie Kay, Don Lamond, Sonny Payne, Ed Shaughnessy (d), Bobby Rosengarden (bo), Phil Kraus (per), Ray Free, Harry Katzman, Harold Melnikoff, George Ockner, Gene Orloff, Samuel Rand, Sylvan Shulman, Harry Urbont (vn), Dave Markovitz, Isadore Zirr (vl), Maurice Brown, Dave Sayer (vc), Chris Connor (v)
| 02:44 | December 17-18, 1953 | Master | Miser's Serenade (Mad Miser Man) (Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, Gimme) (Fred Patrick, Claude Reese, Marvin Fisher, Jack Val) | |
| 02:16 | December 17-18, 1953 | Master | Ev'rything I Love (Cole Porter) | |
| 02:54 | December 17-18, 1953 | Master | Indian Summer (Al Dubin, Victor Herbert) | |
| 02:18 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | I Hear Music (Burton Lane, Frank Loesser) | |
| 02:43 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Come Back To Sorrento (Claude Aveling, Ernesto DeCurtis) | |
| 02:57 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | All About Ronnie (Joe Greene) | |
| 02:54 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Out Of This World (Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen) | |
| 02:53 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Lush Life (Billy Strayhorn) | |
| 02:28 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | From This Moment On (Cole Porter) | |
| 02:33 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Don't Wait Up For Me (Charles DeForest) | |
| 03:23 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | A Good Man Is A Seldom Thing (Charles DeForest) | |
| 03:06 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words) (Bart Howard) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Sy Oliver (pdr, arr, con), Creed Taylor (pdr), Tom Dowd (eng), The Vinnie Burke Quartet, The Ellis Larkins Trio, The Sy Oliver Orchestra, The Ralph Sharon Group (acc), Herbie Mann (f, ts), Ronnie Odrich (f, cl), Sid Cooper, Milt Yaner (as), Boomie Richman, Sam Taylor (ts), Dave McRae (bar), Jim Bright, Jimmy Nottingham, Red Solomon (t), Vernon "Vern" Friley, J. J. Johnson, Frank Saracco, Ward Silloway, Kai Winding (tb), Everett Barksdale, Joe Cinderella, Joe Puma (g), Sid Block, Vinnie Burke, Milt Hinton, Beverly Peer (b), Ellis Larkins, Dave Martin, Ralph Sharon (p), Don Burns (pac), Jimmy Crawford, Osie Johnson, Art Mardigan (d), Chris Connor (v), Bob Garrity (spk)
NOTES:
One more in the long list of compilations of Connor's Bethlehem recordings. This one is, despite its self-aggrandizing title, a lazy, bastard reissue of a reissue of a reissue. Though not identified as such, it is a reissue of The Magic Of Chris Connor, which was in turn a British reissue of the 1957 Bethlehem compilation The Rich Sound Of Chris Connor (aka Chris).
| 02:22 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Lullaby Of Birdland (George Shearing, George David Weiss) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Creed Taylor (pdr), Tom Dowd (eng), The Ellis Larkins Trio (acc), Everett Barksdale (g), Beverly Peer (b), Ellis Larkins (p), Chris Connor (v)
| 01:48 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | All Dressed Up With A Broken Heart (Fred Patrick, Claude Reese, Jack Val) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Creed Taylor (pdr), The Ralph Sharon Group (acc), Herbie Mann (f, ts), Joe Puma (g), Milt Hinton (b), Ralph Sharon (p), Osie Johnson (d), Chris Connor (v)
| February 19, 1953 | Concert Taping | There Will Never Be Another You (Mack Gordon, Harry Warren) |
The Stan Kenton Orchestra (ldr), Bill Russo (arr, tb), Vinnie Dean, Lee Konitz (as), Bill Holman, Richie Kamuca (ts), Henry "Hank" Levy (bar), Conte Candoli, Marion "Buddy" Childers, Don Dennis, Ernie Royal, Don Smith (t), Bob Burgess, Keith Moon, Frank Rosolino (tb), George Roberts (bt), Sal Salvador (g), Donald "Don" Bagley (b), Stan Kenton (p), Stan Levey (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
The first volume of Stan's Singers was released in 2003.
| March 27 To April 9, 1953 | Concert Taping | Jeepers Creepers (Harry Warren, Johnny Mercer) |
The Stan Kenton Orchestra (ldr), Bill Russo (arr, tb), Vinnie Dean, Lee Konitz (as), Bill Holman, Richie Kamuca (ts), Henry "Hank" Levy (bar), Conte Candoli, Marion "Buddy" Childers, Don Dennis, Ernie Royal, Don Smith (t), Bob Burgess, Keith Moon, Frank Rosolino, Tom Shepard (tb), George Roberts (bt), Sal Salvador (g), Glen Roberts (b), Stan Kenton (p), Stan Levey (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Please be aware that, in the case of all performances dated March 27 or April 23, those dates refer to the first day of Kenton's 1953 concert engagements at the Blue Note and Birdland Clubs, not to the exact day on which the given performance took place. For the specific days, consult the notes under the sessions dated May 27 - April 9, 1953 and April 23 - May 6, 1953 in this page.
| 02:50 | February 8, 1956 | 1874-stereo | Master | You Make Me Feel So Young (Joseph Myrow, Mack Gordon) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Ahmet Ertegun, Nesuhi Ertegun, Jerry Wexler (pdr), Ray Beckenstein, Sam Markowitz (as), Zoot Sims, Al Young (ts), Danny Bank (bar), Nick Travis (t), Barry Galbraith (g), Milt Hinton (b), Moe Wechsler (p), Osie Johnson (d), Chris Connor (v)
| 03:11 | January 23, 1961 | 5294 | Master | Summertime (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward) |
Chris Connor, Maynard Ferguson (ldr), Nesuhi Ertegun (pdr), Don Sebesky (arr), Joe Farrell (f, ss, ts), Lanny Morgan (f, as), Willie Maiden (cl, ts), Frank Hittner (bcl, bar), Bill Berry, Rolf Ericson, Augustino 'Chet' Ferretti (t), Maynard Ferguson (t, tb, frh), Kenny Rupp, Ray Winslow (tb), Charlie Sanders (b), Jaki Byard (p), Rufus Jones (d), Chris Connor (v)
| 03:22 | April 23 To May 6, 1953 | Concert Taping | If I Should Lose You (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) | |
| April 23 To May 6, 1953 | Concert Taping | Taking A Chance On Love (Vernon Duke, Ted Fetter, John Latouche) | ||
| April 23 To May 6, 1953 | Concert Taping | Jeepers Creepers (Harry Warren, Johnny Mercer) |
The Stan Kenton Orchestra (ldr), Bill Russo (arr, tb), Vinnie Dean, Lee Konitz (as), Bill Holman, Richie Kamuca (ts), Henry "Hank" Levy (bar), Conte Candoli, Marion "Buddy" Childers, Don Dennis, Ernie Royal, Don Smith (t), Bob Burgess, Keith Moon, Frank Rosolino (tb), George Roberts (bt), Sal Salvador (g), Donald "Don" Bagley (b), Stan Kenton (p), Stan Levey (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Please be aware that, in the case of all performances dated March 27 or April 23, those dates refer to the first day of Kenton's 1953 concert engagements at the Blue Note and Birdland Clubs, not to the exact day on which the given performance took place. For the specific days, consult the notes under the sessions dated May 27 - April 9, 1953 and April 23 - May 6, 1953 in this page.
| 01:53 | January 23, 1956 | 1854 | Master | I Get A Kick Out Of You (Cole Porter) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Ahmet Ertegun, Nesuhi Ertegun, Jerry Wexler (pdr), Barry Galbraith (g), Oscar Pettiford (b), John Lewis (p), Connie Kay (d), Chris Connor (v)
| February 19, 1953 | Concert Taping | Jeepers Creepers (Harry Warren, Johnny Mercer) | ||
| February 19, 1953 | Concert Taping | If I Should Lose You (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) | ||
| 01:55 | February 19, 1953 | Concert Taping | September In The Rain (Al Dubin, Harry Warren) | |
| February 19, 1953 | Concert Taping | I'll Remember April (Gene DePaul, Don Raye, Patricia Johnston) | ||
| February 19, 1953 | Concert Taping | Taking A Chance On Love (Vernon Duke, Ted Fetter, John Latouche) |
The Stan Kenton Orchestra (ldr), {Head Arrangement}, Johnny Richards (arr), Bill Russo (arr, tb), Vinnie Dean, Lee Konitz (as), Bill Holman, Richie Kamuca (ts), Henry "Hank" Levy (bar), Conte Candoli, Marion "Buddy" Childers, Don Dennis, Ernie Royal, Don Smith (t), Bob Burgess, Keith Moon, Frank Rosolino (tb), George Roberts (bt), Sal Salvador (g), Donald "Don" Bagley (b), Stan Kenton (p), Stan Levey (d), Chris Connor (v)
| February 19, 1953 | Concert Taping | Don't Worry 'Bout Me (Rube Bloom, Ted Koehler) | ||
| 03:17 | February 19, 1953 | Concert Taping | Tenderly (Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence) | |
| February 19, 1953 | Concert Taping | There Will Never Be Another You (Mack Gordon, Harry Warren) | ||
| 01:46 | February 19, 1953 | Concert Taping | Lullaby In Rhythm (Benny Goodman, Clarence Profit, Walter Hirsch, Edgar Sampson) |
The Stan Kenton Orchestra (ldr), Pete Rugolo (arr), Bill Russo (arr, tb), Vinnie Dean, Lee Konitz (as), Bill Holman, Richie Kamuca (ts), Henry "Hank" Levy (bar), Conte Candoli, Marion "Buddy" Childers, Don Dennis, Ernie Royal, Don Smith (t), Bob Burgess, Keith Moon, Frank Rosolino (tb), George Roberts (bt), Sal Salvador (g), Donald "Don" Bagley (b), Stan Kenton (p), Stan Levey (d), Chris Connor (v)
| February 19, 1953 | Concert Taping | Jeepers Creepers (Harry Warren, Johnny Mercer) | ||
| 03:14 | February 19, 1953 | Concert Taping | Darn That Dream (Ed DeLange, Jimmy Van Heusen) | |
| 03:36 | February 19, 1953 | Concert Taping | You're Mine, You (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman) | |
| 02:26 | February 19, 1953 | Concert Taping | I Only Have Eyes For You (Al Dubin, Harry Warren) | |
| February 19, 1953 | Concert Taping | Everything Happens To Me (Matt Dennis, Tom Adair) |
The Stan Kenton Orchestra (ldr), {Head Arrangement}, Johnny Richards (arr), Bill Russo (arr, tb), Vinnie Dean, Lee Konitz (as), Bill Holman, Richie Kamuca (ts), Henry "Hank" Levy (bar), Conte Candoli, Marion "Buddy" Childers, Don Dennis, Ernie Royal, Don Smith (t), Bob Burgess, Keith Moon, Frank Rosolino (tb), George Roberts (bt), Sal Salvador (g), Donald "Don" Bagley (b), Stan Kenton (p), Stan Levey (d), Chris Connor (v)
| 02:30 | July 28, 1956 | 2064 | Master | I Miss You So (Jimmy Henderson, Bertha Scott, Sid Robin) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Ahmet Ertegun, Jerry Wexler (pdr), Ray Ellis (arr, con), The Ray Ellis Orchestra (acc), Chris Connor (v)
| 03:39 | March 10, 1959 | 3405-stereo | Master | These Foolish Things (Harry Link, Eric Maschwitz aka Holt Marvell, Jack Strachey) |
| 03:14 | January 29, 1959 | 3338 | Master | Bargain Day (William Roy) |
| 03:48 | March 10, 1959 | 3407 | Master | The End Of A Love Affair (Edward. C. Redding) |
| 03:30 | January 29, 1959 | 3341 | Master | Glad To Be Unhappy (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) |
| 05:00 | March 19, 1959 | 3411 | Master | Ballad of the Sad Café (Charles DeForest) |
| 04:23 | January 29, 1959 | 3340 | Master | Good Morning, Heartache (Ervin Drake, Dan Fisher, Irene Higginbotham) |
| 04:27 | March 10, 1959 | 3408 | Master | Something I Dreamed Last Night (Herb Magidson, Jack Yellen, Sammy Fain) |
| 04:51 | March 19, 1959 | 3413 | Master | Lilac Wine (James H. Shelton) |
| 04:52 | January 29, 1959 | 3339 | Master | One For My Baby (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Nesuhi Ertegun (pdr), Ralph Sharon (arr, con), Bobby Jasper (r, f), Morton Lewis, Steve Perlow, Jerry Sanfino, Warren "Champ" Webb (r), Marshal Royal, Phil Woods (as), Frank Foster, Seldon Powell (ts), Charles Fowlkes (bar), Donald Byrd, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Joe Newman, Ernie Royal, Snooky Young (t), Wayne Andre, Eddie Bert, Willie Dennis, Al Grey, Dick Hixson, Frank Rehak (tb), Kenny Burrell, Barry Galbraith, Freddie Green (g), Eddie Jones, Don Payne (b), Stan Free (p), William Exiner, Sonny Payne, Ed Shaughnessy (d), Mac Ceppos, Ray Free, Harry Katzman, Leo Kruczek, Harold Melnikoff, George Ockner, Gene Orloff, Samuel Rand, Tosha Samaroff, Sylvan Shulman, Harry Urbont (vn), Dave Markovitz, Isadore Zirr (vl), Maurice Brown, Dave Sayer (vc), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
A budget release of the 1959 album that bears the same title. Woefully inferior sound quality and no liner notes. Judging from the reprehensive quality of the audio, it stands to reason that the producers resorted to a readily available LP copy for their transfer, not bothering to dig for a finer copy. There are even some audible pops.
| 03:12 | December 17, 1956 | 2245 | Master | Moon Ray (Arthur Quenzer, Paul Madison, Artie Shaw) |
| 03:52 | November 16, 1956 | 2204 | Master | Poor Little Rich Girl (Noel Coward) |
| 04:15 | December 19, 1956 | 2279 | Master | Just Squeeze Me (Duke Ellington, Lee Gaines) |
| 02:15 | December 17, 1956 | 2244 | Master | Fancy Free (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) |
| 02:55 | December 19, 1956 | 2281 | Master | It's A Most Unusual Day (Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh) |
| 03:28 | November 16, 1956 | 2206 | Master | All I Need Is You (Benny Davis, Peter DeRose, Mitchell Parish) |
| 03:48 | November 16, 1956 | 2207 | Master | It Only Happens When I Dance With You (Irving Berlin) |
| 04:19 | December 17, 1956 | 2243 | Master | Lonely Town (Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden, Adolph Green) |
| 03:20 | November 16, 1956 | 2205 | Master | Everything I've Got (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) |
| 02:24 | December 17, 1956 | 2246 | Master | Driftwood (Peter Udel, Tommy Goodman) |
| 02:32 | December 19, 1956 | 2280 | Master | I'm Shooting High (Jimmy McHugh, Ted Koehler) |
| 03:12 | December 19, 1956 | 2278 | Master | My Shining Hour (Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen) |
| 02:32 | September 6, 1959 | 3656 | Master | Misty (Johnny Burke, Erroll Garner) |
| 02:55 | September 6, 1959 | 3655 | Master | Señor Blues (Horace Silver) |
| 02:22 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Lullaby Of Birdland (George Shearing, George David Weiss) | |
| 02:51 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | What Is There To Say? (Vernon Duke, Erwin 'Yip' Harburg) | |
| 03:02 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Try A Little Tenderness (Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly, Harry Woods) | |
| 02:54 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Spring Is Here (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) | |
| 02:42 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Why Shouldn't I? (Cole Porter) | |
| 02:44 | December 17-18, 1953 | Master | Ask Me (Woody Hinderling, Mike Pollard) | |
| 02:43 | December 17-18, 1953 | Master | Blue Silhouette (Murray Semos, Jack Val, Jimmy Dale) | |
| 02:30 | July 28, 1956 | 2064 | Master | I Miss You So (Jimmy Henderson, Bertha Scott, Sid Robin) |
| 02:51 | February 15, 1956 | 1878 | Master | Go 'Way From My Window (John Jacob Niles) |
| 02:16 | October 16, 1956 | 2159 | Master | Trust In Me (Milton Ager, Ned Wever, Jean Schwartz) |
| 02:38 | February 15, 1956 | 1879 | Master | Past The Age Of Innocence (Norman Gimbel, Bill Sawens) |
| 02:42 | October 16, 1956 | 2158 | Master | Time Out For Tears (Abe Schiff, Irving Berman) |
| 02:38 | October 16, 1956 | 2161 | Master | I Love You, Yes I Do (Henry Glover, Sally Nix, Sol Marcus, Eddie Seiler, Guy Wood) |
| 02:19 | July 28, 1956 | 2063 | Master | My Heart Is So Full Of You (Frank Loesser) |
| 02:24 | February 15, 1956 | 1881 | Master | My Ideal (Newell Chase, Leo Robin, Richard Whiting) |
| 02:50 | October 16, 1956 | 2160 | Master | Mixed Emotions (Stuart Louchheim) |
| 02:15 | April 24, 1957 | 2485 | Master | They All Laughed (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:34 | February 15, 1956 | 1880 | Master | Speak Low (Ogden Nash, Kurt Weill) |
| 02:37 | July 28, 1956 | 2065 | Master | Radar Blues (Harry Revel) |
| 02:39 | April 29, 1958 | 3054 | Master | Under Paris Skies (Hubert Giraud, Kim Gannon, Jean Drejac) |
| 02:45 | April 29, 1958 | 3055 | Master | Moon Ride (Margo Guryan) |
| 02:50 | December 22, 1959 | 3984 | Master | Invitation (Paul Francis Webster, Bronislau Kaper) |
| 02:47 | January 28, 1960 | 4241 | Master | I Only Want Some (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) |
| 02:46 | December 17-18, 1953 | Master | Chiquita From Chi-Wah-Wah (Bennie Bonacio, Jimmie La Marge, Jimmie Franklin) | |
| 02:37 | August 21, 1954 | Master | A Cottage For Sale (Larry Conley, Willard Robison) | |
| 02:32 | August 21, 1954 | Master | How Long Has This Been Going On? (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) | |
| 02:26 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Stella By Starlight (Ned Washington, Victor Popular Young) | |
| 02:19 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Gone With The Wind (Herb Magidson, Allie Wrubel) | |
| 02:42 | August 21, 1954 | Master | He's Coming Home (Charles DeForest) | |
| 02:32 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Goodbye (Gordon Jenkins) | |
| 02:54 | August 9-11, 1954 | Alternate Take | Why Shouldn't I? (Cole Porter) | |
| 02:28 | August 21, 1954 | Alternate Take | Stella By Starlight (Ned Washington, Victor Popular Young) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Ahmet Ertegun, Nesuhi Ertegun, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller, Creed Taylor, Jerry Wexler (pdr), Sy Oliver (pdr, arr, con), Tom Dowd (eng), Ray Ellis (arr, con), Ralph Sharon (arr, p), Richard Wess (con), The Vinnie Burke Quartet, The Ray Ellis Orchestra, The Ellis Larkins Trio, The Sy Oliver Orchestra (acc), Sam Most (f), Ronnie Odrich (f, cl), Sid Cooper, Milt Yaner (as), Al Cohn, Boomie Richman, Sam Taylor, Lucky Thompson (ts), Danny Bank, Dave McRae (bar), Jim Bright, Jimmy Nottingham, Doc Severinsen, Red Solomon, Joe Wilder (t), Eddie Bert, Vernon "Vern" Friley, Frank Saracco, Ward Silloway, Kai Winding (tb), Everett Barksdale, Joe Cinderella, Mundell Lowe, Joe Puma (g), Sid Block, Vinnie Burke, George Duvivier, Wendell Marshall, Beverly Peer, Oscar Pettiford (b), Stan Free, Ellis Larkins, Dave Martin (p), Don Burns (pac), Eddie Costa (vib), Jimmy Crawford, Osie Johnson, Art Mardigan, Ed Shaughnessy (d), Francisco "Chino" Pozo (bo), Ramon 'Mongo' Santamaria (cng), Chris Connor (v)
| 03:37 | December 14, 1960 | 5227 | Master | Black Coffee (Joseph F. "Sonny" Burke, Paul Francis Webster) |
Chris Connor, Maynard Ferguson (ldr), Nesuhi Ertegun (pdr), Don Sebesky (arr), Joe Farrell (f, ss, ts), Lanny Morgan (f, as), Willie Maiden (cl, ts), Frank Hittner (bcl, bar), Rolf Ericson, Augustino 'Chet' Ferretti, Rick Kiefer (t), Maynard Ferguson (t, tb, frh), Kenny Rupp, Ray Winslow (tb), Charlie Sanders (b), Jaki Byard (p), Rufus Jones (d), Chris Connor (v)
| 03:50 | June 5, 1956 | 2007 | Master | But Not For Me (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 01:26 | February 1, 1957 | 2323 | Master | Of Thee I Sing (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:31 | February 1, 1957 | 2324 | Master | Strike Up The Band (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:15 | February 1, 1957 | 2325 | Master | I've Got A Crush On You (Ira Gershwin, George Gershwin) |
| 02:00 | February 1, 1957 | 2326 | Master | Soon (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:38 | February 1, 1957 | 2327 | Master | Liza (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Gus Kahn) |
| 03:02 | February 1, 1957 | 2328 | Master | Looking For A Boy (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 01:45 | February 1, 1957 | 2329 | Master | I Got Rhythm (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:09 | February 7, 1957 | 2334 | Master | I've Got Beginner's Luck (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 01:58 | February 7, 1957 | 2335 | Master | Slap That Bass (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 03:35 | February 7, 1957 | 2336 | Master | For You, For Me, For Evermore (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:54 | February 7, 1957 | 2337 | Master | Love Is Sweeping The Country (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:35 | February 26, 1957 | 2384 | Master | The Man I Love (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:24 | February 26, 1957 | 2385 | Master | 'S Wonderful (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 03:16 | February 26, 1957 | 2386 | Master | A Foggy Day (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:36 | February 26, 1957 | 2387 | Master | Summertime (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward) |
| 01:41 | February 26, 1957 | 2388 | Master | There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward) |
| 02:58 | February 26, 1957 | 2389 | Master | I Loves You Porgy (Dubose Heyward, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 01:19 | March 12, 1957 | 2419 | Master | Nice Work If You Can Get It (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:54 | March 12, 1957 | 2420 | Master | Blah Blah Blah (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:10 | March 12, 1957 | 2421 | Master | They Can't Take That Away From Me (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:26 | March 26, 1957 | 2422 | Master | Clap Yo' Hands (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 03:08 | March 26, 1957 | 2423 | Master | Little Jazz Bird (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:15 | March 26, 1957 | 2424 | Master | I Was Doing All Right (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:39 | March 26, 1957 | 2425 | Master | My One And Only (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:12 | April 24, 1957 | 2482 | Master | That Certain Feeling (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:34 | April 24, 1957 | 2483 | Master | Fascinating Rhythm (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 03:16 | April 24, 1957 | 2484 | Master | (Our) Love Is Here To Stay (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:15 | April 24, 1957 | 2485 | Master | They All Laughed (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 04:00 | May 1, 1957 | 2516 | Master | How Long Has This Been Going On? (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 01:48 | May 1, 1957 | 2517 | Master | I Can't Be Bothered Now (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:58 | May 1, 1957 | 2518 | Master | Love Walked In (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:22 | May 1, 1957 | 2519 | Master | Somebody Loves Me (Buddy G. DeSylva, George Gershwin, Ballard MacDonald) |
| 02:33 | May 1, 1957 | 2520 | Master | Embraceable You (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:09 | September 13, 1959 | 3447 | Concert Taping | Strike Up The Band (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Ahmet Ertegun, Nesuhi Ertegun, Jerry Wexler (pdr), Ralph Burns (arr, con), Ray Ellis (arr), Stan Free (arr, p), Ralph Sharon (arr, p, cel), Ralph Burns Orchestra (acc), Herbie Mann, Sam Most (f), Peanuts Hucko (cl), Eddie Wasserman (bcl, ts), Al Cohn (ts), Danny Bank (bar), Joe Newman, Doc Severinsen (t), Eddie Bert, James "Jimmy" Cleveland, Warren Covington, Jim Thompson (tb), Kenny Burrell, Barry Galbraith, Mundell Lowe, Joe Puma (g), Vinnie Burke, Eddie de Haas, Milt Hinton, Wendell Marshall, Oscar Pettiford (b), Hank Jones, Bill Rubenstein (p), Eddie Costa, Milt Jackson (vib), Ronnie Free, Lex Humpries, Osie Johnson, Ed Shaughnessy (d), John Rodrigues (bo), Chris Connor (v), unidentified (spk)
NOTES:
Public Domain issue. Same contents as the official Atlantic CD version of this album, except for the fact that it skips one of the bonus tracks on the Atlantic CD release (the concert version of "Summertime").
| 01:53 | January 23, 1956 | 1854 | Master | I Get A Kick Out Of You (Cole Porter) |
| 03:16 | January 19, 1956 | 1838 | Master | Something To Live For (Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn) |
| 03:00 | February 8, 1956 | 1877-mono | Master | Get Out Of Town (Cole Porter) |
| 03:50 | January 23, 1956 | 1853 | Master | Where Are You? (Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh) |
| 02:15 | February 8, 1956 | 1875 | Master | Anything Goes (Cole Porter) |
| 02:50 | February 8, 1956 | 1874-stereo | Master | You Make Me Feel So Young (Joseph Myrow, Mack Gordon) |
| 03:49 | January 23, 1956 | 1855 | Master | Every Time (Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin) |
| 02:31 | February 8, 1956 | 1876 | Master | Way Out There (George Wallington, Buddy Goodman) |
| 02:45 | January 19, 1956 | 1835 | Master | My April Heart (Buddy Goodman, George Wallington) |
| 02:08 | January 23, 1956 | 1856 | Master | Almost Like Being In Love (Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe) |
| 02:02 | April 29, 1958 | 3057 | Master | Circus (Bob Russell, Louis Alter) |
| 02:34 | July 31, 1958 | 3107 | Master | Flying Home (Lionel Hampton, Benny Goodman, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) |
| 03:46 | June 5, 1956 | 2009 | Master | High On A Windy Hill (Joan Whitney, Alex Kramer) |
| 03:57 | June 5, 1956 | 2006 | Master | 'Round About (Vernon Duke, Ogden Nash) |
| 03:42 | June 6, 1956 | 2012 | Master | Angel Eyes (Earl K. Brent, Matt Dennis) |
| 03:50 | June 6, 1956 | 2013 | Master | You Stepped Out Of A Dream (Nacio Herb Brown, Gus Kahn) |
| 03:46 | June 6, 1956 | 2010 | Master | Why Can't I? (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) |
| 03:11 | June 6, 1956 | 2011 | Master | Suddenly It's Spring (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) |
| 03:43 | August 7, 1956 | 2076 | Master | About The Blues (Arthur Hamilton) |
| 03:43 | June 5, 1956 | 2008 | Master | Oh! You Crazy Moon (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) |
| 03:50 | June 5, 1956 | 2007 | Master | But Not For Me (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 03:30 | August 7, 1956 | 2073 | Master | Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) |
| 04:13 | August 7, 1956 | 2075 | Master | I Wonder What Became Of Me (Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen) |
| 03:53 | August 7, 1956 | 2074 | Master | Thursday's Child (Elisse Boyd, Murray Grand) |
| 03:06 | September 14, 1959 | 3763 | Master | Witchcraft (Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh) |
| September 21, 1959 | 3775 | Master | I'll Never Be Free (George David Weiss, Bennie Benjamin) | |
| 03:42 | October 5, 1959 | 3817 | Master | The Lady Sings the Blues (Alec Wilder, William Engvick) |
| 02:44 | September 21, 1959 | 3774 | Master | Come Rain Or Come Shine (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) |
| 04:15 | October 5, 1959 | 3820 | Master | When Sunny Gets Blue (Marvin Fisher, Jack Segal) |
| 02:34 | September 21, 1959 | 3776 | Master | How Little We Know (How Little It Matters) (Carolyn Leigh, Phil Springer) |
| 02:19 | September 14, 1959 | 3764 | Master | I Hear The Music Now (Sammy Fain, Jerry Seelen, Ambroise Charles Thomas) |
| 03:28 | October 5, 1959 | 3819 | Master | Baltimore Oriole (Hoagy Carmichael, Paul Francis Webster) |
| 02:25 | September 21, 1959 | 3773 | Master | Just In Time (Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Jule Styne) |
| 02:40 | September 14, 1959 | 3765 | Master | Like A Woman (Frank Loesser) |
| 04:13 | October 5, 1959 | 3818 | Master | Skyscraper Blues (Tom Adair, Jenkins) |
| 03:44 | September 14, 1959 | 3766 | Master | You Don't Know What Love Is (Don Raye, Gene DePaul) |
| 02:57 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | All About Ronnie (Joe Greene) | |
| 02:44 | December 17-18, 1953 | Master | Miser's Serenade (Mad Miser Man) (Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, Gimme) (Fred Patrick, Claude Reese, Marvin Fisher, Jack Val) | |
| 02:16 | December 17-18, 1953 | Master | Ev'rything I Love (Cole Porter) | |
| 02:54 | December 17-18, 1953 | Master | Indian Summer (Al Dubin, Victor Herbert) | |
| 02:18 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | I Hear Music (Burton Lane, Frank Loesser) | |
| 02:43 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Come Back To Sorrento (Claude Aveling, Ernesto DeCurtis) | |
| 02:54 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Out Of This World (Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen) | |
| 02:53 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Lush Life (Billy Strayhorn) | |
| 02:28 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | From This Moment On (Cole Porter) | |
| 03:23 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | A Good Man Is A Seldom Thing (Charles DeForest) | |
| 02:33 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Don't Wait Up For Me (Charles DeForest) | |
| 03:06 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words) (Bart Howard) | |
| 02:50 | November 16, 1960 | 5177 | Master | Follow Me (Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe) |
| 02:44 | September 19, 1960 | 4934 | Master | Alone Together (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) |
| 02:54 | October 27, 1960 | 5145 | Master | All Too Soon (Duke Ellington, Carl Sigman) |
| 02:47 | September 19, 1960 | 4935 | Master | Love (Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin) |
| 03:25 | November 16, 1960 | 5179 | Master | Where Flamingos Fly (John Benson Brooks, Harold Courlander, Elthea Peale) |
| 03:02 | October 27, 1960 | 5148 | Master | Here's That Rainy Day (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) |
| 02:26 | September 19, 1960 | 4932 | Master | Day In - Day Out (Rube Bloom, Johnny Mercer) |
| 02:47 | October 27, 1960 | 5147 | Master | If I Should Lose You (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) |
| 02:22 | November 16, 1960 | 5178 | Master | I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) |
| 02:48 | October 27, 1960 | 5146 | Master | Harlequin (George Cory, Douglass Cross) |
| 04:20 | November 16, 1960 | 5180 | Master | I'm Glad There Is You (Jimmy Dorsey, Paul Madeira Mertz) |
| 02:31 | November 16, 1960 | 5182 | Master | Sweet William (Joe Sherman, Sid Wayne) |
| 02:09 | September 13, 1959 | 3447 | Concert Taping | Strike Up The Band (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 03:10 | September 13, 1959 | 3448 | Concert Taping | Misty (Johnny Burke, Erroll Garner) |
| 03:19 | September 13, 1959 | 3449 | Concert Taping | Señor Blues (Horace Silver) |
| 03:17 | September 13, 1959 | 3450 | Concert Taping | Lover, Come Back To Me (Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg) |
| 03:38 | September 13, 1959 | 3462 | Concert Taping | Angel Eyes (Earl K. Brent, Matt Dennis) |
| 02:48 | September 13, 1959 | 3452 | Concert Taping | Hallelujah, I Love Him So (Ray Charles) |
| 02:46 | September 13, 1959 | 3453 | Concert Taping | Poor Little Rich Girl (Noel Coward) |
| 03:49 | September 13, 1959 | 3454 | Concert Taping | 'Round Midnight (Bernie D. Hanighen, Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams) |
| 02:58 | September 13, 1959 | 3451 | Concert Taping | All About Ronnie (Joe Greene) |
| 02:18 | September 13, 1959 | 3458 | Concert Taping | Fine And Dandy (Paul James, Kay Swift) |
| 02:49 | September 13, 1959 | 3459 | Concert Taping | Don't Worry 'Bout Me (Rube Bloom, Ted Koehler) |
| 03:23 | September 13, 1959 | 3460 | Concert Taping | It Don't Mean A Thing (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) |
| 02:35 | September 13, 1959 | 3461 | Concert Taping | Chinatown, My Chinatown (William Jerome, Jean Schwartz) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Ahmet Ertegun, Nesuhi Ertegun, Creed Taylor, Jerry Wexler (pdr), Sy Oliver (pdr, arr, con), Tom Dowd (eng), Ronnie Ball (arr, con, p), Ralph Burns, Richard Wess (arr, con), Jimmy Jones (arr, p), Harry Lookofsky (ccm, vn), The Vinnie Burke Quartet, Ralph Burns Orchestra, Jimmy Jones Orchestra, The Ellis Larkins Trio, The Sy Oliver Orchestra, The Ralph Sharon Group (acc), George Berg (r, f, as), Phil Bodner (r, f, ts, enh), Al Klink, Romeo Penque, Jerry Sanfino (r), Herbie Mann (f, ts), Ronnie Odrich (f, cl), Ray Beckenstein, Sid Cooper, Sam Markowitz, Herman "Hymie" Sche[r]tzer, Phil Woods, Milt Yaner (as), Boomie Richman, Zoot Sims, Sam Taylor, Al Young (ts), Danny Bank, Dave McRae (bar), Jim Bright, Bert Collins, Bernie Glow, Jimmy Nottingham, Bernie Privin, Ernie Royal, Doc Severinsen, Red Solomon, Danny Stiles, Nick Travis (t), Clark Terry (t, fh), Bob Alexander, Robert "Bob" Ascher, Mort Bullman, Willie Dennis, Vernon "Vern" Friley, J. J. Johnson, Frank Rehak, Frank Saracco, Ward Silloway, Chauncey Welsch, Kai Winding (tb), Fred Klein (enh), Jim Buffington (frh), Everett Barksdale, Kenny Burrell, Joe Cinderella, Barry Galbraith, Mundell Lowe, Joe Puma (g), Sid Block, Vinnie Burke, Eddie de Haas, George Duvivier, Milt Hinton, Beverly Peer, Oscar Pettiford (b), Unknown (str), Hank Jones, Ellis Larkins, John Lewis, Dave Martin, Bill Rubenstein, Ralph Sharon, Moe Wechsler (p), Don Burns (pac), Sol Gubin (vib, d, bel), Jimmy Crawford, Lex Humpries, Osie Johnson, Connie Kay, Don Lamond, Art Mardigan, Ed Shaughnessy, Teddy Sommer (d), Bobby Rosengarden (bo), Phil Kraus (per), Tony Bambino, Linda Barnett, Max Cahn, Mac Ceppos, Arnold Eidus, Felix Giglio, Harry Katzman, Leo Kruczek, Joe Malin, David Montagu, Gene Orloff (vn), Henry Pakaln, Isadore Zirr (vl), Maurice Brown, Sidney Edwards (vc), Chris Connor (v), Bob Garrity (spk)
| 03:11 | January 23, 1961 | 5294 | Master | Summertime (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward) |
Chris Connor, Maynard Ferguson (ldr), Nesuhi Ertegun (pdr), Don Sebesky (arr), Joe Farrell (f, ss, ts), Lanny Morgan (f, as), Willie Maiden (cl, ts), Frank Hittner (bcl, bar), Bill Berry, Rolf Ericson, Augustino 'Chet' Ferretti (t), Maynard Ferguson (t, tb, frh), Kenny Rupp, Ray Winslow (tb), Charlie Sanders (b), Jaki Byard (p), Rufus Jones (d), Chris Connor (v)
| 03:22 | March 13, 1958 | 2999 | Master | The Night We Called It A Day (Matt Dennis, Tom Adair) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Nesuhi Ertegun (pdr), Bobby Jasper (f, ts), Mundell Lowe (g), Percy Heath (b), Stan Free (p), Ed Shaughnessy (d), Chris Connor (v)
| 03:22 | April 23 To May 6, 1953 | Concert Taping | If I Should Lose You (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) | |
| April 23 To May 6, 1953 | Concert Taping | Taking A Chance On Love (Vernon Duke, Ted Fetter, John Latouche) |
The Stan Kenton Orchestra (ldr), Bill Russo (arr, tb), Vinnie Dean, Lee Konitz (as), Bill Holman, Richie Kamuca (ts), Henry "Hank" Levy (bar), Conte Candoli, Marion "Buddy" Childers, Don Dennis, Ernie Royal, Don Smith (t), Bob Burgess, Keith Moon, Frank Rosolino (tb), George Roberts (bt), Sal Salvador (g), Donald "Don" Bagley (b), Stan Kenton (p), Stan Levey (d), Chris Connor (v)
| 1987 | Concert Taping | I Feel A Song Coming On (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh, George Oppenheimer) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Jim Coleman (b), Lee Musiker (p), Warren Odze (d), Chris Connor (v)
| 02:25 | September 1965 | 12840 | Master | A Hard Day's Night (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) |
| 03:35 | September 1965 | 12841 | Master | A Taste Of Honey (Ric Marlow, Bobby Scott) |
| 03:35 | September 1965 | 12842 | Master | Downtown (Tony Hatch) |
| 03:25 | September 1965 | 12843 | Master | Feeling Good (Anthony Newley, Leslie Bricusse) |
| 03:35 | September 1965 | 12844 | Master | The Shadow Of Your Smile (Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster) |
| 01:53 | September 1965 | 12845 | Master | Who Can I Turn To (Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley) |
| 02:38 | September 1965 | 12846 | Master | Can't Get Over the Bossa Nova (Steve Lawrence, Eydie Gorme, Marilyn Gins) |
| 02:13 | September 1965 | 12847 | Master | Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte (Mack David, Frank DeVol) |
| 02:41 | September 1965 | 12848 | Master | Dear Heart (Raymond B. "Ray" Evans, Jay Livingston, Henry Mancini) |
| 02:34 | September 1965 | 12849 | Master | Baby, The Rain Must Fall (Elmer Bernstein, Ernie Sheldon) |
| 02:41 | September 1965 | 12850 | Master | Stranger On The Shore (Robert Mellin, Acker Bilk) |
| 03:27 | September 1965 | 12851 | Master | A Quiet Thing (Fred Ebb, John Kander) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Ken Greenglass, At GLG Productions (pdr), Billy Byers (arr), Pat Williams (arr, con), Chris Connor (v)
| 02:25 | September 21, 1959 | 3773 | Master | Just In Time (Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Jule Styne) |
| 02:44 | September 21, 1959 | 3774 | Master | Come Rain Or Come Shine (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Ahmet Ertegun, Nesuhi Ertegun (pdr), Richard Wess (arr, con), George Berg, Phil Bodner, Romeo Penque, Jerry Sanfino (r), Herman "Hymie" Sche[r]tzer (as), Bernie Glow, Bernie Privin, Doc Severinsen (t), Bob Alexander, Robert "Bob" Ascher, Mort Bullman, Chauncey Welsch (tb), Mundell Lowe (g), Milt Hinton (b), Hank Jones (p), Don Lamond (d), Chris Connor (v)
| 03:12 | December 17, 1956 | 2245 | Master | Moon Ray (Arthur Quenzer, Paul Madison, Artie Shaw) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Nesuhi Ertegun (pdr), Ralph Sharon (arr, p), Sam Most (f), Joe Puma (g), Oscar Pettiford (b), Eddie Costa (vib), Osie Johnson (d), Chris Connor (v)
| 01:28 | Within The Second Half Of 1959 | Program 55 | Radio Taping | Strike Up The Band (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 01:58 | Within The Second Half Of 1959 | Program 56 | Radio Taping | Misty (Johnny Burke, Erroll Garner) |
| 02:12 | Within The Second Half Of 1959 | Program 57 | Radio Taping | Señor Blues (Horace Silver) |
| 01:00 | Within The Second Half Of 1959 | Program 58 | Radio Taping | I Hear The Music Now (Sammy Fain, Jerry Seelen, Ambroise Charles Thomas) |
| 01:51 | Within The Second Half Of 1959 | Program 59 | Radio Taping | It Don't Mean A Thing (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) |
| 01:37 | Within The Second Half Of 1959 | Program 60 | Radio Taping | Blow, Gabriel, Blow (Cole Porter) |
| Between 1960 And 1962 | Radio Taping | God Bless The Child (Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog, Jr.) | ||
| January Or February 1960 | Radio Taping | Lonesome Road (Gene Austin, Nathaniel Shilkret) | ||
| January Or February 1960 | Radio Taping | Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most (Fran Landesman, Tommy Wolf) | ||
| January Or February 1960 | Radio Taping | Black Coffee (Joseph F. "Sonny" Burke, Paul Francis Webster) | ||
| January Or February 1960 | Radio Taping | Witchcraft (Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh) | ||
| January Or February 1960 | Radio Taping | Baltimore Oriole (Hoagy Carmichael, Paul Francis Webster) | ||
| Probably 1966 | Radio Taping | Goin' Out Of My Head (Teddy Randazzo, Bobby Weinstein) | ||
| Probably 1966 | Radio Taping | Carnival (Black Orpheus) (George David Weiss, Luiz Bonfá, Luigi Creator, Hugo Peretti) | ||
| Probably 1966 | Radio Taping | Nowhere Man (Paul McCartney, John Lennon) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Ray Bloch And His Orchestra, Chris Connor And Her Trio, Unknown, Other Individuals Unknown (acc), Barry Galbraith, Mundell Lowe (g), Ben Tucker (b), Ronnie Ball (key), Dave Bailey (per), Chris Connor (v)
| 03:46 | August 17 To 19, 1987 | Master | I Never Meant To Hurt You (Laura Nyro) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Helen Keane, Lori Muscarelle (pdr), Mike Abene (arr, key), Bill Kirchner (f, cl, ss, as, ts), Dave Valentin (f), Claudio Roditi (t, fh), Michael Moore (b), Richard Rodney Bennett (key), Buddy Williams (d), Sammy Figueroa (per), Chris Connor (v)
| 03:11 | January 23, 1961 | 5294 | Master | Summertime (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward) |
| 02:34 | January 23, 1961 | 5292 | Master | I Only Have Eyes For You (Al Dubin, Harry Warren) |
| 05:04 | December 14, 1960 | 5226 | Master | It Never Entered My Mind (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) |
| 02:36 | December 5, 1960 | 5216 | Master | Two Ladies In De Shade Of De Banana Tree (Truman Capote, Harold Arlen) |
| 04:17 | December 14, 1960 | 5224 | Master | Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most (Fran Landesman, Tommy Wolf) |
| 04:20 | December 5, 1960 | 5215 | Master | Lonesome Road (Gene Austin, Nathaniel Shilkret) |
| 02:48 | December 14, 1960 | 5225 | Master | All The Things You Are (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) |
| 03:37 | December 14, 1960 | 5227 | Master | Black Coffee (Joseph F. "Sonny" Burke, Paul Francis Webster) |
| 04:23 | December 5, 1960 | 5217 | Master | Happy New Year (Gordon Jenkins) |
| 03:11 | January 23, 1961 | 5295 | Master | That's How It Went, All Right (Andre Previn, Dory Previn) |
| 02:08 | January 30, 1961 | 15652 | Master | I Feel A Song Coming On (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh, George Oppenheimer) |
| 05:00 | December 15, 1960 | 15646 | Master | The Wind (Russ Freeman, Jerry Gladstone) |
| 04:40 | December 15, 1960 | 15645 | Master | New York's My Home (Gordon Jenkins) |
| 03:31 | December 22, 1960 | 15648 | Master | Guess Who I Saw Today (Murray Grand, Elisse Boyd) |
| 03:37 | December 15, 1960 | 15647 | Master | When The Sun Comes Out (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) |
| 02:38 | January 30, 1961 | 15651 | Master | Send For Me (Ollie Jones) |
| 03:44 | December 22, 1960 | 15649 | Master | Where Do You Go? (Alec Wilder, Arnold Sundgaard) |
| 06:41 | January 30, 1961 | 15650 | Master | Something's Coming (Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim) |
| 04:09 | January 30, 1961 | 15653 | Master | Deep Song (Douglass Cross, George Cory) |
| 02:45 | January 30, 1961 | 15654 | Master | Can't Get Out Of This Mood (Frank Loesser, Jimmy McHugh) |
Chris Connor, Maynard Ferguson (ldr), Nesuhi Ertegun (pdr), Willie Maiden (arr, cl, ts), Don Sebesky (arr), Joe Farrell (f, ss, ts), Lanny Morgan (f, as), Frank Hittner (bcl, bar), Bill Berry, Rolf Ericson, Augustino 'Chet' Ferretti, Rick Kiefer (t), Maynard Ferguson (t, tb, frh), Kenny Rupp, Ray Winslow (tb), John Neves, Charlie Sanders (b), Jaki Byard (p), Rufus Jones (d), Chris Connor (v)
| 02:54 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Spring Is Here (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Creed Taylor (pdr), Tom Dowd (eng), The Ellis Larkins Trio (acc), Everett Barksdale (g), Beverly Peer (b), Ellis Larkins (p), Chris Connor (v)
| 02:53 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Lush Life (Billy Strayhorn) | |
| 02:22 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Lullaby Of Birdland (George Shearing, George David Weiss) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Creed Taylor (pdr), Tom Dowd (eng), The Vinnie Burke Quartet, The Ellis Larkins Trio (acc), Ronnie Odrich (f, cl), Everett Barksdale, Joe Cinderella (g), Vinnie Burke, Beverly Peer (b), Ellis Larkins (p), Don Burns (pac), Art Mardigan (d), Chris Connor (v)
| 03:25 | November 16, 1960 | 5179 | Master | Where Flamingos Fly (John Benson Brooks, Harold Courlander, Elthea Peale) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Nesuhi Ertegun (pdr), Jimmy Jones (arr, p), Clark Terry (t, fh), Barry Galbraith (g), George Duvivier (b), Teddy Sommer (d), Chris Connor (v)
| 03:42 | October 5, 1959 | 3817 | Master | The Lady Sings the Blues (Alec Wilder, William Engvick) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Ahmet Ertegun, Nesuhi Ertegun (pdr), Richard Wess (arr, con), George Berg (f, as), Phil Bodner (f, ts, enh), Fred Klein (enh), Jim Buffington (frh), Mundell Lowe (g), Milt Hinton (b), Hank Jones (p), Sol Gubin (vib, bel), Osie Johnson (d), Tony Bambino, Linda Barnett, Max Cahn, Mac Ceppos, Arnold Eidus, Felix Giglio, Harry Katzman, Leo Kruczek, Harry Lookofsky, Joe Malin, David Montagu, Gene Orloff (vn), Henry Pakaln, Isadore Zirr (vl), Maurice Brown, Sidney Edwards (vc), Chris Connor (v)
| 02:43 | December 17-18, 1953 | Master | Blue Silhouette (Murray Semos, Jack Val, Jimmy Dale) | |
| 02:44 | December 17-18, 1953 | Master | Miser's Serenade (Mad Miser Man) (Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, Gimme) (Fred Patrick, Claude Reese, Marvin Fisher, Jack Val) | |
| 02:44 | December 17-18, 1953 | Master | Ask Me (Woody Hinderling, Mike Pollard) | |
| 02:46 | December 17-18, 1953 | Master | Chiquita From Chi-Wah-Wah (Bennie Bonacio, Jimmie La Marge, Jimmie Franklin) | |
| 02:16 | December 17-18, 1953 | Master | Ev'rything I Love (Cole Porter) | |
| 02:54 | December 17-18, 1953 | Master | Indian Summer (Al Dubin, Victor Herbert) | |
| 02:51 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | What Is There To Say? (Vernon Duke, Erwin 'Yip' Harburg) | |
| 02:18 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | I Hear Music (Burton Lane, Frank Loesser) | |
| 02:43 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Come Back To Sorrento (Claude Aveling, Ernesto DeCurtis) | |
| 02:42 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Why Shouldn't I? (Cole Porter) | |
| 03:02 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Try A Little Tenderness (Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly, Harry Woods) | |
| 02:22 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Lullaby Of Birdland (George Shearing, George David Weiss) | |
| 02:57 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | All About Ronnie (Joe Greene) | |
| 02:54 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Spring Is Here (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) | |
| 02:54 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Out Of This World (Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen) | |
| 02:53 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Lush Life (Billy Strayhorn) | |
| 02:37 | August 21, 1954 | Master | A Cottage For Sale (Larry Conley, Willard Robison) | |
| 02:32 | August 21, 1954 | Master | How Long Has This Been Going On? (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) | |
| 02:32 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Goodbye (Gordon Jenkins) | |
| 02:26 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Stella By Starlight (Ned Washington, Victor Popular Young) | |
| 02:19 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Gone With The Wind (Herb Magidson, Allie Wrubel) | |
| 02:42 | August 21, 1954 | Master | He's Coming Home (Charles DeForest) | |
| 02:37 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Blame It On My Youth (Oscar Levant, Edward Heyman) | |
| 04:13 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Ridin' High (Cole Porter) | |
| 02:26 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | It's All Right With Me (Cole Porter) | |
| 01:48 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | All Dressed Up With A Broken Heart (Fred Patrick, Claude Reese, Jack Val) | |
| 02:51 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Trouble Is A Man (Alec Wilder) | |
| 03:26 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | All This And Heaven Too (Ed DeLange, Jimmy Van Heusen) | |
| 02:28 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | From This Moment On (Cole Porter) | |
| 02:45 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | The Thrill Is Gone (Lew Brown, Ray Henderson) | |
| 03:09 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Someone To Watch Over Me (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) | |
| 03:28 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | I Concentrate On You (Cole Porter) | |
| 02:33 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Don't Wait Up For Me (Charles DeForest) | |
| 03:23 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | A Good Man Is A Seldom Thing (Charles DeForest) | |
| 03:06 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words) (Bart Howard) | |
| 01:53 | January 23, 1956 | 1854 | Master | I Get A Kick Out Of You (Cole Porter) |
| 03:16 | January 19, 1956 | 1838 | Master | Something To Live For (Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn) |
| 03:00 | February 8, 1956 | 1877-mono | Master | Get Out Of Town (Cole Porter) |
| 03:50 | January 23, 1956 | 1853 | Master | Where Are You? (Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh) |
| 02:15 | February 8, 1956 | 1875 | Master | Anything Goes (Cole Porter) |
| 03:27 | January 19, 1956 | 1836 | Master | When The Wind Was Green (Don Hunt, Henry Stinson) |
| 03:45 | January 19, 1956 | 1837 | Master | He Was Too Good To Me (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) |
| 02:50 | February 8, 1956 | 1874-stereo | Master | You Make Me Feel So Young (Joseph Myrow, Mack Gordon) |
| 03:49 | January 23, 1956 | 1855 | Master | Every Time (Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin) |
| 02:31 | February 8, 1956 | 1876 | Master | Way Out There (George Wallington, Buddy Goodman) |
| 02:45 | January 19, 1956 | 1835 | Master | My April Heart (Buddy Goodman, George Wallington) |
| 02:08 | January 23, 1956 | 1856 | Master | Almost Like Being In Love (Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe) |
| 03:46 | June 5, 1956 | 2009 | Master | High On A Windy Hill (Joan Whitney, Alex Kramer) |
| 03:57 | June 5, 1956 | 2006 | Master | 'Round About (Vernon Duke, Ogden Nash) |
| 03:42 | June 6, 1956 | 2012 | Master | Angel Eyes (Earl K. Brent, Matt Dennis) |
| 03:50 | June 6, 1956 | 2013 | Master | You Stepped Out Of A Dream (Nacio Herb Brown, Gus Kahn) |
| 03:46 | June 6, 1956 | 2010 | Master | Why Can't I? (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) |
| 03:11 | June 6, 1956 | 2011 | Master | Suddenly It's Spring (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Ahmet Ertegun, Nesuhi Ertegun, Creed Taylor, Jerry Wexler (pdr), Sy Oliver (pdr, arr, con), Tom Dowd (eng), Ralph Burns (arr, con), The Vinnie Burke Quartet, Ralph Burns Orchestra, The Ellis Larkins Trio, The Sy Oliver Orchestra, The Ralph Sharon Group (acc), Herbie Mann (f, ts), Ronnie Odrich (f, cl), Ray Beckenstein, Sid Cooper, Sam Markowitz, Milt Yaner (as), Boomie Richman, Zoot Sims, Sam Taylor, Al Young (ts), Danny Bank, Dave McRae (bar), Jim Bright, Jimmy Nottingham, Red Solomon, Nick Travis (t), Vernon "Vern" Friley, J. J. Johnson, Frank Saracco, Ward Silloway, Kai Winding (tb), Everett Barksdale, Joe Cinderella, Barry Galbraith, Joe Puma (g), Sid Block, Vinnie Burke, Milt Hinton, Beverly Peer, Oscar Pettiford (b), Ellis Larkins, John Lewis, Dave Martin, Ralph Sharon, Moe Wechsler (p), Don Burns (pac), Jimmy Crawford, Osie Johnson, Connie Kay, Art Mardigan (d), Chris Connor (v), Bob Garrity (spk)
NOTES:
Reissues all three of her three LPs on Bethlehem Records (Chris Connor Sing Lullabys Of Birdland, Chris, This Is Chris) plus her two earliest albums on Atlantic (Chris Connor and He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not). The latter is offered in a truncated version, however: Avid includes only the first half of the album (or the first side A of the LP).
| 02:55 | September 6, 1959 | 3655 | Master | Señor Blues (Horace Silver) |
| 02:32 | September 6, 1959 | 3656 | Master | Misty (Johnny Burke, Erroll Garner) |
| 02:45 | April 29, 1958 | 3055 | Master | Moon Ride (Margo Guryan) |
| 02:05 | December 22, 1959 | 3986 | Master | I Sold My Heart To The Junkman (Leon Rene, Otis Rene) |
| 02:50 | December 22, 1959 | 3984 | Master | Invitation (Paul Francis Webster, Bronislau Kaper) |
| 02:39 | April 29, 1958 | 3054 | Master | Under Paris Skies (Hubert Giraud, Kim Gannon, Jean Drejac) |
| 02:18 | January 28, 1960 | 4238 | Master | I Heard A Bluebird (unknown) |
| 02:34 | July 31, 1958 | 3107 | Master | Flying Home (Lionel Hampton, Benny Goodman, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) |
| 02:23 | July 31, 1958 | 3109 | Master | I Won't Cry Anymore (Fred Wise, Al Frisch) |
| 02:02 | April 29, 1958 | 3057 | Master | Circus (Bob Russell, Louis Alter) |
| 02:00 | December 22, 1959 | 3985 | Master | To Each His Own (Jay Livingston, Raymond B. "Ray" Evans) |
| 02:13 | January 28, 1960 | 4239 | Master | Fortune Cookies (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) |
| 03:08 | April 29, 1958 | 3056 | Master | Long Hot Summer (Sammy Cahn, Alex North) |
| 03:03 | March 10, 1959 | 3406 | Master | (I'm Afraid) The Masquerade Is Over (Herb Magidson, Allie Wrubel) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Nesuhi Ertegun, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller (pdr), Ralph Sharon (arr, con), Richard Wess (con), Bobby Jasper (f), Joe Wilder (t), Wayne Andre, Willie Dennis, Dick Hixson, Frank Rehak (tb), Barry Galbraith (g), George Duvivier, Don Payne (b), Stan Free (p), Ed Shaughnessy (d), Ray Free, Harry Katzman, Harold Melnikoff, George Ockner, Gene Orloff, Samuel Rand, Sylvan Shulman, Harry Urbont (vn), Dave Markovitz, Isadore Zirr (vl), Maurice Brown, Dave Sayer (vc), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Reissue of the 1975 Japanese compilation LP of the same title.
| 03:26 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | All This And Heaven Too (Ed DeLange, Jimmy Van Heusen) | |
| 02:32 | August 21, 1954 | Master | How Long Has This Been Going On? (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Creed Taylor (pdr), The Vinnie Burke Quartet, The Ralph Sharon Group (acc), Herbie Mann (f, ts), Ronnie Odrich (f, cl), Joe Cinderella, Joe Puma (g), Vinnie Burke, Milt Hinton (b), Ralph Sharon (p), Don Burns (pac), Osie Johnson, Art Mardigan (d), Chris Connor (v)
| 03:50 | January 23, 1956 | 1853 | Master | Where Are You? (Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Ahmet Ertegun, Nesuhi Ertegun, Jerry Wexler (pdr), Barry Galbraith (g), Oscar Pettiford (b), John Lewis (p), Connie Kay (d), Chris Connor (v)
| 03:58 | October 31, 1952 | Concert Taping | Who Are We To Say? (Gus Kahn, Sigmund Romberg) |
The Claude Thornhill Orchestra (ldr), Dave Figg, Cliff Hoff (cl, ts), Med Flory, Gene Quill (cl, as), Dick Zabach (cl, bar), Rusty Dedrick, Sonny Rich, Nick Travis (t), Milt Gold, Obie Massingill (tb), Al Antonucci (frh), Bill Crow (b), Claude Thornhill (p), Winston Welch (d), Chris Connor (v)
| 02:45 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | The Thrill Is Gone (Lew Brown, Ray Henderson) | |
| 02:00 | January 23, 1955 | Concert Taping | I Hear Music (Burton Lane, Frank Loesser) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Creed Taylor (pdr), The Ralph Sharon Group (acc), Herbie Mann (f, ts), J. J. Johnson, Kai Winding (tb), Joe Puma (g), Milt Hinton (b), Ralph Sharon (p), Osie Johnson (d), Chris Connor (v)
| 03:06 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words) (Bart Howard) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Creed Taylor (pdr), The Ralph Sharon Group (acc), Herbie Mann (f, ts), J. J. Johnson, Kai Winding (tb), Joe Puma (g), Milt Hinton (b), Ralph Sharon (p), Osie Johnson (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Reissued by Ultra-Vybe in 2018.
| 01:53 | January 23, 1956 | 1854 | Master | I Get A Kick Out Of You (Cole Porter) |
| 03:16 | January 19, 1956 | 1838 | Master | Something To Live For (Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn) |
| 03:07 | February 8, 1956 | 1877-stereo | Master | Get Out Of Town (Cole Porter) |
| 03:50 | January 23, 1956 | 1853 | Master | Where Are You? (Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh) |
| 02:15 | February 8, 1956 | 1875 | Master | Anything Goes (Cole Porter) |
| 03:27 | January 19, 1956 | 1836 | Master | When The Wind Was Green (Don Hunt, Henry Stinson) |
| 03:45 | January 19, 1956 | 1837 | Master | He Was Too Good To Me (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) |
| 02:50 | February 8, 1956 | 1874-stereo | Master | You Make Me Feel So Young (Joseph Myrow, Mack Gordon) |
| 03:49 | January 23, 1956 | 1855 | Master | Every Time (Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin) |
| 02:31 | February 8, 1956 | 1876 | Master | Way Out There (George Wallington, Buddy Goodman) |
| 02:45 | January 19, 1956 | 1835 | Master | My April Heart (Buddy Goodman, George Wallington) |
| 02:08 | January 23, 1956 | 1856 | Master | Almost Like Being In Love (Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Ahmet Ertegun, Nesuhi Ertegun, Jerry Wexler (pdr), Ralph Burns (con), Ray Beckenstein, Sam Markowitz (as), Zoot Sims, Al Young (ts), Danny Bank (bar), Nick Travis (t), Barry Galbraith (g), Milt Hinton, Oscar Pettiford (b), John Lewis, Moe Wechsler (p), Osie Johnson, Connie Kay (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
The Atlantic album Chris Connor, included in this set as the fifth out of 20 CDs.
| 03:50 | June 5, 1956 | 2007 | Master | But Not For Me (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:25 | September 21, 1959 | 3773 | Master | Just In Time (Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Jule Styne) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Ahmet Ertegun, Nesuhi Ertegun (pdr), Ralph Burns, Richard Wess (arr, con), Ralph Burns Orchestra (acc), George Berg, Phil Bodner, Romeo Penque, Jerry Sanfino (r), Herman "Hymie" Sche[r]tzer (as), Bernie Glow, Bernie Privin, Doc Severinsen (t), Bob Alexander, Robert "Bob" Ascher, Mort Bullman, Chauncey Welsch (tb), Mundell Lowe (g), Milt Hinton (b), Hank Jones (p), Don Lamond (d), Chris Connor (v)
| 02:22 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Lullaby Of Birdland (George Shearing, George David Weiss) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Creed Taylor (pdr), Tom Dowd (eng), The Ellis Larkins Trio (acc), Everett Barksdale (g), Beverly Peer (b), Ellis Larkins (p), Chris Connor (v)
| 02:45 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | The Thrill Is Gone (Lew Brown, Ray Henderson) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Creed Taylor (pdr), The Ralph Sharon Group (acc), Herbie Mann (f, ts), J. J. Johnson, Kai Winding (tb), Joe Puma (g), Milt Hinton (b), Ralph Sharon (p), Osie Johnson (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Reissued by Ultra-Vybe in 2018.
| 02:53 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Lush Life (Billy Strayhorn) | |
| 02:54 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Out Of This World (Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen) | |
| 02:37 | August 21, 1954 | Master | A Cottage For Sale (Larry Conley, Willard Robison) | |
| 02:32 | August 21, 1954 | Master | How Long Has This Been Going On? (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) | |
| 02:32 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Goodbye (Gordon Jenkins) | |
| 02:26 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Stella By Starlight (Ned Washington, Victor Popular Young) | |
| 02:19 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Gone With The Wind (Herb Magidson, Allie Wrubel) | |
| 02:42 | August 21, 1954 | Master | He's Coming Home (Charles DeForest) | |
| 02:37 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Blame It On My Youth (Oscar Levant, Edward Heyman) | |
| 02:26 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | It's All Right With Me (Cole Porter) | |
| 03:09 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Someone To Watch Over Me (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) | |
| 02:51 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Trouble Is A Man (Alec Wilder) | |
| 01:48 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | All Dressed Up With A Broken Heart (Fred Patrick, Claude Reese, Jack Val) | |
| 03:26 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | All This And Heaven Too (Ed DeLange, Jimmy Van Heusen) | |
| 02:45 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | The Thrill Is Gone (Lew Brown, Ray Henderson) | |
| 03:28 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | I Concentrate On You (Cole Porter) | |
| 02:28 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | From This Moment On (Cole Porter) | |
| 04:13 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Ridin' High (Cole Porter) | |
| 02:57 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | All About Ronnie (Joe Greene) | |
| 02:44 | December 17-18, 1953 | Master | Miser's Serenade (Mad Miser Man) (Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, Gimme) (Fred Patrick, Claude Reese, Marvin Fisher, Jack Val) | |
| 02:16 | December 17-18, 1953 | Master | Ev'rything I Love (Cole Porter) | |
| 02:54 | December 17-18, 1953 | Master | Indian Summer (Al Dubin, Victor Herbert) | |
| 02:18 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | I Hear Music (Burton Lane, Frank Loesser) | |
| 02:43 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Come Back To Sorrento (Claude Aveling, Ernesto DeCurtis) | |
| 03:23 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | A Good Man Is A Seldom Thing (Charles DeForest) | |
| 02:33 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Don't Wait Up For Me (Charles DeForest) | |
| 03:06 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words) (Bart Howard) | |
| 02:22 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Lullaby Of Birdland (George Shearing, George David Weiss) | |
| 02:51 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | What Is There To Say? (Vernon Duke, Erwin 'Yip' Harburg) | |
| 03:02 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Try A Little Tenderness (Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly, Harry Woods) | |
| 02:54 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Spring Is Here (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) | |
| 02:42 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Why Shouldn't I? (Cole Porter) | |
| 02:44 | December 17-18, 1953 | Master | Ask Me (Woody Hinderling, Mike Pollard) | |
| 02:43 | December 17-18, 1953 | Master | Blue Silhouette (Murray Semos, Jack Val, Jimmy Dale) | |
| 02:46 | December 17-18, 1953 | Master | Chiquita From Chi-Wah-Wah (Bennie Bonacio, Jimmie La Marge, Jimmie Franklin) | |
| 01:53 | January 23, 1956 | 1854 | Master | I Get A Kick Out Of You (Cole Porter) |
| 03:16 | January 19, 1956 | 1838 | Master | Something To Live For (Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn) |
| 03:00 | February 8, 1956 | 1877-mono | Master | Get Out Of Town (Cole Porter) |
| 03:50 | January 23, 1956 | 1853 | Master | Where Are You? (Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh) |
| 02:15 | February 8, 1956 | 1875 | Master | Anything Goes (Cole Porter) |
| 03:27 | January 19, 1956 | 1836 | Master | When The Wind Was Green (Don Hunt, Henry Stinson) |
| 03:45 | January 19, 1956 | 1837 | Master | He Was Too Good To Me (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) |
| 02:50 | February 8, 1956 | 1874-stereo | Master | You Make Me Feel So Young (Joseph Myrow, Mack Gordon) |
| 03:49 | January 23, 1956 | 1855 | Master | Every Time (Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin) |
| 02:31 | February 8, 1956 | 1876 | Master | Way Out There (George Wallington, Buddy Goodman) |
| 02:45 | January 19, 1956 | 1835 | Master | My April Heart (Buddy Goodman, George Wallington) |
| 02:08 | January 23, 1956 | 1856 | Master | Almost Like Being In Love (Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe) |
| 03:12 | December 17, 1956 | 2245 | Master | Moon Ray (Arthur Quenzer, Paul Madison, Artie Shaw) |
| 03:52 | November 16, 1956 | 2204 | Master | Poor Little Rich Girl (Noel Coward) |
| 04:15 | December 19, 1956 | 2279 | Master | Just Squeeze Me (Duke Ellington, Lee Gaines) |
| 02:15 | December 17, 1956 | 2244 | Master | Fancy Free (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) |
| 02:55 | December 19, 1956 | 2281 | Master | It's A Most Unusual Day (Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh) |
| 03:28 | November 16, 1956 | 2206 | Master | All I Need Is You (Benny Davis, Peter DeRose, Mitchell Parish) |
| 03:48 | November 16, 1956 | 2207 | Master | It Only Happens When I Dance With You (Irving Berlin) |
| 04:19 | December 17, 1956 | 2243 | Master | Lonely Town (Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden, Adolph Green) |
| 03:20 | November 16, 1956 | 2205 | Master | Everything I've Got (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) |
| 02:24 | December 17, 1956 | 2246 | Master | Driftwood (Peter Udel, Tommy Goodman) |
| 02:32 | December 19, 1956 | 2280 | Master | I'm Shooting High (Jimmy McHugh, Ted Koehler) |
| 03:12 | December 19, 1956 | 2278 | Master | My Shining Hour (Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen) |
| 03:46 | June 5, 1956 | 2009 | Master | High On A Windy Hill (Joan Whitney, Alex Kramer) |
| 03:57 | June 5, 1956 | 2006 | Master | 'Round About (Vernon Duke, Ogden Nash) |
| 03:42 | June 6, 1956 | 2012 | Master | Angel Eyes (Earl K. Brent, Matt Dennis) |
| 03:50 | June 6, 1956 | 2013 | Master | You Stepped Out Of A Dream (Nacio Herb Brown, Gus Kahn) |
| 03:46 | June 6, 1956 | 2010 | Master | Why Can't I? (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) |
| 03:11 | June 6, 1956 | 2011 | Master | Suddenly It's Spring (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) |
| 03:43 | August 7, 1956 | 2076 | Master | About The Blues (Arthur Hamilton) |
| 03:43 | June 5, 1956 | 2008 | Master | Oh! You Crazy Moon (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) |
| 03:50 | June 5, 1956 | 2007 | Master | But Not For Me (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 03:30 | August 7, 1956 | 2073 | Master | Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) |
| 04:13 | August 7, 1956 | 2075 | Master | I Wonder What Became Of Me (Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen) |
| 03:53 | August 7, 1956 | 2074 | Master | Thursday's Child (Elisse Boyd, Murray Grand) |
| 02:30 | July 28, 1956 | 2064 | Master | I Miss You So (Jimmy Henderson, Bertha Scott, Sid Robin) |
| 02:51 | February 15, 1956 | 1878 | Master | Go 'Way From My Window (John Jacob Niles) |
| 02:16 | October 16, 1956 | 2159 | Master | Trust In Me (Milton Ager, Ned Wever, Jean Schwartz) |
| 02:38 | February 15, 1956 | 1879 | Master | Past The Age Of Innocence (Norman Gimbel, Bill Sawens) |
| 02:42 | October 16, 1956 | 2158 | Master | Time Out For Tears (Abe Schiff, Irving Berman) |
| 02:38 | October 16, 1956 | 2161 | Master | I Love You, Yes I Do (Henry Glover, Sally Nix, Sol Marcus, Eddie Seiler, Guy Wood) |
| 02:19 | July 28, 1956 | 2063 | Master | My Heart Is So Full Of You (Frank Loesser) |
| 02:24 | February 15, 1956 | 1881 | Master | My Ideal (Newell Chase, Leo Robin, Richard Whiting) |
| 02:50 | October 16, 1956 | 2160 | Master | Mixed Emotions (Stuart Louchheim) |
| 02:15 | April 24, 1957 | 2485 | Master | They All Laughed (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:34 | February 15, 1956 | 1880 | Master | Speak Low (Ogden Nash, Kurt Weill) |
| 02:37 | July 28, 1956 | 2065 | Master | Radar Blues (Harry Revel) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Ahmet Ertegun, Nesuhi Ertegun, Creed Taylor, Jerry Wexler (pdr), Sy Oliver (pdr, arr, con), Tom Dowd (eng), Ralph Burns, Ray Ellis (arr, con), Ralph Sharon (arr, p), The Vinnie Burke Quartet, Ralph Burns Orchestra, The Ray Ellis Orchestra, The Ellis Larkins Trio, The Sy Oliver Orchestra, The Ralph Sharon Group (acc), Herbie Mann (f, ts), Sam Most (f), Ronnie Odrich (f, cl), Ray Beckenstein, Sid Cooper, Sam Markowitz, Milt Yaner (as), Al Cohn, Boomie Richman, Zoot Sims, Sam Taylor, Lucky Thompson, Al Young (ts), Danny Bank, Dave McRae (bar), Jim Bright, Jimmy Nottingham, Doc Severinsen, Red Solomon, Nick Travis, Joe Wilder (t), Eddie Bert, Vernon "Vern" Friley, J. J. Johnson, Frank Saracco, Ward Silloway, Kai Winding (tb), Everett Barksdale, Joe Cinderella, Barry Galbraith, Mundell Lowe, Joe Puma (g), Sid Block, Vinnie Burke, Milt Hinton, Wendell Marshall, Beverly Peer, Oscar Pettiford (b), Stan Free, Ellis Larkins, John Lewis, Dave Martin, Moe Wechsler (p), Don Burns (pac), Eddie Costa (vib), Jimmy Crawford, Osie Johnson, Connie Kay, Art Mardigan, Ed Shaughnessy (d), Francisco "Chino" Pozo (bo), Ramon 'Mongo' Santamaria (cng), Chris Connor (v), Bob Garrity (spk)
| 04:13 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Ridin' High (Cole Porter) | |
| 02:28 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | From This Moment On (Cole Porter) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Creed Taylor (pdr), The Ralph Sharon Group (acc), Herbie Mann (f, ts), J. J. Johnson, Kai Winding (tb), Joe Puma (g), Milt Hinton (b), Ralph Sharon (p), Osie Johnson (d), Chris Connor (v)
| 02:38 | September 1965 | 12846 | Master | Can't Get Over the Bossa Nova (Steve Lawrence, Eydie Gorme, Marilyn Gins) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Ken Greenglass, At GLG Productions (pdr), Pat Williams (arr, con), Chris Connor (v)
| 02:39 | April 29, 1958 | 3054 | Master | Under Paris Skies (Hubert Giraud, Kim Gannon, Jean Drejac) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Chris Connor (v)
| 03:18 | March 17, 1953 | Concert Taping | Jeepers Creepers (Harry Warren, Johnny Mercer) |
The Stan Kenton Orchestra (ldr), Bill Russo (arr, tb), Vinnie Dean, Lee Konitz (as), Bill Holman, Richie Kamuca (ts), Henry "Hank" Levy (bar), Conte Candoli, Marion "Buddy" Childers, Don Dennis, Ernie Royal, Don Smith (t), Bob Burgess, Keith Moon, Frank Rosolino (tb), George Roberts (bt), Sal Salvador (g), Donald "Don" Bagley (b), Stan Kenton (p), Stan Levey (d), Chris Connor (v)
| 02:12 | March 13, 1958 | 3000 | Master | Blow, Gabriel, Blow (Cole Porter) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Nesuhi Ertegun (pdr), Bobby Jasper (f, ts), Mundell Lowe (g), Percy Heath (b), Stan Free (p), Ed Shaughnessy (d), Chris Connor (v)
| 02:25 | September 1965 | 12840 | Master | A Hard Day's Night (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Ken Greenglass, At GLG Productions (pdr), Pat Williams (arr, con), Chris Connor (v)
| 02:51 | February 15, 1956 | 1878 | Master | Go 'Way From My Window (John Jacob Niles) |
| 02:38 | February 15, 1956 | 1879 | Master | Past The Age Of Innocence (Norman Gimbel, Bill Sawens) |
| 02:19 | July 28, 1956 | 2063 | Master | My Heart Is So Full Of You (Frank Loesser) |
| 02:30 | July 28, 1956 | 2064 | Master | I Miss You So (Jimmy Henderson, Bertha Scott, Sid Robin) |
| 02:42 | October 16, 1956 | 2158 | Master | Time Out For Tears (Abe Schiff, Irving Berman) |
| 02:16 | October 16, 1956 | 2159 | Master | Trust In Me (Milton Ager, Ned Wever, Jean Schwartz) |
| 02:50 | October 16, 1956 | 2160 | Master | Mixed Emotions (Stuart Louchheim) |
| 02:38 | October 16, 1956 | 2161 | Master | I Love You, Yes I Do (Henry Glover, Sally Nix, Sol Marcus, Eddie Seiler, Guy Wood) |
| 02:39 | April 29, 1958 | 3054 | Master | Under Paris Skies (Hubert Giraud, Kim Gannon, Jean Drejac) |
| 02:45 | April 29, 1958 | 3055 | Master | Moon Ride (Margo Guryan) |
| 02:02 | April 29, 1958 | 3057 | Master | Circus (Bob Russell, Louis Alter) |
| 02:34 | July 31, 1958 | 3107 | Master | Flying Home (Lionel Hampton, Benny Goodman, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) |
| 02:26 | July 31, 1958 | 3108 | Master | Hallelujah, I Love Him So (Ray Charles) |
| 02:23 | July 31, 1958 | 3109 | Master | I Won't Cry Anymore (Fred Wise, Al Frisch) |
| 02:55 | September 6, 1959 | 3655 | Master | Señor Blues (Horace Silver) |
| 02:32 | September 6, 1959 | 3656 | Master | Misty (Johnny Burke, Erroll Garner) |
| 02:50 | December 22, 1959 | 3984 | Master | Invitation (Paul Francis Webster, Bronislau Kaper) |
| 02:05 | December 22, 1959 | 3986 | Master | I Sold My Heart To The Junkman (Leon Rene, Otis Rene) |
| 02:18 | January 28, 1960 | 4238 | Master | I Heard A Bluebird (unknown) |
| 02:13 | January 28, 1960 | 4239 | Master | Fortune Cookies (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) |
| 01:58 | January 28, 1960 | 4240 | Master | That's My Desire (Carroll Loveday, Helmy Kresa) |
| 02:47 | January 28, 1960 | 4241 | Master | I Only Want Some (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) |
| 02:56 | May 27, 1957 (10:30 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.) | Television Taping | Love Walked In (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) | |
| 02:34 | May 27, 1957 (10:30 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.) | Television Taping | 'S Wonderful (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Ahmet Ertegun, Nesuhi Ertegun, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller, Jerry Wexler (pdr), Ray Ellis (arr, con), Richard Wess (con), The Ray Ellis Orchestra (acc), Joe Wilder (t), George Duvivier (b), Unknown (b, d), Stan Freeman (p), Chris Connor (v)
| 03:13 | October 22, 1976 (First Of Three Shows) | Concert Taping | I Hear The Music Now (Sammy Fain, Jerry Seelen, Ambroise Charles Thomas) | |
| 02:42 | October 22, 1976 (First Of Three Shows) | Concert Taping | I'm All Smiles (Michael Leonard, Herbert Martin) | |
| 04:53 | October 22, 1976 (First Of Three Shows) | Concert Taping | Good Morning, Heartache (Ervin Drake, Dan Fisher, Irene Higginbotham) | |
| 03:09 | October 22, 1976 (First Of Three Shows) | Concert Taping | More Today Than Yesterday (Pat Upton) | |
| 03:26 | October 22, 1976 (First Of Three Shows) | Concert Taping | I've Gotta Be Me (Walter Marks) | |
| 04:42 | October 22, 1976 (First Of Three Shows) | Concert Taping | I'll Catch The Sun (Rod McKuen) | |
| 03:47 | October 22, 1976 (First Of Three Shows) | Concert Taping | Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home (Free And Easy) (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) | |
| 01:40 | October 22, 1976 (First Of Three Shows) | Concert Taping | The Sweetest Sounds (Richard Rodgers) | |
| 04:24 | October 22, 1976 (First Of Three Shows) | Concert Taping | The Wind (Russ Freeman, Jerry Gladstone) | |
| 03:14 | October 22, 1976 (First Of Three Shows) | Concert Taping | Ridin' On The Moon (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) | |
| 02:37 | October 22, 1976 (Second Of Three Shows) | Concert Taping | The Gypsy In My Soul (Clay A. Boland, Moe Jaffe) | |
| 03:23 | October 22, 1976 (Second Of Three Shows) | Concert Taping | All About Ronnie (Joe Greene) | |
| 03:03 | October 22, 1976 (Second Of Three Shows) | Concert Taping | Spinning Wheel (David Clayton Thomas) | |
| 02:37 | October 22, 1976 (Second Of Three Shows) | Concert Taping | I've Got You Under My Skin (Cole Porter) | |
| 07:03 | October 22, 1976 (Second Of Three Shows) | Concert Taping | Lush Life (Billy Strayhorn) | |
| 03:23 | October 22, 1976 (Second Of Three Shows) | Concert Taping | All Or Nothing At All (Arthur Altman, Jack Lawrence) | |
| 03:37 | October 22, 1976 (Second Of Three Shows) | Concert Taping | God Bless The Child (Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog, Jr.) | |
| 03:22 | October 22, 1976 (Second Of Three Shows) | Concert Taping | Poor Little Rich Girl (Noel Coward) | |
| 02:14 | October 22, 1976 (Second Of Three Shows) | Concert Taping | Things Are Swingin' (Peggy Lee, Jack Marshall) | |
| 03:09 | October 22, 1976 (Second Of Three Shows) | Concert Taping | All Too Soon (Duke Ellington, Carl Sigman) | |
| 02:35 | October 22, 1976 (Second Of Three Shows) | Concert Taping | I Feel The Earth Move (Carole King) | |
| 03:31 | October 22, 1976 (Second Of Three Shows) | Concert Taping | I Get A Kick Out Of You (Cole Porter) | |
| 03:31 | October 22, 1976 (Second Of Three Shows) | Concert Taping | From This Moment On (Cole Porter) | |
| 02:52 | October 22, 1976 (Third Of Three Shows) | Concert Taping | I Hear The Music Now (Sammy Fain, Jerry Seelen, Ambroise Charles Thomas) | |
| 03:30 | October 22, 1976 (Third Of Three Shows) | Concert Taping | Didn't We (Jimmy Webb) | |
| 03:20 | October 22, 1976 (Third Of Three Shows) | Concert Taping | Out Of This World (Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen) | |
| 02:59 | October 22, 1976 (Third Of Three Shows) | Concert Taping | I've Gotta Be Me (Walter Marks) | |
| 04:27 | October 22, 1976 (Third Of Three Shows) | Concert Taping | Here's That Rainy Day (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) | |
| 02:21 | October 22, 1976 (Third Of Three Shows) | Concert Taping | I'm All Smiles (Michael Leonard, Herbert Martin) | |
| 02:49 | October 22, 1976 (Third Of Three Shows) | Concert Taping | More Today Than Yesterday (Pat Upton) | |
| 04:18 | October 22, 1976 (Third Of Three Shows) | Concert Taping | Listen To The Warm (Rod McKuen) | |
| 03:41 | October 22, 1976 (Third Of Three Shows) | Concert Taping | Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home (Free And Easy) (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) | |
| 02:56 | October 22, 1976 (Third Of Three Shows) | Concert Taping | Ridin' On The Moon (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Bill Douglass, William "Bill" Douglass (b), Bob Kaye (p), Eddie Marshall (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Both the release year and the name of the releasing label are tentative bits of data, and could thus be erroneous.
| 02:44 | August 9, 1959 | Concert Taping | I Got Rhythm (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) | |
| 03:21 | August 9, 1959 | Concert Taping | Misty (Johnny Burke, Erroll Garner) | |
| 03:13 | August 9, 1959 | Concert Taping | Señor Blues (Horace Silver) | |
| 02:40 | August 9, 1959 | Concert Taping | Lover, Come Back To Me (Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Chris Connor (v), Other Individuals Unknown (unk)
| 02:30 | July 28, 1956 | 2064 | Master | I Miss You So (Jimmy Henderson, Bertha Scott, Sid Robin) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Ahmet Ertegun, Jerry Wexler (pdr), Ray Ellis (arr, con), The Ray Ellis Orchestra (acc), Chris Connor (v)
| 02:57 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | All About Ronnie (Joe Greene) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Creed Taylor (pdr), Tom Dowd (eng), The Ellis Larkins Trio (acc), Everett Barksdale (g), Beverly Peer (b), Ellis Larkins (p), Chris Connor (v)
| 02:34 | July 31, 1958 | 3107 | Master | Flying Home (Lionel Hampton, Benny Goodman, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Nesuhi Ertegun (pdr), Chris Connor (v)
| 02:37 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Blame It On My Youth (Oscar Levant, Edward Heyman) | |
| 02:26 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | It's All Right With Me (Cole Porter) | |
| 03:09 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Someone To Watch Over Me (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) | |
| 02:51 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Trouble Is A Man (Alec Wilder) | |
| 03:26 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | All This And Heaven Too (Ed DeLange, Jimmy Van Heusen) | |
| 02:45 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | The Thrill Is Gone (Lew Brown, Ray Henderson) | |
| 03:28 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | I Concentrate On You (Cole Porter) | |
| 01:48 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | All Dressed Up With A Broken Heart (Fred Patrick, Claude Reese, Jack Val) | |
| 02:28 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | From This Moment On (Cole Porter) | |
| 04:13 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Ridin' High (Cole Porter) | |
| 02:28 | April 14, 1961 | 35741-8 | Master Take (Capitol) | Kansas City (Mike Stoller, Jerry Leiber) |
| 03:03 | April 15, 1961 | 35748 | Master Take (Capitol) | Basin Street Blues (Spencer Williams) |
| 02:36 | May 19, 1961 (Second of two sessions) | 35955-15 | Master Take (Capitol) | Los Angeles Blues (Quincy Jones, Peggy Lee) |
| 02:50 | April 14, 1961 | 35742-6 | Master Take (Capitol) | I Lost My Sugar In Salt Lake City (Johhny Lange, Leon Rene) |
| 01:50 | April 15, 1961 | 35747-8 | Master Take (Capitol) | The Grain Belt Blues (Dave Cavanaugh aka Bill Schluger, Peggy Lee, Milt Raskin) |
| 03:19 | April 17, 1961 | 35757-10 | Master Take (Capitol) | New York City Blues (Quincy Jones, Peggy Lee) |
| 02:34 | April 15, 1961 | 35743-8 | Master Take (Capitol) | Goin' To Chicago Blues (Count Basie, Jimmy Rushing) |
| 02:34 | April 19, 1961 | 35759 | Master Take (Capitol) | San Francisco Blues (Dave Cavanaugh aka Bill Schluger, Peggy Lee, Milt Raskin) |
| 03:10 | April 17, 1961 | 35758-10 | Master Take (Capitol) | Fisherman's Wharf (Peggy Lee, Milt Raskin) |
| 02:02 | April 15, 1961 | 35746-2 | Master Take (Capitol) | Boston Beans (Dave Cavanaugh aka Bill Schluger, Peggy Lee, Milt Raskin) |
| 02:41 | April 19, 1961 | 35778-17 | Master Take (Capitol) | The Train Blues (Quincy Jones, Peggy Lee) |
| 02:13 | April 19, 1961 | 35777-8 | Master Take (Capitol) | St. Louis Blues (W. C. Handy) |
Chris Connor, Peggy Lee (ldr), Dave Cavanaugh, Creed Taylor (pdr), Benny Carter (arr, as), Richard "Dick" Hazard (arr), Quincy Jones (arr, con), The Ralph Sharon Group (acc), Herbie Mann (f, ts), Buddy Collette, Bill Green (as, ts), Justin Gordon, John "Plas" Johnson, Bill Perkins (ts), Jack Nimitz (bar), Walter "Pete" Candoli, Robert "Bob" Fowler, Conrad Gozzo, Joe Graves, Al Porcino, Jack Sheldon, Ray Triscari (t), Hoyt Bohannon, Vernon "Vern" Friley, J. J. Johnson, Lewis "Lew" McCreary, Richard T. "Dick" Nash, George Roberts, Frank Rosolino, Tom Shepard, Kai Winding (tb), Bob Knight (bt), Dennis Budimir, Joe Puma, Howard Roberts (g), Max K. Bennett, Milt Hinton (b), James "Jimmy" Rowles, Ralph Sharon, Frank Strazzeri (p), Osie Johnson, Stan Levey (d), Frank "Chico" Guerrero (cng), Francisco "Chino" Pozo (cng, per), Chris Connor, Peggy Lee (v)
| 02:18 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | I Hear Music (Burton Lane, Frank Loesser) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Creed Taylor (pdr), Tom Dowd (eng), The Ellis Larkins Trio (acc), Everett Barksdale (g), Beverly Peer (b), Ellis Larkins (p), Chris Connor (v), Bob Garrity (spk)
| 03:10 | December 11, 1961 | 5859 | Master | Opportunity, Please Knock (Oscar Brown, Jr.) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Nesuhi Ertegun (pdr), Al Cohn (arr, con), Gene Quill (cl, as), Phil Woods (as), Oliver Nelson (ts), Sol Schlinger (bar), Joe Newman, Clark Terry (t), James "Jimmy" Cleveland (tb), Ben Tucker (b), Ronnie Ball (p), Dave Bailey (d), Chris Connor (v)
| June 30, 1953 | Concert Taping | If I Should Lose You (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) |
The Stan Kenton Orchestra (ldr), Bill Russo (arr, tb), Don Carone, Lee Konitz (as), Zoot Sims, Eddie Wasserman (ts), Tony Ferina (bar), Conte Candoli, Marion "Buddy" Childers, Don Dennis, Ernie Royal, Don Smith (t), Bob Burgess, Keith Moon, Frank Rosolino (tb), George Roberts (bt), Sal Salvador (g), Stan Kenton (p), Stan Levey (d), Chris Connor (v)
| 05:24 | March 10 & 12, 2001 | Master | Haunted Heart (Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Mike Abene (pdr, arr, p), Ingrid Jensen (t, fh), Chip Jackson (b), Dennis Mackrel (d), Chris Connor (v)
| 03:02 | February 1, 1957 | 2328 | Master | Looking For A Boy (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Ahmet Ertegun, Nesuhi Ertegun, Jerry Wexler (pdr), Ralph Sharon (arr, p), Al Cohn (ts), Joe Newman (t), Milt Hinton (b), Eddie Costa (vib), Osie Johnson (d), John Rodrigues (bo), Chris Connor (v)
| 02:47 | January 28, 1960 | 4241 | Master | I Only Want Some (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller (pdr), Joe Wilder (t), George Duvivier (b), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
This limited vinyl edition does not feature the same Connor track as the main, 2CD edition of the same issue.
| 02:22 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Lullaby Of Birdland (George Shearing, George David Weiss) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Creed Taylor (pdr), Tom Dowd (eng), The Ellis Larkins Trio (acc), Everett Barksdale (g), Beverly Peer (b), Ellis Larkins (p), Chris Connor (v)
| 02:22 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Lullaby Of Birdland (George Shearing, George David Weiss) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Creed Taylor (pdr), Tom Dowd (eng), The Ellis Larkins Trio (acc), Everett Barksdale (g), Beverly Peer (b), Ellis Larkins (p), Chris Connor (v)
| 02:53 | April 23 To May 6, 1953 | Concert Taping | If I Should Lose You (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) | |
| 03:18 | June 2, 1953 | Concert Taping | I Get A Kick Out Of You (Cole Porter) | |
| 03:07 | May 19, 1953 | Concert Taping | Don't Worry 'Bout Me (Rube Bloom, Ted Koehler) |
The Stan Kenton Orchestra (ldr), Pete Rugolo (arr), Bill Russo (arr, tb), Don Carone, Vinnie Dean, Lee Konitz (as), Bill Holman, Richie Kamuca (ts), Tony Ferina, Henry "Hank" Levy (bar), Conte Candoli, Marion "Buddy" Childers, Don Dennis, Ernie Royal, Don Smith (t), Bob Burgess, Keith Moon, Frank Rosolino (tb), George Roberts (bt), Sal Salvador (g), Donald "Don" Bagley (b), Stan Kenton (p), Stan Levey (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
My thanks to Jan Kagenaar for his kind identification of the correct Connor tracks on this CD.
| 03:18 | March 17, 1953 | Concert Taping | Jeepers Creepers (Harry Warren, Johnny Mercer) | |
| 02:25 | April 21, 1953 | Concert Taping | Everything Happens To Me (Matt Dennis, Tom Adair) | |
| 03:17 | March 27 To April 9, 1953 | Concert Taping | There Will Never Be Another You (Mack Gordon, Harry Warren) | |
| 03:36 | February 19, 1953 | Concert Taping | You're Mine, You (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman) | |
| 02:26 | February 19, 1953 | Concert Taping | I Only Have Eyes For You (Al Dubin, Harry Warren) | |
| 01:55 | February 19, 1953 | Concert Taping | September In The Rain (Al Dubin, Harry Warren) | |
| 01:46 | February 19, 1953 | Concert Taping | Lullaby In Rhythm (Benny Goodman, Clarence Profit, Walter Hirsch, Edgar Sampson) | |
| 03:36 | June 9, 1953 | Concert Taping | All About Ronnie (Joe Greene) | |
| 02:18 | April 14, 1953 | Concert Taping | Love Me Or Leave Me (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) | |
| 03:22 | April 23 To May 6, 1953 | Concert Taping | If I Should Lose You (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) | |
| 03:17 | February 19, 1953 | Concert Taping | Tenderly (Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence) | |
| 03:23 | March 27 To April 9, 1953 | Concert Taping | I'll Remember April (Gene DePaul, Don Raye, Patricia Johnston) | |
| 02:24 | April 23 To May 6, 1953 | Concert Taping | Taking A Chance On Love (Vernon Duke, Ted Fetter, John Latouche) | |
| 04:22 | May 12, 1953 | Concert Taping | Everything Happens To Me (Matt Dennis, Tom Adair) | |
| 03:18 | June 2, 1953 | Concert Taping | I Get A Kick Out Of You (Cole Porter) | |
| 03:38 | March 27 To April 9, 1953 | Concert Taping | Don't Worry 'Bout Me (Rube Bloom, Ted Koehler) | |
| 03:14 | February 19, 1953 | Concert Taping | Darn That Dream (Ed DeLange, Jimmy Van Heusen) |
The Stan Kenton Orchestra (ldr), {Head Arrangement}, Johnny Richards, Pete Rugolo (arr), Bill Russo (arr, tb), Don Carone, Vinnie Dean, Lee Konitz (as), Bill Holman, Richie Kamuca, Zoot Sims (ts), Tony Ferina, Henry "Hank" Levy (bar), Conte Candoli, Marion "Buddy" Childers, Don Dennis, Ernie Royal, Don Smith (t), Bob Burgess, Keith Moon, Frank Rosolino, Tom Shepard (tb), George Roberts (bt), Sal Salvador (g), Donald "Don" Bagley, Glen Roberts (b), Stan Kenton (p), Stan Levey, Joe Morello (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
This release contains a total of 20 tracks. Not listed above are the instrumental or spoken tracks which the CD sequences as #1 ("Theme - Artistry In Rhythm"), #18 ("Stan Speaks About Chris"), and #20 ("Theme - Artistry In Rhythm"). A fair amount of these tracks, including the opener, feature spoken introductions from Kenton, who generally favors speaking at some length (i.e., several introductory sentences, rather than a mere name announcement). In those cases where the given performances had already been released before, the inclusion of such introductions on this CD accounts for the timing difference. For instance, this CD's performance of "Taking A Chance On Love" clocks in at 3:16. It features Kenton's opening talk. Previous CD inclusions listed a 2:24 timing, and did not include Kenton's intro.
| 02:34 | April 17, 1952 | 82694 | Master | You're The Cream In My Coffee (Lew Brown, Buddy G. DeSylva, Ray Henderson) |
| 02:54 | April 17, 1952 | 82698 | Master | Raisins and Almonds (Bobby Day, Maurice Sigler) |
| 03:31 | October 21, 1952 | Concert Taping | Come Rain Or Come Shine (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) | |
| 02:48 | October 21, 1952 | Concert Taping | Sorta Kinda (James Oliver Young) | |
| 03:46 | October 21, 1952 | Concert Taping | Wish You Were Here (Harold Rome) | |
| 02:39 | February 11, 1953 | 11115-25 | Master | And The Bull Walked Around, Olé! (Joe Greene, Doug Neal, Betsy Ellis) |
| 02:16 | February 11, 1953 | 11116-7 | Master | Jeepers Creepers (Harry Warren, Johnny Mercer) |
| 02:38 | February 11, 1953 | 11120 | Master | If I Should Lose You (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) |
| 02:50 | April 8, 1953 | 11352-9 | Master | All About Ronnie (Joe Greene) |
| 02:44 | May 25, 1953 | 11559-23 | Master | I Get A Kick Out Of You (Cole Porter) |
| 02:43 | December 17-18, 1953 | Master | Blue Silhouette (Murray Semos, Jack Val, Jimmy Dale) | |
| 02:44 | December 17-18, 1953 | Master | Miser's Serenade (Mad Miser Man) (Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, Gimme) (Fred Patrick, Claude Reese, Marvin Fisher, Jack Val) | |
| 02:44 | December 17-18, 1953 | Master | Ask Me (Woody Hinderling, Mike Pollard) | |
| 02:46 | December 17-18, 1953 | Master | Chiquita From Chi-Wah-Wah (Bennie Bonacio, Jimmie La Marge, Jimmie Franklin) | |
| 02:18 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | I Hear Music (Burton Lane, Frank Loesser) | |
| 02:51 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | What Is There To Say? (Vernon Duke, Erwin 'Yip' Harburg) | |
| 02:43 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Come Back To Sorrento (Claude Aveling, Ernesto DeCurtis) | |
| 02:42 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Why Shouldn't I? (Cole Porter) | |
| 02:22 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Lullaby Of Birdland (George Shearing, George David Weiss) | |
| 03:02 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Try A Little Tenderness (Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly, Harry Woods) | |
| 02:57 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | All About Ronnie (Joe Greene) | |
| 02:54 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Spring Is Here (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) | |
| 02:53 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Lush Life (Billy Strayhorn) | |
| 02:37 | August 21, 1954 | Master | A Cottage For Sale (Larry Conley, Willard Robison) | |
| 02:32 | August 21, 1954 | Master | How Long Has This Been Going On? (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) | |
| 02:19 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Gone With The Wind (Herb Magidson, Allie Wrubel) | |
| 02:54 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Out Of This World (Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen) | |
| 02:32 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Goodbye (Gordon Jenkins) | |
| 02:26 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Stella By Starlight (Ned Washington, Victor Popular Young) | |
| 02:42 | August 21, 1954 | Master | He's Coming Home (Charles DeForest) | |
| 02:37 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Blame It On My Youth (Oscar Levant, Edward Heyman) | |
| 02:26 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | It's All Right With Me (Cole Porter) | |
| 03:09 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Someone To Watch Over Me (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) | |
| 02:51 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Trouble Is A Man (Alec Wilder) | |
| 03:26 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | All This And Heaven Too (Ed DeLange, Jimmy Van Heusen) | |
| 02:45 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | The Thrill Is Gone (Lew Brown, Ray Henderson) | |
| 03:28 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | I Concentrate On You (Cole Porter) | |
| 01:48 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | All Dressed Up With A Broken Heart (Fred Patrick, Claude Reese, Jack Val) | |
| 02:28 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | From This Moment On (Cole Porter) | |
| 04:13 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Ridin' High (Cole Porter) | |
| 02:16 | December 17-18, 1953 | Master | Ev'rything I Love (Cole Porter) | |
| 02:54 | December 17-18, 1953 | Master | Indian Summer (Al Dubin, Victor Herbert) | |
| 03:23 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | A Good Man Is A Seldom Thing (Charles DeForest) | |
| 02:33 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Don't Wait Up For Me (Charles DeForest) | |
| 03:06 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words) (Bart Howard) | |
| 02:51 | February 15, 1956 | 1878 | Master | Go 'Way From My Window (John Jacob Niles) |
| 02:38 | February 15, 1956 | 1879 | Master | Past The Age Of Innocence (Norman Gimbel, Bill Sawens) |
| 02:30 | July 28, 1956 | 2064 | Master | I Miss You So (Jimmy Henderson, Bertha Scott, Sid Robin) |
| 02:19 | July 28, 1956 | 2063 | Master | My Heart Is So Full Of You (Frank Loesser) |
| 01:53 | January 23, 1956 | 1854 | Master | I Get A Kick Out Of You (Cole Porter) |
| 03:16 | January 19, 1956 | 1838 | Master | Something To Live For (Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn) |
| 02:31 | February 8, 1956 | 1876 | Master | Way Out There (George Wallington, Buddy Goodman) |
| 03:07 | February 8, 1956 | 1877-stereo | Master | Get Out Of Town (Cole Porter) |
| 03:50 | January 23, 1956 | 1853 | Master | Where Are You? (Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh) |
| 02:15 | February 8, 1956 | 1875 | Master | Anything Goes (Cole Porter) |
| 03:27 | January 19, 1956 | 1836 | Master | When The Wind Was Green (Don Hunt, Henry Stinson) |
| 03:45 | January 19, 1956 | 1837 | Master | He Was Too Good To Me (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) |
| 02:50 | February 8, 1956 | 1874-stereo | Master | You Make Me Feel So Young (Joseph Myrow, Mack Gordon) |
| 03:03 | February 18, 1952 | 9427-9 | Master Take (Capitol) | Ev'rytime (Tony Iavello, Mel Leven) |
| 02:45 | January 19, 1956 | 1835 | Master | My April Heart (Buddy Goodman, George Wallington) |
| 02:08 | January 23, 1956 | 1856 | Master | Almost Like Being In Love (Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe) |
| 03:46 | June 5, 1956 | 2009 | Master | High On A Windy Hill (Joan Whitney, Alex Kramer) |
| 03:57 | June 5, 1956 | 2006 | Master | 'Round About (Vernon Duke, Ogden Nash) |
| 03:42 | June 6, 1956 | 2012 | Master | Angel Eyes (Earl K. Brent, Matt Dennis) |
| 03:50 | June 6, 1956 | 2013 | Master | You Stepped Out Of A Dream (Nacio Herb Brown, Gus Kahn) |
| 03:46 | June 6, 1956 | 2010 | Master | Why Can't I? (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) |
| 03:11 | June 6, 1956 | 2011 | Master | Suddenly It's Spring (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) |
| 03:43 | August 7, 1956 | 2076 | Master | About The Blues (Arthur Hamilton) |
| 03:43 | June 5, 1956 | 2008 | Master | Oh! You Crazy Moon (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) |
| 03:50 | June 5, 1956 | 2007 | Master | But Not For Me (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 03:30 | August 7, 1956 | 2073 | Master | Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) |
| 04:13 | August 7, 1956 | 2075 | Master | I Wonder What Became Of Me (Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen) |
| 03:53 | August 7, 1956 | 2074 | Master | Thursday's Child (Elisse Boyd, Murray Grand) |
Chris Connor, The Stan Kenton Orchestra, Peggy Lee, The Claude Thornhill Orchestra, Jerry Wald and His Orchestra (ldr), Ahmet Ertegun, Nesuhi Ertegun, Lee Gillette, Creed Taylor, Jerry Wexler (pdr), Sy Oliver (pdr, arr, con), Tom Dowd (eng), Ralph Burns, Ray Ellis (arr, con), Bill Russo (arr, tb), Jerry Wald (con, cl), The Vinnie Burke Quartet, Ralph Burns Orchestra, The Ray Ellis Orchestra, Sid Feller and His Orchestra, The Ellis Larkins Trio, The Sy Oliver Orchestra, The Ralph Sharon Group (acc), Herbie Mann (f, ts), Ronnie Odrich (f, cl), Dave Figg, Cliff Hoff (cl, ts), Med Flory, Gene Quill (cl, as), Dick Zabach (cl, bar), Ray Beckenstein, Sid Cooper, Vinnie Dean, Herb Geller, Lee Konitz, Sam Markowitz, Milt Yaner, Sam Zittman (as), Buddy Arnold, Bill Holman, Richie Kamuca, Boomie Richman, Zoot Sims, Sam Taylor, Al Young (ts), Danny Bank, George Berg, Eddie Caine, Bob Gioga, Henry "Hank" Levy, Dave McRae (bar), Jim Bright, Conte Candoli, Walter "Pete" Candoli, Marion "Buddy" Childers, Rusty Dedrick, Don Dennis, Al Derisi, Maynard Ferguson, Ruben McFall, Jimmy Nottingham, Al Porcino, Sonny Rich, Ernie Royal, Dick Sherman, Don Smith, Red Solomon, Al Stewart, Nick Travis (t), Unknown (t, g, b, p, d), Bob Burgess, Vernon "Vern" Friley, Milt Gold, Jack Hitchcock, J. J. Johnson, Obie Massingill, Keith Moon, Frank Rosolino, Sonny Russo, Frank Saracco, Tom Shepard, Ward Silloway, Kai Winding (tb), Al Antonucci (frh), George Roberts (bt), Everett Barksdale, Billy Bauer, Joe Cinderella, Barry Galbraith, Joe Puma, Sal Salvador (g), Donald "Don" Bagley, Sid Block, Vinnie Burke, Bill Crow, Milt Hinton, Beverly Peer, Oscar Pettiford, Glen Roberts, Eddie Safranski (b), Jack Kelly, Stan Kenton, Ellis Larkins, John Lewis, Dave Martin, Ralph Sharon, Claude Thornhill, Moe Wechsler (p), Don Burns (pac), Jimmy Crawford, Osie Johnson, Connie Kay, Don Lamond, Stan Levey, Art Mardigan, Winston Welch (d), Harry DeAlmeida (tam), Chris Connor, Peggy Lee (v), The Stan Kenton Orchestra (v, bkv), Bob Garrity (spk)
| 02:53 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Lush Life (Billy Strayhorn) | |
| 02:54 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Out Of This World (Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen) | |
| 02:37 | August 21, 1954 | Master | A Cottage For Sale (Larry Conley, Willard Robison) | |
| 02:32 | August 21, 1954 | Master | How Long Has This Been Going On? (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) | |
| 02:32 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Goodbye (Gordon Jenkins) | |
| 02:26 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Stella By Starlight (Ned Washington, Victor Popular Young) | |
| 02:19 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Gone With The Wind (Herb Magidson, Allie Wrubel) | |
| 02:42 | August 21, 1954 | Master | He's Coming Home (Charles DeForest) | |
| 03:14 | May 23, 1958 | 3068 | Master | Moonlight In Vermont (Karl Suessdorf, John Blackburn) |
| 02:35 | February 26, 1957 | 2384 | Master | The Man I Love (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:24 | February 26, 1957 | 2385 | Master | 'S Wonderful (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 03:16 | February 26, 1957 | 2386 | Master | A Foggy Day (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 01:48 | May 1, 1957 | 2517 | Master | I Can't Be Bothered Now (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:33 | May 1, 1957 | 2520 | Master | Embraceable You (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:09 | February 7, 1957 | 2334 | Master | I've Got Beginner's Luck (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:22 | May 1, 1957 | 2519 | Master | Somebody Loves Me (Buddy G. DeSylva, George Gershwin, Ballard MacDonald) |
| 02:15 | February 1, 1957 | 2325 | Master | I've Got A Crush On You (Ira Gershwin, George Gershwin) |
| 03:16 | April 24, 1957 | 2484 | Master | (Our) Love Is Here To Stay (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 01:48 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | All Dressed Up With A Broken Heart (Fred Patrick, Claude Reese, Jack Val) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Ahmet Ertegun, Nesuhi Ertegun, Creed Taylor, Jerry Wexler (pdr), Ray Ellis (arr), Stan Free (arr, p), Ralph Sharon (arr, p, cel), The Vinnie Burke Quartet, The Ralph Sharon Group (acc), Herbie Mann (f, ts), Ronnie Odrich (f, cl), Al Cohn (ts), Danny Bank (bar), Joe Newman, Doc Severinsen (t), Eddie Bert (tb), Joe Cinderella, Barry Galbraith, Mundell Lowe, Joe Puma (g), Vinnie Burke, George Duvivier, Milt Hinton, Wendell Marshall, Oscar Pettiford (b), Don Burns (pac), Eddie Costa, Milt Jackson (vib), Ronnie Free, Osie Johnson, Art Mardigan, Ed Shaughnessy (d), John Rodrigues (bo), Chris Connor (v)
| 02:22 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Lullaby Of Birdland (George Shearing, George David Weiss) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Creed Taylor (pdr), Tom Dowd (eng), The Ellis Larkins Trio (acc), Everett Barksdale (g), Beverly Peer (b), Ellis Larkins (p), Chris Connor (v)
| April 23 To May 6, 1953 | Concert Taping | All About Ronnie (Joe Greene) |
The Stan Kenton Orchestra (ldr), Bill Russo (arr, tb), Vinnie Dean, Lee Konitz (as), Bill Holman, Richie Kamuca (ts), Henry "Hank" Levy (bar), Conte Candoli, Marion "Buddy" Childers, Don Dennis, Ernie Royal, Don Smith (t), Bob Burgess, Keith Moon, Frank Rosolino (tb), George Roberts (bt), Sal Salvador (g), Donald "Don" Bagley (b), Stan Kenton (p), Stan Levey (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Please notice that, in the case of all performances dated March 27 or April 23, those dates refer to the first day of Kenton's 1953 concert engagements at the Blue Note and Birdland Clubs, not to the exact day on which the given performance took place. For the specific days, consult the notes under the sessions dated May 27 - April 9, 1953 and April 23 - May 6, 1953 in this page.
| 03:22 | April 23 To May 6, 1953 | Concert Taping | If I Should Lose You (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) |
The Stan Kenton Orchestra (ldr), Bill Russo (arr, tb), Vinnie Dean, Lee Konitz (as), Bill Holman, Richie Kamuca (ts), Henry "Hank" Levy (bar), Conte Candoli, Marion "Buddy" Childers, Don Dennis, Ernie Royal, Don Smith (t), Bob Burgess, Keith Moon, Frank Rosolino (tb), George Roberts (bt), Sal Salvador (g), Donald "Don" Bagley (b), Stan Kenton (p), Stan Levey (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Please notice that, in the case of all performances dated March 27 or April 23, those dates refer to the first day of Kenton's 1953 concert engagements at the Blue Note and Birdland Clubs, not to the exact day on which the given performance took place. For the specific days, consult the notes under the sessions dated May 27 - April 9, 1953 and April 23 - May 6, 1953 in this page.
| April 23 To May 6, 1953 | Concert Taping | Taking A Chance On Love (Vernon Duke, Ted Fetter, John Latouche) |
The Stan Kenton Orchestra (ldr), Bill Russo (arr, tb), Vinnie Dean, Lee Konitz (as), Bill Holman, Richie Kamuca (ts), Henry "Hank" Levy (bar), Conte Candoli, Marion "Buddy" Childers, Don Dennis, Ernie Royal, Don Smith (t), Bob Burgess, Keith Moon, Frank Rosolino (tb), George Roberts (bt), Sal Salvador (g), Donald "Don" Bagley (b), Stan Kenton (p), Stan Levey (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Please notice that, in the case of all performances dated March 27 or April 23, those dates refer to the first day of Kenton's 1953 concert engagements at the Blue Note and Birdland Clubs, not to the exact day on which the given performance took place. For the specific days, consult the notes under the sessions dated May 27 - April 9, 1953 and April 23 - May 6, 1953 in this page.
| April 23 To May 6, 1953 | Concert Taping | Jeepers Creepers (Harry Warren, Johnny Mercer) |
The Stan Kenton Orchestra (ldr), Bill Russo (arr, tb), Vinnie Dean, Lee Konitz (as), Bill Holman, Richie Kamuca (ts), Henry "Hank" Levy (bar), Conte Candoli, Marion "Buddy" Childers, Don Dennis, Ernie Royal, Don Smith (t), Bob Burgess, Keith Moon, Frank Rosolino (tb), George Roberts (bt), Sal Salvador (g), Donald "Don" Bagley (b), Stan Kenton (p), Stan Levey (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Please notice that, in the case of all performances dated March 27 or April 23, those dates refer to the first day of Kenton's 1953 concert engagements at the Blue Note and Birdland Clubs, not to the exact day on which the given performance took place. For the specific days, consult the notes under the sessions dated May 27 - April 9, 1953 and April 23 - May 6, 1953 in this page.
| 02:18 | April 14, 1953 | Concert Taping | Love Me Or Leave Me (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) | |
| 03:08 | April 14, 1953 | Concert Taping | All About Ronnie (Joe Greene) |
The Stan Kenton Orchestra (ldr), Bill Russo (arr, tb), Vinnie Dean, Lee Konitz (as), Bill Holman, Richie Kamuca (ts), Henry "Hank" Levy (bar), Conte Candoli, Marion "Buddy" Childers, Don Dennis, Ernie Royal, Don Smith (t), Bob Burgess, Keith Moon, Frank Rosolino (tb), George Roberts (bt), Sal Salvador (g), Donald "Don" Bagley (b), Stan Kenton (p), Stan Levey (d), Chris Connor (v)
| 02:25 | April 21, 1953 | Concert Taping | Everything Happens To Me (Matt Dennis, Tom Adair) |
The Stan Kenton Orchestra (ldr), Bill Russo (arr, tb), Vinnie Dean, Lee Konitz (as), Bill Holman, Richie Kamuca (ts), Henry "Hank" Levy (bar), Conte Candoli, Marion "Buddy" Childers, Don Dennis, Ernie Royal, Don Smith (t), Bob Burgess, Keith Moon, Frank Rosolino (tb), George Roberts (bt), Sal Salvador (g), Donald "Don" Bagley (b), Stan Kenton (p), Stan Levey (d), Chris Connor (v)
| 02:24 | April 23 To May 6, 1953 | Concert Taping | Taking A Chance On Love (Vernon Duke, Ted Fetter, John Latouche) |
The Stan Kenton Orchestra (ldr), Johnny Richards (arr), Vinnie Dean, Lee Konitz (as), Bill Holman, Richie Kamuca (ts), Henry "Hank" Levy (bar), Conte Candoli, Marion "Buddy" Childers, Don Dennis, Ernie Royal, Don Smith (t), Bob Burgess, Keith Moon, Frank Rosolino, Bill Russo (tb), George Roberts (bt), Sal Salvador (g), Donald "Don" Bagley (b), Stan Kenton (p), Stan Levey (d), Chris Connor (v)
| 03:51 | April 23 To May 6, 1953 | Concert Taping | I'll Remember April (Gene DePaul, Don Raye, Patricia Johnston) |
The Stan Kenton Orchestra (ldr), Bill Russo (arr, tb), Vinnie Dean, Lee Konitz (as), Bill Holman, Richie Kamuca (ts), Henry "Hank" Levy (bar), Conte Candoli, Marion "Buddy" Childers, Don Dennis, Ernie Royal, Don Smith (t), Bob Burgess, Keith Moon, Frank Rosolino (tb), George Roberts (bt), Sal Salvador (g), Donald "Don" Bagley (b), Stan Kenton (p), Stan Levey (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Please be aware that, in the case of all performances dated March 27 or April 23, those dates refer to the first day of Kenton's 1953 concert engagements at the Blue Note and Birdland Clubs, not to the exact day on which the given performance took place. For the specific days, consult the notes under the sessions dated May 27 - April 9, 1953 and April 23 - May 6, 1953 in this page.
| 02:53 | April 23 To May 6, 1953 | Concert Taping | If I Should Lose You (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) |
The Stan Kenton Orchestra (ldr), Bill Russo (arr, tb), Vinnie Dean, Lee Konitz (as), Bill Holman, Richie Kamuca (ts), Henry "Hank" Levy (bar), Conte Candoli, Marion "Buddy" Childers, Don Dennis, Ernie Royal, Don Smith (t), Bob Burgess, Keith Moon, Frank Rosolino (tb), George Roberts (bt), Sal Salvador (g), Donald "Don" Bagley (b), Stan Kenton (p), Stan Levey (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Please be aware that, in the case of all performances dated March 27 or April 23, those dates refer to the first day of Kenton's 1953 concert engagements at the Blue Note and Birdland Clubs, not to the exact day on which the given performance took place. For the specific days, consult the notes under the sessions dated May 27 - April 9, 1953 and April 23 - May 6, 1953 in this page.
| April 23 To May 6, 1953 | Concert Taping | All About Ronnie (Joe Greene) |
The Stan Kenton Orchestra (ldr), Bill Russo (arr, tb), Vinnie Dean, Lee Konitz (as), Bill Holman, Richie Kamuca (ts), Henry "Hank" Levy (bar), Conte Candoli, Marion "Buddy" Childers, Don Dennis, Ernie Royal, Don Smith (t), Bob Burgess, Keith Moon, Frank Rosolino (tb), George Roberts (bt), Sal Salvador (g), Donald "Don" Bagley (b), Stan Kenton (p), Stan Levey (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Please be aware that, in the case of all performances dated March 27 or April 23, those dates refer to the first day of Kenton's 1953 concert engagements at the Blue Note and Birdland Clubs, not to the exact day on which the given performance took place. For the specific days, consult the notes under the sessions dated May 27 - April 9, 1953 and April 23 - May 6, 1953 in this page.
| 03:07 | May 19, 1953 | Concert Taping | Don't Worry 'Bout Me (Rube Bloom, Ted Koehler) |
The Stan Kenton Orchestra (ldr), Pete Rugolo (arr), Don Carone, Lee Konitz (as), Bill Holman, Richie Kamuca (ts), Henry "Hank" Levy (bar), Conte Candoli, Marion "Buddy" Childers, Don Dennis, Ernie Royal, Don Smith (t), Bob Burgess, Keith Moon, Frank Rosolino, Bill Russo (tb), George Roberts (bt), Sal Salvador (g), Donald "Don" Bagley (b), Stan Kenton (p), Stan Levey (d), Chris Connor (v)
| 03:36 | June 9, 1953 | Concert Taping | All About Ronnie (Joe Greene) |
The Stan Kenton Orchestra (ldr), Bill Russo (arr, tb), Don Carone, Lee Konitz (as), Bill Holman, Zoot Sims (ts), Tony Ferina (bar), Conte Candoli, Marion "Buddy" Childers, Don Dennis, Ernie Royal, Don Smith (t), Bob Burgess, Keith Moon, Frank Rosolino (tb), George Roberts (bt), Sal Salvador (g), Donald "Don" Bagley (b), Stan Kenton (p), Stan Levey (d), Chris Connor (v)
| March 27 To April 9, 1953 | Concert Taping | Jeepers Creepers (Harry Warren, Johnny Mercer) |
The Stan Kenton Orchestra (ldr), Bill Russo (arr, tb), Vinnie Dean, Lee Konitz (as), Bill Holman, Richie Kamuca (ts), Henry "Hank" Levy (bar), Conte Candoli, Marion "Buddy" Childers, Don Dennis, Ernie Royal, Don Smith (t), Bob Burgess, Keith Moon, Frank Rosolino, Tom Shepard (tb), George Roberts (bt), Sal Salvador (g), Glen Roberts (b), Stan Kenton (p), Stan Levey (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Please be aware that, in the case of all performances dated March 27 or April 23, those dates refer to the first day of Kenton's 1953 concert engagements at the Blue Note and Birdland Clubs, not to the exact day on which the given performance took place. For the specific days, consult the notes under the sessions dated May 27 - April 9, 1953 and April 23 - May 6, 1953 in this page.
| 02:39 | February 11, 1953 | 11115-25 | Master | And The Bull Walked Around, Olé! (Joe Greene, Doug Neal, Betsy Ellis) |
| 02:16 | February 11, 1953 | 11116-7 | Master | Jeepers Creepers (Harry Warren, Johnny Mercer) |
| 02:38 | February 11, 1953 | 11120 | Master | If I Should Lose You (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) |
| 02:50 | April 8, 1953 | 11352-9 | Master | All About Ronnie (Joe Greene) |
The Stan Kenton Orchestra (ldr), Lee Gillette (pdr), Bill Russo (arr, tb), Vinnie Dean, Lee Konitz (as), Bill Holman, Richie Kamuca (ts), Bob Gioga, Henry "Hank" Levy (bar), Conte Candoli, Walter "Pete" Candoli, Marion "Buddy" Childers, Don Dennis, Maynard Ferguson, Ruben McFall, Ernie Royal, Don Smith (t), Bob Burgess, Keith Moon, Frank Rosolino, Tom Shepard (tb), George Roberts (bt), Sal Salvador (g), Donald "Don" Bagley, Glen Roberts (b), Stan Kenton (p), Stan Levey (d), Harry DeAlmeida (tam), Chris Connor (v), The Stan Kenton Orchestra (bkv)
NOTES:
According to Michael Sparke in his book Stan Kenton: The Studio Sessions, this LP contains, as shown above, the Kenton-Connor master of "All About Ronnie" that was originally left unissued. This master was also included in the 1991 Mosaic set The Complete Capitol Recordings Of The Holman And Russo Charts.
| 02:39 | February 11, 1953 | 11115-25 | Master | And The Bull Walked Around, Olé! (Joe Greene, Doug Neal, Betsy Ellis) |
| 02:16 | February 11, 1953 | 11116-7 | Master | Jeepers Creepers (Harry Warren, Johnny Mercer) |
| 02:47 | April 8, 1953 | 11354-6 | Master | Baia (Ary Barroso) |
The Stan Kenton Orchestra (ldr), Lee Gillette (pdr), Bill Russo (arr, tb), Vinnie Dean, Lee Konitz (as), Bill Holman, Richie Kamuca (ts), Bob Gioga, Henry "Hank" Levy (bar), Conte Candoli, Walter "Pete" Candoli, Marion "Buddy" Childers, Don Dennis, Maynard Ferguson, Ruben McFall, Ernie Royal, Don Smith (t), Bob Burgess, Keith Moon, Frank Rosolino, Tom Shepard (tb), George Roberts (bt), Sal Salvador (g), Donald "Don" Bagley, Glen Roberts (b), Stan Kenton (p), Stan Levey (d), Harry DeAlmeida (tam), Chris Connor (v), The Stan Kenton Orchestra (bkv)
| 02:46 | May 25, 1953 | 11446-13 | Master | All About Ronnie (Joe Greene) |
| 02:44 | May 25, 1953 | 11559-23 | Master | I Get A Kick Out Of You (Cole Porter) |
The Stan Kenton Orchestra (ldr), Bill Russo (arr), Vinnie Dean, Lee Konitz (as), Bill Holman, Richie Kamuca (ts), Bob Gioga (bar), Conte Candoli, Walter "Pete" Candoli, Marion "Buddy" Childers, Don Dennis, Ernie Royal, Don Smith (t), Bob Burgess, Keith Moon, Frank Rosolino, Tom Shepard (tb), George Roberts (bt), Sal Salvador (g), Donald "Don" Bagley (b), Stan Kenton (p), Stan Levey (d), Harry DeAlmeida (tam), Chris Connor, The Stan Kenton Orchestra (v)
| March 27 To April 9, 1953 | Concert Taping | Jeepers Creepers (Harry Warren, Johnny Mercer) |
The Stan Kenton Orchestra (ldr), Bill Russo (arr, tb), Vinnie Dean, Lee Konitz (as), Bill Holman, Richie Kamuca (ts), Henry "Hank" Levy (bar), Conte Candoli, Marion "Buddy" Childers, Don Dennis, Ernie Royal, Don Smith (t), Bob Burgess, Keith Moon, Frank Rosolino, Tom Shepard (tb), George Roberts (bt), Sal Salvador (g), Glen Roberts (b), Stan Kenton (p), Stan Levey (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Please be aware that, in the case of all performances dated March 27 or April 23, those dates refer to the first day of Kenton's 1953 concert engagements at the Blue Note and Birdland Clubs, not to the exact day on which the given performance took place. For the specific days, consult the notes under the sessions dated May 27 - April 9, 1953 and April 23 - May 6, 1953 in this page.
| 02:18 | April 14, 1953 | Concert Taping | Love Me Or Leave Me (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) | |
| 03:08 | April 14, 1953 | Concert Taping | All About Ronnie (Joe Greene) |
The Stan Kenton Orchestra (ldr), Bill Russo (arr, tb), Vinnie Dean, Lee Konitz (as), Bill Holman, Richie Kamuca (ts), Henry "Hank" Levy (bar), Conte Candoli, Marion "Buddy" Childers, Don Dennis, Ernie Royal, Don Smith (t), Bob Burgess, Keith Moon, Frank Rosolino (tb), George Roberts (bt), Sal Salvador (g), Donald "Don" Bagley (b), Stan Kenton (p), Stan Levey (d), Chris Connor (v)
| 03:36 | June 9, 1953 | Concert Taping | All About Ronnie (Joe Greene) |
The Stan Kenton Orchestra (ldr), Bill Russo (arr, tb), Don Carone, Lee Konitz (as), Bill Holman, Zoot Sims (ts), Tony Ferina (bar), Conte Candoli, Marion "Buddy" Childers, Don Dennis, Ernie Royal, Don Smith (t), Bob Burgess, Keith Moon, Frank Rosolino (tb), George Roberts (bt), Sal Salvador (g), Donald "Don" Bagley (b), Stan Kenton (p), Stan Levey (d), Chris Connor (v)
| 02:25 | April 21, 1953 | Concert Taping | Everything Happens To Me (Matt Dennis, Tom Adair) | |
| 03:07 | May 19, 1953 | Concert Taping | Don't Worry 'Bout Me (Rube Bloom, Ted Koehler) | |
| 03:18 | June 2, 1953 | Concert Taping | I Get A Kick Out Of You (Cole Porter) | |
| 02:24 | April 23 To May 6, 1953 | Concert Taping | Taking A Chance On Love (Vernon Duke, Ted Fetter, John Latouche) | |
| 03:17 | April 23 To May 6, 1953 | Concert Taping | Don't Worry 'Bout Me (Rube Bloom, Ted Koehler) |
The Stan Kenton Orchestra (ldr), Johnny Richards, Pete Rugolo (arr), Bill Russo (arr, tb), Don Carone, Vinnie Dean, Lee Konitz (as), Bill Holman, Richie Kamuca (ts), Tony Ferina, Henry "Hank" Levy (bar), Conte Candoli, Marion "Buddy" Childers, Don Dennis, Ernie Royal, Don Smith (t), Bob Burgess, Keith Moon, Frank Rosolino (tb), George Roberts (bt), Sal Salvador (g), Donald "Don" Bagley (b), Stan Kenton (p), Stan Levey (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Please be aware that, in the case of all performances dated March 27 or April 23, those dates refer to the first day of Kenton's 1953 concert engagements at the Blue Note and Birdland Clubs, not to the exact day on which the given performance took place. For the specific days, consult the notes under the sessions dated May 27 - April 9, 1953 and April 23 - May 6, 1953 in this page.
| 03:08 | April 14, 1953 | Concert Taping | All About Ronnie (Joe Greene) | |
| 02:18 | April 14, 1953 | Concert Taping | Love Me Or Leave Me (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) |
The Stan Kenton Orchestra (ldr), Bill Russo (arr, tb), Vinnie Dean, Lee Konitz (as), Bill Holman, Richie Kamuca (ts), Henry "Hank" Levy (bar), Conte Candoli, Marion "Buddy" Childers, Don Dennis, Ernie Royal, Don Smith (t), Bob Burgess, Keith Moon, Frank Rosolino (tb), George Roberts (bt), Sal Salvador (g), Donald "Don" Bagley (b), Stan Kenton (p), Stan Levey (d), Chris Connor (v)
| 03:01 | January 6, 1949 | D9-BV-0049 | Master | There's A Small Hotel (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) |
| 03:15 | January 6, 1949 | D9-VB-0048 | Master | I Don't Know Why (Roy Turk, Fred E. Ahlert) |
The Claude Thornhill Orchestra (ldr), Gil Evans (arr), Claude Thornhill (arr, con, p), Danny Polo, Jerry Therkeld (cl, as), Drew Moore, Mario Rollo (ts), Bill Bushey (bar), John Carisi, John Napton, Gene Roland (t), Leon Cox, Allan Langstaff (tb), Addison Collins, Arthur Sussman (frh), Barry Galbraith (g), Joe Shulman (b), William Exiner (d), Chris Connor, The Snowflakes (v)
NOTES:
This album was (also) issued by the Spanish label Fresh Sound Records in 1972. (I have never seen an actually copy of this LP. Hence I can only trust that my sources are correct in claiming that it exists. Online, copies of the Fresh Sound LP are often identified as RCA copies. Fresh Sounds reissue LPs such as that one identify themselves on the back cover. Their front covers tend to be exact reproductions of the original issues, thereby carrying the logo of the original label.)
| 03:01 | January 6, 1949 | D9-BV-0049 | Master | There's A Small Hotel (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) |
| 03:15 | January 6, 1949 | D9-VB-0048 | Master | I Don't Know Why (Roy Turk, Fred E. Ahlert) |
The Claude Thornhill Orchestra (ldr), Gil Evans (arr), Claude Thornhill (arr, con, p), Danny Polo, Jerry Therkeld (cl, as), Drew Moore, Mario Rollo (ts), Bill Bushey (bar), John Carisi, John Napton, Gene Roland (t), Leon Cox, Allan Langstaff (tb), Addison Collins, Arthur Sussman (frh), Barry Galbraith (g), Joe Shulman (b), William Exiner (d), Chris Connor, The Snowflakes (v)
| 02:34 | April 17, 1952 | 82694 | Master | You're The Cream In My Coffee (Lew Brown, Buddy G. DeSylva, Ray Henderson) |
| 03:04 | April 17, 1952 | 82697 | Master | Pennies From Heaven (Johnny Burke, Arthur Johnston) |
Jerry Wald and His Orchestra (ldr), Jerry Wald (con, cl), Herb Geller, Sam Zittman (as), Buddy Arnold (ts), George Berg, Eddie Caine (bar), Al Derisi, Al Porcino, Dick Sherman, Al Stewart (t), Jack Hitchcock, Sonny Russo (tb), Billy Bauer (g), Eddie Safranski (b), Jack Kelly (p), Don Lamond (d), Chris Connor (v)
| 02:45 | 1963 | Master | Humdrum Blues (Oscar Brown, Jr.) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Alan Douglas (pdr), Michel Colombier Orchestra (acc), Chris Connor (v), Les Double Six (bkv)
| 02:26 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Stella By Starlight (Ned Washington, Victor Popular Young) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Creed Taylor (pdr), The Vinnie Burke Quartet (acc), Ronnie Odrich (f, cl), Joe Cinderella (g), Vinnie Burke (b), Don Burns (pac), Art Mardigan (d), Chris Connor (v)
| 02:19 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Gone With The Wind (Herb Magidson, Allie Wrubel) | |
| 02:45 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | The Thrill Is Gone (Lew Brown, Ray Henderson) | |
| 01:48 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | All Dressed Up With A Broken Heart (Fred Patrick, Claude Reese, Jack Val) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Creed Taylor (pdr), The Vinnie Burke Quartet, The Ralph Sharon Group (acc), Herbie Mann (f, ts), Ronnie Odrich (f, cl), J. J. Johnson, Kai Winding (tb), Joe Cinderella, Joe Puma (g), Vinnie Burke, Milt Hinton (b), Ralph Sharon (p), Don Burns (pac), Osie Johnson, Art Mardigan (d), Chris Connor (v)
| 02:55 | December 19, 1956 | 2281 | Master | It's A Most Unusual Day (Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Nesuhi Ertegun (pdr), Ralph Sharon (arr, p), Al Cohn, Lucky Thompson (ts), Oscar Pettiford (b), Eddie Costa (vib), Osie Johnson (d), Francisco "Chino" Pozo (bo), Ramon 'Mongo' Santamaria (cng), Chris Connor (v)
| 02:24 | April 23 To May 6, 1953 | Concert Taping | Taking A Chance On Love (Vernon Duke, Ted Fetter, John Latouche) |
The Stan Kenton Orchestra (ldr), Johnny Richards (arr), Vinnie Dean, Lee Konitz (as), Bill Holman, Richie Kamuca (ts), Henry "Hank" Levy (bar), Conte Candoli, Marion "Buddy" Childers, Don Dennis, Ernie Royal, Don Smith (t), Bob Burgess, Keith Moon, Frank Rosolino, Bill Russo (tb), George Roberts (bt), Sal Salvador (g), Donald "Don" Bagley (b), Stan Kenton (p), Stan Levey (d), Chris Connor (v)
| 02:24 | February 26, 1957 | 2385 | Master | 'S Wonderful (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Ahmet Ertegun, Nesuhi Ertegun, Jerry Wexler (pdr), Ralph Sharon (arr, p), Oscar Pettiford (b), Osie Johnson (d), Chris Connor (v)
| 02:19 | September 14, 1959 | 3764 | Master | I Hear The Music Now (Sammy Fain, Jerry Seelen, Ambroise Charles Thomas) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Ahmet Ertegun, Nesuhi Ertegun (pdr), Richard Wess (arr, con), George Berg, Phil Bodner, Al Klink, Romeo Penque, Jerry Sanfino (r), Bernie Glow, Jimmy Nottingham, Bernie Privin, Ernie Royal (t), Bob Alexander, Mort Bullman, Frank Rehak, Chauncey Welsch (tb), Mundell Lowe (g), Milt Hinton (b), Hank Jones (p), Sol Gubin, Don Lamond (d), Bobby Rosengarden (bo), Phil Kraus (per), Chris Connor (v)
| 02:57 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | All About Ronnie (Joe Greene) | |
| 02:28 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | From This Moment On (Cole Porter) | |
| 02:54 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Spring Is Here (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) | |
| 02:32 | August 21, 1954 | Master | How Long Has This Been Going On? (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) | |
| 02:51 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | Trouble Is A Man (Alec Wilder) | |
| 02:22 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Lullaby Of Birdland (George Shearing, George David Weiss) | |
| 02:19 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Gone With The Wind (Herb Magidson, Allie Wrubel) | |
| 02:43 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Come Back To Sorrento (Claude Aveling, Ernesto DeCurtis) | |
| 02:45 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | The Thrill Is Gone (Lew Brown, Ray Henderson) | |
| 03:02 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Try A Little Tenderness (Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly, Harry Woods) | |
| 03:28 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | I Concentrate On You (Cole Porter) | |
| 02:37 | August 21, 1954 | Master | A Cottage For Sale (Larry Conley, Willard Robison) | |
| 02:26 | April 1955 (First Out Of Two Dates) | Master | It's All Right With Me (Cole Porter) | |
| 02:32 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Goodbye (Gordon Jenkins) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Creed Taylor (pdr), Tom Dowd (eng), The Vinnie Burke Quartet, The Ellis Larkins Trio, The Ralph Sharon Group (acc), Herbie Mann (f, ts), Ronnie Odrich (f, cl), J. J. Johnson, Kai Winding (tb), Everett Barksdale, Joe Cinderella, Joe Puma (g), Vinnie Burke, Milt Hinton, Beverly Peer (b), Ellis Larkins, Ralph Sharon (p), Don Burns (pac), Osie Johnson, Art Mardigan (d), Chris Connor (v)
| 02:22 | May 1, 1957 | 2519 | Master | Somebody Loves Me (Buddy G. DeSylva, George Gershwin, Ballard MacDonald) |
| 02:26 | July 31, 1958 | 3108 | Master | Hallelujah, I Love Him So (Ray Charles) |
| 01:53 | January 23, 1956 | 1854 | Master | I Get A Kick Out Of You (Cole Porter) |
| 03:16 | February 26, 1957 | 2386 | Master | A Foggy Day (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 03:16 | April 24, 1957 | 2484 | Master | (Our) Love Is Here To Stay (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:24 | February 26, 1957 | 2385 | Master | 'S Wonderful (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 03:50 | June 5, 1956 | 2007 | Master | But Not For Me (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:48 | December 14, 1960 | 5225 | Master | All The Things You Are (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) |
| 03:37 | December 14, 1960 | 5227 | Master | Black Coffee (Joseph F. "Sonny" Burke, Paul Francis Webster) |
| 02:36 | February 26, 1957 | 2387 | Master | Summertime (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward) |
| 02:32 | September 6, 1959 | 3656 | Master | Misty (Johnny Burke, Erroll Garner) |
| 02:19 | September 14, 1959 | 3764 | Master | I Hear The Music Now (Sammy Fain, Jerry Seelen, Ambroise Charles Thomas) |
| 02:47 | January 28, 1960 | 4241 | Master | I Only Want Some (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) |
| 01:58 | January 28, 1960 | 4240 | Master | That's My Desire (Carroll Loveday, Helmy Kresa) |
Chris Connor, Maynard Ferguson (ldr), Ahmet Ertegun, Nesuhi Ertegun, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller, Jerry Wexler (pdr), Ralph Burns, Richard Wess (arr, con), Ray Ellis, Don Sebesky (arr), Stan Free, Ralph Sharon (arr, p), Willie Maiden (arr, cl, ts), Ralph Burns Orchestra (acc), George Berg, Phil Bodner, Al Klink, Romeo Penque, Jerry Sanfino (r), Joe Farrell (f, ss, ts), Lanny Morgan (f, as), Frank Hittner (bcl, bar), Al Cohn (ts), Danny Bank (bar), Rolf Ericson, Augustino 'Chet' Ferretti, Bernie Glow, Rick Kiefer, Jimmy Nottingham, Bernie Privin, Ernie Royal, Doc Severinsen, Joe Wilder (t), Maynard Ferguson (t, tb, frh), Bob Alexander, Eddie Bert, Mort Bullman, Frank Rehak, Kenny Rupp, Chauncey Welsch, Ray Winslow (tb), Barry Galbraith, Mundell Lowe (g), George Duvivier, Milt Hinton, Wendell Marshall, Oscar Pettiford, Charlie Sanders (b), Jaki Byard, Hank Jones, John Lewis (p), Milt Jackson (vib), Sol Gubin, Osie Johnson, Rufus Jones, Connie Kay, Don Lamond, Ed Shaughnessy (d), Bobby Rosengarden (bo), Phil Kraus (per), Chris Connor (v), unidentified (spk)
NOTES:
The title Many Sides Of Chris Connor can be found in the front and back of the album's cover. The vinyl itself does not use this title at all, opting instead for the more generic Chris' Great Hits. I also have a source that identifies this LP as MJ-7070. I do not know if the source is mistaken, or if the LP was reissued under that catalogue number.
Contains both side of Atlantic single #2053 ("That's My Desire" / "I Only Want Some"), which have otherwise been issued only as bonus tracks in the 1991 Japanese CD edition of the album I Miss You So.
| 02:08 | January 30, 1961 | 15652 | Master | I Feel A Song Coming On (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh, George Oppenheimer) |
| 05:00 | December 15, 1960 | 15646 | Master | The Wind (Russ Freeman, Jerry Gladstone) |
| 04:40 | December 15, 1960 | 15645 | Master | New York's My Home (Gordon Jenkins) |
| 03:31 | December 22, 1960 | 15648 | Master | Guess Who I Saw Today (Murray Grand, Elisse Boyd) |
| 03:37 | December 15, 1960 | 15647 | Master | When The Sun Comes Out (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) |
| 02:38 | January 30, 1961 | 15651 | Master | Send For Me (Ollie Jones) |
| 03:44 | December 22, 1960 | 15649 | Master | Where Do You Go? (Alec Wilder, Arnold Sundgaard) |
| 06:41 | January 30, 1961 | 15650 | Master | Something's Coming (Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim) |
| 04:09 | January 30, 1961 | 15653 | Master | Deep Song (Douglass Cross, George Cory) |
| 02:45 | January 30, 1961 | 15654 | Master | Can't Get Out Of This Mood (Frank Loesser, Jimmy McHugh) |
Chris Connor, Maynard Ferguson (ldr), Joe Farrell (f, ss, ts), Lanny Morgan (f, as), Willie Maiden (cl, ts), Frank Hittner (bcl, bar), Bill Berry, Rolf Ericson, Augustino 'Chet' Ferretti (t), Maynard Ferguson (t, tb, frh), Kenny Rupp, Ray Winslow (tb), John Neves (b), Jaki Byard (p), Rufus Jones (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Reissue of the 1961 album that bears the same title, and which was originally released on Roulette Records. This edition from the Fresh Sound label was probably released in the mid-1980s.
| 02:03 | Between January 18 And January 27, 1963 | Concert Taping | A Lot Of Livin' To Do (Lee Adams, Charles Strouse) | |
| 03:50 | Between January 18 And January 27, 1963 | Concert Taping | Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home (Free And Easy) (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) | |
| 02:56 | Between January 18 And January 27, 1963 | Concert Taping | All Or Nothing At All (Arthur Altman, Jack Lawrence) | |
| 04:17 | Between January 18 And January 27, 1963 | Concert Taping | Something's Coming (Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim) | |
| 02:15 | Between January 18 And January 27, 1963 | Concert Taping | You Came A Long Way From St. Louis (John Benson Brooks, Bob Russell) | |
| 02:56 | Between January 18 And January 27, 1963 | Concert Taping | Old Devil Moon (Erwin 'Yip' Harburg, Burton Lane) | |
| 02:48 | Between January 18 And January 27, 1963 | Concert Taping | I Concentrate On You (Cole Porter) | |
| 03:58 | Between January 18 And January 27, 1963 | Concert Taping | Black Coffee (Joseph F. "Sonny" Burke, Paul Francis Webster) | |
| 03:07 | Between January 18 And January 27, 1963 | Concert Taping | Goodbye (Gordon Jenkins) | |
| 05:10 | Between January 18 And January 27, 1963 | Concert Taping | Only The Lonely (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) | |
| 04:22 | Between January 18 And January 27, 1963 | Concert Taping | Ten Cents A Dance (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Mundell Lowe (g), Richard Davis (b), Ronnie Ball (p), Ed Shaughnessy (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Reissue of the 1963 FM live album At The Village Gate, Early Show & Late Show. I have not been able to ascertain the release year of this LP version, but the likeliest possibilities are within the 1980s.
One of the various CD versions of At The Village Gate, Early Show & Late Show was issued by Blue Moon, a Spanish label to which Fresh Sound probably has ties. The Blue Moon edition, released in 1998, bears the title 'S Wonderful.
| 02:03 | Between January 18 And January 27, 1963 | Concert Taping | A Lot Of Livin' To Do (Lee Adams, Charles Strouse) | |
| 03:50 | Between January 18 And January 27, 1963 | Concert Taping | Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home (Free And Easy) (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) | |
| 02:56 | Between January 18 And January 27, 1963 | Concert Taping | All Or Nothing At All (Arthur Altman, Jack Lawrence) | |
| 04:17 | Between January 18 And January 27, 1963 | Concert Taping | Something's Coming (Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim) | |
| 02:15 | Between January 18 And January 27, 1963 | Concert Taping | You Came A Long Way From St. Louis (John Benson Brooks, Bob Russell) | |
| 02:56 | Between January 18 And January 27, 1963 | Concert Taping | Old Devil Moon (Erwin 'Yip' Harburg, Burton Lane) | |
| 02:48 | Between January 18 And January 27, 1963 | Concert Taping | I Concentrate On You (Cole Porter) | |
| 03:58 | Between January 18 And January 27, 1963 | Concert Taping | Black Coffee (Joseph F. "Sonny" Burke, Paul Francis Webster) | |
| 03:07 | Between January 18 And January 27, 1963 | Concert Taping | Goodbye (Gordon Jenkins) | |
| 05:10 | Between January 18 And January 27, 1963 | Concert Taping | Only The Lonely (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) | |
| 04:22 | Between January 18 And January 27, 1963 | Concert Taping | Ten Cents A Dance (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Mundell Lowe (g), Richard Davis (b), Ronnie Ball (p), Ed Shaughnessy (d), Chris Connor (v)
| 02:25 | September 1965 | 12840 | Master | A Hard Day's Night (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) |
| 03:35 | September 1965 | 12841 | Master | A Taste Of Honey (Ric Marlow, Bobby Scott) |
| 03:35 | September 1965 | 12842 | Master | Downtown (Tony Hatch) |
| 03:25 | September 1965 | 12843 | Master | Feeling Good (Anthony Newley, Leslie Bricusse) |
| 03:35 | September 1965 | 12844 | Master | The Shadow Of Your Smile (Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster) |
| 01:53 | September 1965 | 12845 | Master | Who Can I Turn To (Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley) |
| 02:38 | September 1965 | 12846 | Master | Can't Get Over the Bossa Nova (Steve Lawrence, Eydie Gorme, Marilyn Gins) |
| 02:13 | September 1965 | 12847 | Master | Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte (Mack David, Frank DeVol) |
| 02:34 | September 1965 | 12849 | Master | Baby, The Rain Must Fall (Elmer Bernstein, Ernie Sheldon) |
| 02:41 | September 1965 | 12850 | Master | Stranger On The Shore (Robert Mellin, Acker Bilk) |
| 03:27 | September 1965 | 12851 | Master | A Quiet Thing (Fred Ebb, John Kander) |
| 02:41 | September 1965 | 12848 | Master | Dear Heart (Raymond B. "Ray" Evans, Jay Livingston, Henry Mancini) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Ken Greenglass, At GLG Productions (pdr), Billy Byers (arr), Pat Williams (arr, con), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Reissue of the 1965 ABC album Chris Connor Sings Gentle Bossa Nova.
| 02:22 | May 1, 1957 | 2519 | Master | Somebody Loves Me (Buddy G. DeSylva, George Gershwin, Ballard MacDonald) |
| 02:35 | February 26, 1957 | 2384 | Master | The Man I Love (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:24 | February 26, 1957 | 2385 | Master | 'S Wonderful (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 01:45 | February 1, 1957 | 2329 | Master | I Got Rhythm (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Ahmet Ertegun, Nesuhi Ertegun, Jerry Wexler (pdr), Stan Free, Ralph Sharon (arr, p), Al Cohn (ts), Joe Newman (t), Mundell Lowe (g), Milt Hinton, Oscar Pettiford (b), Eddie Costa, Milt Jackson (vib), Osie Johnson, Ed Shaughnessy (d), John Rodrigues (bo), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Only the four tracks on side 1 are listed above. I do not know which tracks are on side 2. Chris Connor Highlights is obviously a compilation of songs from her George Gershwin Almanac of Song.
| 02:57 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | All About Ronnie (Joe Greene) | |
| 02:22 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Lullaby Of Birdland (George Shearing, George David Weiss) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Creed Taylor (pdr), Tom Dowd (eng), The Ellis Larkins Trio (acc), Everett Barksdale (g), Beverly Peer (b), Ellis Larkins (p), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
The date of this 45 rpm release is unknown, but likely to be late. In other words, this single does not date from 1954 or 1955, when these songs had just been recorded and originally released on EP and 10" LP. it is likelier to be from the late 1950s or even the following decade.
| 01:53 | January 23, 1956 | 1854 | Master | I Get A Kick Out Of You (Cole Porter) |
| 03:16 | January 19, 1956 | 1838 | Master | Something To Live For (Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn) |
| 03:00 | February 8, 1956 | 1877-mono | Master | Get Out Of Town (Cole Porter) |
| 03:50 | January 23, 1956 | 1853 | Master | Where Are You? (Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh) |
| 02:15 | February 8, 1956 | 1875 | Master | Anything Goes (Cole Porter) |
| 03:27 | January 19, 1956 | 1836 | Master | When The Wind Was Green (Don Hunt, Henry Stinson) |
| 03:45 | January 19, 1956 | 1837 | Master | He Was Too Good To Me (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) |
| 02:49 | February 8, 1956 | 1874-mono | Master | You Make Me Feel So Young (Joseph Myrow, Mack Gordon) |
| 03:49 | January 23, 1956 | 1855 | Master | Every Time (Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin) |
| 02:31 | February 8, 1956 | 1876 | Master | Way Out There (George Wallington, Buddy Goodman) |
| 02:45 | January 19, 1956 | 1835 | Master | My April Heart (Buddy Goodman, George Wallington) |
| 02:08 | January 23, 1956 | 1856 | Master | Almost Like Being In Love (Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Ahmet Ertegun, Nesuhi Ertegun, Jerry Wexler (pdr), Ralph Burns (con), Ray Beckenstein, Sam Markowitz (as), Zoot Sims, Al Young (ts), Danny Bank (bar), Nick Travis (t), Barry Galbraith (g), Milt Hinton, Oscar Pettiford (b), John Lewis, Moe Wechsler (p), Osie Johnson, Connie Kay (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
My thanks to Edgar Ryan Faustino for alerting me to the existence of this album.
| 02:44 | May 25, 1953 | 11559-23 | Master | I Get A Kick Out Of You (Cole Porter) |
| 02:16 | February 11, 1953 | 11116-7 | Master | Jeepers Creepers (Harry Warren, Johnny Mercer) |
The Stan Kenton Orchestra (ldr), Lee Gillette (pdr), Bill Russo (arr, tb), Vinnie Dean, Lee Konitz (as), Bill Holman, Richie Kamuca (ts), Bob Gioga (bar), Conte Candoli, Walter "Pete" Candoli, Marion "Buddy" Childers, Don Dennis, Maynard Ferguson, Ruben McFall, Ernie Royal, Don Smith (t), Bob Burgess, Keith Moon, Frank Rosolino, Tom Shepard (tb), George Roberts (bt), Sal Salvador (g), Donald "Don" Bagley (b), Stan Kenton (p), Stan Levey (d), Harry DeAlmeida (tam), Chris Connor, The Stan Kenton Orchestra (v)
| 02:22 | May 1, 1957 | 2519 | Master | Somebody Loves Me (Buddy G. DeSylva, George Gershwin, Ballard MacDonald) |
| 02:33 | May 1, 1957 | 2520 | Master | Embraceable You (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 01:53 | January 23, 1956 | 1854 | Master | I Get A Kick Out Of You (Cole Porter) |
| 02:24 | February 26, 1957 | 2385 | Master | 'S Wonderful (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:26 | July 31, 1958 | 3108 | Master | Hallelujah, I Love Him So (Ray Charles) |
| 02:58 | February 26, 1957 | 2389 | Master | I Loves You Porgy (Dubose Heyward, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 02:35 | February 26, 1957 | 2384 | Master | The Man I Love (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| 04:04 | April 9, 1962 | 6097 | Master | Lonely Woman (Ornette Coleman, Margo Guryan) |
| 03:44 | December 22, 1960 | 15649 | Master | Where Do You Go? (Alec Wilder, Arnold Sundgaard) |
| 03:44 | September 14, 1959 | 3766 | Master | You Don't Know What Love Is (Don Raye, Gene DePaul) |
| 03:48 | March 10, 1959 | 3407 | Master | The End Of A Love Affair (Edward. C. Redding) |
| 05:00 | March 19, 1959 | 3411 | Master | Ballad of the Sad Café (Charles DeForest) |
| 03:17 | September 13, 1959 | 3450 | Concert Taping | Lover, Come Back To Me (Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg) |
Chris Connor, Maynard Ferguson (ldr), Ahmet Ertegun, Nesuhi Ertegun, Jerry Wexler (pdr), Al Cohn, Richard Wess (arr, con), Stan Free (arr, p), Ralph Sharon (arr, con, p), George Berg, Phil Bodner, Al Klink, Morton Lewis, Romeo Penque, Steve Perlow, Jerry Sanfino, Warren "Champ" Webb (r), Bobby Jasper (r, f), Joe Farrell (f, ss, ts), Lanny Morgan (f, as), Willie Maiden, Oliver Nelson (cl, ts), Phil Woods (cl, as), Frank Hittner, Sol Schlinger (bcl, bar), Bill Berry, Donald Byrd, Rolf Ericson, Augustino 'Chet' Ferretti, Bernie Glow, Joe Newman, Jimmy Nottingham, Bernie Privin, Ernie Royal, Clark Terry (t), Maynard Ferguson (t, tb, frh), Bob Alexander, Wayne Andre, Mort Bullman, Willie Dennis, Dick Hixson, Frank Rehak, Kenny Rupp, Chauncey Welsch, Ray Winslow (tb), Kenny Burrell, Barry Galbraith, Mundell Lowe (g), Eddie de Haas, George Duvivier, Milt Hinton, John Neves, Don Payne, Oscar Pettiford (b), Ronnie Ball, Jaki Byard, Hank Jones, John Lewis, Bill Rubenstein (p), Milt Jackson (vib), William Exiner, Sol Gubin, Lex Humpries, Osie Johnson, Rufus Jones, Connie Kay, Don Lamond, Ed Shaughnessy (d), Bobby Rosengarden (bo), Phil Kraus (per), Mac Ceppos, Ray Free, Harry Katzman, Leo Kruczek, Harold Melnikoff, George Ockner, Gene Orloff, Samuel Rand, Tosha Samaroff, Sylvan Shulman, Harry Urbont (vn), Dave Markovitz, Isadore Zirr (vl), Maurice Brown, Dave Sayer (vc), Chris Connor (v)
| 03:50 | June 5, 1956 | 2007 | Master | But Not For Me (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Nesuhi Ertegun (pdr), Ralph Burns (arr, con), Ralph Burns Orchestra (acc), Chris Connor (v)
| 02:08 | January 30, 1961 | 15652 | Master | I Feel A Song Coming On (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh, George Oppenheimer) |
Chris Connor, Maynard Ferguson (ldr), Joe Farrell (f, ss, ts), Lanny Morgan (f, as), Willie Maiden (cl, ts), Frank Hittner (bcl, bar), Bill Berry, Rolf Ericson, Augustino 'Chet' Ferretti (t), Maynard Ferguson (t, tb, frh), Kenny Rupp, Ray Winslow (tb), John Neves (b), Jaki Byard (p), Rufus Jones (d), Chris Connor (v)
| 02:28 | July 18, 1966 | 13609 | Master | The Boys From Madrid (Bob Thiele, George David Weiss, Stride) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Peter De Angelis, Bob Thiele (pdr), Don Sebesky (pdr, arr, con), Chris Connor (v)
| 03:25 | November 16, 1960 | 5179 | Master | Where Flamingos Fly (John Benson Brooks, Harold Courlander, Elthea Peale) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Nesuhi Ertegun (pdr), Jimmy Jones (arr, p), Clark Terry (t, fh), Barry Galbraith (g), George Duvivier (b), Teddy Sommer (d), Chris Connor (v)
| 02:25 | September 1965 | 12840 | Master | A Hard Day's Night (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) |
| 03:35 | September 1965 | 12841 | Master | A Taste Of Honey (Ric Marlow, Bobby Scott) |
| 03:35 | September 1965 | 12842 | Master | Downtown (Tony Hatch) |
| 03:25 | September 1965 | 12843 | Master | Feeling Good (Anthony Newley, Leslie Bricusse) |
| 03:35 | September 1965 | 12844 | Master | The Shadow Of Your Smile (Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster) |
| 01:53 | September 1965 | 12845 | Master | Who Can I Turn To (Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley) |
| 02:38 | September 1965 | 12846 | Master | Can't Get Over the Bossa Nova (Steve Lawrence, Eydie Gorme, Marilyn Gins) |
| 02:13 | September 1965 | 12847 | Master | Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte (Mack David, Frank DeVol) |
| 02:41 | September 1965 | 12848 | Master | Dear Heart (Raymond B. "Ray" Evans, Jay Livingston, Henry Mancini) |
| 02:34 | September 1965 | 12849 | Master | Baby, The Rain Must Fall (Elmer Bernstein, Ernie Sheldon) |
| 02:41 | September 1965 | 12850 | Master | Stranger On The Shore (Robert Mellin, Acker Bilk) |
| 03:27 | September 1965 | 12851 | Master | A Quiet Thing (Fred Ebb, John Kander) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Ken Greenglass, At GLG Productions (pdr), Billy Byers (arr), Pat Williams (arr, con), Chris Connor (v)
| 02:28 | April 1955 (Second Out Of Two Dates) | Master | From This Moment On (Cole Porter) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Creed Taylor (pdr), The Ralph Sharon Group (acc), Herbie Mann (f, ts), J. J. Johnson, Kai Winding (tb), Joe Puma (g), Milt Hinton (b), Ralph Sharon (p), Osie Johnson (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
20-track compilation that was released in several European countries, as it was Arcade's practice. The edition that circulated in the Netherlands (01 9450.6) also features 20 tracks, but it lacks the Connor track.
| 04:00 | May 1, 1957 | 2516 | Master | How Long Has This Been Going On? (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Ahmet Ertegun, Nesuhi Ertegun, Jerry Wexler (pdr), Stan Free (arr, p), Mundell Lowe (g), Milt Hinton (b), Milt Jackson (vib), Ed Shaughnessy (d), Chris Connor (v)
NOTES:
Uses the same Connor performance that had been already issued on the first volume.
| 02:22 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Lullaby Of Birdland (George Shearing, George David Weiss) | |
| 02:51 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | What Is There To Say? (Vernon Duke, Erwin 'Yip' Harburg) | |
| 03:02 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Try A Little Tenderness (Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly, Harry Woods) | |
| 02:54 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Spring Is Here (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) | |
| 02:42 | August 9-11, 1954 | Master | Why Shouldn't I? (Cole Porter) | |
| 02:44 | December 17-18, 1953 | Master | Ask Me (Woody Hinderling, Mike Pollard) | |
| 02:43 | December 17-18, 1953 | Master | Blue Silhouette (Murray Semos, Jack Val, Jimmy Dale) | |
| 02:46 | December 17-18, 1953 | Master | Chiquita From Chi-Wah-Wah (Bennie Bonacio, Jimmie La Marge, Jimmie Franklin) | |
| 02:37 | August 21, 1954 | Master | A Cottage For Sale (Larry Conley, Willard Robison) | |
| 02:32 | August 21, 1954 | Master | How Long Has This Been Going On? (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) | |
| 02:26 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Stella By Starlight (Ned Washington, Victor Popular Young) | |
| 02:19 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Gone With The Wind (Herb Magidson, Allie Wrubel) | |
| 02:42 | August 21, 1954 | Master | He's Coming Home (Charles DeForest) | |
| 02:32 | August 21, 1954 | Master | Goodbye (Gordon Jenkins) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Sy Oliver (pdr, arr, con), Creed Taylor (pdr), Tom Dowd (eng), The Vinnie Burke Quartet, The Ellis Larkins Trio, The Sy Oliver Orchestra (acc), Ronnie Odrich (f, cl), Sid Cooper, Milt Yaner (as), Boomie Richman, Sam Taylor (ts), Dave McRae (bar), Jim Bright, Jimmy Nottingham, Red Solomon (t), Vernon "Vern" Friley, Frank Saracco, Ward Silloway, Kai Winding (tb), Everett Barksdale, Joe Cinderella (g), Sid Block, Vinnie Burke, Beverly Peer (b), Ellis Larkins, Dave Martin (p), Don Burns (pac), Jimmy Crawford, Art Mardigan (d), Chris Connor (v)
| 02:24 | February 26, 1957 | 2385 | Master | 'S Wonderful (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Ahmet Ertegun, Nesuhi Ertegun, Jerry Wexler (pdr), Ralph Sharon (arr, p), Oscar Pettiford (b), Osie Johnson (d), Chris Connor (v)
| 02:24 | February 26, 1957 | 2385 | Master | 'S Wonderful (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
Chris Connor (ldr), Ahmet Ertegun, Nesuhi Ertegun, Jerry Wexler (pdr), Ralph Sharon (arr, p), Oscar Pettiford (b), Osie Johnson (d), Chris Connor (v)