Was This June Christy's Last Album for Capitol?

[JSngry]

Arranged by Ernie Freeman. 'nuff said, probably.

[jazzbo]

Don't know about that one. . . but June Chrsty on Capitol has always been a good thing to my ears.

[JSngry]

Yeah, but Ernie Freeman ca. 1965, a la Sinatra & Dean Martin's pop hits on Reprise...not sure I wanna got there with anybody, if you know what I mean, at least not any more than I already have...

[Chuck Nessa]

Yup, the last. She didn't have another record until 1977.

[jazzbo]

Yeah, but Ernie Freeman ca. 1965, a la Sinatra & Dean Martin's pop hits on Reprise...not sure I wanna got there with anybody, if you know what I mean, at least not any more than I already have...

Okay, I didn't place the name. I absolutely abhor FS and Dino on Reprise . . .but mainly because I just hate that boozy macho myscogenistic poser crap I get out of those, don't even think I've ever paid attention to arrangements because I just don't let that stuff hit my ears any longer.

It may or may not be worth it. But I'd buy it on cd if it came out because. . .I have all the others that have come out. I love June. (And May and October, those are my three favorite months).

[Teasing the Korean]

Okay, I didn't place the name. I absolutely abhor FS and Dino on Reprise . . .but mainly because I just hate that boozy macho myscogenistic poser crap I get out of those, don't even think I've ever paid attention to arrangements because I just don't let that stuff hit my ears any longer.

Assuming you like Frank on Capitol, you owe it to yourself to check out two early Frank Reprise albums, "Ring a Ding" with the Great Johnny Mandel, and "Swingin' Brass" with Neal Hefti. These are among the greatest albums of his career, period.

He also did his superb bossa album with Jobim and Claus Ogerman on Reprise.

As for the June Christy, it's neither as great as you would hope nor as bad as you would expect.

[Alexander]

Okay, I didn't place the name. I absolutely abhor FS and Dino on Reprise . . .but mainly because I just hate that boozy macho myscogenistic poser crap I get out of those, don't even think I've ever paid attention to arrangements because I just don't let that stuff hit my ears any longer.

Assuming you like Frank on Capitol, you owe it to yourself to check out two early Frank Reprise albums, "Ring a Ding" with the Great Johnny Mandel, and "Swingin' Brass" with Neal Hefti. These are among the greatest albums of his career, period.

He also did his superb bossa album with Jobim and Claus Ogerman on Reprise.

I also dig Frank's collaborations with Basie on Reprise, as well as the Ellington session (which is VASTLY underrated).

Sometimes I really enjoy spinning a Frank Reprise album. There are some great ones. "Moonlight Sinatra" is a great album!

[jazzbo]

I'm not a Sinatra fan at all. I have the Basie one and the Ellington one (not that impressed with the Ellington one) for the bands not the singer.

I LOVE June Christy.

[Teasing the Korean]

I'm not a Sinatra fan at all. I have the Basie one and the Ellington one (not that impressed with the Ellington one) for the bands not the singer.

I LOVE June Christy.

Next... (L7)

Kidding, of course. I'm a MAJOR June Christy fan and have at least a dozen of her Capitol albums.

As for Frank, to each his own, but I think his reputation and persona sometimes obscure his gifts as a singer.

Edited July 25, 2008 by Teasing the Korean

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

OH SO THATS WHERE MY JUNE CHRISTY 60s ONE NOTE SAMBA 45 COMES FROM//// Y

[paul secor]

I'm not a Sinatra fan at all. I have the Basie one and the Ellington one (not that impressed with the Ellington one) for the bands not the singer.

I LOVE June Christy.

Next... (L7)

Kidding, of course. I'm a MAJOR June Christy fan and have at least a dozen of her Capitol albums.

As for Frank, to each his own, but I think his reputation and persona sometimes obscure his gifts as a singer.

I realize that this isn't a Sinatra thread, so I don't want to get off track, but I find it difficult - make that impossible - to get past that rep/persona.

edit - perhaps that's my loss, but that's the reality. Not that Frank gave a damn about any of that.

Edited July 27, 2008 by paul secor

[Teasing the Korean]

...Not that Frank gave a damn about any of that.

Most great artists don't. Including many that are admired by the regulars here.

[Teasing the Korean]

The "macho" attitude supposedly expressed by Frank and the Rat Pack is very much in line with that expressed by jazz musicians of the post-be-bop era. The whole jam session cutting session mentality is a prime example of this.

If you're going to dismiss Frank, you may as well dismiss jazz too.

I know it's painful to face the ugly underside of that which you love, but it's also healthy.

[Teasing the Korean]

OH SO THATS WHERE MY JUNE CHRISTY 60s ONE NOTE SAMBA 45 COMES FROM//// Y

No, my sexy little chewster, that is NOT on this LP.

Do I Hear A Waltz?

Long Ago

Come Back To Me

Here's That Rainy Day

He Touched Me

The Shadow Of Your Smile

Gimme Some

What Did I Have That I Don't Have?

Run For Your Life

Tell Me More

Cast Your Fate To The Wind

Edited July 28, 2008 by Teasing the Korean

[brownie]

Arranged by Ernie Freeman. 'nuff said, probably.

Yes that was her final record for Capiitol. Most of the songs are from Broadway shows from around that time. The latin touch comes from Ernie Freeman's pen. No solos except for a brief alto (sounds like Bud Shank) contribution.

Odd that this does not seem to have been reissued even if it was not one of June's very best album.

Her voice had gotten a bit harsher by then but still kept a lot of its juvenile charm.

Have a mono copy of that Capitol. Probably one of the last mono releases!

[catesta]

I'm not a Sinatra fan at all. I have the Basie one and the Ellington one (not that impressed with the Ellington one) for the bands not the singer.

I LOVE June Christy.

Next... (L7)

Kidding, of course. I'm a MAJOR June Christy fan and have at least a dozen of her Capitol albums.

As for Frank, to each his own, but I think his reputation and persona sometimes obscure his gifts as a singer.

I realize that this isn't a Sinatra thread, so I don't want to get off track, but I find it difficult - make that impossible - to get past that rep/persona.

edit - perhaps that's my loss, but that's the reality. Not that Frank gave a damn about any of that.

Funny how Sinatra and Dean get a bad rap for the booze and womanizing reputation, but people manage to look the other way on so many others.

[JSngry]

OH SO THATS WHERE MY JUNE CHRISTY 60s ONE NOTE SAMBA 45 COMES FROM//// Y

No, my sexy little chewster, that is NOT on this LP.

Do I Hear A Waltz?

Long Ago

Come Back To Me

Here's That Rainy Day

He Touched Me

The Shadow Of Your Smile

Gimme Some

What Did I Have That I Don't Have?

Run For Your Life

Tell Me More

Cast Your Fate To The Wind

Yes it is!

[jazzbo]

I thought I smelled something.

[paul secor]

LOVE the inane moralizing dipshits, right catesta? rather than ask the musical question where the fuck to begin, why even bother, let 'em go back into their not-all-macho mancaves, turn on a black light , open up a bottle of dayglo lube & ooooh... Miles! Miles!! Pigpen! Pigpen!! any how many parishioners & movement women did MLK lay with? not that he shouldn't have-- hey, it's why dudes became preachers in the first place (look it up) but the selective sermonizing is a crock.

Q: how do we reconcile the (admittedly not perfect) version of Finian's Rainbow by the Reprise Musical Repertory Theatre with Yip Harburg's genius?

Max Roach hit how many women is his life? Dizzy? Lotsa ofays too, of course, from Spade Cooley on down.

oh but Miles! & Pigpen!! They wuz holy.

As for Dean Martin & Louis Armstrong, funny ya'll should ask--

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKgRJwB-VKM

tho' some might prefer it when Dino squeezed Rosemary Clooney's ass--

edc (gulfport, fla) does sometimes too.

Hi Clem - My point was that Sinatra made arrogance/impudence/I'm the guy all the women want... a part of his musical persona. Those things may have been parts of Max's, Dizzy's, Louis', & others' lives, but they didn't throw it in the faces of their audiences. I didn't dig Sinatra's schtick, and couldn't get past that to the music. My opinion - perhaps my problem.

Your pal - the inane moralizing dipshit. (Not intended in anger - I don't find this an important enough subject.)

[Larry Kart]

now extend that forwards & back, to what you "hear" & what you "heard"

edc

gulfport, fla

Perry Como -- now there was a nasty dude.

[7/4]

now extend that forwards & back, to what you "hear" & what you "heard"

edc

gulfport, fla

Perry Como -- now there was a nasty dude.

Not a steady rollin' man?

[jazzbo]

No what I smelled was the stink of someone arrogantly thinking their opinion was more important than others'.

I don't think I'm "morally superior" to anyone. I'm just with Paul. I think Sinatra and the Rat Pack's shticks bite. It's a personal opinion, I don't care if it goes against anyone else's grain. And I just don't "dig" Frank's or Dino's voice or style. So what?

Edited July 28, 2008 by jazzbo

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

so wheres 'one note samba' from? 45 only single release perhaps?

[Teasing the Korean]

so wheres 'one note samba' from? 45 only single release perhaps?

Funny, after I did a search on the interwebs, I saw ONS included with some of the track listings for this album. However, it's not on my copy, nor either of the two I unloaded. Maybe on a CD or an import copy?

It must have been from a 45. All the tunes are from Broadway shows on that album, and One Note Samba was not.

Strange...