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4 hours ago, optatio said:

Re:  Lester Young

Thanks found it. Copies (mint -) are pricy from outside Germany due to postage and VAT

so I have to look among germanor european sellers (except UK)

 

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3 minutes ago, jazzcorner said:

No Ella in the list and missing also some of my favorite vocal groups

Most of my Ella and vocal groups are on LP, so I was limited to what I had digitally. 

Setting aside your legitimate complaint, what do you think of the song selection?  I am going for noirish, world-weary, pulpish lyrics, capturing the mid-20th-century mood of urban isolation, with Cainesque, Chandleresque language.  Here is the thread I started a while back:

 

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5 minutes ago, Teasing the Korean said:

Thanks!  I started a thread about this a while back in the "recommendations" sub-form called something like "pulplish nourish standards."  It is a work in progress, and I am always up for additions!

How about Arlen's & Mercer's "Blues in the Night"?  Sinatra's classic version works--but  Billy Eckstine's version (with Billy May's arrangement) is every bit as good:

A song about a no-good woman is right up noir alley.  ;) 

 

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