Peggy Lee

 

Artist:  Peggy Lee

Birth Name:  Norma Deloris Egstrom

Born:  May 26, 1920.  Jamestown, North Dakota, USA

Died:  January 21, 2002 (Aged 81).  Los Angeles, California, USA

Genre:  Jazz, Pop, Vocal Jazz, Swing, Traditional Pop, Vocal Pop, Casting Recordings

Occupation:  Singer, Songwriter, Actress, Composer

Instruments:  Vocals

Peggy Lee was an American Jazz and Pop Singer, Songwriter Actress, and Composer.  From the beginning as a vocalist on local radio to singing with Benny Goodman's Big Band, she created and writing music for films, acting, and recording conceptual record albums.

Title:  Mink Jazz (2025)

Genre:  Jazz, Pop, Vocal Jazz, Swing, Traditional Pop, Vocal Pop, Casting Recordings

Label:   Capitol Records

Rating:    *****

Format:  CD

Tracks:

 1.  It's A Big Wide Wonderful World! (1:40)

 2.  Whisper Not (2:20)

 3.  My Silent Love (2:36)

 4.  The Lady Is A Tramp (2:34)

 5.  Days Of Wine And Roses (3:11)

 6.  As Long As I Live (2:03)

 7.  I Won't Dance (2:06)

 8.  Cloudy Morning (2:43)

 9.  I Could Write A Book (2:11)

10. I Never Had A Chance (2:42)

11. Close Your Eyes (2:20)

12. Where Can I Go Without You? (2:49)

Bonus Tracks:

13. I'll Get By (As Long As I Have You) (2:20)

14. Please Don't Rush Me (2:36)

15. I'm A Fool To Want You (3:21)

16. I Don't Find Love (2:08)

17. Little Boat (O Barquinho) (2:08)

Personnel:

Peggy Lee:  Vocals

Musicians:

Benny Carter:  Leader

Max Bennett:  Leader,  Bass

Justin Gordon:  Tenor Sax, Flute

Jack Sheldon:  Trumpet

Bob Corwin:  Piano

Lou Levy:  Piano

Stan Levey:  Drums

Mel Lewis:  Drums

John Pisano:  Guitar 

Herb Ellis:  Guitar

Al Hendrickson:  Guitar

Francisco Aguabella:  Latin Percussion on Tracks:  2, 3, 10

Mink Jazz is an album by Peggy Lee, originally released on January 1963 by Capitol Records, remastered and reissued on June 1, 2025 by Capitol Records.

Sarah Brightman

 

Artist:  Sarah Brightman
Born:  August 14, 1960
Origin:  Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England
Genre:  Classical, Classical Crossover, Operatic Pop, World Musical Theater, Adult Contemporary, Vocal, Cast Recordings, Symphonic Rock
Occupation:  Singer, Songwriter, Actress, Dancer, Musician
Instruments:  Vocals

Sarah Brightman is an English Classical Crossover Soprano, Singer, Songwriter, Actress, Dancer and Musician.  She has sung in many languages including English, Spanish, French, Latin, German, Turkish, Italian, Russian, Mandarin Chinese, Japanese and Catalan.  She began her career as a dancer and released several disco singles as a solo performer.  In 1981, she made her West End Musical theatre debut in Cats and met composer Andrew Lloyd Webber, whom she later married, including The Phantom Of The Opera.  Her original London Cast Album was released in CD format in 1987 and sold 40 million copies worldwide, making it the biggest-selling cast album of all-time.

Title:  Symphony (2008)

Genre:  Classical, Classical Crossover, Operatic Pop, World Musical Theater, Adult Contemporary, Vocal, Cast Recordings, Symphonic Rock

Label:  Manhattan Records

Rating:   *****

Format:  CD 

Tracks:

 1.  Gothica (1:20)

 2.  Fleurs du Mal (4:10)

 3.  Symphony (4:47)

 4.  Canto della Terra (feat. Andrea Bocelli) (3:59)

 5.  Sanvean (3:50)

 6.  I Will Be With You (Where The Lost Ones Go) (feat. Paul Stanley) (4:31)

 7.  Schefe Traume (3:22)

 8.  Saral Qui (feat. Alessandro Safina) (3:56)

 9.  Storia d'Amore (4:03)

10. Let It Rain (4:17)

11. Attesa (4:26)

12. Pasion (feat. Fernando Lima) (5:14)

13. Running (6:09)

Personnel:

Sarah Brightman:  Vocals

Frank Peterson:  Producer

The London Symphony Orchestra

Special Guests:

Andrea Bocelli:  Vocals (Duet) on Track 4

Paul Stanley:  Vocals (Duet) on Track 6

Alessandro Safina:  Vocals (Duet) on Track 8

Fernando Lima:  Vocals (Duet) on Track12

Symphony is the ninth studio album by Sarah Brightman, was released January 28, 2008 by Manhattan Records. The album reached No. 1 on US Billboard Top Classical Crossover Albums Chart/US Billboard Top Classical Overall Albums Chart/US Billboard Top Internet Albums Chart.

Peggy Lee

 

Artist:  Peggy Lee

Birth Name:  Norma Deloris Egstrom

Born:  May 26, 1920.  Jamestown, North Dakota, USA

Died:  January 21, 2002 (Aged 81).  Los Angeles, California, USA

Genre:  Jazz, Pop, Vocal Jazz, Swing, Traditional Pop, Vocal Pop, Casting Recordings

Occupation:  Singer, Songwriter, Actress, Composer

Instruments:  Vocals

Peggy Lee was an American Jazz and Pop Singer, Songwriter Actress, and Composer.  From the beginning as a vocalist on local radio to singing with Benny Goodman's Big Band, she created and writing music for films, acting, and recording conceptual record albums.

Title:  Things Are Swingin' (Limited Edition) (2023)

Genre:  Jazz, Pop, Vocal Jazz, Swing, Traditional Pop, Vocal Pop, Casting Recordings

Label:  Supper Club

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side A:

 1.  It's A Wonderful World (2:12)

 2.  Things Are Swingin' (2:10)

 3.  Alright, Okay, You Win (2:52)

 4.  Ridin' High (2:08)

 5.  It's Been A Long, Long Time (2:18)

 6.  Lullaby In Rhythm (2:14)

 7.  Alone Together (2:05)

 8.  I'm Beginning To See The Light (1:46)

 9.  It's A Good, Good Night (1:55)

10. You're Getting To Be A Habit With Me (2:40)

Side B:

 1. You're Mine, You (1:47)

 2.  Life Is For Livin' (3:11)

Bonus Tracks:

 3.  You Don't Know (2:28)

 4. Fever (3:20)

 5.  Ain't We Got Fun (2:10)

 6.  Just In Time (2:51)

 7.  I Love To Love (2:48)

 8.  So In Love (2:33)

 9.  Till There Was You (2:28)

Personnel

Peggy Lee:  Vocals

Jack Marshall:  Orchestra Conductor

Uan Rasey:  Trumpet

Pete Candoli:  Trumpet

Don Fagerquist:  Trumpet

Conrad Gozzo:  Trumpet

Mannie Klein:  Trumpet

Milt Bernhart:  Trombone

Bob Enevoldsen:  Valve Trombone

Justin Gordon:  Reeds

Joe Harnell:  Piano

Howard Roberts:  Guitar

Barney Kessel:  Guitar

Joe Mondragon:  Double Bass

Shelly Manne:  Drums

Bonus Tracks:

Tracks:  B3, 4:   same as above

Tracks:  B5, 6:   Orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle

Tracks:  B7-9:  Orchestra conducted by Jack Marshall

Pete Candoli:  Trumpet

Jack Sheldon:  Trumpet

Milt Bernhart:  Trombone

Frank Rosolino:  Trombone

Benny Carter:  Alto Saxophone

Jimmy Rowles:  Piano

Barney Kessell:  Guitar

Shelly Manne:  Drums

Things Are Swingin' is an  album by Peggy Lee, originally released in 1959 by Capitol Records, remastered and reissued on November 17, 2023 by Supper Club.  Limited Edition of 1000 copies, 180 Gram, with 7 Bonus Tracks.

Judy Garland

 

Artist:  Judy Garland

Birth Name:  Frances Ethel Gumm

Born:  June 10, 1922.  Grand Rapids, Minnesota, USA

Died:  June 22, 1969 (Aged 47).  London, England

Genre:   Vocal Pop, Traditional Pop, American Popular Song, Standards, Slow Tunes, Cast Recordings, Show, Musical, Stage & Screen

Occupation:  Actress, Singer, Dancer, Television & Radio Presenter

Judy Garland was an American Actress and Singer and extended into Movies, Records, Radio, Television.  She is a best remembered as the big-voiced star of a series of movie musicals, particularly The Wizard Of Oz, in which she sang her signature song "Over The Rainbow".

Title:  In Person Judy Garland (2022)

Genre:   Vocal Pop, Traditional Pop, American Popular Song, Standards, Slow Tunes, Cast Recordings, Show, Musical, Stage & Screen

Label:  Sepia Recordings

Rating:   *****

Format:  CD

Tracks:

 1.  Let's Have A Party (The Hi-Los & Judy Garland)(5:54)

 2.  The Man That Got Away (4:15)

 3.  Carolina In The Morning (2:36)

 4.  Medley:

      This Is The Time Of The Evening (The Hi-Los)/While We're Young (4:44)

 5.  A Pretty Girl Milking Her Cow (3:10)

 6.  Medley:

      Judy's Olio (You Made Me Love You

      For Me And My Gal/The Boy Next Door/The Trolley Song (6:46)

 7.  Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody (3:47)

 8.  After Yy've Gone (2:18)

 9.  A Couple Of Swells (Paul Sander & Judy Garland) (5:06)

10. Over The Rainbow (5:06)

11. Liza (3:03)

12. Swanee (3:38)

13. Now About you? (2:59)

14. But Not For Me (3:07)

15. Embraceable You (3:12)

16. Mine IBing Crosby & Judy Garland) (2:46)

17. Love (3:23)

18. Yah-Ta-Ta, Yah-Ta-Ta (Bing Crosby & Judy Garland) (3:03)

19. You'll Never Walk Alone (3:12)

20. I Wish I Were In Love Again (2:47)

In Person Judy Garland is a live album by Judy Garland, released on June 12, 2022 by Sepia Recordings,  concert at the Long Beach, California, Municipal Auditorium, Monday July 11, 1955., and issued a celebration to her fans, past and present.

Tim Minchin

 

Artist:  Tim Minchin

Birth Name:  Timothy David Minchin

Born:  October 7, 1975. Northampton, England

Genre:  Pop, Pop Rock, Folk, Folk Rock, Musical Comedy, Comedy Rock, Contemporary Pop, Musical Theater, Cast Recordings

Occupation:  Singer, Comedian, Actor, Writer, Musician, Songwriter

Instruments:  Vocals, Piano, Guitar

Tim Minchin is an Australian Comedian, Singer, Songwriter, Actor, Musician, born to Australian parents in Northampton, UK, and raised in Perth.  He attended the University of Western Australia, before moving to Melbourne in 2002.  He is best known for his Musical Comedy.

Title:   Apart Together (2020)

Genre:  Pop, Pop Rock, Folk, Folk Rock, Musical Comedy, Comedy Rock, Contemporary Pop, Musical Theater, Cast Recordings

Label:  BMG

Rating:   *****

Format:  CD

Tracks:

 1.  Summer Romance (4:37)

 2.  Apart Together (4:15)

 3.  Airport Piano (3:53)

 4.  The Absence Of You (4:30)

 5.  I Can't Save You (3:41)

 6.  Talked Too Much, Stayed Too Long (4:48)

 7.  Leaving LA (4:55)

 8.  I'll Take Lonely Tonight (6:29)

 9.  Beautiful Head (4:02)

10. If This Plane Goes Down (5:11)

11. Carry You (3:37)

Personnel:

Tim Minchin:  Vocals, Piano, Keyboards, Percussion

Jak Housden:  Guitar, Backing Vocals

James Haselwood:  Bass, Backing Vocals

Evan Mannell:  Drums, Percussion

Ben Vanderwal:  Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals on Tracks:  4, 7

Phil Stack:  Electric Upright Bass on Track 6

Mark Taylor:  Alto Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone 

Ben Gurton, Georgia Mooney:  Backing Vocals on Tracks:  5, 6

Sarah Belkner, Tom Fisher on Track 9

David Campbell:  Contrabass

Bourian Boubbov, Milen Boubbov:  French Horn

Graham Jesse:  Tenor Saxophone

Anthony Kable:  Trombone

Mat Jodrell:  Trumpet on Track 2, 

Simon Sweeney:  Trumpet

Andrew Jezek, Beth Condon, Jacqui Cronin, Nathan Greentree Virginia Comerford:  Viola

Alex Norton, Alexandra Mitchell, Christina Vaszilcsin, Emma Jezek, Glenn Christensen, Ike See, Ilya Isakovich, Lachlan O' Donnell, Monique Ink, Stephanie Zarka, Veronique Serret, Victoria Bihun:  Violin

Heather Lindsay, Jack Ward, Leah Lynn, Rowena Macneish:  Violoncello

Apart Together is the debut studio album by Tim Minchin, was released on November 20, 2020 by BMG, contains four songs on his "Back Tour", "If This Plane Goes Down", "Leaving LA", "I'll Take Lonely Tonight" and "Carry You", which was written for the TV Series.

Tony Bennett

 

Artist:  Tony Bennett. 

Birth Name:  Anthony Dominick Benedetto

Born:  August 3, 1928.  Queens, New York, City, USA

Genre:  Jazz, Traditional Pop, Swing, Easy Listening, Vocal Pop, Vocal Jazz, Cast Recordings, Show Tunes, Standards, Big Band

Occupation:  Singer, Painter

Instruments:  Vocals

Tony Bennett is an American Singer of Traditional Pop, Standards, Big Band, Show Tunes, and Jazz.  He is also a painter, having  created works under his birth name that are on permanent public display in several institutions.  He is the founder of the Frank Sinatra School of the Arts in Astoria, Queens, New York.  He had his first No. 1 popular song with Columbia Records with "Because Of You" in 1951 and several top hits such as "Rags To Riches", and his signature song "I Let My Heart In San Francisco".  He has won 19 Grammy Awards, Two Primetime Emmy Awards, and was named an NEA Jazz Master and a Kennedy Center Honoree.  He has sold over 50 million records worldwide.

Artist:  Tony Bennett & Count Basie

Title:  Swingin' Together (Limited Edition) (2021)

Genre:  Jazz, Traditional Pop, Swing, Easy Listening, Vocal Pop, Vocal Jazz, Cast Recordings, Show Tunes, Standards, Big Band

Label:  Ober Entertainment/20th Century Masterworks

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side A:

 1.  Just In Time (1:45)

 2.  When I Fall In Love (2:19)

 3.  Taking A Chance On Love (1:57)

 4.  Without A Song (3:06)

 5.  Fascinatin' Rhythm (1:30)

 6.  Solitude (3:36)

Bonus Tracks:

 7.  Life Is A Song (2:55)

 8.  I Guess I'll Have To Change My Plan (1:45)

 9.  I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face (3:04)

10. Poor Little Rich Girl (3:33)

11. Strike Up The Band (1:34)

Side B:

 1.  Pennies From Heaven (2:34)

 2.  Lost In The Stars (4:01)

 3.  Firefly (1:40)

 4.  There Will Never Be Another You (3:16)

 5.  Lullaby Of Broadway (3:14)

 6.  Ol' Man River (5:01)

Bonus Tracks:

 7.  Jeepers Creepers (2:09)

 8.  With Plenty Of Money And You (1:35)

 9.  Anything Goes (2:21)

10. Chicago (2:08)

Personnel:

Tony Bennett:  Vocals

The Count Basie Orchestra:

Count Basie:  Conductor

Thad Jones, Wendell Culley, Snooky Young, Joe Newman:  Trumpets

Henry Coker, Benny Powell, Al Grey:  Trombones

Marshall Royal:  Alto Saxophone, Clarinet

Frank Wess:  Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Flute

Billy Mitchell, Frank Foster:  Tenor Saxophone

Charlie Fowlkes:  Baritone Saxophone

Ralph Sharon:  Piano

Freddie Green:  Guitar

Eddie Jones:  Bass

Sonny Payne:  Drums

Candido Camero:  Congas on A5, B6

Bonus Tracks:  Capitol Studios New York January 3 & 5, 1959.

Same Personnel as above, but omit Candido Camero:

Count Basie:  Piano on A7, B7

Ralph Shanon:  Piano on A11, B8-B10

Swingin' Together is an album by Tony Bennett & Count Basie, released on October 15, 2021 by Ober Entertainment/20th Century Masterworks, Limited Edition with 9 Bonus Tracks, 180 Gram Coloured Virgin Vinyl.