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Discovery Records
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• This compelling set of vocal blues tunes by Harry Belafonte came as a pleasant surprise in his career. Never before had he sung on records as he did for this 1958 album. There is still much of the performer and the folk singer in his basic presentation here, but there is also rawness and fervour for the blues feeling.
• Backed appropriately by superior groups, featuring outstanding jazz soloists - Belafonte always dug jazz - he manages to come through as a fine, warm, moving blues singer of emotional smoothness and control.
• Included for comparison are six rare tracks that launched his brief career as a jazz-oriented singer in 1949, and an original Belafonte blues in two parts: “The Blues is Man,” recorded in 1955.
• Personnel : Harry Belafonte vocals, accompanied by : Alan Greene, Bob Corman, Dennis Farnon (leader, cond), Roy Eldridge, Don Fagerquist (tp), Milt Bernhart (tb), Ben Webster, Plas Johnson, Bump Myers (ts), Hank Jones, Jimmy Rowles (p), Laurindo Almeida (g), Red Callender (b), Osie Johnson (d) - recorded in New York & Hollywood.
• Bonus Tracks: with orchestras of Howard McGhee, Pete Rugolo and one conducted by Tony Scott - musicians featured include : Buddy Childers, Maynard Ferguson, Conte Candoli, Conrad Gozzo (tp), Milt Bernhart (tb), Bud Shank, Jimmy Giuffre, Ted Nash, Herbie Steward, Buddy Collette, Brew Moore, Zoot Sims (reeds), Jimmy Raney (g), Al Haig (p),Tommy Potter (b), Roy Haynes (d), and other top West Coast jazz names - recorded in New York & Hollywood. |
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Track Listing for Sings the Blues + bonus tracks
1 A Fool for You
2 Losing Hand
3 One for My Baby
4 In the Evenin’ Mama
5 Hallelujah I Love Her So
6 The Way that I Feel
7 Cotton Fields
8 God Bless the Child
9 Mary Ann
10 Sinner’s Prayer
11 Fare Thee Well
Bonus Tracks
12 Lean on Me
13 Recognition
14 Whispering
15 I Still Get a Thrill
16 The Night Has a Thousand Eyes
17 Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
18 The Blues Is Man Part I
19 The Blues Is Man Part II
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Discovery catalogue available for
Harry Belafonte
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Calypso-Mento-Folk 1954-1957 (2CD)
Sings the Blues + bonus tracks
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