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| 1. | Close Your Eyes
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| 2. | Fools Rush In
Where Angels Fear To Tread
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| 3. | Yes
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| 4. | Nobody's Heart
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| 5. | Remind Me
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| 6. | Who Are We To Say (Obey Your Heart)
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| 7. | Daydreaming
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| 8. | Give Me Time
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| 9. | Control Yourself
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| 10. | Wait Till You See Him
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| 11. | My One And Only Love
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| 12. | Falling In Love Again
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| 13. | Close Your Eyes
Alternate Take
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| 14. | Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear To Tread)
Alternate Take
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| 15. | You're Good For Me
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| 16. | Nobody's Heart
Alternate Take
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| 17. | In Love In Vain
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Jazz / Vocal
Recorded in Hollywood, California
Doris Day (vocals); Andre Previn (piano); Red Mitchell (bass); Frank Capp (drums)
One of the most popular performers of the 1950s and 1960s, singer/actress Doris Day teams up with accomplished accompanist and arranger Andre Previn on this classic Columbia album from 1962. The famed Andre Previn Trio lends an intimate feel to this romantic collection. "Falling In Love Again," "Who Are We To Say" and "Fools Rush In" showcase the remarkable chemistry between these two talented individuals.
One of Doris Day's Greatest Albums
I am furious with Doris Day! I know that she was on the road for years singing with bands, but during her incredible film career, she was still selling millions of records and getting offers from Las Vegas to sing (Merv Griffin told her, "I'd be shocked for money like that!) "live," but Doris declined, telling Merv, "I'd do it, but I'd perform during the day, not at night." Well, that was not to be; it was her way of saying absolutely not. She had had enough of singing before audiences.
But, what about just ONE Broadway show, Doris? I was always dreaming about her doing a fantastic musical in New York. And, listening to DUETS with Andre Previn, I can imagine what a hit she would have been. Her's is one of the voices that comes along once in a hundred years. Sheer purity and perfection. It's amazing when you look at the vastness of her discography, which is matched only with the likes of Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Dinah Washington, Rosemary Clooney, Ray Charles, Tony Bennett and Aretha Franklin, with Doris and Frank having two careers going at the same time. When Day and Sinatra weren't before the movie cameras, they were in the recording studios.
This album is truly one of those perfect for a rainy day, with you, a cocktail and the phone off the hook.
Perfection
Listeners who who think of Doris Day as the mistress of the upbeat pop ditty ("Que sera, sera"), the swinging show tune, and the big band ballad will be surprised by this album. It is not typical among her recordings, and for that reason many people, even Day fans, don't even know it exists. Few things in this world really deserve the word perfection, but this recording does. "Duet" one of the most beautiful things ever put on record and deserves much wider familiarity than it currently has.
The album was originally released in February 1962 and represented an avenue that Doris possibly intended to explore in future projects. She had been a succesful recording artist for two decades but hadn't recorded anything quite like this before, although her credentials as a jazz/big band singer were impeccable due to her early touring with Les Brown and his orchestra in the 1940s. Alas, "Duet" was not a big seller and her subsequent LPs turned to crowd-pleasing pop that is fun to listen to, but does not really show off the depth of her talent. That's a shame and very much our loss. Doris Day reveals herself here as a singer of the highest caliber, fully the equal of Ella Fitzgerald and frankly better than many "jazz specialists" who recorded at this time (and since!).
Doris's was not the biggest singing voice in the world. Hers was an intimately scaled instrument and her real strengths were in the shaping of phrases, her perfect diction, and her flawless sense of rhythm. The three-man jazz accompaniment here allows all of these strengths to shine as in no other of her recordings, and the sheer beauty of her sound is never hidden behind brassy orchestrations or sound effects. This is a subtle, elegant album; nothing is overplayed and the mood is low-key. My favorite track is her rendition of a song I usually dislike, "Fools Rush In," which is--I can think of no other word--perfect. Other standouts for me are "Close Your Eyes," "Nobody's Heart," and her beautiful take on the Marlene Dietrich classic "Falling in Love Again." The whole makes for a ravishingly beautiful listening experience.
This CD reissue includes the entire original LP (tracks 1-12) plus five bonus tracks that are of more than just passing interest. Three of them are second versions of songs that made the LP; they are in general faster and more upbeat, which shows interestingly that the producers selected to sustain a contemplative, melancholy mood for the album. The remaining two tracks are very strong: a perky, clever reading of "You're Good for Me" and a heartfelt rendition of "In Love in Vain." The former in particular is so good that it really should have been included on the original release, but we're fortunate to have it now.
I would urge anyone even remotely interested to buy this recording. Open a bottle of wine, kick back, and treat yourself to musical excellence of the kind that is scarce in any era.
What Might Have Been!
This is one of the best music releases Doris Day ever put out. Who said Doris wasnt a hepcat? This Cd proves, given the chance, she had the chops to swing and then some! Released in the early 60's with Andre Previn at the helm with just bass, drums and piano backup Doris shows what a great singer she could be. (Ella Fitzgerald was her idol after all!) So much of her 50's work is stuck in Percy Faith type arrangements and while Doris is never less than good, a lot of it sounds like one long medley. Here in an intimate setting Doris shows how versatile she could be and what an underestimated and undervalued songstress she really was. She also sounds like she's having a lot of fun. If only she had done more sessions like this! Weather singing standards like Fools Rush In, and Remind Me or Previn tunes (lyrics by Dory) like the playful Control Yourself, Doris is never less than perfect. And check out her Ella like take on You're Good For Me. Fabulous! If you thought Doris Day was just Easy Listening music, this will really open up your eyes. So to borrow one of the songs, Close Your Eyes, and Enjoy! 5 stars is just not enough!
Artistry of the Highest Order
This is one of the best 100 non-classical albums of the 20th century, and one of the least known.
Doris Day the jazz singer
This album was perfect for Doris Day(though Page Cavanaugh, her regular jazz pianist, would have been a better, choice than Previn), because it featured ger with a jazz trio, bringing her back to her roots as a jazz singer. Day never sounded this good(at least not since singing "Too Marvelous For Words" with the Harry James trio on The Toyng Man With A Horn album, or any of her airchecks with The Page Cavanaugh Trio), because she hardly ever got the chance to swing, or just sing in an "Ella Fitzgerald" setting(her voice is every bid as jazzy and beautiful as Ella's). Why Andre Previn you might ask, well he was commercial enough to gaurentee the records would be sold, and they couldn't pair her up with Teloniuos Monk not in the late 50's. Previn's jazz and swing style is very conventional, but it is jazz and Day does sizzle a top of this trio. Her voice is gorgeous with just piano on My One & Only Love, and she really sizzles on Close Your Eyes(what a swing singer, no wonder Les Brown hired her!)! Every selection on here is great, including Give Me Time, Previn's original Daydreamin', and a few other standards. Too bad Columbia didn't repeat this and star Day up with other Columbia stars(Doris Day & Dave Brubeck, that would have rocked!), imagine what a Doris Day & the Miles Davis Quintet would have sounded like. So pick this cd if you like Day and always wanted to hear her in a more creative improvisational setting(also check out Dinah Shore's album with the Previn trio, which came out at the same time, but). Get this for a gift for someone who doesn't think Doris was a "jazz singer" or who thinks she's too "sunny", thsi is the moody & swingy side of Miss Day, this will make anyone a fan, and people will realize what I already know about the "worlds most underrated singer"(says Will Friedwald in his book "Jazz Singing"). |
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