KITTY WHITE / Intimate KITTY WHITE SINGS
コーキー・ヘイルのハープを主にバド・シャンクのフルートも加えたジャズ系では珍しい編成での「ア・モーメント・オブ・ラヴ」、ブラジル人ギター名手ローリンド・アルメイダ、バディ・コレットのフルート、レッド・ミッチェルのベースを伴った演奏や、アカペラ独唱も含む「ニューボーン」の二枚のアルバムをカップリングして24bitデジタルマスタリングを施した、女優でもある黒人ジャズシンガーKitty White（キティ・ホワイト）のCD!!! 音楽探検隊仲間Shhhhhのオススメのアイテムです！ A word to the wise: listening to Kitty White (1923-2009) is a unique experience. She was born in Los Angeles into a well-known musical family, whose environment provided her with a solid background. The story of Kitty's career is relatively uneventful, mostly because she chose to stay pretty much on home base in Los Angeles, where she earned a steady and loyal following as a pianist and singer in intimate night clubs, frequently singing sophisticated songs with well-traveled lyrics, entoured by groups featuring outstanding west coast jazz musicians. The two albums on this set were recorded in 1954 and 1962, and for those of you who don't know Kitty White yet, they are an excellent opportunity to be seduced by her remarkable, colorful, precise and imaginative voice, one so personal that it almost defies comparison. Her diction, phrasing and control are a study in perfection. Accompanied only by harp and flute, or by guitar, flute and bass, she sings with warmth, soul and feeling for the lyrics, and is equally at ease with pop ballads, folk songs, spirituals, and blues. It is in this torchy, melancholic mood that Miss White handles herself best. As producer David Hubert put it, "Kitty White sings, purely and simply, in a clear, proud voice that seems to say, 'this is the way I should be heard'." （blue moon／Fresh Sound Records） 1. Autumn Leaves (Prévert-Mercer-Kosma) 3:33 2. Glad to Be Unhappy (Hart-Rodgers) 3:05 3. That's All (Brandt-Haymes) 3:42 4. I'm Glad There Is You (Dorsey-Madeira) 3:48 5. My Ship (Gershwin-Weill) 3:07 6. My Romance (Hart-Rodgers) 4:07 7. Yesterdays (Hart-Kern) 4:32 8. If I Should Lose You (Rainger-Robin) 3:13 9. I See Your Face before Me (Dietz-Schwartz) 2:26 10. Long Ago and Far Away (Gershwin-Kern) 3:04 11. Everyday's a Sad Old Day (Victor Jordan) 2:51 12. Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair (Public Domain) 3:08 13. A New Love Is Like a Newborn Child (Curtis-Brown) 3:11 14. Johnny Guitar (Young-Lee) 2:32 15. The First Time (Ewan MacColl) 3:32 16. Look Away (Red Rosy Bush) (Public Domain) 2:31 17. My Man's Gone Now (Gershwin-Heyward) 2:25 18. Mountain High, Valley Low (Hanighen-Scott) 2:28 19. A Sleepin' Bee (Capote-Arlen) 3:06 20. Fare Thee Well (Lee-Arlen) 2:26 21. Your Eyes (Helms-Schorr) 2:42 22. Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair (Public Domain) 2:18 23. Trina (Caridenne Gabriel) 3:02 24. He's Gone Away (Public Domain) 2:53 Tracks #1-12, from the album "Moment of Love" (Pacific Jazz PJ-2002), also issued on "Intimate" (World Pacific WP-1406) Tracks #1-4, 6, 8, 9, 12, were first issued on the 10" album "Kitty White" (Pacifica PL-802) Tracks #13-24, from the album "Newborn" (Horizon WP-1609) Format：CD Label：blue moon (ESP)
