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Sunday, January 23, 2011

0132 Cleo Laine [Cleo Sings Elizabethan] FLAC 4(10.49)

















Contributed by bluebird, who writes:-
The title says it all. William Shakespeare finally has a musical hit in 1959.  Was Cleo the only modern jazz singer in the 1950s?  She later went on to record a whole album of Bill's.
Interesting selection of tunes with some fine backing from the likes of Vic Ash, Bob Burns and Bill LeSage.
FLAC with cover scans.

Cleo Laine - vocals
Ray Premru - leader
Jim Brown - french horn
Johnny Scott - alto, flute, bass flute
Bob Burns - alto, bass clarinet
Ivor Slaney - oboe, cor anglais
Vic Ash - clarinet
Bill Le Sage - vibes, piano
Jack Fallon - bass
Jackie Dougan - drums

01 It Was A Lover And His Lass
02 Sigh No More Ladies
03 Mistress Mine
04 Blow Blow Thy Winter Wind

Label: Columbia ep SEG7938
Recorded: June 24 1959
Lineage: EP>FLAC
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10 comments:

  1. Baron23 January 2011 at 11:07

    Thanks BJ for the Cleo Ep ... not usually my cup of tea ... Baron

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  2. Anonymous23 January 2011 at 12:40

    These tracks are all on her album 'Shakespeare And All That Jazz' but as I've said before it's great to be reminded of these excellent EPs

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  3. Scoredaddy23 January 2011 at 13:31

    thanks very much for Cleo

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  4. Anonymous23 January 2011 at 19:10

    thanks - steve.

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  5. bluebird24 January 2011 at 17:01

    @ jazzuk - these 4 tracks have only appeared on this 1959 ep.
    Cleo did a full 'Shakespeare' lp in 1964 with a different group altogether although she did sing different versions of these 4 songs.

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  6. John25 January 2011 at 03:37

    Cleo Sings Shakespeare - Thank you for that. As jazzuk says it's an interesting forerunner to the "Shakespeare and all that Jazz" LP that she recorded a year or two later. But it's also an interesting second run at "It Was A Lover and his Lass" which she also recorded with Keith Christie on "Cleo Sings British" in 1955. Thanks again.

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  7. Anonymous25 January 2011 at 13:47

    @bluebird.....Ah! sorry. One shouldn't make presumptions. This blog continues to educate! Thanks.

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  8. Unknown1 February 2011 at 02:02

    much love from san francisco, thank you for the well put effort into letting the world hear the beautiful sounds of Britans jazz

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  9. Anonymous26 February 2011 at 20:24

    thank you
    sunbop

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