0148 Lita Roza [Drinka Lita Roza Day] FLAC 12(45.55)

Contributed by delmonico

Lita Roza - vocal
Ronnie Hughes - trumpet
Johnny Keating - trombone
Ronnie Chamberlain - soprano, alto
Ronnie Ross - alto, baritone
Duncan Lamont - tenor
Dave Lee - piano
Kenny Napper - bass
Andy White - drums

01 Don't Get Around Much Anymore (Ellington, Russell) (3:26)
02 I Loves You Porgy (Gershwin, Gershwin, Heyward) (4:14)
03 How Deep is the Ocean (Berlin) (3:32)
04 Trouble is a Man (Wilder) (3:22)
05 I'm Afraid the Masquerade is Over (Magidson, Wrubel) (3:57)
06 What is There to Say (Duke, Harburg) (3:30)
07 The Man that Got Away (Arlen, Gershwin) (3:51)
08 Lush Life (Strayhorn) (3:46)
09 Lover Man (Davis, Ramirez, Sherman) (4:57)
10 Something to Live For (Ellington, Strayhorn) (3:17)
11 Love for Sale (Porter) (4:14)
12 Ill Wind (Arlen, Koehler) (3:49)

Label: Pye NPL18047
Recorded: May 04 1960
Lineage: LP>FLAC

0030 Lita Roza [Listening In The After Hours] FLAC 8(26.47)

Contributed by delmonico, who writes:-
A 1955 recording with the Quartet which includes Joe Harriott.  Lita sticks to the well known standards - she was never too adventurous in her few jazz outings after she left the Ted Heath band. Was she a jazz singer?  Perhaps.
Joe Harriott plays quite beautifully in his backing and solo spots and gives no indication of things to come in his later ground - breaking free form work.

Lita Roza - vocal
Joe Harriott - alto
Bill Le Sage - vibes, piano
Eric Dawson - bass
Tony Kinsey - drums

01 That Old Black Magic
02 Guilty
03 Don't Worry 'Bout Me
04 You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To
05 Too Marvellous for Words
06 I Don't Want to Walk Without You
07 The Nearness of You
08 You'll Never Know

Label: Decca LF 1243
Recorded: April 05 July 29 1955
Lineage: LP>FLAC

0012 Lita Roza [Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea] FLAC 13(39.51)

Contributed by grumpy

A well chosen collection of standards agreeably sung by Lita Roza accompanied by a well selected bunch of sessioners under the baton of Billy Munn. If Lita hasn't quite the personality of some of her opposite numbers across the pond, she does manage to hold the interest. The accompaniments are deftly played from clever arrangements. The boys do not get much chance to solo, but occasional snatches of Alan Clare, George Chisholm, Don Rendell, Ike Isaacs and Ronnie Hughes, leave one wishing for an instrumental LP from this group. Lita is at her best on "Tables". "Crazy" and "I Cover The Waterfront".
Peter Tanner ~ Jazz Journal Vol 11 No2, February 1958

Lita Roza - vocals
Ronnie Hughes - trumpet
George Chisholm - trombone
Ken Wray - trombone
George Hunter - alto
Don Rendell - tenor
Bill Le Sage - vibes
Alan Clare - piano
Ike Isaacs - guitar
Joe Muddel - bass
Lennie Bush - bass
Eddie Taylor - drums
Jack Peach - drums
Directed by Billy Munn - London

01 Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea (Arlen, Koehler) (2:51)
02 Willow Weep For Me (Ronell) (3:16)
03 Little White Lies (Donaldson) (3:18)
04 Moon Song (Johnston, Coslow) (3:46)
05 Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams (Barris, Koehler, Moll) (3:36)
06 I Only Have Eyes For You (Dubin, Warren) (2:49)
07 You Turned The Tables On Me (Alter, Mitchell) (2:19)
08 I Cover The Waterfront (Heyman, Green) (3:35)
09 You're Driving Me Crazy (Donaldson) (3:01)
10 Moonglow (DeLange, Mills, Hudson) (3:09)
11 You Took Advantage Of Me (Hart, Rodgers) (2:32)
12 No Moon At All (Mann, Evans) (2:43)
13 My One And Only Love (Wood, Mellin) (2:56)

Label: Decca LK4218
Recorded: February 11 14 15 1957
Lineage: CD>FLAC