Four Classic Albums (Take The A Train / Singin' & Swingin' / Lightly And Politely / Moody)
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Betty Roche / Marilyn Moore
Four Classic Albums (Take The A Train / Singin' & Swingin' / Lightly And Politely / Moody)
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Release Date: Friday 12 May 2017
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Mary Elizabeth Roche was somewhat of an unsung heroine in the jazz and blues singing world of the 1940's. Hers is partly a story of being in the right place at the wrong time! Changing her name to Betty Roche her career began in 1939, recording with the Savoy Sultans two years later in 1941. The following year she joined none other than the famed Duke Ellington Orchestra with whom she appeared in the movie 'Reveille with Beverly'. Here she performed the song she has remained most renowned for "Take the "A" T rain". Duke then invited Betty to join him at Carnegie Hall where he was performing his Black, Brown and Beige suite. Both performances had been received extremely well but crucially for Betty's future, neither had been recorded. By 1944 Betty had left Ellington to pick up her career again, working with the likes of Lester Young, Thelonious Monk, Kenny Clarke, Earl Hines, Charles Brown and Clark Terry. Having left the music business for a while, Betty returned in 1951to rejoin Duke Ellington and she finally got to record "Take the "A" Train" for the Duke's "Ellington Uptown" album. Here we feature all three of Betty's fine albums and also as a bonus cut, her wonderful rendition of "Summertime" from the cast recording of "The Complete Porgy and Bess".
Marilyn Moore was born into a showbiz family and was performing in vaudeville with them at the tender age of three! By her teens Marilyn had decided to join the jazz world as a singer and as such she performed the clubs with the likes of Woody Herman, Charlie Ventura and Ray McKinley and Al Cohn. In the fifties she married Cohn and settled down to raise their two children but by 1957 she was offered a recording contract with Bethlehem records with whom she made her one and only record, "Moody". It's a wonderful album with definite traces of the influence of Billie Holiday with whom she has often been compared . However she certainly has her own warm, intimate and sensitive style which comes across forcefully, as you will hear. Sadly, following her divorce from Cohn, Marilyn never got the chance to record again, instead settling down to continue raising her family.
Tracks:
CD1
1. Take The "A" Train (Betty Roche - Take The "A" Train)
2. Something To Live For (Betty Roche - Take The "A" Train)
3. In A Mellow Tone (Betty Roche - Take The "A" Train)
4. Time After Time (Betty Roche - Take The "A" Train)
5. Go Away Blues (Betty Roche - Take The "A" Train)
6. Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man (Betty Roche - Take The "A" Train)
7. Route 66 (Betty Roche - Take The "A" Train)
8. All My Life (Betty Roche - Take The "A" Train)
9. I Just Got The Message, Baby (Betty Roche - Take The "A" Train)
10. All Too Soon (Betty Roche - Take The "A" Train)
11. You Don't Love Me No More (Betty Roche - Take The "A" Train)
12. September In The Rain (Betty Roche - Take The "A" Train)
13. Come Rain Or Come Shine (Betty Roche - Singin' & Swingin')
14. A Foggy Day (Betty Roche - Singin' & Swingin')
15. Day By Day (Betty Roche - Singin' & Swingin')
16. When I Fall In Love (Betty Roche - Singin' & Swingin')
17. Blue Moon (Betty Roche - Singin' & Swingin')
18. Where Or When (Betty Roche - Singin' & Swingin')
19. September Song (Betty Roche - Singin' & Swingin')
20. (It Will Have To Do) Until The Real Thing Comes Along (Betty Roche - Singin' & Swingin')
21. Billie's Bonuce (Betty Roche - Singin' & Swingin')
CD2
1. Someone To Watch Over Me (Betty Roche - Lightly And Politely)
2. Why Shouldn't I (Betty Roche - Lightly And Politely)
3. Jim (Betty Roche - Lightly And Politely)
4. Polka Dots And Moonbeams (Betty Roche - Lightly And Politely)
5. For All We Know (Betty Roche - Lightly And Politely)
6. Rocks In My Bed (Betty Roche - Lightly And Politely)
7. Just Squeeze Me (Betty Roche - Lightly And Politely)
8. I Got It Bad (And That 'Aint Good) (Betty Roche - Lightly And Politely)
9. Maybe You'll Be There (Betty Roche - Lightly And Politely)
10. I Had The Craziest Dream (Betty Roche - Lightly And Politely)
11. Summertime - Bonus Track taken from The Complete Porgy & Bess
12. Summertime (Reprise) - Bonus Track taken from The Complete Porgy & Bess
13. Summertime (Reprise) - Bonus Track taken from The Complete Porgy & Bess
14. I'm Just A Lucky So And So (Marilyn Moore - Moody)
15. Ill Wind (Marilyn Moore - Moody)
16. If Love Is Trouble (Marilyn Moore - Moody)
17. Is You Is Or Is You Aint' My Baby (Marilyn Moore - Moody)
18. Born To Blow The Blues (Marilyn Moore - Moody)
19. Lover, Come Back To Me (Marilyn Moore - Moody)
20. You're Driving Me Crazy (Marilyn Moore - Moody)
21. Trav'lin All Alone (Marilyn Moore - Moody)
22. I Cried For You (Marilyn Moore - Moody)
23. Leavin' Town (Marilyn Moore - Moody)
24. Trouble Is A Man (Marilyn Moore - Moody)
25. I Got Rhythm (Marilyn Moore - Moody)
