Four Freshmen - Complete 1950-1954
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Artist: Four FreshmenEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Import
CD Release Date: 2004-03-29
Music Label: Jazz Factory
Soundtracks:
- Then I'll Be Happy
- Mr. B's Blues
- Now You Know
- Pick Up Your Tears (And Go Home)
- It's a Blue World
- Tuxedo Junction
- Stormy Weather
- The Day Isn't Long Enough
- Baltimore Oriole
- Poinciana
- It Happened Once Before
- Holiday
- Tenderly
- I'll Be Seeing You
- Seems Like Old Times
- Over the Rainbow
- Circus
- Crazy Bones
- Please Remember
- Love Turns Winter to Spring
- After You
- Mood Indigo
- We'll Be Together Again
- My Heart Stood Still
- The Nearness of You
- Street of Dreams
- Laura
- Basin Street Blues
- What Is This Thing Called Love?
Free Music Notes for Complete 1950-1954
Free Music Review: Four Freshman--The begining
Hit: 5 Stars
A while back on Amazon there was an on going discussion of Jazz vocal groups, who was and who wasn't, who was innovative and who wasn't, who was about one singer, who was about the group and on and on. It was a fascinating discussion.
The Four Freshmen were absolutely one of the great Jazz vocal groups of all times. They had a distinctive style, they had a great blend, they had great vocal chops, and they had staying power. They survived the coming and going of 2 baritones, one of them a key player and a 15 year stint with Capitol records, during which they were one of Capitol Records 5 top sellers, behind Nancy Wilson (Yes, forget Sinatra, she was Capitol's #1 artist until the Beatles came along), Nat King Cole,and Frank Sinatra. Their albums sold, and sold well. And in retrospect the albums were teriffic, teriffic singing, teriffic style, teriffic tunes. The albums were unified pieces, almost all of them had a unified backing such as small group plus 5 trumpets or 5 trombones, or whatever configuration.
The sessions here were before the signing with Capitol and there is more diversity than is found on Capitol. Sometimes this is not a good thing as the whole can sound a bit disjointed. On some of the tracks the Four Freshmen sound is not quite there yet, but none of the cuts is poor, the group is just not fully formed yet. The tracks that are good, and many many of them are, are great. Chelsea Bridge gives me goose bumps for the vocal blending. This is a very tough song to sing, period. If you have any doubts about it, listen to Ella Sings the Duke, disc 3 as she works this song out with Duke. It takes a long while for her to get it down, and Ella was a GREAT musician. Ditto Tuxedo Junction and many others. This is wonderful in its own right and essential for fans of The Four Freshmen--count me in.
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