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Jun 13
Chris
Chris Connor · 1954 Spin it Again - She burned through the Stan Kenton band and landed here, alone with a piano trio and nothing to prove.
decade:1950s
Jun 13
Julie Is Her Name
Julie London · 1955 Spin it Again - She was a movie star who sang like she knew exactly how late it was, and Barney Kessel's guitar never once got in the way.
decade:1950s
Jun 13
Lady in Satin
Billie Holiday · 1958 Spin it Again - Ray Ellis thought she was finished. She proved him wrong by making the most naked record of her life.
decade:1950s
Jun 13
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book
Ella Fitzgerald · 1956 Spin it Again - She recorded 32 Porter songs in three weeks. No one has done it better.
decade:1950s
Jun 10
Porgy and Bess
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong · 1959 Spin it Again - Ella and Louis turned Gershwin's opera into a jazz conversation that still sounds like a late night in 1957.
genre:Vocal Jazz
Jun 10
Ella and Louis Again
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong · 1957 Spin it Again - Norman Granz knew lightning could strike twice and booked the same studio.
genre:Swing
Jun 10
Ella and Louis
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong · 1956 Spin it Again - Norman Granz booked one afternoon and got one of the most relaxed, revealing vocal albums ever made.
genre:Swing
Jun 10
I Put a Spell on You
Nina Simone · 1965 Spin it Again - A singer who understood that a spell is not a performance but a transformation, and she damn well meant every word.
genre:Soul
Apr 7
Chet Baker Sings
Chet Baker · 1954 Spin it Again - A twenty-four-year-old kid from Oklahoma sang like he was already finished with everything, and somehow that was exactly right.
genre:Vocal Jazz