Linda Lawson Easy To Love (Introducing Linda Lawson)

Description: Personnel: Linda Lawson (vcl), Marty Paich, Henry Mancini (dir), Jack Sheldon, Stu Williamson (tp), Frank Rosolino (tb), Art Pepper, Bud Shank, Bill Perkins, Ted Nash, Med Flory (saxes), Jimmy Rowles (p), Bill Pitman, Al Hendrickson, Bob Bain (g), Joe Mondragon (b), Mel Lewis, Alvin Stoller (d) Reference: FSRCD 784 Born Linda Gloria Spaziani in Ann Arbor, Mich in 1936, Linda Lawson began her music career at the top, singing at The Sands in Las Vegas and, in 1957, making singles for the Verve label with an orchestra arranged and conducted by no less than Henry Mancini. She seemed set to make a considerable impact in music, but instead decided to focus on an acting career and by 1960 was busy in movies and on TV, where her rising profile led to Introducing Linda Lawson, her debut album as a singer. Recorded in 1960, with an orchestra arranged and conducted by the gifted Marty Paich and packed with the finest West Coast jazz talent, her performance suggested that a successful career in music was hers for the taking. But acting remained her first love and these recordings are the only examples of her notable musical ability. In them she combined the highly complementary skills of singing and acting, splendidly uniting them to tackle the range of high-quality and demanding material chosen for these sessions. That she did it with persuasive aplomb is abundantly clear from the results. TRACKLIST: 01. Are You with Me (Levin-Robinson) 2:25 02. Where Flamingos Fly (Kennedy-Spoliansky) 3:15 03. But Beautiful (Burke-VanHeusen) 2:39 04. Me and My Shadow (Rose-Jolson-Dreyer) 2:44 05. You Dont Know What Love Is (Raye-DePaul) 3:14 06. Easy to Love (Cole Porter) 1:47 07. Meaning of the Blues (Bobby Troup) 3:15 08. Mood Indigo (Ellington-Mills-Bigard) 2:42 09. Like Young (Webster-Previn) 2:57 10. Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo (Deutsch-Kaper) 2:36 11. Make the Man Love Me (Fields-Schwartz) 2:58 12. Up Pops Love (Faith-Kehner) 2:48 13. Somehow (Elmer Bernstein-Alan Alch) 2:28 14. More Than Never (Mancini-Carey) 2:44 15. Salty, Salty Is the Sea (Roberts-Wayne) 2:48 16. Never Like This (Wells-McIntyre) 2:47 Sources: Tracks #1-12, from the album "Introducing Linda Lawson" (Chancellor CHLS-5010) Tracks #14 & 15, Verve single V-10103 Tracks #13 & 16, Verve single V-10124 Personnel: Linda Lawson sings in all tracks, accompanied by the orchestras Arranged and Conducted by Marty Paich (#1-12) and Henry Mancini (#13-16). Some musicians involved were Jack Sheldon, Art Pepper, Bud Shank, Bill Perkins, Ted Nash, Jimmy Rowles, Joe Mondragon, Alvin Stoller & Mel Lewis. All sessions recorded in Hollywood, between 1957 to 1960 Original recordings produced by Peter DeAngelis (#1-12) and Norman Granz (#13-16) Chancellor cover photo by Peter Gowland Produced for CD release by Jordi Pujol Stereo / Mono · 24-Bit Digitally Remastered

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