The Best of the Concord Years

The Best of the Concord Years

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At an age when most of her pop vocalist contemporaries of the 1940s and '50s were semi-retired or comfortably ensconced in the nostalgia circuit, Rosemary Clooney was busy reinventing herself as jazz stylist and stellar interpreter of the American songbook. The 31-tracks of this double-disc anthology span the final decades (1970s-'90s) of her career, a period in which the Concord label offered her a compelling forum to redress much the novelty and pop fodder she'd felt burdened with early in her career. Her work here is characterized by an elegant, if distinctly deceiving simplicity, a sense of less as more that imparts her impeccable readings of Gershwin, Porter, Mercer, et. al. a crucial sense that Clooney is living these songs as much as singing them. The singer's languid take on the standard "Brazil" zigs when you expect it to zag, suggesting some steamy tropical torpor and emphasizing that the latter-day Clooney was seldom prisoner to expectations, a restless creative sense she rewardingly imparts to even her revamped versions of previous hits like "Hey There," "White Christmas," and "Mambo Italiano." --Jerry McCulley

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2003 compilation release from Concord Jazz for the 'girl singer' from Kentucky features 32 tracks showcasing her inimitable way with a lyric, her relaxed, conversational phrasing, her distinctive voice & her impeccable musical taste. Packaged in a double gatefold digipak with booklet.

The Best of the Concord Years, Music, Rosemary Clooney, American Popular Song, Ballads, Jazz, Jazz Music, Jazz Vocals, Pop, Standards, Swing, Traditional Pop, Vocal Jazz

The Best of the Concord Years

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