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What lounge/vocal jazz records are you enjoying?

igotthatbeatigotthatbeat 263 Posts
edited January 2007 in Strut Central
this one is kicking my ass right about now...trumpet player/wedding singer lookin guy from burbank + studio band and arranger lon norman do eight numbers in various styles from mellow vocal jazz ("it's impossible" and "the sun shall rise again"), to upbeat and soulful takes on "MaCarthur park" and "Sweet Caroline" to a couple of funkier cuts ("shaft" and "kristy"). I'm diggin the whole lounge vibe throughout the lp...sounds like it could have been recorded in a casino or a restuarant...seems like dude even has some street cred...what are ya'll folls feelin in the lounge/vocal department??????

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  • SwayzeSwayze 14,705 Posts
    I usually prefer instrumental lounge, however there are a few vocal cuts in my collection that I enjoy very much. But I'm shit with names, so I can't remember what they are!
  • sabadabadasabadabada 5,966 Posts
    I always liked Buddy Greco and got to see him at a dinner theater type performance on Park Avenue a few years ago. It was really small, and our table was right next to the piano. And he played, and sang, and made jokes about marriage, divorce and his like five ex-wives all night. It was perfect.

  • parsecparsec 5,087 Posts
  • DJ_NevilleCDJ_NevilleC 1,922 Posts
    Found this one yesterday. Nice and funky at times vocal jazz LP (one song was comped on Jazz Juice 7) :

  • SoulOnIceSoulOnIce 13,027 Posts
    EZ listening with some bite

  • BamboucheBambouche 1,484 Posts
  • troublemantroubleman 1,928 Posts




    That's funny...Toluca Lake is off the 134 fway on the way to Ameoba records in LA. I wonder if that venue is still open

    In a related lost venue note, anyone been to that blues club in Arcadia. I just noticed it the other day. I wonder if any good blues acts tour anymore or if it's just BLUES-HAMMER-watered-down-crap.
  • overpriced_artisan_butteroverpriced_artisan_butter 318 Posts
    Kaplan Brothers -Nightbird

    Lounge prog... It shouldn't exist, but it does.

    Bobby Cole -Point of View

    finally nabbed a copy of this... "I'm Growing Old" is inescapable.
  • luckluck 4,077 Posts
    You know? I'm deep into Vervey Herbie Mann. Ask Robbie Z. The Amazon River flows deep.

    that, and this little number:



    Smooth.
  • Mike_BellMike_Bell 5,736 Posts

    Bobby Cole -Point of View
    Yes!

    'No Difference At All' is the cut.
  • paquelaspaquelas 206 Posts
    Kaplan Brothers -Nightbird

    Lounge prog... It shouldn't exist, but it does.

    You should share that with the world!
  • francislaifrancislai 371 Posts


    a great record to listen to in the den.
  • paquelaspaquelas 206 Posts
    Kaplan Brothers -Nightbird

    Lounge prog... It shouldn't exist, but it does.

    Bobby Cole -Point of View

    finally nabbed a copy of this... "I'm Growing Old" is inescapable.

    http://time-has-told-me.blogspot.com/2006/11/request-kaplan-brothers-nightbird-us.html
  • markus71markus71 937 Posts
    I really like that Oliver Nelson & Steve Allen "Soulful Brass" record. That harpsichord on that one rips.
  • innersourceinnersource 111 Posts
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