MILDRED BAILEY - 1945-1947 (2003) FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

 
As she neared the end of her recording career, Mildred Bailey suffered from a steadily shrinking voice, but her interpretive powers were undiminished. The Classics volume 1945-1947 proves that point with a program of 25 performances backed by orchestras including Eddie Sauter's and Ted Dale's, and sidemen including vibraphonist Red Norvo (Mr. Swing to her Mrs. Swing), pianist Ellis Larkins, clarinetist Hank d'Amico, and trumpeter Dick Vance. Bailey reflects on her long professional life with a raft of melancholy standards -- "Lover, Come Back to Me," "These Foolish Things," and a tender "Can't We Be Friends?" by John Bush
Tracklist:
1 These Foolish Things 3:12
Harry Link / Holt Marvell / Jack Strachey
2 I've Got the World on a String 2:59
Harold Arlen / Ted Koehler
3 Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man 3:05
Oscar Hammerstein II / Jerome Kern
4 Summertime 2:52
George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin / DuBose Heyward
5 All That Glitters Is Not Gold 3:10
Eddie Asherman
6 In Love in Vain 3:08
Jerome Kern / Leo Robin
7 It's a Woman's Prerogative 3:00
Harold Arlen / Johnny Mercer
8 Penthouse Serenade (When We're Alone) 2:48
Val Burton / Will Jason
9 I'll Close My Eyes 3:07
Buddy Kaye / Billy Reid
10 Me and the Blues 3:09
Ted Koehler / Harry Warren
11 At Sundown 3:23
Walter Donaldson
12 Lover, Come Back to Me 3:14
Oscar Hammerstein II / Sigmund Romberg
13 All of Me 3:05
Gerald Marks / Seymour Simons
14 Almost Like Being in Love 3:07
Alan Jay Lerner / Frederick Loewe
15 Heather on the Hill 3:14
Alan Jay Lerner / Frederick Loewe
16 You Started Something 3:03
Jay Gorney / E.Y. "Yip" Harburg
17 Born to Be Blue 2:53
Mel Tormé / Robert Wells
18 Can't We Be Friends? 3:18
Paul James / Kay Swift
19 Don't Worry 'Bout Strangers 3:02
Phil Moore
20 Gone on That Guy 3:18
Eddie Sauter
21 That Ain't Right 3:05
Nat King Cole / Irving Mills
22 I Don't Want to Miss Mississippi 3:24
23 I'll Close My Eyes 3:06
Buddy Kaye / Billy Reid
24 That Ain't Right 3:25
Nat King Cole / Irving Mills
25 Lover, Come Back to Me 1:45
Oscar Hammerstein II / Sigmund Romberg