NANCY WILSON - The Best of Nancy Wilson : The Jazz and Blues Sessions (1996) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Nancy Wilson's not the first name in bluesy jazz (check out Dinah Washington and Joe Williams for that), but she usually can enliven the form with her sophisticated and sultry style. That's made clear on her rendition of "Stormy Monday Blues," where she eschews blues clichés in favor of a husky airiness, at once referencing a lowdown mood and infusing it with a sense of buoyancy. This split is nicely essayed on Capitol's Blues and Jazz Sessions, as half the tracks ooze with Wilson's cocktail blues tone and the other find the jazz-pop chanteuse in a summery and swinging mood. Ranging from the big band blues of "I've Got Your Number" to the lilting bossa nova "Wave," Wilson handles all the varying dynamics and musical settings with aplomb. Featuring cuts from her '60s prime with the likes of Cannonball Adderley, Oliver Nelson, George Shearing, Gerald Wilson, and a host of top sidemen, this best-of disc offers a fine, off-the-beaten-path overview of Wilson's Capitol heyday. by Stephen Cook
Tracklist :
1     Like Someone in Love 2:18
Johnny Burke / James Van Heusen
2     I Wish I Didn't Love You So 3:23
Frank Loesser
3     Dearly Beloved 2:11
Jerome Kern / Johnny Mercer
4     Just for a Thrill 2:31
Lil Armstrong / Don Raye
5     I've Got Your Number 2:14
Cy Coleman / Carolyn Leigh
6     In a Sentimental Mood 2:54
Duke Ellington / Manny Kurtz / Irving Mills
7     Getting to Know You 2:32
Oscar Hammerstein II / Richard Rodgers
8     Call It Stormy Monday 2:24
T-Bone Walker
9     He's My Guy 2:26
Gene DePaul / Don Raye
10     You're Gonna Hear From Me 2:50
André Previn / Dory Previn
11     People 3:40
Bob Merrill / Jule Styne
12     Sufferin' With the Blues 2:10
Teddy "Cherokee" Conyers / Lloyd Pemberton
13     Wave 2:45
Antônio Carlos Jobim
14     Unchain My Heart 2:05
Freddy James / Agnes Jones
15     Never Will I Marry 2:18
Frank Loesser
16     Green Dolphin Street 2:21
Bronislaw Kaper / Ned Washington
17     You Don't Know Me 2:25
Eddy Arnold / Cindy Walker
18     A Good Man Is Hard to Find 3:00
Eddie Green
Credits :
Alto Saxophone – Cannonball Adderley (faixas: 15)
Arranged By [String Choir] – George Shearing (faixas: 18)
Arranged By, Conductor – Billy May (faixas: 1, 2, 4, 8, 9), Gerald Wilson (faixas: 12), Jimmy Jones (3) (faixas: 3, 7, 13), Oliver Nelson (faixas: 10, 17), Sid Feller (faixas: 5)
Bass – George Duvivier (faixas: 16), Ron Carter (faixas: 6), Sam Jones (faixas: 15)
Cornet – Nat Adderley (faixas: 15)
Drums – Grady Tate (faixas: 6), Louis Hayes (faixas: 15), Walter Bolden (faixas: 16)
Guitar – Dick Garcia (faixas: 16), Gene Pertoncini (faixas: 6)
Orchestrated By, Conductor – Milt Raskin (faixas: 18)
Piano – George Shearing (faixas: 16), Hank Jones (faixas: 6), Joe Zawinul (faixas: 15)
Vibraphone [Vibes] – Eddie Costa (faixas: 16)
Vocals – Nancy Wilson (faixas: 1 to 18)