BEVERLY KENNEY - Complete Royal Roost Recordings (2012) 3LP ON 2CD + BONUS TRACKS | FLAC (tracks), lossless

The appearance of Beverly Kenney as a guest vocalist at the 1955 Jazz for Israel concert at Carnegie Hall was the beginning of her successful but tragically short career she took her own life at 28. Her arrival was, for most pop buyers and jazz fans, a major event. Considered one of the most intriguing new voices to come since Julie Londons auspicious record debut, she exuded warmth and a sense of humor, taste and tenderness, while her innate jazz pulse won her glowing tributes from jazz critics.

With her lightly husky, attractive voiceand her styleshe gave an impeccably contemporary reading to the standards on her three Royal Roost albums, accompanied by Johnny Smiths group, Ralph Burns orchestra and by the fine support of Jimmy Jones and the Basie-ites.

This set is completed by several intriguing bonus tracks she recorded early in her career, including a demo session with pianist and vocal coach Tony Tamburello recorded just before her major breakthrough, and tracks from a broadcast she did with the trio of Gildo Mahones. In an arresting demonstration of her quality, the set displays not only all her skills as a singer, but also her outstanding musicianship and care for lyrics. Jordi Pujol
CD 1
01. The Surrey with the Fringe on Top (Rodgers-Hammerstein II) 2:09
02. Tis' Autumn (Henry Nemo) 2:29
03. Looking for a Boy (G. & I. Gershwin) 2:19
04. I'll Know My Love (Greensleeves) (Lee Jones-Budy Kaye) 2:34
05. Destination Moon (Roy Alfred-Mark Fisher) 2:21
06. Ball and Chain (Sweet Lorraine) (Cliff Burwell-Michael Parish) 3:02
07. Almost Like Being In Love (Alan J. Lerner-Frederick Loewe) 2:08
08. Stairway to the Stars (Parish-Malneck-Signorelli) 2:46
09. There Will Never Be Another You (Harry Warren-Mack Gordon) 2:12
10. This Little Town Is Paris (Milton Schwartz) 3:10
11. Moe's Blues (Morgana King) 2:16
12. Snuggled on Your Shoulder (Joe Young-Carmen Lombardo) 2:28
13. Give Me the Simple Life (Bloom-Ruby) 2:19
14. I Guess Ill Hang My Tears Out to Dry (Sammy Cahn-Jules Styne) 2:58
15. Trolley Song (Martin-Blane) 1:52
16. Violets for My Furs (Adair-Dennis) 2:53
17. This Can't Be Love (Rodgers-Hart) 1:47
18. Scarlet Ribbons (Segal-Danzig) 1:57
19. If I Were a Bell (Loesser) 2:08
20. Why Try to Change Me Now (Coleman-McCarthy) 3:33
21. Swinging on a Star (Burke-Van Heusen) 3:01
22. You Go to My Head (Gillespie-Coots) 2:38
23. It Ain't Necessarily So (G. & I. Gershwin) 1:32
24. You Make Me Feel So Young (Gordon-Myrow) 2:10

CD 2
01. Nobody Else But Me (Hammerstein-Kern) 3:17
02. The More I See You (Gordon-Warren) 3:03
03. Old Buttermilk Sky (Brooks-Carmichael) 2:43
04. I Never Has Seen Snow (Arlen-Capote) 3:51
05. A Fine Romance (Fields-Kern) 2:52
06. Who Cares What People Say (Jerome-Scholl) 2:34
07. Makin' Whoopee (Donaldson-Kahn) 2:03
08. The Charm of You (Cahn-Styne) 2:31
09. Isn't This a Lovely Day? (Berlin) 3:04
10. Mairzy Doats (Drake-Hoffman-Livingston) 2:46
11. My Kind of Love (Holdeman-Sherman-Trace) 2:25
12. Can't Get Out of this Mood (Loesser-McHugh) 2:46
13. Gay Chicks (Shand-Merrill) 2:24 *
14. Tea for Two (Caesar-Youmans) 2:50 *
15. The Things We Did Last Summer (Cahn-Styne) 2:36 *
16. That's All (Brandt-Haymes) 2:39 *
17. A Foggy Day (I. & G. Gershwin) 1:54 *
18. The Surrey with the Fringe on Top (Rodgers-Hammerstein) 1:50 *
19. Ball and Chain (Sweet Lorraine) (Parish-Burwell) 2:05 *
20. There Will Never Be Another You (Gordon-Warren) 1:35 *
21. Moe's Blues (Morgana King) 1:47 *
22. Snuggled on Your Shoulder (young-Lombardo) 2:07 *
23. Can't Get Out of this Mood [false start] (Loesser-Mchugh) 0:20 *
24. Can't Get Out of this Mood (Loesser-Mchugh) 2:21 *
25. Surrey with the Fringe on Top (Rodgers-Hammerstein) 1:51 *
26. Violets for Your Furs (Adair-Dennis) 2:13 *
27. Mountain Greenery (Rodgers-Hart) 1:31 *
28. Almost Like Being In Love (Loewe-Lerner) 2:05 *
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