BARBARA MORRISON — Live At The Dakota (2004) FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

Barbara Morrison has long been a familiar figure in the Los Angeles area, singing blues, standards, and R&B-ish/jazz material with spirit and feeling. Live at the Dakota teams her at a Minnesota concert with a perfect backup group from the East Coast consisting of tenor saxophonist Houston Person, pianist Junior Mance, bassist Earl May, and drummer Jackie Williams. Most of the selections, such as "Please Send Me Someone to Love," "At Last," and "I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water," are quite familiar, as are the swing standards, but these renditions sound fresh and contain their own surprises. Every song is full of soul, including a slower than usual "Mean to Me," "Don't Go to Strangers," the passionate blues "They Call Me Sundown," and the hardest swinging version of "I'll Be Seeing You" that one will ever hear. Also interesting are the singer's close imitations of both Big Joe Turner and Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson on the blues "Chains of Love." Both Barbara Morrison and the all-star cast clearly inspire each other during the singer's definitive recording. Highly recommended. Scott Yanow
Tracklist :
1    Things Ain't What They Used to Be 3:42
Ted Persons
2    Please Send Me Someone to Love 5:45
Percy Mayfield
3    Take the "A" Train 4:05
Billy Strayhorn
4    At Last 6:37
Mack Gordon / Harry Warren
5    I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water 4:00
Barbara Morrison
6    Don't Go to Strangers 6:27      
Redd Evans / Arthur Kent / Dave Mann
7    Chains of Love 8:32
Ahmet Ertegun / Harry Van Walls
8    All of Me 3:34
Gerald Marks / Seymour Simons
9    Mean to Me 6:42
Roy Turk
10    I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart 2:30
Duke Ellington / Irving Mills / Henry Nemo
11    They Call Me Sundown 7:02
D. Amy / Cornelius Green
12    I'll Be Seeing You 4:20
Sammy Fain / Irving Kahal
Credits :
Barbara Morrison - Vocals
Jackie Williams - Drums
Earl May - Bass
Junior Mance - Piano
Houston Person - Tenor Sax

BARBARA MORRISON ft. HOUSTON PERSON — A Sunday Kind of Love (2013) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Tracklist :
1    I'm Just A Lucky So And So    4:39
 Duke Ellington
2    Soft Winds    3:44
3    The Green Door    3:52
4    Good Morning Heartache    4:52
 Ervin Drake / Irene Higginbotham
5    A Sunday Kind Of Love    5:16
 Anita Leonard / Louis Prima / Stanley Wayne Rhodes
6    On The Sunny Side Of The Street    3:21
 Dorothy Fields / Jimmy McHugh
7    I Cover The Waterfront    5:25
 Johnny Green / Edward Heyman
8    My Romance     4:51
 Lorenz Hart / Richard Rodgers
9    Polka Dots And Moonbeams    3:48
 Johnny Burke / James Van Heusen
10    I Love You For Sentimental Reasons    4:26
11    Medley: Smile / Make Someone Happy 5:22
 Charlie Chaplin / Betty Comden / Al Green / Geoffrey Parsons / Jule Styne
12    Let's Stay Together    4:19
Credits :
Drums – Lee Spath
Piano – Stuart Elster
Tenor Saxophone, Producer – Houston Person
Vocals, Producer – Barbara Morrison 

BARBARA MORRISON - I Know How to Do It (1997) FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

Veteran singer Barbara Morrison has long had the versatility to sound sassy on blues-oriented material and coolly sweet on ballads. For this set, Morrison (whose style is flexible enough to handle swinging jazz, R&B and blues) is joined by lesser-known L.A. musicians, and (on a couple of tunes) guest trombonist Al Grey. The material that Morrison interprets is consistently superior, including "I Ain't Got Nothing But the Blues," Teddy Edwards' memorable "Don't Touch Me," "Don't Explain," Leonard Feather's "I Know How to Do It" and "Don't Go to Strangers." Because attention was paid to mood and tempo variation, the program on the whole is pretty definitive of Barbara Morrison's talents. Recommended.by Scott Yanow

Tracklist:
1    Don't Let Me Lose This Dream 2:08
Arranged By – Bill Liston
2    I Ain't Got Nothing But The Blues 4:21
Written-By – Don George, Edward Ellington, Larry Fotin
3    Baby Come Home 4:21
Written-By – Daniel May
4    The Very Thought Of You 5:36
Written-By – Ray Noble
5    If I Were A Bell 3:55
Written-By – Frank Loesser
6    Don't Touch Me 5:34
Written-By – Theodore Edwards
7    September In The Rain 2:42

Al Dubin / Harry Warren

8    Don't Explain 6:05

Written-By – Arthur Herzog, Billie Holiday
9    Love For Sale 3:23
Arranged By – Phil Wright
10    I Know How To Do It 4:18
Written-By – Leonard Feather
11    You Don't Know What Love Is 5:12
Written-By – Don Raye, Gene De Paul
12    Still Called The Blues 3:27
Written-By – Earl Forest, George Jackson, Robert Miller
13    Don't Go To Strangers 4:55
Arranged By – Phil Wright
Credits:
Arranged By – Barbara Morrison (tracks: 2 to 8, 10 to 12), Benjamin May (tracks: 2 to 8, 10 to 12), Daniel May (tracks: 2 to 8, 10 to 12), John Merola (tracks: 2 to 8, 10 to 12)
Double Bass – Benjamin May
Drums – John Merola
Guitar – Charles Small
Organ, Mixed By – Steve Wood
Piano, Producer, Engineer – Daniel May
Trombone – Al Grey

Vocals, Producer – Barbara Morrison