[Dixielandjazz] Doris Day (!)--pop/jazz continuum

[Marek Boym]

"Non-jazz?"  Perhaps.  But I cannot think of a better - and jazzier - vocal
on Les Brown's "Sentimental Journey."
Cheers

On 16 February 2015 at 21:39, Charles Suhor <csuhor at zebra.net> wrote:

> I always felt that Doris Day was a "non-jazz" singer with impeccable taste
> and superior musicianship. She was one of those pop singers, like Rosemary
> Clooney and Frankie Laine, whose best works were somewhere on a continuum
> that tilts toward jazz. I'm thinking of DD on "Put 'em in a Box?" and
> "Secret Love"; the Clooney LP with Goodman? Laine on "Rosetta" and "Music,
> Maestro, Please."
>
> Can you-all think of other pop singers who did strong jazz(-like)
> performances? I take Tony Bennett, Sinatra, Connick, and Michael Buble as
> automatic. The categories sometimes melt, or meld.
>
> Charlie
>
> On Feb 16, 2015, at 1:21 PM, Gerard Bielderman wrote:
>
> > Way back in 1997 I purchased a cheap cd  on the British Pulse label (PLS
> > CD
> > 213) called Doris Day - Blue Skies. But of course there are no
> > discographical details.
> > The recordings seem to be from around 1953 and on 10 of the 22 tracks she
> > is
> > accompanied by the Page Cavanaugh Trio (I think).
> > Is there somewhere on the internet a listing of Columbia 78 or 45 singles
> > complete with matrix numbers and recording dates?
> > I found on Wikipedia a partial list of Doris Day records but strangely
> > enough there is no mention of all these 22 tracks.
> > Yes I know, this is not traditional jazz, for me it is - let's say -
> > nostalgia....
> >
> > Gerard Bielderman
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