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

[Graham Martin]

Hi Charlie,

I am not quite sure about that description of "non-jazz" singer. But Doris
Day was most certainly one of the best of the big band vocalists of the
1940s when she was just a teenager (17) with Bob Crosby and then lured away
by  Les Brown for his Band of Renown. That was all long before going solo
and then to Hollywood. Certainly Les Brown himself was impressed by her
vocal style and readily admitted it was Doris who catapulted the band into
international popularity. I suppose the best known recording of that period
was "Sentimental Journey" but that was only one of many great vocal
performances. I will say they are definitely filed in my "jazz" record
collection.

Frankly, I was not that fond of the later popular recordings from the films
but you would have to thank the early band experience for grooming one of
the biggest film stars of the 20th Century. I must say that I wince a bit
when I hear something like the "Deadwood Stage (Whip-crack-away!)" from
Calamity Jane but it was a very successful movie. It does not worry me
greatly because I have three CDs to remind me of her earlier career with
Les.

Best,

Grah

Graham Martin, REDLAND BAY, Queensland, AUSTRALIA

-----Original Message-----
From: Charles Suhor [mailto:csuhor at zebra.net] 
Sent: Tuesday, 17 February 2015 5:39 AM
To: Gerard Bielderman
Cc: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Doris Day (!)--pop/jazz continuum

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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