June Christy – June Sings The Standards (2002/2019) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

June Christy was an American singer, known for her work in the cool jazz genre and for her silky smooth vocals. After her death, she was hailed as “one of the finest and most neglected singers of her time”. This solid collection may strike June Christy fans as a little ironic because rather than stock her albums with standards the way that most of her peers did, the West Coast jazz vocalist was known for unearthing new and obscure songs. It’s not that Christy neglected standards (in fact she recorded dozens of them over her 12-year run with Capitol Records), it’s just that one gets the feeling that when she sang something like “I’m Glad There Is You” it was because she had something fresh or unique to bring to it. And she does put her own personal and idiosyncratic stamp on 20 of the songs here while two tunes haven’t been recorded enough to become standards (the undeservedly obscure “Cry Like the Wind” and the swing-era novelty “Bei Mir Bist Du Schon”). So, when you add the song selection to the fact that this disc features the vocalist in orchestral, small-group jazz and big-band settings, the disc not only offers a much more complete portrait of the artist than the title suggests, but this is also one of the strongest entries in EMI’s Sings the Standards series.

Tracklist:
1-01. June Christy – For All We Know (Remastered) (02:48)
1-02. June Christy – Do Nothin’ Till You Hear From Me (Remastered) (04:06)
1-03. June Christy – They Can’t Take That Away From Me (Remastered) (02:41)
1-04. June Christy – It Don’t Mean A Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing) (Remastered) (01:53)
1-05. June Christy – Stompin’ At The Savoy (Remastered) (02:31)
1-06. June Christy – Baubles, Bangles And Beads (Remastered) (02:29)
1-07. June Christy – I’m Glad There Is You (Remastered) (02:40)
1-08. June Christy – Willow Weep For Me (Remastered) (03:16)
1-09. June Christy – Cry Like The Wind (Remastered) (02:38)
1-10. June Christy – Bei Mir Bist Du Schon (Remastered) (02:44)
1-11. June Christy – Swinging On A Star (Remastered) (02:33)
1-12. June Christy – Give A Little Whistle (Remastered) (02:27)
1-13. June Christy – When You Wish Upon A Star (Remastered) (02:33)
1-14. June Christy – Bewitched, Bothered And Bewildered (Remastered) (04:56)
1-15. June Christy – How High The Moon (Remastered) (02:34)
1-16. June Christy – I Get Along Without You Very Well (Remastered) (03:09)
1-17. June Christy – The Song Is You (Remastered) (04:21)
1-18. June Christy – The Way You Look Tonight (Remastered) (02:48)