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@Niko - about Stella Levitt does she sing on one/some of his albums? There's a duo version of 'When Sunny Gets Blue' on youtube... Haven't found any album from Sean though... Are the family albums good? Jazz? Issued on cd? Stella can also be heard on an album recorded in Belgium, but haven't found that one yet... Proud to say that soon I'll have her 2nd album...not cheap, but at a fair price (not the 100$ other sellers were asking for it...) j.

Highly recommended Jeri Brown is her 'A Timeless Place', which is actually a Jimmy Rowles songbook, with the maestro himself at the piano...The title track is of course the renamed 'The Peacocks', with words by that other mighty great singer Norma Winstone (who recorded the definite version of this - and other tunes with Rowles' trio...) j. Also interesting is to compare Ada Moore's Debut session with her later recording 'Cat Meets Chick', where she alternates vocals with Jimmy Rushing (Buck Clayton plays behind them)...Curious that she went from semi avantgarde/3rd stream stuff to classic blues shouting! Issued on cd! j. "new name" to me is Nikki Price...Have known that name for years, but at last her only album (on Epic, recorded in 1962) is on it's way to my home =) This album is of significance because it was the recording debut of Dave Frishberg (as pianist) and has the first recorded version of 'Peel Me A Grape' on it!!! So excited! j.

sorry - must have missed the "female" part in the subject's title Well - every vocal session on the Bethlehem lable is worthwhile to get...Terry Morel (who introduced Bob Dorough to Miles Davis, which led to their recording together), Paula Castle, Marilyn Moore (mother of guitarist Joe Cohn, wife of Al Cohn, who named 'Ah-Moore' aka 'The Underdog' after her), the aformentioned Chris Connor sides, The Pat Moran Quartet albums (although they include two male singers, but have some nice features for singer Bev Kelly), less easier to get is Azie Mortimer, but that wouldn't be of much interest because it's more of a big band date (although with some stellar musicians, and arrangements by Jimmy Jones) There's a Dinah Washington influenced singer - Donna Drake - who recorded a tribute record to Dinah with the Wynton Kelly Trio. Ada Moore recorded an intruiging set on Debut in the mid 50s with Charlie Mingus, John LaPorta, Tal Farlow etc... Alice Darr recorded a beautiful album with Mundell Lowe and George Duvivier in the early 60s. All of the tunes are new "jazz" songs...not issued on cd though... Bev Kelly's bootleg album 'You Go To My Head' with Bob Graf is highly recommended...not issued on cd... One of my favorite recordings is 'I'll Take Romance' by Donna Brooks with the Alex Smith Trio (her hisband btw) Every recording done by Vivian Lord is good! And she only recorded in trio settings as she is a pianist herself...best is her 1986 cd 'Route 66' (if you can find it), her album with Dardanelle is also very good...so is 'Two For The Road', which can be found on cd as a twofer with Anne Marie Moss' album (that's Mrs Jackie Paris btw) The recordings by Carol Sloane - most of them are trio/small group outings...And she recorded a very cool duo album with Joe Puma! more later =)

- Stella Levitt Quartet - she's the wife of drummer Al Levitt...a very sensitive singer...Jacques Pelzer on tenor on a couple of tunes...Just ordered her 2nd cd... - Jane Fielding - Jazz Trio for Voice, Bass and Piano...she's really good and was a stunning beauty as well... -Millie Vernon - anything she recorded is great...Her last album recorded in 2004 was a duet album with Gary Dial (Jap issue only) -Jackie Paris - The Sound...with Barry Galbriaith on guitar, mostly trio backings...

There's a chance I have that one... Gotta check first... j.

My greatest find ever was definetly Frank Minion's 'The Forward Sound' Bethlehem 1957. Backed (probably) by Jimmy Jones, Kenny Burrell, Joe Benjamin and Ed Tighpen... Cool stuff... Introducing his vocalese lyrics (which are often very fun) and which were picked up and made popular by Eddie Jefferson... j.

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Stella Levitt. wife of drummer Al Levitt. Mother of guitarist Sean Levitt. Her albums (who go for around 100$ on (and if!) on ebay, or from an understated beauty. I think she's wonderful... j.

Correct - that's the one... I really like it. The cd is oop, I checked. Vinyl is worthwhile to get, really. She's good, but I wouldn't spent an extreme amount of money for it... j.

Better late then never - Junko Mine recorded a very very nice album with Thad Jones and Mel Lewis...somewhere in the 70s. Not their bigband, but an intimate, swinging quartet setting... On some spots she sounds fairly close to the later outings of Chris Connor... Highly recommended album...Issued on cd in Japan... Not sure if it's still available, but chances are big that it has seen a recent reissue... Title: A Child Is Born. j.

@Brownie - I too was informed about Miss Polks death not that long ago... Think it was also mentioned on Bill Reed's blog (who happened to know her) j. http://people-vs-drchilledair.blogspot.com/2011/10/lucy-ann-polk-rip.html link to the actual post. longer post on the Lucy Ann subject + link to her most complete discographical/biographical page on the net (in pdf!) j. http://people-vs-drchilledair.blogspot.com/2011/10/more-lucy-ann.html

I wrote her an obit in the German wikipedia please see http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bess_Bonnier @Holger - that's really nice of you! This for certain will lead to new fans... Vielen dank! j.

@Niko - thanks for the info, now I know I'm not making things up in my mind *sigh* so many things I wanna hear from those Newport sets...Knowing that it all has been taped, makes me...grrrrrr...

Lesser known perhaps, but a great pianist and occasional singer is Detroit's Bess Bonnier... Who debuted in 1958 with a fine album on Argo! - as one of the few female leaders on that label -

@Jazztrain the information for the 62 Newport set with Hawkins and Rubistein *was* at that discography page...For sure In fact it still was a couple of weeks ago! No lie, cause it was there (and the only place on the net) that made a reference to that particular set and tracklist! I truly hope Wolfgang's Vault will put it out... Check this out: http://www.newportjazzfest.net/index.php?pID=53 line up for every classic (50s and 60s) NPJF!!!!! Way cool... j.

Wondering - who has heard this? who has this? was this issued once? On a bootleg? This was the concert that put her on the map...and got her some raving reviews...still refered to these days... Date: July 3, 1961 Location: Music At Newport, Newport, RI Label: radio Carol Sloane (ldr), Art Davis (b), Patti Bown (p), Stu Martin (d), Carol Sloane (v) a. Pennies From Heaven (Johnny Burke, Arthur Johnston) b. What's New (Johnny Burke, Bob Haggart) c. Little Girl Blue (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) d. Sweet Georgia Brown (Maceo Pinkard, Kenneth Casey, Ben Bernie) STRANGE -> the Sloane discography for sure included an entry for the 1962 NPJ Festival where she was backed by Hawkins... j.

Thanks Mr R. for the complete list!!! Didn't know she recorded as late as 1977... Interesting! j.

Have that LP and love it... Great cover too... She did some other recordings... 'Where Is Love' (issued on cd) and 'The Soul Of Me' (for RCA)... So besides some singles, she released all in all 4 LP's... j.

Who knows what happened to singer Kay Penton (of Tadd Dameron fame) after 1956? Bill Reed is willing to give a reward! http://people-vs-drchilledair.blogspot.com/2011/07/drchilledairland-csi.html

Be sure to check out her 1966 recording with Ran Blake in Sweden! Almost on the same level as 'Newest Sound'...A breath taking version of 'Night And Day'... Highly recommended. j.

Great to see that there's (finally) a new reissue of 'Bird Call'...Have seen that album/cd many times on ebay reaching prices like almost 100$, and as interesting as it is, no cd with 30min. music on it is worth a 100$... I know a store here in town that has at least 5 pieces of her 2nd album...Maybe I'll buy it one day...The tunes on that one are less appealing (for me...) j.