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Bing Crosby - Bing Sings Whilst Bregman Swings - 1956 (1996) [MFSL]

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Bing Crosby - Bing Sings Whilst Bregman Swings - 1956 (1996) [MFSL]

Bing Crosby - Bing Sings Whilst Bregman Swings - 1956 (1996) [MFSL]
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Audio CD (1996)- Original Release Date: 1956 - Number of Discs: 1 - Label: MFSL - Catalog Number: UDCD 670 - Source: eMule
Jazz, Swing, Pop, Vocal

Product Description: Fred Astaire did a classic session with Oscar Peterson for Verve (Clef) back in 1952. In 1963, it was Bing Crosby's turn to re-establish his jazz credentials by doing the obligatory date for Norman Granz. In truth, this is a pretty easygoing session, even if then-hotshot arranger Buddy Bregman wrote his usual hard-swinging charts. But with Bing Crosby, could the results be anything but easygoing? Since jazz vocal expert Will Friedwald's first choice for up-to-date Crosby, 1957's BING WITH A BEAT, is so far unissued on CD, this Gold Disc will just have to do. Though Crosby's voice does show signs of wear and tear–this is 1963, after all–he breezes his way confidently through a choice set of Great American Songbook classics, including four by Rodgers & Hart. Bing also steals a page from his friend Fred's well-thumbed book by jauntily covering "Cheek to Cheek," "They All Laughed," and "Nice Work if You Can Get It." Highlight: an old-timer's expert timing on Jerome Kern's gently soaring "The Song Is You," once made memorable in the new style by a student of Crosby's named Sinatra. Recording information: Capitol Studios, Hollywood, CA (06/11/1956-06/12/1956).

Bing Crosby - Bing Sings Whilst Bregman Swings - 1956 (1996) [MFSL]

Review: Buddy Bregman takes the Frank Sinatra/Nelson Riddle "swingin'" approach on this disc, introducing Bing Crosby into a totally unfamiliar environment, and in the process creates something truly wonderful. Of course Frank Sinatra blazed this hyper-swinging sound on his brilliant, conceptualized albums with Nelson Riddle. Buddy Bregman, a friend of one of Bing's sons, convinced Bing to try out this format, and even got some Sinatra sidemen in the band, including Sinatra's most notable reedman, the great trumpeter Harry "Sweets" Edison. Buddy had recently finished working with Ella Fitzgerald on one of her songbook projects, and although he was young, that experience spoke well of him. Of course Bing had originally inspired Francis, and almost every other singer, with his relaxed, jazzy microphone crooning in the late 20s and 30s, and was especially important for having incorporated the rhythmically relaxed jazz style into ballad singing. As we know, Frank went on to become his own master, innovating the emotionally thematic LP, the unbroken melodic line (which he claimed to have learned from Tommy Dorsey), the canonization of the great composers and their songs (Frank began reaching back in an age when a song had a shelf-life of a few months), and musically topnotch productions which he closely oversaw, using the best songs, best arrangers, best musicians, best engineers, etc. Frank's style, aside form being jazz infused, had little in common with Crosby's, unlike singers such as Perry Como who were strictly in the Crosby mold (though wonderful nonetheless). Frank's rhythmic approach was his own conception, and was utterly different than Bing's. What Frank got from Bing, aside from the singer-as-the-star model, was the initial "crooning" sensibility, wherein the singer didn't howl and emote, but rather sung softly into the microphone in a highly intimate style. In any case, Bing (a good friend of Sinatra's) was more like a friendly uncle by the time of this LP, and famously spent more time thinking about golfing than anything musical (we Crosby fanatics will be first to admit this) having decades earlier established his brilliance and offered his innovations. Bing was happy to go into the studio early in the morning and charmingly knock out whatever material some producer asked him to, with little or no personal input, then get on with his golf game. Maybe this is a good thing, because Bing would not have come up with this album on his own. Buddy Bregman convinced a reluctant Bing to try it ("Will they be able to hear me over those horns?"), and Bing went in and knocked out the songs in a day or two, and he knocked 'em dead. Direct hit, Bing style. Great band, good arrangements, truly excellent songs, and PHENOMENAL Crosby singing (he does not ape Sinatra at all, he merely places himself in the Sinatra musical universe) make for something thrilling and unique in the Crosby legacy.

This is my favorite Bing LP, and his most swinging one of all. The colorful swing-band sounds come blazing out of the speakers and demand attention, whilst Bing remains supremely relaxed and in control, like a cool river running through a teeming jungle, expertly handling whatever shocks (there are a few) Bregman's arrangements throw at him. It's sometimes as if Bing is happily sipping lemonade in a hammock during an air assault…utterly unflappable!

I think that this disc is a great start for Bing beginners, and is a great way to initiate people into Bing's music, as it will almost instantly demolish any preconceived notions that listeners may hold about the man's artistry. Sound quality is fantastic as well. Highly, highly recommended.

Note: Credit to JamesBrown, the original uploader.
Bing Crosby - Bing Sings Whilst Bregman Swings - 1956 (1996) [MFSL]
Track Listing:

01 - Mountain Greenery - 3:40
02 - 'Deed I Do - 2:53
03 - The Song Is You - 3:57
04 - Heat Wave - 3:02
05 - Cheek To Cheek - 4:02
06 - Have You Met Miss Jones? - 2:31
07 - The Blue Room - 2:24
08 - They All Laughed - 2:42
09 - I've Got Five Dollars - 3:16
10 - September In The Rain - 2:56
11 - Nice Work If You Can Get It - 2:37
12 - Jeepers Creepers - 2:34

Personnel: Bing Crosby (vocals); Buddy Bregman (arranger, conductor); Barney Kessel (guitar); Lew Raderman (violin); Virginia Majewski (viola); Edgar Lustgarden (cello); Herb Geller, Bud Shank (alto saxophone); Bob Cooper, Ted Nash (tenor saxophone); Chuck Gentry (baritone saxophone); Pete Candoli, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Maynard Ferguson, Conrad Gozzo (trumpet); Milt Bernhart, Francis Howard, George Roberts, Frank Rosolino, Lloyd Ulyate (trombone); Paul Smith (piano); Joe Mondragon (bass); Alvin Stoller (drums).

Bing Crosby - Bing Sings Whilst Bregman Swings - 1956 (1996) [MFSL]

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