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Brenda Lee and Pete Fountain - For the First Time (1968)

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Brenda Lee and Pete Fountain - For the First Time (1968)

Brenda Lee and Pete Fountain - For the First Time (1968)
MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 11 Tracks | 32:56 | 78,26 MB
Genre: Jazz, Swing, Pop-Jazz, Vocal Jazz | Label: MCA Records ‎– Decca

Pete Fountain and Brenda Lee met in 1960 at the opening of Fountain's French Quarter Inn jazz club in New Orleans. The two enjoyed an impromptu on-stage jam session that led, eight years later, to For the First Time, a collaboration that pairs Lee's interpretive vocal abilities with Fountain's "Dixiepolitan" clarinet solos. The album deservedly became one of the last Top 100 charters for both artists. Although it is merely good overall, the unique instrumental setting is a welcome departure for Lee, whose late-'60s albums were often easy listening snoozers. Fountain, too, had an easy listening streak a mile wide, so Lee's vocal spots add some variety to melodies that are otherwise nothing new to him, like "Basin Street Blues," "Night and Day," and "Mood Indigo." The album mixes pop and jazz standards with contemporary pop songs like "The 59th Street Bridge Song" and the Association's "Windy," but the jazz-oriented numbers have a more timeless appeal.

Tracklist:

1. Cabaret
2. There's a Kind of Hush
3. Basin Street Blues
4. Windy
5. Night and Day.
6. One of Those Songs
7. Mood Indigo
8. Can't Take My Eyes Off You
9. 59th Street Bridge Song
10. Anything Goes
11. I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues

Musicians:

Clarinet – Pete Fountain
Vocals – Brenda Lee