Shelly Mann & Friends.

 Thought that I would give all you Jazz lovers out there a treat and include this L/P....it's another cool one a bit more on the "Jazzy" side than the "My Fair Lady" L/P but still worth a listen....There is more improvisations in the tunes but you can still recognise them....Andre Previn is a great pianist....The "Friends" only got together for the L/P sessions and from what I found out they only made 3 L/P's on the Contempory Label...

1. Jubilation T Cornpone
2. The Country's In The Very Best Of Hands
3. If I Had My Druthers
4. Unnecessary Town
5. Matrimonial Stomp

1. Progress Is The Root Of All Evil
2. Oh Happy Day
3. Namely You
4. Past My Prime

9. Past My Prime

Monica Zutterlund

Another one from the Swedish song bird !!!...all original songs by Steve Kuhn....all of the tracks feature the "Swedish Radio Jazz Group" and they take centre stage !! ....definatly one for the Zutterlund Fans !!

1. Chicken Feathers 
2. The Baby
3. The Saga Of Harrison Crabfeathers
4. Rain Drops Rain Drops
5. Silver
6. Till Monica

1. The Thoughts Of a Gentleman
2. The Real Guitarist In The House
3. Pearlie Swine
4. U.L.L.A
5. Till Steve

 
     3. Pearlie Swine

Maureen O'Hara

Not known for her singing !..but she makes a fair stab at some standard songs...a bit 1940 ish ! and Julie Andrews ! ish....and of course Irish !!

1. My Romance
2. You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To
3. The Nearness of You
4. Yours Sincerely
5.  Dearly Beloved
6. The More I See You

1. I Only Have Eyes For You
2. Whispering
3. My Shining Hour
4. Love Letters
5. All Through The Day
6. My Love is Forever

2. You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To

Phil Ochs

Never heard of this singer but there is a hell of a lot of info about him on "Wikipedia"
Most of the tracks are long ones at least 4 are 8 mins.....so its an L/P that you will have to sit and listen to !!...no distractions !!


 Philip David Ochs.December 19, 1940 – April 9, 1976) was an American protest singer (or, as he preferred, a topical singer) and songwriter who was known for his sharp wit, sardonic humor, earnest humanism, political activism, insightful and alliterative lyrics, and distinctive voice. He wrote hundreds of songs in the 1960s and 1970s and released eight albums.

1. Cross My Heart
2. Flower Lady
3. I've Had Her
4. Miranda
5. Outside A Small Circle Of Friends

1. Pleasures Of The Harbour
2. The Crucifixion
3. The Party

3 The Party

Malcolm Roberts

Fancy a concert or two !!....firstly we will pop into the West End (London) !...then take a trip to the East End Pub for a pint or two !!.........Not many singers would do what he does with "Maria" very brave and it works !!!

1. Morning Of My Lire / Love Is All
2. Your Love Keeps Lifting Me Higher And higher
3. Love is A Many Splendoured Thing 
4. She
5. Without A Song

1. More
2. What Becomes Of My World
3. May I Have The Next Dream With You
4. This Is My Life
5. Maria
5. Love Is All
 
10.Maria

Lita Roza

Fancy a drink down at the pub!! with a LIVE ! classy singer well your in luck !!..
               Take It Away LITA...!!!!!!!! 

This is a great L/P from the vocalist from the Ted Heath Band....AAAA100% !!!!!

  Johnny Keating, who played great trombone and had also worked for Ted Heath. Ronnie said that I was doing an album for Pye and asked him to play on it. We formed a small group with Ronnie on trumpet. He was a beautiful trumpet player, still is." The album, despite an appalling title, Drinka Lita Roza Day and no rehearsals to speak of, is among Roza's best and was recorded in 1960 at the Prospect of Whitby pub in Wapping. It ends when the landlord calls time. 
 Lita Roza at the Prospect of Whitby. The Prospect is a history-drenched pub overlooking the Thames in London's East End. Lita Roza was a talented and stunningly beautiful singer of the 1950s. Johnny Keating is one of the noteworthy jazz composer-arrangers.



1. Don't Get Around Much Anymore
2. I Loves You Porgy
3. How Deep Is The Ocean
4. Trouble Is A Man
5. The Masqerade is Over
6. What is There To Say

1. The Man That Got Away
2. Life
3. Lover Man
4. Something To Live For
5. Love For Sale
6. Ill Wind

2. I Loves You Porgy

Ted Heath Band

1956 and the Ted Heath band at its best !!...this is a REAL LIVE One !!....with some great solo's and some great drum playing by "Ronnie Verrill"...a must for the Ted Heath Fans !!!

  13. Hawaiian War Chant

Monica Zetterlund

Name is familiar but I have not heard her voice till now...so thanks once again John for the introduction !!!..On this L/P she sings one track in English and the next one in Swedish..as  you can see from the track listing !

 Monica Zetterlund (born Eva Monica Nilsson; 20 September 1937 – 12 May 2005) was a Swedish singer and actress...Zetterlund began by learning the classic jazz songs from radio and records, initially not knowing the language and what they sang about in English...In 1964, she recorded the critically acclaimed jazz album Waltz for Debby with Bill Evans, a record she herself described as "the best I've done"

        3. It Could Happen To You

Rita Reys

Ahhhhhhhhhhh !!

5. Little Girl Blue