Big Band Sound

Jo Stafford | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 12, 1996)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Corinthian Records
• ASIN: B0000010KL
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #248,585 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Love for Sale

2. I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)

3. Taking a Chance on Love

4. Early Autumn

5. Speak Low

6. Candy

7. Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home

8. Old Devil Moon

9. Teach Me Tonight

10. The Night We Called It a Day

11. The One I Love (Belongs to Somebody Else)

12. Anything Goes

13. What'cha Know Joe?

14. Tomorrow Mountain

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Some of Jo's best available for the first time on cd, January 26, 2000

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Lorenz Maycher (Kilgore, Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Big Band Sound (Audio CD)

Jo Stafford's recording of "Early Autumn", the "B" side of her hit "Jambalaya" on the original 78 r.p.m., was the first song I ever heard sung by this great artist. The song's range lays right in the heart of her voice, which is at its richest, and her phrasing and tuning are sheer perfection (as any fan knows, her phrasing and tuning are always perfect). This recording made me a Jo Stafford fan for life (even before hearing any of her many other wonderful recordings) and I still can never listen to it just once. Now Corinthian has made it available for the first time on cd, along with some of her best "big band" recordings from the 1950's, in some instances recreating in stereo some of her earlier hits with Tommy Dorsey, Frank Sinatra, the Pied Pipers, and Johnny Mercer.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Jo never sounded so wonderful..., October 20, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Big Band Sound (Audio CD)

Jo Stafford is backed here by Paul Weston's(her hubby)swingin' orchestra, Jo sounds thrilled and delighted to be backed by a big band(it's so nice to hear her without corny backgound singers) arranged and conducted superbly by Paul Weston(former Glenn Miller & Dinah Shore arranger). Highlights are a the awesome "Old Devil Moon" which is given difinitive treatment as well as a sprkling "Love For Sale." The only Stafford LP that's better then this is "Jo+Jazz"(she recorded with Ben Webster) however this is a strong set and very jazz oriented. Recomennded highly!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great album, very jazzy..., September 30, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Big Band Sound (Audio CD)

One of Stafford's jazziest sets(With the acception of the materpiece Jo+Jazz)is very good. Highlights include Love For Sale and Old Devil Moon. Spectacular. Recommended to any jazz vocal lover.