Crooning Blackbird

Adelaide Hall | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 22, 1996)
• Original Release Date: 2002
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Epm Musique
• ASIN: B000001N3I
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #830,117 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Creole Love Call - D. Ellington/J. Miley/R. Jackson

2. The Blues I Love To Sing - D. Ellington/J. Miley

3. Chicago Stomp Down - Creamer/Johnson

4. I Must Have That Man - J. McHugh/D. Fields

5. Baby - J. McHugh/D. Fields

6. Rhaspsody In Love - S. Williams

7. Minnie The Moocher - Gaskill/Calloway/Mills

8. Too Darn Fickle - Gordon/Revel

9. Doin' What I Please - T. Waller/A. Razaf

10. I Got Rythm - G.&I. Gershwin

11. I'm Red Hot From Harlem - Gordon/Revel

12. Strange As It Seems - T. Waller/A. Razaf

13. I'll Never Be The Same - M. Malneck/F. Signorelli

14. You Gave Me Everything But Love - T. Koehler/H. Arlen

15. This Time, It's Love - J.F. Coots/S.M. Lewis

16. I Must Have That Man - J. McHugh/D. Fields

17. Baby - J. McHugh/D. Fields

18. Drop Me Off In Harlem - Ellington/Kenny

19. Reachin' For The Cotton Moon - Stept/Green

20. I'm In The Mood For Love - J.Mchugh/D.Fields

See all 26 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Adelaide is a real crooning blackbird... a jazzy one too..., January 8, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Crooning Blackbird (Audio CD)

Her voice is sweet and full of a jazz feeling, her phrasing crisp clear and smooth. She made Ellington's Creole Love Call a classic with her wordless scatting thoughout the song. Miss Adelaide Hill is on the same level as the legendary Ethel Waters, Annette Hanshaw and Conne Boswell. This cd is aperfect introduction to this jazz song stylist. Recommended to jazz vocal fans and jazz historians alike.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A voice as sweet as honey...., January 7, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Crooning Blackbird (Audio CD)

A true jazz singer, of course these are her early recordings when her voice was as sweet as honey(Helen Forrest was heavily influenced by Miss Hall) and every track is something to be savored especially her scatting on the jazz vocal masterpiece "Chreole Love Call" This CD is highly recommended to jazz vocal collectors, and historians.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Adelaide is a joy to hear, January 8, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Crooning Blackbird (Audio CD)

an underrated jazz singer from harlem(one of the first popular singers accepted by both blacks and whites during the 20's & 30's) who had a unique and clear way of phrasing, she was also a wonderful scat singer and had a way with a ballad. Her only cometitors of her fday were the legendary Ethel Waters and Annette Hanshaw, which she could hold her own against. Just buy the cd. you'll be gad ya did