A Date with Della Reese at Mr Kelly's in Chicago / Story of the Blues [Import]

Della Reese | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 21, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Westside UK
• ASIN: B0000060IC
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #629,163 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Story of the Blues

2. Good Morning Blues

3. Empty Bed Blues

4. Squeeze Me

5. You've Been a Good Old Wagon

6. Sent for You Yesterday

7. St. James Infirmary

8. Lover Man

9. Things Ain't What They Used to Be

10. Stormy Weather

11. There's Always the Blues

12. Sometimes I'm Happy

13. Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe

14. Almost Like Being in Love

15. Someone to Watch over Me

16. Birth of the Blues

17. Pennies from Heaven

18. Getting to Know You

19. If I Forget You

20. All of Me

See all 23 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

1997 release, the CD debut for this pair of '50s album by the jazz vocalist together on one CD. 'The Story Of The Blues' is a concept album; 'A Date With Della Reese At Mr. Kelly's In Chicago' is a live album featuring her performingmany standards available nowhere else! 23 tracks total, including 'Good Morning Blues', 'Sent For You Yesterday' and'Empty Bed Blues'. A Westside release.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The story of the blues, May 23, 2000

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Guillermo (Buenos Aires, Argentina) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Date with Della Reese at Mr Kelly's in Chicago / Story of the Blues (Audio CD)

The best I've heard. Della's powerfull voice makes an exceptional story through the different steps in blue's story. A must for any listener. Sorry but my english is not so well as I woul'd like.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Della has a unique way with a song..., February 25, 2000

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Aaron (Aaron) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Date with Della Reese at Mr Kelly's in Chicago / Story of the Blues (Audio CD)

The other reviewer of this CD sounds a little over obsessed with Della Reese and should get out more. However I think her best lp's are SPECIAL DELIVERY and DELLA. Both swing and are jazzy. This twofer is not bad but I'd hunt junk shops for the two titles just mantioned. Also Della Reese is not comparable to jazz singers like Ella Fitzgerald or Anita O'Day but more along the lines of Dinah Washington, and she can sing wondefully, with the right arrangements and songs.

5.0 out of 5 stars Della Reese Can Really Sing the Blues, August 27, 2007

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Virginia music lover "cossack" (northern Virginia United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Date with Della Reese at Mr Kelly's in Chicago / Story of the Blues (Audio CD)

She recorded the Story of the Blues when she was very young. Her voice is powerful -- almost gospel like. I had this album in vinyl, and it became so worn as to be almost unplayable. I'm so glad they released it. There are intros to each song that are a bit corny, but the recording is clear and the band behind her really swings.