An Introduction to Ivie Anderson: Her Best Recordings, 1932-1942 (Best of Jazz: The Swing Era) [Import]

Ivie Anderson | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 17, 1995)
• Format: Import
• Label: Best of Jazz (Fra)
• ASIN: B000001MZM
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #888,984 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)

2. I've Got the World on a String

3. Troubled Waters

4. My Old Flame

5. Let's Have a Jubilee

6. Cotton

7. Truckin'

8. Isn't Love the Strangest Thing?

9. Oh, Babe! Maybe Someday

10. Shoe Shine Boy

11. It Was a Sad Night in Harlem

12. I've Got to Be a Rug Cutter

13. There's a Lull in My Life

14. All God's Chillun Got Rhythm

15. Alabamy Home

16. I'm Checkin' Out -- Go'om Bye

17. Killing Myself

18. Me and You

19. Chocolate Shake

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

See all 22 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Duke Ellington's finest vocalist..., May 23, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: An Introduction to Ivie Anderson: Her Best Recordings, 1932-1942 (Best of Jazz: The Swing Era) (Audio CD)

She was the opitome of style and class, her voice is sophistocated yet swingin'. Ivie Anderson was the best canarie that ever perched with Ellington's great orchestra. Her wordless vocalizing on "It Don't Mean A Thing" was someting new for the 30's. And her highly enjoyable version of "All God's Chillin' Got Rhythm" shows off her rhythmic phrasing. It is an absolute joy to hear her highly appealing voice. This CD is recommeded.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Without a doubt, Ellington's greatest vocalist, April 16, 2004

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This review is from: An Introduction to Ivie Anderson: Her Best Recordings, 1932-1942 (Best of Jazz: The Swing Era) (Audio CD)

Saying that Ivie anderson was Ellignton's greatest vocalist is saying a lot, just think of all the great singer who were with his band Herb Jeffries, Betty Roche, Adelaide Hall & Al Hibbler. But it's true that I've was the greatest, and most unique. She didn't sound "black" whatever that means. I mean she sounded similar in elegance as Conne Boswell, Lee Wiley or Milded Bailey. However Ivie swing hard, and could sing so calm, cool and colelctively. My favorite is Oh Babe Mayne Someday. All the songs on this cd are exellent and feature Ellingtonians as backup. These are without a doubt some of the greatest sessions to come out of the 1930's. Ivie was a unique person, and always wore white silk gowns whiel perfoeming, looking glamorous and angelicly elegant and femme fatale all at one, which is the image you get when you hear her devine and colelctive voice. No singer has been coller then her.