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Billy Eckstine | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 26, 1993)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Blue Note Records
• ASIN: B000002V0W
• Also Available in: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,748 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #1 in Music > Indie Music > Broadway & Vocalists
  • #2 in Music > Indie Music > Jazz > Vocal Jazz
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Genre: Jazz Music
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Release Date: 0000-00-00
Media Type: Compact Disk

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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Don't miss this one, June 12, 2000

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EAK (Knoxville, TN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: No Cover No Minimum (Audio CD)

Billy Eckstine had one of the sweetest voices in jazz singing. This CD is his best record in print. While many of his best songs appear on his "The best of the M-G-M years: Everything I have is yours", this CD is even better. This CD contains outstanding standards from the best songbooks (Kern, Ellington and a few of Rodgers and Hammerstein's best songs, including the almost hymn "You'll never walk alone"). The Excellent remastering of this CD (much better than the mentioned compilation of "The best of the M-G-M years") enables to fully enjoy the great baritone. In addition, 12 of the 21 tracks in this CD were previously unissued. If you're interested in Jazz or Jazz singing you'll enjoy every minute.

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars BILLY IN YOUR LOUNGEROOM, November 8, 2002

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mal byrne (adelaide, sa Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: No Cover No Minimum (Audio CD)

A seamless collection of live performances by the best male voice in jazz. The quality of the sound (much better than his MGM Years double CD) transports the little genius into your loungeroom live. No other male singer had Billy's pure tone and rich vibrato. Treat yourself to sublime versions of classics like "Misty", "Moonlight in Vermont" and "Fools Rush In".....not that the man was just a ballad singer, Billy swings too on "Beginning to See the Light" and "Little Mama". Dare I say it, better than anything Sinatra or Nat King Cole could ever deliver.....ENJOY!!!!!

5.0 out of 5 stars the whiskey man sings on, August 4, 2011

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jokell3609 (delaware) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: No Cover No Minimum (Audio CD)

I have loved listening to Joe Williams with the count Basie orchestra and found that Billy Eckstein has the same whiskey sounding voice as Joe. Definitely puts you in the mood.