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- Date Released: May 7, 2002
- Genre: Jazz
- Label: Chronological Classics / Abeille Musique
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Pearl Bailey was a magnificent jazz singer and comedienne. Check her out in front of the Cootie Williams Orchestra! That's Bud Powell back there behind the piano. Cleanhead Vinson and Lockjaw Davis are in the reed section. Pearl seems perfectly at home with this early modern-sounding big band, and Cootie puts extra sass in his horn to complement the lady's personality. Herman Chittison leads a much smaller and more intimate ensemble for "He Didn't Ask Me," a subtly soft-spoken lament with wistful incidental whistling. Pearl attracted a lot of attention by being unusually tough, candid, and outspoken in ways that few pop vocalists had ever dared to pursue. For a black woman to assert herself in this way anywhere near the mainstream was particularly refreshing during the late '40s. Pearl's high-stepping improvisations on "St. Louis Blues" are spectacular, but her relaxed conversational musings on "Tired" are perfectly timed theater, naturally hip and funny as hell. "I Ain't Talkin'" has a similar easy perfection about it. Some of this material is pure entertainment. "Personality" turns out to be a metaphor for booty. "That's Good Enough for Me," "Say It Simple," and "Get It Off Your Mind" are clever routines. Some of this stuff seems like it was inspired by Cole Porter's high camp. The Mitchell Ayres Orchestra likes to pour on a little extra glitz, and low-tech reverb makes it seem like Pearl is performing in a gymnasium. Finally, there's a two-part duet with Frank Sinatra. They sound at ease with each other: two actors with seasoned pipes who enjoy tearing apart a slow song note for note and phrase by phrase.
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| 01. |  |
Now I Know (Koehler-Arlen)
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3:05 |
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| 02. | |
Tess's Torch Song (Koehler-Arlen)
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2:36 |
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| 03. | |
He Didn't Ask Me (Cahn-Chaplin)
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3:10 |
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The Quicker I Get To Where I'm Goin' (Fields-Kingley-Bishop)
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2:37 |
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St. Louis Blues (Handy)
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2:14 |
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Tired (Roberts-Fisher)
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3:20 |
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Fifteen Years (Roberts-Fisher)
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3:05 |
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I Ain't Talkin' (Carroll-Phillips)
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2:46 |
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Don't Like 'Em (unknown)
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2:38 |
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Personality (Burke-Van Heusen)
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3:16 |
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Legalize My Name (Mercer-Arlen)
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3:12 |
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It's A Woman's Prerogative (Mercer-Arlen)
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3:12 |
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Legalize My Name (Mercer-Arlen)
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2:52 |
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It's A Woman's Prerogative (Mercer-Arlen)
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2:55 |
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That's Good Enough For Me (Roberts-Fisher)
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3:19 |
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Row, Row, Row (Jerome-Monaco)
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3:06 |
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Get It Off Your Mind (Demetrius-Moore)
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3:07 |
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I Need Ya Like I Need A Hole In The Head (Stillman-Ellis)
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3:13 |
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- - But What Are These! (Thomas-Fairbanks)
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2:43 |
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Say It Simple (Thomas)
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3:07 |
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A Little Learnin' Is A Dang'Rous Thing - Part 1 (Oliver-Jacobs)
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3:27 |
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A Little Learnin' Is A Dang'Rous Thing - Part 2 (Oliver-Jacobs)
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3:08 |
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22 Total Tracks, 66:08 Total Length
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Credits
- Pearl Bailey - Vocals // Frank Sinatra - Performer // Frank Sinatra - Performer // Frank Sinatra - Performer // Bud Powell - Piano // Bud Powell - Piano // Bud Powell - Piano // Charlie Shavers - Trumpet // Cootie Williams - Trumpet // Cootie Williams - Trumpet // Trigger Alpert - Bass // Billy Butterfield - Trumpet // Herman Chittison - Piano // Bob Haggart - Bass // Bob Haggart - Bass // Carl Kress - Guitar // Johnny Mince - Clarinet // Stan Webb - Sax (Baritone) // Stan Webb - Sax (Baritone) // Stan Webb - Sax (Baritone) // Mitchell Ayres - Orchestra Director // Johnny Blowers - Drums // Edward Burke - Trombone // Jimmy Crawford - Drums // Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis - Sax (Tenor) // Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis - Sax (Tenor) // Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis - Sax (Tenor) // Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis - Sax (Tenor) // Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis - Sax (Tenor) // Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis - Sax (Tenor) // Eddie de Verteuill - Sax (Baritone) // Morey Feld - Drums // Barry Galbraith - Guitar // Chris Griffin - Trumpet // Charlie Holmes - Sax (Alto) // Robert Horton - Trombone // Money Johnson - Trumpet // Norman Keenan - Bass // Irv Kluger - Drums // Billy Kyle - Piano // Carl Lynch - Guitar // Carmen Mastren - Guitar // Toots Mondello - Sax (Alto) // Tony Mottola - Guitar // Benny Payne - Piano // Carlton Powell - Bass // Hank Ross - Sax (Tenor) // Bill Stegmeyer - Clarinet // Bill Stegmeyer - Sax (Alto) // Axel Stordahl - Orchestra Director // Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson - Sax (Alto) // Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson - Sax (Alto) // Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson - Sax (Alto) // Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson - Sax (Alto) // Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson - Sax (Alto) // Sid Weiss - Bass // Hy White - Guitar // Lee Pope - Sax (Tenor) // Bernard Kaufman - Clarinet // Bernard Kaufman - Sax (Alto) // George Stevenson - Trombone // George Treadwell - Trumpet // Cootie Williams & His Orchestra - Performer // Ermet Perry - Trumpet // Remo Palmieri - Trumpet // Anatol Schenker - Liner Notes // Sylvester Payne - Drums // Art Drellinger - Sax (Alto) // Red Solomon - Trumpet // Wolfie Tannenbaum - Sax (Alto)
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