Jazz For Lovers: Milestones of Jazz Legends (20 Original Albums) [10 CD Set] [2018] Intense Media 600456

 

20 original albums of sensual mood music by some of Jazz's biggest artists.

~Gipsy Dancer~  👍

"Jazz is the expression of America's romantic self, its sensual potency, its lyrical power," according to Anaïs Nin. The author of the erotic essays in Delta of Venus knew what she was talking about - and it's not unlikely that she was talking about the music in this collection, as this unique CD box set presents lyrical, sensual, and thoroughly romantic mood music from some of the greatest jazz stars.

Titles like "Jazz for Playboys" by Frank Wess, the George Shearing / Red Norvo classic "Midnight On Cloud 69", Mundell Lowe's "Blues For A Stripper" or Richie Kamuca's "Jazz Erotica" leave as little to the imagination as the scandalously undressed models on the covers of these original albums. On some occasions, even the artists themselves - namely Abbey Lincoln and Eartha Kitt - wore as little as possible on the covers.

Featuring excellent recordings from 1949 to 1962, these ballads, blues, and bebop beauties are guaranteed to get any jazz lover in the mood.

CD 1: Woody Herman - Songs For Hip Lovers / Frank Wess - Jazz For Playboys

CD 2: Paul Smith - By The Fireside / Johnny Mathis - Open Fire, Two Guitars

CD 3: Chris Connor - Witchcraft / Eartha Kitt - That Bad Eartha

CD 4: Abbey Lincoln - Abbey Lincoln's Affair ... The Story Of A Girl In Love / Chet Baker and Art Pepper - Playboys

CD 5: George Shearing & Red Norvo - Midnight On Cloud 69 / Terry Gibbs - More Vibes On Velvet

CD 6: Beverly Kenney - Sings For Playboys / Richie Kamuca - Jazz Erotica

CD 7: Kenny Drew - A Harold Arlen Showcase / Kenny Drew - A Harry Warren Showcase

CD 8: Luiz Bonfa - Amor! / Conte Candoli and Art Pepper - Mucho Calor

CD 9: Billy Ver Planck - Jazz For Playgirls / Mundell Lowe - Blues For A Stripper

CD 10: Marty Paich - I Get A Boot Out of You / Various Artists - Jazz For Lovers

Tracklist:

Disc 1:

Woody Herman - Songs For Hip Lovers (Woody Herman, Vocal)

01 Makin' Whoopee

02 I Won't Dance

03 I Guess I'll Have To Change My Plan

04 Willow Weep For Me

05 Moon Song

06 Can't We Be Friends?

07 Comes Love

08 Ev'rything I've Got Belongs To You

09 Alone Together

10 Bidin' My Time

11 Isn't This A Lovely Day?

12 Louise

Frank Wess - Jazz For Playboys

13 Playboy

14 Miss Blues

15 Baubles, Bangles and Beads

16 Low Life

17 Pin Up

18. Blues For A Playmate

Disc 2:

Paul Smith - By The Fireside

01 Cupid Took Me For A Ride

02 The Way You Look Tonight

03 By The Fireside

04 Wandering

05 Out of Nowhere

06 'S Wonderful

07 Over The Rainbow

08 The Great Lie

09 The Jumper

10 Laurilou

11 Pick Yourself Up

12 I Only Have Eyes For You

Johnny Mathis - Open Fire, Two Guitars

13 An Open Fire

14 Bye Bye Blackbird

15 In The Still of The Night

16 Embraceable You

17 I'll Be Seeing You

18 Tenderly

19 When I Fall In Love

20 I Concentrate On You

21 Please Be Kind

22 You'll Never Know

23 I'm Just A Boy In Love

24 My Funny Valentine

Disc 3:

Chris Connor - Witchcraft

01 Witchcraft

02 I’ll Never Be Free

03 The Lady Sings The Blues

04 Come Rain Or Come Shine

05 When Sunny Gets Blue

06 How Little We Know

07 I Hear The Music Now

08 Baltimore Oriole

09 Just In Time

10 Like A Woman

11 Skyscraper Blues

12 You Don’t Know What Love Is

Eartha Kitt - That Bad Eartha

13 I Want To Be Evil

14 C’est Si Bon

15 Angelitos Negros

16 Avril Au Portugal (The Whisp’ring Serenade)

17 Let’s Do It

18 My Heart Belongs To Daddy

19 Uska Dara: A Turkish Tale

20 African Lullaby

21 Mountain High, Valley Low

22 Lilac Wine (Dance Me A Song)

23 Under The Bridges of Paris (Sur Les Ponts De Paris)

24 Smoke Gets In Your Eyes

Disc 4:

Abbey Lincoln - Abbey Lincoln's Affair ... The Story of A Girl In Love

01 Love Walked In

02 I Didn’t Know About You

03 Would I Love You

04 Wake Up Smiling

05 This Can’t Be Love

06 Crazy He Calls Me

07 Two Cigarettes In The Dark

08 The Masquerade Is Over

09 Take Me In Your Arms

10 Together

11 Affair

12 No More

Chet Baker and Art Pepper - Playboys

13 For Minors Only

14 Minor-Yours

15 Resonant Emotions

16 Tynan Tyme

17 Picture of Heath

18 For Miles And Miles

19 C.T.A.

Disc 5:

George Shearing Quintet/Red Norvo Trio - Midnight On Cloud 69

George Shearing Quintet

01 Sorry Wrong Rhumba

02 Cotton Top

03 Be Bop’s Fables

04 Midnight On Cloud 69

05 Little White Lies

06 I’m Yours

Red Norvo Trio

07 Moon Over Miami

08 Cherokee

09 Life With Feather

10 Four Bars Short

11 Time and Tide

12 Night and Day

Terry Gibbs - More Vibes On Velvet

13 Moonlight Serenade

14 Blues In The Night

15 Impossible

16 What Is There To Say

17 I Remember

18 The Things We Did Last Summer

19 You Make Me Feel So Young

20 Every Day Is Spring With You

21 With All My Love To You

22 Don’t Cry

Disc 6:

Beverly Kenney - Sings For Playboys

01 Do It Again

02 A Woman’s Intuition

03 You’re My Boy

04 Mama, Do I Gotta?

05 What Is There To Say

06 A Lover Like You

07 A Summer Romance

08 Life Can Be Beautiful

09 It’s Magic

10 A-You’re Adorable (The Alphabet Song)

11 Try A Little Tenderness

12 It’s A Most Unusual Day

Richie Kamuca - Jazz Erotica

13 Way Down Under

14 Blue Jazz

15 Angel Eyes

16 Stella By Starlight

17 Star Eyes

18 I Hadn’t Anyone Till You

19 Linger Awhile

20 Things We Did Last Summer

21 If You Were No One

22 Indiana

Tracks on Disc 7:

Kenny Drew - A Harold Arlen Showcase  

01 Come Rain Or Come Shine

02 That Old Black Magic

03 Over The Rainbow

04 Between The Devil and The Deep Blue Sea

05 As Long As I Live

06 It’s Only A Paper Moon

07 Stormy Weather

08 I’ve Got The World On A String

09 Let’s Fall In Love

10 Ill Wind

11 Blues In The Night

12 Get Happy

Kenny Drew - A Harry Warren Showcase

13 You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby

14 Lullaby of Broadway

15 Remember Me?

16 Jeepers Creepers

17 I Only Have Eyes For You

18 You’re My Everything

19 You’ll Never Know

20 The Boulevard of Broken Dreams

21 You’re Getting To Be A Habit With Me

22 Serenade In Blue

23 About A Quarter To Nine

24 September In The Rain

Disc 8:

 Luiz Bonfá - ¡Amor! The Fabulous Guitar of Luiz Bonfá

01 Brasilia

02 I’ll Remember April

03 Lonely Lament

04 Carnival

05 George Back In Town

06 Blue Madrid

07 Island of Trinidade

08 Old Times

09 Marajo

10 Indian Dance

11 Nelly

12 Preludio

13 Yesterdays

14 Bagpipes

15 Arabesque

Conte Candoli and Art Pepper - Mucho Calor

16 Mucho Calor

17 Autumn Leaves

18 Mambo De La Pinta

19 I’ll Remember April

20 Vaya Hombre Vaya

21 I Love You

22 Mambo Jumbo

23 Old Devil Moon

24 Pernod

25 That Old Black Magic

Disc 9:

Billy Ver Planck - Jazz For Playgirls 

01 Señor Blues

02 Playgirl Stroll

03 Aw, C'mon Sugah!

04 Whoo-Ee!

05 Miss Spring Blues

06 Winds

07 Duh-Udah-Udah

Mundell Lowe - Blues For A Stripper

08 Blues For A Stripper

09 From Mundy On

10 Montage

11 Coffee Coffee

12 Lost and Lonely

13 Pattern of Evil

14 Satan In High Heels

15 East Side Drive

16 Lake In The Woods

17 The Long Knife

Disc 10:

Marty Paich - I Get A Boot Out Of You

01 It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)

02 No More

03 Love For Sale

04 Moanin'

05 Violets For Your Furs

06 What Am I Here For / Cottontail

07 Warm Valley

08 Things Ain't What They Used To Be

Various Artists - Jazz For Lovers

09 Laura - Coleman Hawkins

10 I Should Care - Ernie Henry

11 Speak Low - Mundell Lowe

12 Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear To Tread) - Zoot Sims

13 You're My Thrill - Kenny Drew

14 Stardust - Clark Terry

15 When The Sun Comes Out - Herbie Mann

16 My Old Flame - Kenny Dorham

17 Moonlight In Vermont - Don Elliott

18 It's Easy To Remember (And So Hard To Forget) - Rusty Dedrick