Vinyl Album - Chris Connor - A Jazz Date With Chris Connor - Atlantic

Vinyl Album

Artist:	Chris Connor
Title:	A Jazz Date With Chris Connor
Label:	Atlantic
Country:	USA
Catalogue:	1286
Date:	Jun 1958
Format:	Mono LP
Collection:	I Own It I Want It
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Track	Artist	Title	Composer	Rating
A1	Chris Connor	Moon Ray	Artie Shaw, Paul Madison, Arthur Quenzer	Rate
A2	Chris Connor	Poor Little Rich Girl	Noel Coward	Rate
A3	Chris Connor	Squeeze Me	Clarence Williams, Thomas "Fats" Waller	Rate
A4	Chris Connor	Fancy Free	Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen	Rate
A5	Chris Connor	It's A Most Unusual Day	Jimmy McHugh, Harold Adamson	Rate
A6	Chris Connor	All I Need Is You	Peter DeRose, Benny Davis, Mitchell Parish	Rate
B1	Chris Connor	It Only Happens When I Dance With You	Irving Berlin	Rate
B2	Chris Connor	Lonely Town	Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden, Adolf Green	Rate
B3	Chris Connor	Everything I've Got	Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart	Rate
B4	Chris Connor	Driftwood	Peter Udell, Tommy Goodman	Rate
B5	Chris Connor	I'm Shooting High	Jimmy McHugh, Ted Koehler	Rate
B6	Chris Connor	My Shining Hour	Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen	Rate

Notes

Mary Jane “Chris Connor” Loutsenhizer was a jazz singer who played the clarinet during her childhood and adolescent years. Ms. Connor had publically performed for the first time at the 1945 Jefferson City Junior College graduation, where she sang Amor. The audience was so impressed by Ms. Connor’s voice that she decided to pursue a singing career.

Although Ms. Connor’s first had played and sung with the University of Missouri college band during the weekends, her primary means of income was stenography, which she performed during the weekdays. When Ms. Connor had relocated to New York City, she was unable to find a singing occupation, so she became an office stenographer. For the next few weeks, Ms. Connor had struggled until she successfully auditioned for and joined the Snowflakes, which was led by Claude Thornhill.

A few years later, Ms. Connor had secured a contract with Atlantic records, which was at that time, a rhythm and blues label. Even though Ms. Connor was the only Caucasian female jazz singer, she was given the right to choose her own tunes and to work with any musician that she desired.

Although the title of this disc is a Date With Chris Connor, Ms. Connor actually collaborated with various artists, such as Oscar Pettiford, Osie Johnson and Eddie Costa, who were regular jazz musicians with Atlantic records. Even though the reverse jacket side indicates tune A3 Squeeze Me, the a-side disc indicates tune A3 Just Squeeze Me. Accordingly, the correct title is Squeeze Me.

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whitewhale1965 27th Jul 2023		participants on this recording: Sam Most, Oscar Pettiford, Ralph Sharon, Eddie Costa, Osie Johnson, Al Cohn



lorangrecords SUBS 🍰 20th Jan 2021		Mono LP? Is a steroe on released?