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A real musical discovery from vocalist Beverly Kenney – rare session material from 1954, recorded even before her first few albums on the Roost label! The sound here is very spare – with Bev on vocals and Tony Tamburello on piano – in a style that might be called “demo” during later years, when singers always expected more instrumentation to be added later on – but which comes off perfectly here in a late nite, intimately jazzy mode! Beverly’s vocals are wonderfully strong, but never overdone – really holding the record with a presence that’s breathtaking, and almost more so than any of her later work with bigger groups (Dusty Groove).

Track listing:

01 Tea For Two 0:00
02 There Will Never Be Another You 2:51
03 The Things We Did Last Summer 4:30
04 Moe’s Blues 7:10
05 Can’t Get Out Of This Mood 9:00
06 The Surrey With The Fringe On Top 11:25
07 Snuggled On Your Shoulder 13:18
08 That’s All 15:29
09 Ball And Chain (Sweet Lorraine) 18:11
10 A Foggy Day 20:19
11 Gay Chicks 22:17

Personnel:

Piano – Tony Tamburello
Vocals – Beverly Kenney

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Label: SSJ – XQAM-4001, Cellar Door Records – XQAM-4001
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
Country: Japan
Released: Aug 20, 2008