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Jazz Singers in the 60s - Betty Carter, Shiela Jordan Plus (1961 - 1969)
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The 1960s featured many recordings by highly musical singers in the company of great jazz instrumentalists. In this hour of Jazz at 100, we will survey the 1960s recordings of jazz singers
Betty Carter
vocals1929 - 1998
Eddie Jefferson
vocals1918 - 1979
Sheila Jordan
vocals1928 - 2025
Nancy Wilson
vocals1937 - 2018
Shirley Horn
piano1934 - 2005
Carmen McRae
vocals1920 - 1994
Jon Hendricks
vocals1921 - 2017
Johnny Hartman
vocals1923 - 1983
Playlist
- Host Intro 0:00
- Betty Carter Quartet "This Is Always" from The Jazz Singers (Smithsonian) 2:21
- Betty Carter Quartet "I Only Have Eyes for You." from Finally (Roulette) 5:30
- Host speaks 7:54
- Eddie Jefferson Sextet "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" from Body and Soul (Prestige) 8:52
- Eddie Jefferson Sextet "So What" from Body and Soul (Prestige) 11:48
- Host speaks 16:14
- Sheila Jordan, Steve Swallow duo "Dat Dere" from Portrait of Sheila (Blue Note) 18:19
- Sheila Jordan Trio "Hum Drum Blues" from Portrait of Sheila (Blue Note) 21:00
- Host speaks 23:13
- Nancy Wilson with
" data-original-title="" title="">Cannonball Adderley Quintet "Save Your Love for Me" from Nancy Wilson/Cannonball Adderley (Capital) 24:31Cannonball Adderley
saxophone
1928 - 1975 - Nancy Wilson with Cannonball Adderley Quintet "Never Will I Marry" from Nancy Wilson/Cannonball Adderley (Capital) 27:11
- Host speaks 29:27
- Shirley Horn Septet "Travelin' Light" from The Jazz Singers (Smithsonian) 30:34
- Host speaks 33:22
- Carmen McRae Septet "Them There Eyes" from Carmen McRae Sings Lover Man And Other Billie Holiday Classics (Columbia) 34:32
- Carmen McRae Septet "Yesterdays" from Carmen McRae Sings Lover Man And Other Billie Holiday Classics (Columbia) 37:17
- Host speaks 42:09
" data-original-title="" title="">Thelonious Monk Trio with Jon Hendricks "In Walked Bud" from Underground (Columbia) 45:24Thelonious Monk
piano
1917 - 1982- Johnny Hartman with
" data-original-title="" title="">John Coltrane Quartet "Lush Life" from John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman (Impulse) 52:10John Coltrane
saxophone
1926 - 1967 - Host Outro 57:35
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