My Kind of Blues
  • Top Rank RM 301
    Top Rank RM 301
  • Top Rank Single 45JAR-284
    Top Rank Single 45JAR-284
  • Debby Moore
    Debby Moore

Debby Moore

My Kind of Blues

Fresh Sound Records

Personnel:
Debby Moore (vcl, whistling), Harry Edison (tp), Jimmy Jones (p), Barry Galbraith (g), George Duvivier (b), Elvin Jones (d)

Reference: FSRCD 475

Bar code: 8427328604758

Debby Moore, who once sang with Earl Hines, was a Fifties pop singer whose light, warmly caressing voice and ability to read a lyric and phrase well showed a frank jazz awareness. It’s no surprise, then, that she was able to get a quintet of this quality for this mix of blues and standards. Although group is cast in a mainly accompanying role, it could call on Sweets Edison’s swinging solos and delightful backing for the singer who also contributes the novelty of whistling on a couple of tracks in a style not unlike the trumpeters as well Jimmy Jones’s elegant soloing and Barry Galbraiths funky guitar. The result was a consistently interesting debut session, with the singer generating her lithe, detached swing and getting her own groove going.



01. Five Months, Two Weeks, Two Days (Morris-Donaldson) 3:06
02. Come On Home To Me (Debby Moore) 2:28
03. See See Rider (Traditional) 2:27
04. Nothin' But Trouble On My Mind (Debby Moore) 2:42
05. Sent For You Yesterday (Basie-Rushing-Durham) 2:11
06. Baby, Wont You Please Come Home? (Warfield-Williams) 2:40
07. I’m Travelin’ Light (Young-Mercer) 3:01
08. (I Know) My Baby Loves Me True (Debby Moore) 2:59
09. Why Dont You Do Right (Joe-McCoy-Lee) 2:52
10. How Come You Do Me Like You Do Do Do? (Austis-Bergere) 2:25
11. Hallelujah, I Love Him So (Ray Charles) 2:56
12. No Love, No Nothin' (Warren-Robin) 2:47
13. I Get A Feeling (Maultsby-Butler) 2:14 *

Album details

(*) Bonus track not on the original LP configuration

Tracks #1-12, originally issued as "My Kind of Blues" (Top Rank RM 301)
Track #13, taken from the 45 rpm Top Rank single 45JAR-284

Personnel:
Debby Moore (vocals, whistling), Harry Edison (trumpet), Jimmy Jones (piano), Barry Galbraith (guitar), George Duvivier (bass), Elvin Jones (drums), Don Donaldson (arrangements).
Recorded in New York City, December 1959

Original recordings produced & supervised by Sonny Lester
Produced for CD release by Jordi Pujol

Stereo · Digitally Remastered
Blue Moon Producciones Discograficas S.L.

Press reviews

"As its title promises, My Kind of Blues captures a distinctly personal interpretation of familiar blues and jazz standards--Debby Moore's uncommonly warm and gentle vocals soften the blow delivered by the lyrics of "How Come You Do Me Like You Do" and "Nothin' But Trouble on My Mind," transforming their melancholy into profound compassion and understanding. Nuanced contributions from trumpeter Harry "Sweets" Edison, pianist Jimmy Jones, guitarist Barry Galbraith, bassist George Duvivier, and drummer Elvin Jones further underscore the session's feather-light beauty. Fresh Sound's 2007 CD reissue appends the bonus cut "Get a Feeling."

Jason Ankeny -All Music Guide

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