BARBARA LEA *[Lea in Love]* PRESTIGE [DG/50th/NYC] MONO

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136

 1957 PRESTIGE Records PRLP-7100

MONO * DEEP GROOVE

447 WEST 50th St N.Y.C.

Jimmy Lyon * Jimmy Raney * Beverly Peer
Dick Cary * Ernie Caceres * Johnny Windhurst
Garvin Bushell * Adele Girard * Al Casamenti
Al Hall * Osie Johnson

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VINYL is EX- [or better]
very fine copy
a few very light
hairlines

COVER is VG
light edge/surface wear
top seam split 4"

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An excellent singer who has been associated with swing and Dixieland, Barbara Lea has never broken through with the general public, but she has recorded quite a few worthy albums. She sang with Detroit dance orchestras while in school, performed with the college jazz band (the Crimson Stompers) at Harvard, and worked on the East Coast in the 1950s. She recorded for Riverside (1955) and Prestige (1956-1957), using such sidemen as trumpeter Johnny Windhurst and pianists Billy Taylor and Dick Hyman. In the 1960s, Lea worked as a stage actress and taught. In the 1970s, she sang with Dick Sudhalter and Ed Polcer and recorded in the 1980s for Audiophile, including a tribute to her idol and influence, Lee Wiley.

Singer Barbara Lea often recalls her idol and friend Lee Wiley on this set of love songs. The backup is uniformly tasteful but changes from song to song with such impressive stylists as trumpeter Johnny Windhurst, baritonist Ernie Caceres, Garvin Bushell (on oboe and bassoon), Dick Cary (the arranger on piano and alto horn), guitarist Jimmy Raney and (on a beautiful version of "True Love") harpist Adele Girard making memorable appearances. Lea's straightforward and heartfelt delivery is heard at its best on such songs as "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To," "Mountain Greenery," "More than You Know" and "Autumn Leaves" (which is partly taken in French). These interpretations are often touching.

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