スウィング時代の名歌手、リー・ワイリーの名盤 2LPs ON 1CD
Lee Wiley / Night In Manhattan + Sings Vincent Youmans & Irving Berlin
01. Manhattan (Richard Rodgers-Lorenz Hart) 3:27
02. I've Got A Crush On You (George & Ira Gershwin) 3:26
03. A Ghost Of A Chance (Bing Crosby-Ned Washington-Victor Young) 3:17
04. Oh! Look At Me Now (Joe Bushkin-John Devries) 3:09
05. How Deep Is The Ocean (Irving Berlin) 2:53
06. Time On My Hands (Vincent Youmans-Harold Adamson-Mack Gordon) 2:50
07. Street Of Dreams (Sam M. Lewis-Victor Young) 3:15
08. A Woman's Intuition (Ned Washington-Victor Young) 3:33
09. Sugar (Edna Alexander-Sidney Mitchell-Maceo Pinkard) 3:09
10. Any Time, Any Day, Anywhere (Ned Washington-Lee Wiley-Victor Young) 2:28
11. Soft Lights And Sweet Music (Irving Berlin) 2:34
12. More Than You Know (Vincent Youmans-Edward Eliscu-Billy Rose) 3:14
13. Tea For Two (Vincent Youmans-Irving Caesar) 3:15
14. Sometimes I'm Happy (Vincent Youmans-Irving Caesar) 2:33
15. Rise ‘N’ Shine (Vincent Youmans-Buddy Desylva) 2:18
16. Should I Be Sweet? (Vincent Youmans-Buddy Desylva) 2:10
17. Keepin’ Myself For You (Vincent Youmans-Sidney Clare) 3:02
18. Why, Oh, Why? (Vincent Youmans) 3:11
19. Some Sunny Day (Vincent Youmans-Clifford Grey-Leo Robin) 2:30
20. I Got Lost In His Arms (Irving Berlin) 3:01
21. Heat Wave (Irving Berlin) 2:23
22. Fools Fall In Love (Irving Berlin) 2:54
23. How Many Times (Irving Berlin) 2:26
24. Supper Time (Irving Berlin) 2:39
25. Stars Fell On Alabama (Mitchell Parish-Frank Perkins) 4:09*
26. Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans (Louis Alter-Eddie Delange) 4:08*
TT: 77:53
メンバー：
LEE WILEY, vocals on all tracks, with:
1-12: Night in Manhattan. 13-24: Sings Vincent Youmans & Irving Berlin
Tracks 3, 8-10: Bobby Hackett (cnt), Artie Manners, Jimmy Lytell (cl),
Marcel Bonniface (accor), Joe Bushkin (p, celeste), Robert Chauvigny (p),
Herb Baumel, Gabriel Banat, Alex Pierce (vln), Richard Dickler (viola),
George Koutzen (cello), Billy Goodall (b), Charlie Smith (ds). New York, December 12, 1950.
Tracks 1-2, 4, 7: Bobby Hackett (cnt), Joe Bushkin (p, celeste),
Herb Baumel, Gabriel Banat, Alex Pierce (vln), Richard Dickler (viola),
George Koutzen (cello), Billy Goodall (b), Charlie Smith (ds). New York, December 14, 1950.
Tracks 11, 19, 22, 24: Stan Freeman, Cy Walter (p). New York, November 19, 1951.
Tracks 5-6, 12-18, 20-21, 23: Same personnel as above. New York, December 4, 5 & 7, 1951.
*Bonus tracks (25-26): Lee Wiley (vo) with the Dean Kincaide Dixieland Band:
Billy Butterfield (tp), Cutty Cutshall (tb), Peanuts Hucko (cl),
Dean Kincaide (bar, arr),Lou Stein (p), Barry Galbraith (g),
Bob Haggart (b), Cliff Leeman (ds). New York, June 12, 1956.
★1930年代から活躍する、女性ジャズ・シンガー、リー・ワイリー(1908-1975)。エレガントで味わい深い歌声が魅力の白人シンガーである。本CDは、1951年にリリースされた出世作となった、『Night In Manhattan』(Columbia CL-656)と『Sings Vincent Youmans & Irving Berlin』(Columbia CL-6215/16)をカップリング収録。さらに1955年のLP『The Wide, Wide World of Jazz』(RCA Victor LPM-1325)より2曲をボーナス収録している。
