Prisoner of Love: The Romantic Billy Eckstine Billy Eckstine

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  • Release Date: 07/25/2006
  • Sales Rank: 95,751
  • Label: SAVOY JAZZ
  • UPC: 795041760722

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Prisoner of Love: The Romantic Billy Eckstine

1LISTENI Love the Rhythm in a Riff 2:51
2LISTENSophisticated Lady 2:54
3LISTENShe's Got the Blues for Sale 3:01
4LISTENJelly, Jelly 3:19
5LISTENLonesome Lover Blues 2:48
6LISTENTell Me Pretty Baby 2:57
7LISTENWithout a Song 2:53
8LISTENCool Breeze 2:54
9LISTENSerenade in Blue 2:52
10LISTENOo Bop Sh'bam 3:04
11LISTENIn the Still of the Night 2:54
12LISTENIn My Solitude 2:53
13LISTENIt Ain't Like That 2:53
14LISTENPrisoner of Love 2:55
15LISTENSecond Balcony Jump 2:56

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This 15-track set puts together some amazing performances by Billy Eckstine's band from the early '40s when he was leading one of the more intense, smoking bands on the scene. Some of his players during these years included Fats Navarro, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Dexter Gordon, and Kenny Dorham, just to name a few. The Eckstine band was sophisticated, jumping, and they swung like mad no matter the tune. Here, of course, the emphasis is on Eckstine's vocals, his smooth as silk baritone that could sing a ballad like Duke Ellington's "Sophisticated Lady," or a deep swinging blues by Doc Pomus ("She Got the Blues for Sale"). There's scat, solid jazz balladry, and jumping, tough-hitting blues here. Highly recommended. Thom Jurek, All Music Guide

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