Mildred Bailey - Mrs. Swing [Box]

Artist:

Bailey, Mildred

UPC:

805520020572

Description:

Contains 100 tracks and a 52 page booklet.
Recorded between 1929 & 1942.
This four-CD set from England`s Proper label is one of the great music bargains of the era; priced just right, it encompasses 101 sides recorded by swing-era songstress Mildred Bailey between 1929 and 1942. From the earliest sides, accompanied by members of Paul Whiteman`s orchestra (led by guitarist Eddie Lang with Hoagy Carmichael sitting in on piano as well as providing the song "What Kind O` Man Is You") and the Dorsey Brothers Orchestra, right up through her last Columbia sessions with her husband Red Norvo, the sound is excellent. The state-of-the-art remastering brings out all of the detail right down to the rhythm instruments, and it lends Bailey`s voice a special richness and intimacy. Each disc is separately titled, using a representative song of the period from the selection, and there`s a nicely thorough booklet complete with sessionography accompanying the slipcased set. ~ Bruce Eder

Album Information

Release Date:

05/13/2003

Type:

Boxed Set

Genre:

Pop Vocal

Subgenre:

Classic Pop Vocals

Label:

Proper Records

Catalog Number:

57

Original Release Year:

2003

# of Discs:

4

SPARS Coding:

DDD

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Mono

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