- Audio CD (11 Oct 2004)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Original recording remastered, Import
- Label: Impulse
- ASIN: B0002LGWRM
- Other Editions: Audio CD | MP3 Download
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 307,318 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Format:Audio CD
She was a truelly GREAT singer. I will be getting more of
her titles. Once heard never forgoten.
her titles. Once heard never forgoten.
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Great Is In The Title
1 April 2005
Format:Audio CD
A great album as the title makes clear. Stylistically, this is Lorez at her best. Listen to her version of "Somewhere Over The Rainbow." Perhaps, not a Jazz song for the purists per se, however, this rendition is classy and refined and oh so sweet!
I imagine many Jazz singers of today have attemted to copy the vocal stylings of Lorez's delivery with the inflections and vocal nuances. These attributes came naturally to Ms. Alexandria as she sings the ten contained classics.
I imagine many Jazz singers of today have attemted to copy the vocal stylings of Lorez's delivery with the inflections and vocal nuances. These attributes came naturally to Ms. Alexandria as she sings the ten contained classics.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Great? Lorez Alexandria Was Exactly That
10 Oct 2009
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
Dolorez Alexandria Turner, aka "Lorez Alexandria," grew up singing gospel with her family in Chicago's churches. She moved on to secular music in the early 1950's, working the Chicago nightclub circuit and recorded her first records in about 1957. By the time she recorded "Lorez Alexandria the Great" in 1964, Ms Alexandria was an accomplished jazz singer.
Ms Alexandria had an elegant, smokey contralto voice, a gift for subtle and precise phrasing and a natural swinging delivery.
"Lorez Alexandria the Great" is a set of standards, including "I've Never Been in Love Before," "The Best is Yet to Come," "I've Grown Accustomed to His Face" and "I'm Through With Love." Every song is delivered gently, wrapped in the velvet of Ms Alexandria's voice - it is a lovely set.
Ms Alexandria's accompanists are top notch - ranging from a trio on some cuts to a full orchestra on others. The contributors are too numerous to list, but they include such well known jazzers as pianist Wynton Kelly, flutist Bud Shank, flutist and saxman Paul Horn, bassist Paul Chambers and drummer Jimmy Cobb.
The sonics are good but not great - Ms Alexandria's voice is well presented, but there's not much instrumental separation.
Ms Alexandria had an elegant, smokey contralto voice, a gift for subtle and precise phrasing and a natural swinging delivery.
"Lorez Alexandria the Great" is a set of standards, including "I've Never Been in Love Before," "The Best is Yet to Come," "I've Grown Accustomed to His Face" and "I'm Through With Love." Every song is delivered gently, wrapped in the velvet of Ms Alexandria's voice - it is a lovely set.
Ms Alexandria's accompanists are top notch - ranging from a trio on some cuts to a full orchestra on others. The contributors are too numerous to list, but they include such well known jazzers as pianist Wynton Kelly, flutist Bud Shank, flutist and saxman Paul Horn, bassist Paul Chambers and drummer Jimmy Cobb.
The sonics are good but not great - Ms Alexandria's voice is well presented, but there's not much instrumental separation.
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