Julie Wilson – Love (1956/2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:09:03 minutes | 941 MB | Genre: Jazz
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Julie May Wilson (October 21, 1924 – April 5, 2015) was an American singer and actress widely regarded as “the queen of cabaret”. She was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical in 1989 for her performance in Legs Diamond.
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Julie Wilson – Julie Wilson At The St. Regis (1958/2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 38:01 minutes | 623 MB | Genre: Jazz
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Recorded live at the midtown Manhattan hotel where she long held court, Julie Wilson at the St. Regis captures the singer in her natural environment, perfectly evoking the smoky, after-hours sophistication of the postwar cabaret circuit. Paired here with the Marshall Grant Trio, Wilson clearly relishes the live setting: the songs forgo subtlety and restraint in favor of crowd-pleasing theatrics, shifting easily from torch song melancholy to tongue in cheek vamps. Wilson’s sly, husky vocals have never sounded better than on songs like “Most Gentlemen Don’t Like Love,” “Married I Can Always Get,” and “I Refuse to Rock and Roll.”
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