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Chris Connor: Gershwin Almanac

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Marc Myers
Aug 17, 2017
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The finest jazz vocal treatment of the Gershwin songbook was recorded by Chris Connor between February and April 1957. The double album for Atlantic Records was called Chris Connor Sings the George Gershwin Almanac of Song. The personnel varied over the seven dates needed to complete all 32 songs, but the New York musicians on any given session were alw…

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