Two of singer
Chris Connor
's finest
Atlantic
albums are reissued in full on this single CD. The laid-back yet coolly emotional
jazz
singer is heard backed by top-notch rhythm sections (with either
Ralph Sharon
or
Stan Free
being the pianist/arranger) and occasional horns (trumpeter
Joe Wilder
, flutist
Sam Most
, tenors
Al Cohn
and
Lucky Thompson
Bobby Jaspar
Al Epstein
on English horn and bass clarinet) adding some short solos.
Connor
(then around 30) was in her prime, and her renditions of such songs as
"Poor Little Rich Girl,"
"Lonely Town,"
"I'm Shooting High,"
"Moonlight in Vermont,"
and even
"Johnny One Note"
are memorable and sometimes haunting. ~ Scott Yanow