Story of the Blues/A Date With Della Reese at Mr. Kelly's [Import]

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Album Description
1997 release, the CD debut for this pair of '50s album by the jazz vocalist together on one CD. 'The Story Of The Blues' is a concept album; 'A Date With Della Reese At Mr. Kelly's In Chicago' is a live album featuring her performingmany standards available nowhere else! 23 tracks total, including 'Good Morning Blues', 'Sent For You Yesterday' and'Empty Bed Blues'. A Westside release.

Story of the Blues/A Date With Della Reese at Mr. Kelly's, Music, Della Reese, Jazz, Jazz Vocals, Pop, R&B, Rock, Traditional Pop

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The story of the blues

Della has a unique way with a song...

the most fabulous singer!!

Story of the Blues/A Date With Della Reese at Mr. Kelly's
Della Reese
Manufacturer: Westside UK
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Jazz | Styles | Music
Traditional Jazz General | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music
Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music
General | R&B | Styles | Music
General | Rock | Styles | Music
Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music
General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music
Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music
Broadway & Vocalists | Imports | Stores | Music
Pop | Imports | Stores | Music
ASIN: B0000060IC
Release Date: 1998-04-21

Story of the Blues
Good Morning Blues
Empty Bed Blues
Squeeze Me
You've Been a Good Old Wagon
Sent for You Yesterday
St. James Infirmary
Lover Man
Things Ain't What They Used to Be
Stormy Weather
There's Always the Blues
Sometimes I'm Happy
Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe
Almost Like Being in Love
Someone to Watch over Me
Birth of the Blues
Pennies from Heaven
Getting to Know You
If I Forget You
All of Me
Nearness of You
Just One of Those Things
Party's Over

Album Description

1997 release, the CD debut for this pair of '50s album by the jazz vocalist together on one CD. 'The Story Of The Blues' is a concept album; 'A Date With Della Reese At Mr. Kelly's In Chicago' is a live album featuring her performingmany standards available nowhere else! 23 tracks total, including 'Good Morning Blues', 'Sent For You Yesterday' and'Empty Bed Blues'. A Westside release.

Customer Reviews:

The story of the blues.......2000-05-23

The best I've heard. Della's powerfull voice makes an exceptional story through the different steps in blue's story. A must for any listener. Sorry but my english is not so well as I woul'd like.

Della has a unique way with a song..........2000-02-26

The other reviewer of this CD sounds a little over obsessed with Della Reese and should get out more. However I think her best lp's are SPECIAL DELIVERY and DELLA. Both swing and are jazzy. This twofer is not bad but I'd hunt junk shops for the two titles just mantioned. Also Della Reese is not comparable to jazz singers like Ella Fitzgerald or Anita O'Day but more along the lines of Dinah Washington, and she can sing wondefully, with the right arrangements and songs.

the most fabulous singer!!.......1999-10-02

Della Reese is the ultimate performer.Her voice is beyond description:amazingly powerful,expressive with flawless elocution and most original articulation,that requires much taste to be appreciated by real connoissers!Each song is a unique composition and none is like the other.After you listened to Della,the other blues or jazz stars seem colourless,despite their own qualities,they all are outcasted by Della's incredible temperament and talent.She is the alpha and the omega of song:she can sing everything,from gospel,blues to jazz and even classical music!!Della reese is without contest the BEST singer in the world!She has the trumpets of Jericho in her voice,and sings like an angel!She makes songs alive,she is not only an entertainer (actually the best) but she delivers a message in singing,of life,passion and joy.She is true and authentic and once you heard her,she put a spell on you forever!Moreover,she is gorgeous,and charismatic!Della Reese is the ultimate diva!

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