Anne Phillips

180 gram VIRGIN VINYL

LIMITED EDITION of 550 COPIES

The complete Album + 2 Bonus Tracks

Even though Anne Phillips had a successful career in music, BORN TO BE BLUE (1959) was the first and only album as a jazz soloist that she recorded during her prime. Afterwards she became one of the most respected and in-demand studio performers in the music business in New York City in the '60s, singing in backing groups on countless recording sessions, as well as writing, arranging and producing commercials. She wouldn’t make her next solo vocal album until 2001!

BORN TO BE BLUE finds her in the company of brilliant jazz players, such as guitarist Mundell Lowe, trumpeter Doc Severinsen, bassist Milt Hinton, and drummer Osie Johnson, among others.

PERSONNEL:

• ANNE PHILLIPS - (vocals), with:

• Kermit Leslie and His Orchestra
• Doc Severinsen (tp), Walt Levinsky (woodwinds), Bernie Leighton (p), Mundell Lowe, Barry Galbraith (g), Milt Hinton, George Duvivier (b), Osie Johnson (d), plus string orchestra.

New York, 1959.

• (*) BONUS TRACKS:
• ON TRACKS A7: The Mundell Lowe Trio:
• Mundell Lowe (g), Trigger Alpert (b), Ed Shaughnessy (d).
• New York, February 20, 1956.

• ON TRACKS B7: The Mundell Lowe Quartet:
• Mundell Lowe (g), Billy Taylor (p), Les Grinage (b), Ed Thigpen (d).
• New York, March 7, 1957.

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• A1 LONELYVILLE
• A2 I’VE GOT TO PASS YOUR HOUSE TO GET TO MINE
• A3 A STRANGER IN TOWN
• A4 I DON’T WANT TO WALK WITHOUT YOU
• A5 THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER YOU
• A6 WHEN SUNNY GETS BLUE
• A7 YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT LOVE IS (*)

• SIDE B
• B1 BORN TO BE BLUE
• B2 SATURDAY NIGHT IS THE LONELIEST NIGHT OF THE WEEK
• B3 EASY STREET
• B4 FOR HEAVEN’S SAKE
• B5 IT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU
• B6 YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT LOVE IS
• B7 IT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU (*)