2 LP ON 1 CD

This CD showcases two fine singers who, after starting promising careers, recorded only a single album each.

In similar, intimate settings aimed at both pop and jazz listeners, they showed their sophisticated talents on a series of quality songs. Marian Bruce had perfected her sultry style in the early 50s night clubs of New York, Paris and London. In 1958 trumpeter Clark Terry introduced her to the Riverside label, where she was able to make the most of her warm, strong and beautiful voice on a laid-back, late-night album, aptly titled “Halfway to Dawn”, backed by the superb accompanist, pianist Jimmy Jones, and the subtle, sensitive trumpet of Joe Wilder, with bassist Al Hall and guitarist Everett Barksdale.

PERSONNEL on [1-12]: MARIAN BRUCE - HALFWAY TO DAWN (RLP-12-826)

MARIAN BRUCE, vocals
JOE WILDER, trumpet
JIMMY JONES, piano
EVERETT BARKSDALE,guitar
AL HALL, drums

Reeves Sound Studios, New York City, April 1958.

PERSONNEL ON [13-24]: JACY PARKER - SPOTLIGHT ON JACY PARKER (V6-8424)

JACY PARKER, piano, vocals
ERNIE ROYAL, trumpet
DON CINDERELLA, bass
STICKS EVANS or RAY JAMES, drums

Recorded in New York City, March, 1962.

TRACKS:

01. Lucky to Be Me
02. Let Me Love You
03. It Never Entered My Mind
04. Things Are Looking Up
05. Something to Live For
06. Looking for a Boy
07. I Got It Bad and That Ain’t Good
08. My One and Only
09. A Ship Without a Sail
10. No One Ever Tells You
11. The Gentleman Is a Dope
12. Don’t Like Goodbyes
13. I Thought About You
14. Guess Who I Saw Today
15. Here Comes Trouble Again
16. My Ship
17. Time After Time
18. You’re the Cream in My Coffee
19. Like the Likes of You
20. Sweet William
21. Long Gone Love
22. It’s You or No One
23. You Mean Old World