Jazz Divas - Gold (2007)

CD 1
01. Ella Fitzgerald – A-Tisket, A-Tasket
02. Helen Humes & Count Basie – Blame It On My Last Affair
03. Billie Holiday – Lover Man
04. Lena Horne – Take Love Easy
05. Billie Holiday – Good Morning Heartache
06. Peggy Lee – Black Coffee
07. Sarah Vaughan – Lullaby Of Birdland
08. Helen Merrill – Born To Be Blue
09. Dinah Washington – Blue Gardenia
10. Anita O’Day & Gene Krupa – Let Me Off Uptown
11. Carmen McRae – My Funny Valentine
12. Sarah Vaughan – Misty
13. Dinah Washington – This Bitter Earth
14. Morgana King – Body And Soul
15. Nancy Wilson & Rusty Bryant – Don’t Tell Me
16. Cleo Laine – Early Autumn
17. Ernestine Anderson – Harlem Nocturne
18. Etta James – These Foolish Things

CD 2
01. Ella Fitzgerald – Mack The Knife (Live)
02. Freda Payne – After The Lights Go Down Low
03. Astrud Gilberto – I Will Wait For You
04. Lorez Alexandria – Show Me
05. Nina Simone – I Loves You Porgy (Live)
06. Gloria Lynne – Joey, Joey, Joey
07. Marlena Shaw – Go Away Little Boy
08. Annie Ross – Twisted
09. Blossom Dearie – Surrey With The Fringe On Top
10. Sheila Jordan – The Inch Worm
11. Betty Carter – My Favorite Things
12. Nina Simone – My Baby Just Cares For Me (Live)
13. Shirley Horn – Here’s To Life
14. Cassandra Wilson – Angel
15. Abbey Lincoln – I Must Have That Man (Live)
16. Dee Dee Bridgewater – Shiny Stockings (Live)
17. Teri Thornton – Somewhere In The Night

There are no less than 20 CD compilations on the market with the words "Jazz Divas" in the title, and another eight that use the phrase "Divas of Jazz." Those two nouns, so carelessly bandied about, describe improvising female vocalists whose works are an extension of a tradition established by Bessie Smith, Adelaide Hall, Ethel Waters, Mildred Bailey, Ivie Anderson, Valaida Snow, Una Mae Carlisle, and Lee Wiley, none of whom appear on Verve's 2007 double-disc anthology titled Jazz Divas: Gold. Although a collection this diverse is vulnerable to criticism, particularly in regards to the song choices that were made, the temporal range -- May 1938 through June 1997 -- allows for a healthy overview of stylistic evolution. Thirty singers are represented here, with Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan, Dinah Washington, and Nina Simone checking in twice (each of the five has her own volume in Verve's Gold series). This is a mainstream selection; while the omission of Ada Moore, Jeanne Lee, and June Tyson is therefore not surprising, the absence of Pearl Bailey, Betty Roché, and Etta Jones is most unfortunate. On the positive side, it's an entertaining survey of mostly great recordings made over a span of six decades by a variegated assortment of female jazz vocalists. --- arwulf arwulf, Rovi

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