Vinyl Spins - Singers and Soloist

Back on the third floor spinning vinyl and exploring my record collection. This time I was listening to the Smithsonian Recordings Singers and Soloists of the Swing Bands. These vocalists and featured instrument soloist gave the big bands their excitement and made them popular with young people of that generation.

This is the time that Coleman Hawkins and Lester Young stood up on the bandstand and wowed the audience and also when Illinois Jacquet blew what would later be critically recognized as the first R&B sax solo. I'v always liked many of the singers of the era such as Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughn, Lena Horne, Ella Fitzgerald but realized I also really liked Jo Stafford.

This box set also had six records and contained a very informative book full of photos and documentation about each track.