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Peggy Lee: Peggy Sings the Blues
Peggy Lee: Peggy Sings the Blues
Nominated for a 1988 Grammy Award, for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female.
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1 See See Rider 05:10
2 Basin Street Blues 03:14
3 Squeeze Me 02:49
4 You Don't Know 04:14
5 Fine And Mellow 05:17
6 Baby Won't You Please Come Home 03:27
7 Kansas City 03:47
8 Birmingham Jail 04:19
9 Love Me 04:13
10 Beale Street 02:55
11 Tain't Nobody's Business 05:47
12 God Bless The Child 03:14
There have been few careers in American music to compare with Peggy Lee’s. Miss Lee evolved into our greatest singing actress, producing in her performances of songs - many of which she wrote - indelible character sketches of women in all walks of life. Her work has never flagged, the quality of it has never faltered, and she is still at it. She is the most deceptive of artists, because she does what all good artists do, she makes it look easy. She never shouts. I think of her work as Stanislavian, because instead of projecting a song “at you”, she illuminates it from within. The closest parallel to her way of performing that I have ever found is the acting of Montgomery Clift. It is not so much that her songs are heard, as overheard. This album is a return to the blues for her. Blues is a term that has two levels of meaning. Strictly speaking, it is a form of song that is 12 bars long, with a specific harmonic structure. But the word has been used in a broader sense, to mean any sad song. This album embraces both meanings.

The material (only half of which is actually blues) is pretty strong -- mostly standards from the 1920s and '30s -- and the backup group (a quintet with pianist Mike Renzi and guitarist John Chiodini) does a good job of supporting Lee's quiet and often weak voice. This is one of the better releases from Peggy Lee's later years, but it still pales next to her 1950s recordings.
All Music Guide
11/29/2024

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