''From Bessie To Brazil'' is a 1993 album by jazz vocalist
Susannah McCorkle
Susannah McCorkle (January 1, 1946 – May 19, 2001) was an American jazz singer.
Life and career
A native of Berkeley, California, McCorkle studied Italian literature at the University of California at Berkeley before dropping out to move to ...
. It peaked at number 20 on the Billboard
Top Jazz Albums
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chart.
Reception
Music critic
Scott Yanow of
AllMusic
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praised the album and called it "a fine all-round showcase for the talented singer."
Track listing
Personnel
* Susannah McCorkle - vocals
*
Allen Farnham -
piano
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, musical director
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Howard Alden
Howard Vincent Alden (born October 17, 1958) is an American jazz guitarist born in Newport Beach, California. Alden has recorded many albums for Concord Records, including four with seven-string guitar innovator George Van Eps.
Early life
How ...
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guitar
The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected strin ...
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Kiyoshi Kitagawa
Kiyoshi Kitagawa (北川 潔) (born December 5, 1958 in Osaka) is a Japanese-American jazz double-bassist.
Career
Kitagawa first played bass guitar, and was in a rock band as a high school student. He switched to double bass while a student at ...
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bass
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Chuck Redd –
drums
*
Randy Sandke
Jay Randall Sandke (born May 5, 1949 in Chicago, Illinois) is a jazz trumpeter and guitarist.
While a student at Indiana University in 1968, he and Michael Brecker started a jazz-rock band (Mrs. Seamon's Sound Band) that performed at the Notre ...
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trumpet
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,
flugelhorn
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Dick Oatts
Richard Dennis Oatts (born April 2, 1953) is an American jazz saxophonist, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and educator.
Biography
While growing up in Des Moines, Iowa, Oatts gained an interest in music from his father, Jack Oatts, who was a sa ...
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alto saxophone,
flute
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Ken Peplowski
Ken Peplowski (born May 23, 1959) is an American jazz clarinetist and tenor saxophonist. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, and known primarily for playing swing music. For over a decade, Peplowski recorded for Concord Records.
In ...
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tenor saxophone
The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (while ...
,
clarinet
*
Robert Trowers –
trombone
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“Thief in The Night” & “The People That You Never Get To Love” arranged by
Allen Farnham;
“The Lady Is a Tramp” & “Hit the Road to Dreamland” arranged by
Ben Aronov;
“Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive” & “Love” arranged by Richard De Rosa.
References
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1993 albums
Susannah McCorkle albums