Artist: Etta Jones
Title: On Prestige
Year Of Release: 2024
Label: UMG Recordings, Inc. FP
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 1:28:15
Total Size: 486 MB


Tracklist:

1. Canadian Sunset (02:35)
2. Don't Go To Strangers (03:48)
3. Someday My Prince Will Come (03:01)
4. If You Were Mine (02:42)
5. I Love Paris (03:59)
6. Till There Was You (02:06)
7. Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo (03:36)
8. If I Had You (03:48)
9. Old Folks (04:12)
10. Yes Sir, That's My Baby (04:20)
11. How Deep Is The Ocean? (03:33)
12. Just Friends (02:56)
13. Good Morning, Heartache (02:31)
14. Bye Bye Blackbird (03:14)
15. In The Dark (02:52)
16. The Gal From Joe's (04:09)
17. Fine And Mellow (05:49)
18. Maybe You'll Be There (03:39)
19. All The Way (04:39)
20. Give Me The Simple Life (02:51)
21. Something To Remember You By (03:42)
22. Nature Boy (02:55)
23. That's All There Is To That (03:58)
24. Unchained Melody (04:18)
25. I'll Be There (02:50)

An understated, dynamic singer within jazz and popular standards, Etta Jones was an excellent singer always worth hearing. She grew up in New York and at 16, toured with Buddy Johnson. She debuted on record with Barney Bigard's pickup band (1944) for Black & White, singing four Leonard Feather songs, three of which (including "Evil Gal Blues") were hits for Dinah Washington. She recorded other songs during 1946-1947 for RCA and worked with Earl Hines (1949-1952). Jones' version of "Don't Go to Strangers" (1960) was a hit and she made many albums for Prestige during 1960-1965. Jones toured Japan with Art Blakey (1970), but was largely off record during 1966-1975. However, starting in 1976, Etta Jones (an appealing interpreter of standards, ballads, and blues) began recording regularly for Muse, often with the fine tenor saxophonist Houston Person. She died from complications of cancer on October 16, 2001, the day her last album, Etta Jones Sings Lady Day, was released. © Scott Yanow