Raff,renee / Dahl,pat

Best Voices Time Forgot Raff,renee / Dahl,pat Remastered edition

"Among the Stars"

RENÉE RAFF, vocals, with Orchestra Arranged and Conducted by BILLY BYERS

TRACKS #1-3, 5-8, 12: J. J. Johnson (tb); Jerome Richardson (ts, fl); Don Elliott (vb, clavietta);

Hank Jones (p); Milt Hinton (b); Osie Johnson (d)

TRACKS #4, 9-11: Barry Galbraith (g); Ernie Furtado (b); Ronnie Bedford (d)

Originally from South Africa, Renée Raff settled in the United States

in the early 1960s. She was a singer with an innate sense of musicality,

no doubt thanks to her academic background--piano lessons and voice

training from age 7, then the Royal College of Music in London, and

Julliard. The material on AMONG THE STARS, her only album,

recorded late in 1964, covers a wide range, from sophisticated Noel

Coward, to jazzman Gerry Mulligan with lyrics, to Jan Pierewiet, a

South African folk song.

Arranger Billy Byers made subtle use of the fact that Miss Raff is an

obviously jazz- oriented performer. His inventive arrangements left

ample room for delivery while sustaining the mood of each tune, be it

a soft ballad, or swinging up-tempo.

RECORDED in New York City, 1964

"We Dig Pat Dahl"

PAT DAHL, vocals, with Orchestras Arranged & Conducted by BENNY CARTER (#3,

11), BILLY MAY (#1, 8), LYN MURRAY (#4, 9), MARTY PAICH (#5, 10), SHORTY

ROGERS (#7, 12), PETE RUGOLO (#2, 6)

FEATURING: Harry Edison (tp); Buddy Collette (reeds); Don Abney (p); John Gray (g); Shelly

Manne (d)

On WE DIG PAT DAHL, the luscious, blue-eyed, blonde Londoner

(singer and dancer), with her versatile voice, unaffected articulation,

subtle humor and sensuality, sings an eclectic track selection, which

ranges from On the Good Ship Lollipop to I Who Have Nothing to Ten

Cents a Dance. The lush, creative arrangements are due to the talent of

Billy May, Lyn Murray, Benny Carter, Pete Rugolo, Shorty Rogers and

Marty Paich, who made this 1966 album a perfect, if obscure, example

of mid-'60s vocal pop.

RECORDED in Los Angeles, 1966