Una Mae Carlisle (3)

UNA MAE CARLISLE 1944-1950 (2002)

1. The Rest Of My Life
2. That Glory Day
3. That's My Man
4. If It Ain't Mine
5. I'm Crazy 'Bout My Baby
6. Throw It Out Of Your Mind
7. Stop Goin' Through The Motions
8. Tonight Be Tender To Me
9. Ohi-Ohio Boogie
10. Frenzy
11. I Bought Myself A Book
12. The Best Idea You Had
13. Mad About Love
14. We've All Got A Lesson To Learn
15. Three Little Bugs
16. Tired Hands
17. Strange
18. Long
19. Gone
20. There's Something About The Boogie / A One Minute Journey To Boogieland / Una's Boogie
21. A Rhythm Mood / Escape To Nowhere / Jumpin' With The Stars
22. Troubled Waters / War / Democracy Triumphant
23. The Great Mesmer / Hypnotized /Piano Magic
24. Forgive Me For Getting Forgetful / Good Better Best / Baby Please Be Good To Me
25. Do / Doodle Doo / Perfectly

UNA MAE CARLISLE 1941-1944 (2002)

1. Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man
2. It Ain't Like That
3. Anything
4. City Called Heaven
5. I'm The One Who Loves You
6. My Wish
7. Coffee And Cakes
8. Moonlight Masquerade
9. Don't Tetch It !
10. So Long, Shorty
11. I'm Tryin'
12. Sweet Talk
13. 'Tain't Yours
14. Without You Baby
15. I'm A Good, Good, Woman
16. Ain't Nothin' Much
17. I Like It, 'Cause I Love It
18. You Gotta Take Your Time
19. He's The Best Little Yankee To Me
20. I Speak So Much About You
21. Teasin' Me
22. You And Your Heart Of Stone
23. You're Gonna Change Your Mind
24. I've Got A Crying Need For You

For the best introduction to the music of Una Mae Carlisle, consult her 1938-1941 recordings (Classics 1209). Thrust into the limelight by her friend Fats Waller, Carlisle established herself as an able pianist, vocalist and leader of small swing bands, relinquishing her place at the piano in 1941 and '42 in order to concentrate on presenting herself as a singer. Backed by pianist Billy Kyle and the John Kirby Sextet, she delivered quite a number of sentimental songs and a handful of upbeat novelties. It's important to bear in mind the fact that during this time she was grappling with the debilitating effects of mastoiditis, a painful malady brought on by an infection of the inner ear. This may account for the fact that on many of these sides the singer sounds somewhat tentative, less focused and lacking the full power of her earlier recordings. "Don't Tetch It!" turned out spunky because it was a spunky number to begin with. "It Ain't Like That" is an upbeat bounce, loosely garnished with "hep-talk" lyrics. "So Long, Shorty" is addressed to a soldier who is headed for Tokyo. After the end of the notoriously inconvenient and historically frustrating recording ban that began in 1942, Una Mae Carlisle found herself eliminated from the roster of Bluebird recording artists. Securing work with the tiny Joe Davis label, she went back to singing from the piano. The material seems stronger than what she'd been trying to pull off with Bluebird. "'Tain't Yours" is based in a solid groove, and swings accordingly. Ray Nance shines and Budd Johnson blows his tenor sax lustily. Both men spruce up "I'm A Good, Good Woman" with notably expressive solos. Even the slow numbers from 1944 are substantial, more soulful and less flimsy than before. Una sounds healthier and more mature. Operating the piano obviously kept her in touch with the band's collective thought processes. "Take Your Time" works well, "Best Little Yankee" fulfills a wartime thematic obligation, and "I Speak So Much" holds its own largely because of the amazing trumpet and sax solos. This volume of the chronological Carlisle closes with a session from the end of August 1944. The band is said to be comprised of Bob Crosby bandmembers, which is another way of saying that Una fell in with the Eddie Condon Mob. From here her career led to radio and television appearances, in addition to further phonograph recordings. These may be heard on the final volume of Carlisle 's recordings (Classics 1265), covering the years 1944 through 1950. ~ arwulf arwulf, Rovi

UNA MAE CARLISLE - CLASSICS (1938-1941)

1. Don't try your jive on me

2.I would do anything for you

3.Hangover blues

4.Love wakled in

5.Mean to me

6.I'm crazy 'bout my baby

7.I can't give you anything but love, baby

8.Now I lay me down to dream

9.Papa's in bed with his britches on

10.If I had you

11.You made me love you

12.Walkin' by the river

13.I met you then, I know you now

14.Blitzkrieg baby

15.Beautiful eyes

16.There'll be some changes made

17.It's sad but true

18.I see a million people

19.Oh I'm evil

20.You mean so much to me

21.The booglie wooglie piggy