Hadda Brooks (2)

HADDA BROOKS - FEMME FATALE (1957)

1. The Thrill Is Gone
2. Take Me
3. Please be kind
4. How Do You Speak To An Angel
5. My Ideal
6. Don’t You Think I Ought To Know
7. Dream
8. There Is No Greater Love
9. My Romance
10. Stolen Love
11. Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere

"The First Lady of Modern" returned to the label that made her famous in 1957 to cut this gorgeous album of late night cocktail jazz. This was Hadda's one and only album to be recorded as an album - i.e. it's not a compilation - prior to her rediscoveryLiving Blues (p.66) - "Brooks is in fine vocal form throughout, her breathy alto at times suggesting Peggy Lee..."

HADDA BROOKS - SWINGIN' THE BOOGIE (recorded between 1945-1951)

1. Swingin' The Boogie
2. Teenage Boogie
3. Lazy Boogie
4. Hip Shakin' Boogie
5. Boogie Celeste
6. Blue Mood
7. Nightmare Boogie
8. Bluesin' The Boogie
9. Ridin' The Boogie
10. Bully Wully Boogie (take 1)
11. Just A Little Blusie
12. Rehearsin' The Boogie
13. St Louis Blues Boogie
14. Bully Wully Stomp (unedited version)
15. Boogie Dance
16. Eight Ten Boogie (take 2)
17. Chop Chop Boogie
18. Bluesin' On Central

While Ace's previous Hadda Brooks disc, Romance in the Dark, concentrated on her excellent mellow vocal sides, it left the instrumental boogie-woogie aspect of her musical talents unexplored. Swingin' the Boogie corrects that with this amazing release. Brooks recorded many of these tunes for the Modern label, initially released on 78s. Often after the "official session" concluded, there was still studio time available. In these instances, Brooks would pound out amazing boogie-woogie tracks for kicks. Swingin' the Boogie is the first disc to focus entirely on that output. Among the 18 tracks, six were previously unissued, and it includes the rare original flip side of "Swingin' the Boogie," "Just a Little Blusie." ~ Al Campbell

The second 'Ace 10 Inch CD' pays tribute to 'The First Lady Of Modern Records', the late Hadda Brooks. This remastered compilation, mostly instrumental, draws it's content from the many invigorating boogie pieces she recorded for Modern between 1945 & 1951 - including, for the first time on a legit CD, both sides of Modern's debut 78rpm release. 19 tracks including one hidden track, Radio KRE aircheck 1946 'Improvised Boogie'.