Maxine Sullivan - Collection 1937-49Maxine Sullivan was a stylish and versatile jazz and big band singer who was active in music for over half a century into the 1980s but whose most important recordings were during the first decade or so of her career from the late '30s through the 1940s. She came to the fore as vocalist with Claude Thornhill's innovative orchestra, and had a surprise hit with a version of the traditional song "Loch Lomond" which established a professional style and

Working with ensembles such as the Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin

1 "I Let The Stars Get In My Eyes"

As such it's a solid representation of his output across his primary recording career

Dingonek Street Band is a Brooklyn-based brass band dedicated to human culture and sonic adventure

This set is an hour long

It's an excellent introduction to the music of an artist who went on to enjoy a successful hit-making career over subsequent years in the 1970s

while he maintained a constant round of 'live' performing

small group and sophisticated orchestral environments

Of special note is Cooke's version of Bob Dylan/s 'Blowin In The Wind' that reflected the struggle for civil rights then underway

which portrays the King's arrival

The roaring success of the performance stands in direct contrast to the need for retreat

The Neville Brothers and Dr