Barbara Cook It’s Better With A Band -1981- Big Band, Easy Listening Jazz (vinyl)

Barbara Cook It’s Better With A Band -1981- Big Band, Easy Listening Jazz (vinyl)

mint vinyl / coverBin # 160

Barbara Cook(October 25, 1927 August 8, 2017) was an American actress and singer who first came to prominence in the 1950s as the lead in the originalBroadwaymusicalsPlain and Fancy(1955),Candide(1956) andThe Music Man(1957) among others, winning aTony Awardfor the last. She continued performing mostly in theatre until the mid-1970s, when she began a second career as a cabaret and concert singer. She also made numerous recordings.

During her years as Broadways leadingingnueCook was lauded for her excellentlyric sopranovoice. She was particularly admired for her vocal agility, wide range, warm sound, and emotive interpretations. As she aged her voice took on a darker quality, even in herhead voice, that was less prominent in her youth.At the time of her death, Cook was widely recognized as one of the “premier interpreters” of musical theatre songs and standards, in particular the songs of composerStephen Sondheim. Her subtle and sensitive interpretations of American popular song continued to earn high praise even into her eighties.She was named an honoree at the 2011Kennedy Center Honors

Label:MMG D-MMG 104Format:Vinyl, LP, AlbumCountry:USReleased:1981Genre:JazzStyle:Big Band,Easy Listening

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