Eugenie Baird Sings, Duke's Boys Play Ellington (Remastered) Eugenie Baird

• 1I'm Beginning To See The Light02:12
• 2In A Sentimental Mood03:38
• 3Something To Live For03:04
• 4Mood Indigo04:01
• 5Everything But You02:09
• 6I Let A Song Go Out Of Your Heart02:37
• 7Lush Life03:43
• 8Solitude03:12
• 9Pass Me By02:14
• 10Well Well02:54
• Total Runtime29:44

Info for Eugenie Baird Sings, Duke's Boys Play Ellington (Remastered)

This long deleted 1959 album features vocalist Eugenie Baird (1923-1988) performing Duke Ellington compositions with Duke Ellington's son Mercer Ellington (1919-1996) and members of Duke Ellington's band.

Eugenie Baird might not be a name that quickly comes to mind when listing the great female vocalists of the Big Band Era, but her fingerprints are all over the 1940's.

Baird joined Jan Savitt's band in the early 1940's and eventually moved on to become a featured vocalist with Tony Pastor's Orchestra in 1942. In 1943, she was a singing for The Casa Loma Orchestra. This was a big deal! The Casa Loma Orchestra had been around forever, and she was the first female to be named as a featured voice in the famed orchestra.

In a 1944 review, jazz writer George T. Simon, who wrote for "Metronome" magazine, described Baird as "the prettiest girl I've ever seen in front of a band, and, in addition, the possessor of one of the prettiest voices I've ever heard in back of a microphone." As always, Simon was right on the money.

Early on, before joining on with the bands I listed above and while still in high school, Eugenie Baird had her own program on KDKA in Pittsburgh, PA. This prepared her for the years she later spent on air. Baird was Bing Crosby's singing partner on the popular "Kraft Music Hall" on NBC for awhile. She also sang on Paul Whiteman's "Forever Tops" weekly program, "The Jack Smith Show", and she hosted her own radio program "Eugenie Baird Sings" on ABC in 1946. She was all over the dial in the mid 1940's.

By the time the 1950's rolled along, Baird's star had unfortunately burned out. She remained active making radio jingles but at that point, she had pretty much disappeared from the public eye.

Eugenie Baird, vocals
Taft Jordan, trumpet
Tyree Gleen, trombone, vibraphone
Clarence W. Ross, trombone
Ben Webster, tenor saxophone
Harold Ashby, tenor saxophone
David Rivera, piano
Skeeter Best, guitar
Wendell Marshall, double bass
Joe Marshall Jr., drums

Digitally remastered

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