LP cover - A black background, with a grand piano in the foreground, a second in the large mirror behind it, and a third in a reflected mirror behind that. Either there's a second mirror behind the photographer, setting up an endless repeating image (there must be a name for this phenomenon, but I don't know it), or it's a photoshop job! The piano(s) have their lids off, so the insides are visible, glowing orange-gold.

#jazzsky #jazzvocal #jazzsinging Eliane Elias, Mirror Mirror, Candid, 2021. Eliane Elias, p; Chick Corea, p; Chucho Valdes, p. Side A is with Chick, Side B with Chucho.

LP cover - a photo of a stylish Black woman (Brown) is on the left; she's wearing a pink silk blouse, a long dangling earring of gold, and has her processed hair pulled back, with a saucy curl in front of her ear and sharply pointed eyebrows; and she is looking at the camera with a seductive smile. The rest of the cover is in angled blocks of red, blue, and yellow, with black in the middle, filled with blocky white text. The white border on the right reveals some damage, including a cut-out saw mark.

#jazzsky #jazzvocal #jazzsinging Late Date with Ruth Brown, Atlantic, 1959 [1967-ish reissue]. Far too many musicians to list here, especially the string orchestra, but Al Caiola, Milt Hinton, Mundell Lowe, Hank Jones, Doc Severinsen are among them. She's best known for blues but this is jazz.

LP cover - another deep black backdrop to a black and white closeup of the singer's face, a Black woman (White), singing with mouth wide and lights reflecting in her eyes. The cover has some wear, but not nearly as much as it looks here, in a harsh side lighting. There's also a color reflection in part of the cover, a yellowish blob that isn't on the actual cover.

#jazzsky #jazzvocal #jazzsinging Kitty White, Newborn, Horizon (World Pacific), 1962. White, voc; Laurindo Almeida, g; Buddy Collette, fl; Red Mitchell, b. Jazz, but a folk repertoire.

LP cover - black and white photo of a white man (Derise), in closeup of just his face, head tilted back, singing, against a black backdrop. An effect of concentric cloudy rings has been airbrushed around his face, possibly to indicate sound waves.

#jazzsky #jazzvocal #jazzsinging #vinylsky Joe Derise with the Australian Jazz Quintet, Bethlehem, 1956. Derise, voc; Dick Healey, fl as cl; Errol Buddle, bsn ts; Jack Brokensha, vib; Bryce Rohde, p; Jimmy Gannon, b; Nick Stabulas, d.

LP cover - Black woman artist featuring a white woman on the cover, sigh. The original cover from the year before showed a Black woman (Ennis) in profile in a magenta-tinted black and white photo. This however shows a fashion photo of a white woman with dark hair in a black coat, with the hem of a white dress barely showing, and silver high heels, standing in the middle of a closed and possibly abandoned (or just off-season) amusement park, probably Coney Island; a ghost sign on the building to the right reads "FELTMANS", a famous hot dog shop; on the left is another building with a sign partially reading "ANTED" (help wanted?) The lower part of the buildings is bright yellow with red piping.

#jazzsky #jazzvocal #jazzsinging #vinylsky Ethel Ennis, Lullabies for Losers, Jubilee, 1955 [Supper Club reissue, 2023, of 1956 Jubilee with alternate cover]. Ennis, voc; Hank Jones, p; Eddie Briggs, g; Abie Baker, b; Kenny Clarke, d. Let's try some singers!

#jazz #jazzmusic #jazzsinger #jazzsinging #SheilaJordan #singingjazz

#OTD #TDIH #July12, 1979 #DOTD: #RIP #MinnieRiperton. #Singers #Songwriters #SoulMusic #RNB #RAndB #Jazz #PsychedelicSoul #VocalJazz #JazzSinging #Disco #MayaRudolph #MusicSKy
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Wonderful Veronica Swift sings! And what a fine arrangement of the heartbreakingly beautiful melody ‘Deep Night’!
Nighty-night with melancholic Saturn ...🪐
#jazzsky, #jazz, #CharlesE.Henderson #RudyVallee
#vocaljazz, #jazzsinging, #jazzballad
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#samarajoy #potrait #jazzsinging