It's A Blue World
It's A Blue World
Tuxedo Junction
Poinciana
It Happened Once Before
Crazy Bones
Mood Indigo
We'll Be Together Again
Street Of Dreams
Day By Day
Angel Eyes
Love Is Just Around The Corner
Speak Low
Somebody Loves Me
You Stepped Out Of A Dream
Guilty
Charmaine
Graduation Day
Easy Street
Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye
After You’ve Gone
There Will Never Be Another You
Give Me The Simple Life
The Very Thought Of You
Liza
It Could Happen To You
Nancy With The Laughing Face
Candy
Get Your Kicks On Route 66!
Their Hearts Were Full Of Spring
Goodnight, Sweetheart

The Four Freshmen

In terms of the record history of vocal groups, the 50sbelong to The Four Freshmen. Described as “the mostinnovative and imitated jazz vocal quartet ever tograce vinyl”, they were voted as Down Beat’s BestVocal Group of the Year for 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956 and 1958. This young Stan Kenton-inspired quartet created a sensation with their unusually free, almost improvisatory approach to modernistic vocal harmony. Retrospective’s It’s A Blue World presents their 30 finest tracks, covering their heyday from 1951 to 1960. Emphasis is given to their ground-breaking mid-50s albums, which blended their unique vocal sound with the different instrumental colourings of 5 trombones, 5 trumpets, 5 saxes and 5 guitars, each featuring a number of top jazz instrumentalists (Barney Kessel, Shelly Manne, Bud Shank, Frank Rosolino etc.), and arrangers such as Pete Rugolo. Half a century or more on it all still sounds vibrant and new.