Name: Goodbye To Love
Brand: Claudia Thompson

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

CD-MH-235

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Colour

Colour details

Discogs ID

Discs

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Includes 2 CD-only bonus tracks.

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Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2021-12-10

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Redeye

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

090771823526

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Claudia Thompson

Genre US

Jazz

Label US

Modern Harmonic

A sultry and sophisticated songbird. The ultra-rare debut and sole output of a wondrous and mysterious vocalist, perfectly accompanied by guitar icon Barney Kessel. An early stereo marvel from the original 1959 tapes! Kessel was a jazz pioneer — as one of the leading lights of the hard-bop movement, his jazz guitar was legendary, and he was ranked the No. 1 guitarist in Down Beat and Playboy for numerous years. He played with Sonny Rollins and Oscar Peterson and Ella Fitzgerald as well as leading his own super-tight group. On albums such as The Poll Winners, Kessel defined the bop style with a jazz "power trio," creating a body of work that made him a legend. Not much is known of Thompson — even though the record's a long-time crate digger classic, she remains a mystery. But her stunning voice will knock you out — sounding like the precedent of singers like Karen Carpenter, her no-nonsense, emotion-soaked singing carries marvelously a collection of standards including "Stormy Weather" and "Body And Soul." Kessel's remarkable playing provides a sparkling backing for her vocals. The album has been pressed onto gold vinyl and wrapped in a restored sleeve that captures the beauty of the era. Claudia Thompson has a perfectly tuned, and wildly dramatic voice. Picture a female Chet Baker; you'll have to hear it to believe it.

Goodbye To Love

Music US