Artist: Frances Faye
Album: Frances Faye Sings Folk Songs (Remastered 2014)
Genre: Jazz, Folk
Release Date: 1957/2014
Audio Format:: FLAC (tracks) 24 bit, 96 kHz
Duration: 44:18
Total Tracks: 12
Total Size: 489 MB

Tracklist:

1. Frances Faye – Frankie and Johnny (06:14)
2. Frances Faye – Greensleeves (04:18)
3. Frances Faye – Skip to My Lou (02:14)
4. Frances Faye – Lonesome Road (02:49)
5. Frances Faye – Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen / Deep River / Goin’ Home (04:33)
6. Frances Faye – Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier (02:40)
7. Frances Faye – St. James Infirmary (04:12)
8. Frances Faye – Go ‘Way from My Window (02:26)
9. Frances Faye – The Three Ravens (03:24)
10. Frances Faye – Oh My Darling, Clementine (03:17)
11. Frances Faye – Oif’n Pripitchik / Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral / Come Back to Sorrento (04:16)
12. Frances Faye – John Henry (03:51)

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A 1957 session of traditional music recorded in anticipation that folk music would be the next big trend. Frances Faye is accompanied by brass and strings arranged by Russ Garcia and a band that includes Maynard Ferguson and Don Fagerquist on trumpets, Frank Rosolino on trombone and Mel Lewis on drums.Frances Faye was a spirited middle-of-the-road pop/cabaret singer. During 1955-1957 she was one of Bethlehem’s few non-jazz artists although being with that label resulted in her interacting with veteran jazz musicians. In 1957 when it looked like folk music was going to be the next big trend (it would be, but not until the early ’60s), she recorded a set of traditional melodies while accompanied by brass and string orchestra arranged by Russ Garcia that included West Coast jazz players (including Maynard Ferguson, Don Fagerquist, and Frank Rosolino). Faye was not the most subtle of singers but she sounds quite expressive on such numbers as “Frankie and Johnny,” “St. James Infirmary,” “John Henry,” a variety of ancient folk songs, and even “Clementine.” Five previously unreleased alternate takes round out this intriguing program.