La biographie de June Christy, écrite par Bruno Théol, illustrée par Laura Ioro, accompagnée de 2 compact discs. June Christy remplace Anita O’Day dans l’orchestre de Stan Kenton en 1945. En 1946, 1947, 1948 et 1950, elle est élue « best female vocalist with a big band » par Down Beat. Son premier album solo, Something Cool (1953-1955), dirigé et arrangé par Pete Rugolo est un classique du jazz cool et un chef d’oeuvre de sensualité. Les deux CD de cet album couvrent les douze années essentielles de la carrière de June et montrent tour à tour la chaleur d’une voix mélodieuse et sensuelle dans les balades, la maîtrise et le rythme dans les titres up tempo. JUNE CHRISTY CD 1. 1. Its Been A Long Long Time (Cahn-Styne) New York, July 30, 1945 Stan Kenton and His Orchestra : Buddy Childers, John Anderson, Ray Wetzel, Russ Burgher, Bob Lymperis (tp), Fred Zito, Milt Kabak, Jimmy Simms (tb), Bart Varsalona (b-tb), Boots Mussulli (as,arr), Al Anthony (as), Bob Cooper, Bill McDougald (ts), Bob Gioga (bar), Stan Kenton (p,arr), Bob Ahern (g), Eddie Safranski (b), Bob Varney (d) 2. How High The Moon (N. Hamilton-M.Lewis) Los Angeles, December, 1945 Stan Kenton and His Orchestra : Ray Wetzel (tp), Gene Roland (v tb), Boots Mussulli (as), Bob Cooper (ts), Pete Rugolo (p), Dave Barbour (g), Eddie Safranski (b), Ralph Collier (d) 3. I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me (C. Gaskill-J. McHugh) Same as 2 4. Hey Lawdy Papa (G. Roland) Same as 2 5. Make Love To Me (Gannon-Mann-Weiss) Los Angeles, December 13, 1945 Stan Kenton and His Orchestra : Ray Wetzel (tp), Gene Roland (v tb), Boots Mussulli (as), Fred Zito (p), Dave Barbour (g), Eddie Safranski (b), Eddie Spanier (d) 6. Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams (Koehler-Moll-Barris) Same as 5 7. I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You (Crosby-Washington-Younbg) Los Angeles, December 27, 1945 Stan Kenton and His Orchestra,: Ray Wetzel (tp), Gene Roland (v tb), Boots Mussulli (as), Fred Zito (p), Dave Barbour (g), Eddie Safranski (b), Eddie Spanier (d) 8. The One I Love (Belongs to Somebody Else) (G. Kahn-I. Jones) Los Angeles, January, 1946, Stan Kenton and His Orchestra : Ray Wetzel (tp), Kai Winding (tb), Boots Mussulli (as), Bob Cooper (ts), Buddy Cole (p), Dave Barbour (g), Eddie Safranski (b), Jimmy Pratt (d) 9. Moonglow (Hudson-DeLange-Mills) Same as 8 10. Lullaby In Rhythm (Hirsch-Goodman) Same as 8 11. I'm Gonna Love That Guy (Ash) New York City broadcast, September 1945, Stan Kenton Orchestra, probably Bob Cooper (as), 12. I Don't Want To Be Loved (Livingston-Symes) Hollywood Palladium broadcast, Winter 1945, Stan Kenton Orchestra, Vido Musso (ts) 13. It Ain't Necessarily So (G. Gershwin-I. Gershwin) Los Angeles, December 20, 1945, Stan Kenton and His Orchestra : Buddy Childers, John Anderson, Ray Wetzel, Russ Burgher, Bob Lymperis (tp), Fred Zito, Milt Kabak, Jimmy Simms, Ray Klein (tb), Boots Mussulli (as,arr), Al Anthony (as), Vido Musso, Bob Cooper (ts), Bob Gioga (bar), Stan Kenton (p,arr), Bob Ahern (g), Eddie Safranski (b), Ralph Collier (d) 14. Rika Jika Jack (Dawson-Sullivan-Hagen) Los Angeles, June 4, 1946, Stan Kenton and His Orchestra,: Buddy Childers, Chico Alvarez, John Anderson, Ray Wetzel, Ken Hanna (tp), Kai Winding, Miff Sines, Milt Kabak (tb), Bart Varsalona (b-tb), Boots Mussulli, Al Anthony (as), Vido Musso, Bob Cooper (ts), Bob Gioga (bs), Stan Kenton (p,arr), Bob Ahern (g), Eddie Safranski (b), Shelly Manne (d) 15. I'd Be Lost Without You (Skylar) Los Angeles, July 19, 1946, same personnel as 8 16 Willow Weep For Me (Ronell) Los Angeles, Summer 1946, Stan Kenton Orchestra. 17. It's A Pity To Say Goodnight (Reid) Los Angeles, 25 July, 1946, Stan Kenton and His Orchestra,: Ray Wetzel (tp), Harry Forbes (tb), Boots Mussulli (as), Bob Cooper (ts), Buddy Cole (p), Dave Barbour (g), Eddie Safranski (b), Jimmy Pratt (d) 18. Supper Time (I. Berlin) Los Angeles, July 31, 1946, Stan Kenton and His Orchestra,: John Anderson (tp), Kai Winding (tb), Bob Cooper (ts), Arnold Ross (p), Dave Barbour (g), Eddie Safranski (b), Shelly Manne (d), Tommy Todd (arr) 19. Lover Man (Davis-Ramirez-Sherman) Los Angeles, July 31, 1946, Stan Kenton and His Orchestra,: John Anderson (tp), Kai Winding (tb), Bob Cooper (ts), Arnold Ross (p), Dave Barbour (g), Eddie Safranski (b), Shelly Manne (d), Tommy Todd (arr) 20. How Long Has This Been Going On (G. Gershwin-I. Gershwin) Los Angeles, August 1, 1946, same personnel as 19 21. I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good (D. Ellington-B. Webster) Los Angeles, September 25, 1947, Stan Kenton and His Orchestra : Buddy Childers, Chico Alvarez, John Anderson, Ray Wetzel, Ken Hanna (tp) Kai Winding, Skip Layton, Milt Bernhart, Harry Forbes (tb) Bart Varsalona (b-tb), Eddie Meyers, Boots Mussulli (as), Vido Musso, Bob Cooper (ts) Bob Gioga (bs) Stan Kenton (p,arr), Bob Ahern (g), Eddie Safranski (b), Shelly Manne (d) 22. Curiosity (Kramer-Whitney-Ward) Los Angeles, September 25, 1947, Stan Kenton and His Orchestra : Buddy Childers, Chico Alvarez, Al Porcino, Ray Wetzel, Ken Hanna (tp), Milt Bernhart, Eddie Bert, Harry Betts, Harry Forbes (tb), Bart Varsalona (b-tb), George Weidler,Frank Pappalardo (as), Warner Weidler, Bob Cooper (ts), Bob Gioga (bs), Stan Kenton (p,arr), Lorindo Almeida (g), Eddie Safranski (b), Shelly Manne (d), Jack Costanzo (bgo) 23. Get Happy (Arlen-Koehler) Los Angeles, September 29, 1949, Pete Rugolo and His Orchestra : Alex Gershunoff (fl), Pete Rugolo (p, arr), Laurindo Almeida (g), Don Whittaker (b), Jackie Mills (d), Harry Bluestone, Dave Klein, Mishe Russell (vln), Stan Harris, Cy Bernard ( vla) 24. Skylark (Rogers) Los Angeles, 1949, Johnny Guarnieri Quintet: Johnny Guarnieri (p), Charlie DiMaggio (as), George walters (tp), Leo Guarnieri (db), probably Frank Paristi (d) 25. Three Little Words (Ruby-Kalmar) Same as 24 June Christy (v) on all tracks. JUNE CHRISTY CD 2 1. September In The Rain (Warren-Dubin) Los Angeles, 1949, Johnny Guarnieri Quintet : Johnny Guarnieri (p), Charlie DiMaggio (as), George Walters (tp), Leo Guarnieri (db), probably Frank Paristi (d) 2. Lullaby Of The Leaves (Young-Petkere) Same as 1 3. All Or Nothing At All (Lawrende-Altman) Same as 1 4. Love Me Or Leave Me (Donaldson-Kahn) Same as 1 5. Something Cool (B. Barnes) Los Angeles, August 14, 1953, Orchestra conducted by Pete Rugolo (arr) : Maynard Ferguson, Conrad Gozzo, Shorty Rogers, Jimmy Zito (tp), Milt Bernhart, Herbie Harper, Tommy Pederson (tb), George Roberts (b-tb), Gus Bivona, Bud Shank (as, fl), Bob Cooper, Ted Nash (ts), Chuck Gentry (bs), Geoff Clarkson (p), Barney Kessel (g), Joe Confort (b), Frank Carlson (d) 6. This Time The Dream's On Me (H. Arlen-J. Mercer) Los Angeles, May 10,1955, Orchestra conducted by Pete Rugolo (arr) : Maynard Ferguson, Conrad Gozzo, Shorty Rogers (tp), Milt Bernhart, Frank Rosolino, Harry Betts (tb), Vince DeRosa (fr-h), Paul Sarmento (tba), Harry Klee, Bud Shank (as, fl), Jimmy Giuffre (ts), Bob Gordon (bs), Claude Williamson (p), Howard Roberts (g), Harry Babasin (b), Shelly Manne (d) 7. Midnight (Burke-Hampton- Mercer) Los Angeles, December 27, 1953, Orchestra conducted by Pete Rugolo (arr) : Frank Beach, Conrad Gozzo, Ray Linn, Ray Triscari, Uan Rasey (tp), Nick DiMaio, Tommy Pederson, Dick Reynolds (tb), Dick Noel (b-tb), Skeets Herfurt, Willie Schwartz (as), Fred Fallensby, Ted Nash (ts), Chuck Gentry (bs), Paul Smith (p), Tony Rizzy (g), Joe Mondragon (b), Alvin Stoller (d) 8. Softly As In A Morning Sunrise (S. Romberg-O. Hammerstein) Los Angeles, December 29, 1954, Orchestra conducted by Pete Rugolo (arr) : Conte Candoli, Conrad Gozzo, Shorty Rogers (tp), Milt Bernhart, Bob Fitzpatrick, Herbie Harper (tb), Bud Shank (as, fl), Bob Cooper, Jimmy Giuffe (ts), Bob Gordon (bs), Claude Williamson (p), Howard Roberts (g), Joe Mondragon (b), Shelly Manne (d) 9. Sing Something Simple (H. Hupfeld) Los Angeles, January 30, 1956, Orchestra conducted by Pete Rugulo (arr) : Pete Candoli (tp), John Graas (fr-h), Frank Rosolino, Harry Betts, ...