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Lee Wiley, West Of The Moon (Mosaic). One of the most tasteful, distinctive and emotionally profound singers of the 1930s and ’40s, Wiley was less active in the ’50s. By the time she died in 1975, she was all but forgotten by the public. Her admirers never forgot her, though. Fortunately, one of them is Mosaic’s Michael Cuscuna, who saw to the reissue of this 1956 masterpiece. Wiley’s collaboration with arranger Ralph Burns came fairly late in her career, but it’s one of her best albums. There are no more effective versions than Wiley’s of “This is New” and “Can’t Get Out of This Mood.”

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Doug is a recipient of the lifetime achievement award of the Jazz Journalists Association. He lives in the Pacific Northwest, where he settled following a career in print and broadcast journalism in cities including New York, New Orleans, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, Portland, San Antonio, … [MORE]

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