Navy Swings

Jeri Southern real name Genevieve Lillian Hering is known as one of America's top exponents of Jazz and Pop. She started playing the piano at the age of three and subsequently (after formal tuition) she joined the United States Navy recruiting tour during World War II. In the late forties she played the Chicago Clubs where she became known as a torch singer. In the 1950s her career reached it's peak with several charting hit records including Fire Down Below and a number which can be heard live on this CD An Occasional Man. Jeri died of pneumonia in Los Angeles in 1991 at the age of sixty four. Saxophonist Charlie Barnet led one of the best bands during the Swing Era. He was born to wealthy parents but was a loose canon in the music world preferring a more serious and intelligent style to most popular music of his day, which he saw as corn or syrupy. Charlie died on the 4th of September 1991 leaving the world a legacy of wonderful jazz music. Tracks: The Navy Swings Program #13Introduction; Barnet: I'll Remember April; You Better Go Now (vocal Jeri Southern) Easy Pickin's; I've Got Five Dollars (vocal Jeri Southern); Closer: Redskin Rhumba. The Navy Swings Program # 14Introduction; Lester Leaps in (vocal: Jeri Southern); Mad About the Boy; on Bear Hill; Everything But You (vocal: Jeri Southern); Closer: Redskin Rhumba. The Navy Swings Program #15Introduction; Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie; Come By Sunday (vocal: Jeri Southern); I Remember You (vocal: Jeri Southern); An Evening in Azerbasia; Closer: Redskin Rhumba. The Navy Swings Program #16Introduction; Rapskallion; It Must Be True (vocal: Jeri Southern); Hoppy; An Occasional Man (vocal: Jeri Southern); Closer: Redskin Rhumba.