Rosemary Clooney's first album for the Concord label set the standard for her work of the next 20 years. Long associated with middle-of-the-road pop music,
Clooney really excelled in the jazz-oriented settings with
the Concord All Stars. Although she does not really improvise, her very pleasing voice and subtle phrasing should appeal to most jazz followers. On her Concord debut
Everything's Coming Up Rosie,
Clooney is joined by trumpeter
Bill Berry, tenor saxophonist
Scott Hamilton, pianist
Nat Pierce, bassist
Monty Budwig and drummer
Jake Hanna. She lets the band run loose on two instrumentals and then really digs into her eight vocals, finding fresh things to say on eight familiar standards.