1988, Charlie CRB 1175

Sleeve and Record in EXCELLENT condition

Side 1:
1. When Jennie does that Lowdown dance
2. Don't save it too long
3. Back Street
4. Tell me Daddy
5. I was wrong
6. When a man has two women
7. Away from you
8. You're gonna miss it

Side 2:
9. It comes in like a lion
10. Lotus Blossom
11. Ain't it a crime
12. When your lover has gone
13. Chuck it in a bucket
14. Nobody knows you when you're down and out
15. You ain't got it no more
16. I got news for you

Review by Scott Yanow
Julia Lee recorded regularly for Capitol during the 1946-52 period. Although she pops up in some sampler sets, her music has yet to be fully reissued domestically in CDs. This LP from the British Charly label has 16 highlights from Lee's career and duplicates only two songs from an earlier Pausa LP. Lee's basic but effective vocals and good piano playing are matched on ten different sessions with a variety of top players, including trumpeters Ernie Royal, Bobby Sherwood, and Red Nichols, trombonist Vic Dickenson, altoist Benny Carter, Dave Cavanaugh on tenor, guitarist Jim "Daddy" Walker, and many others. Among the more memorable selections are Lee's unaccompanied version of "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out," "Tell Me Daddy," "Lotus Blossom," "It Comes In Like a Lion," "and "You Ain't Got It No More."