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Better Than Anything is an album by vocalist Irene Kral performing with Junior Mance's Trio that was recorded in 1963 and originally released on the Äva label.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 37 relations: AllMusic, Äva Records, Benny Carter, Bob Cranshaw, Bob Russell (songwriter), Bobby Troup, Charles Trenet, David "Buck" Wheat, Get Ready, Set, Jump!!!, Happy Time (Junior Mance album), Harold Adamson, Harry Warren, I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry, Irene Kral, Jack Lawrence (songwriter), Jan Savitt, Jerome Kern, John Klenner, Jule Styne, Junior Mance, Just Friends (John Klenner and Sam M. Lewis song), Mack Gordon, Mickey Roker, No More (1944 song), Nobody Else but Me, Oscar Hammerstein II, Ray Noble, Salvador Camarata, Sam M. Lewis, Sammy Cahn, Scott Yanow, SteveIreneo!, The Meaning of the Blues, The Rolling Stone Album Guide, The Touch of Your Lips, Vocal jazz, Wonderful Life (Irene Kral album).

  2. Äva Records albums
  3. Irene Kral albums
  4. Junior Mance albums

AllMusic

AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database.

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Äva Records

Äva Records was a short-lived American record company and label founded in 1961 by Fred Astaire, Elmer Bernstein, Jackie Mills, and Tommy Wolf.

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Benny Carter

Bennett Lester Carter (August 8, 1907 – July 12, 2003) was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader.

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Bob Cranshaw

Melbourne Robert Cranshaw (December 3, 1932 – November 2, 2016) was an American jazz bassist.

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Bob Russell (songwriter)

Bob Russell (born Sidney Keith Rosenthal;Sheldon., Sidney (2005).. New York: Warner Books. p. 62–63, 65, 68, 104.. "Early one morning, I received a phone call. 'Sidney?' 'Yes.' 'Hi, pal. This is Bob Russell.' Not only was I not his pal, but I had never heard of Bob Russell.

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Bobby Troup

Robert William Troup Jr. (October 18, 1918 – February 7, 1999) was an American actor, jazz pianist, singer, and songwriter.

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Charles Trenet

Louis Charles Augustin Georges Trenet (18 May 1913 – 19 February 2001) was a renowned French singer-songwriter who composed both the music and the lyrics for nearly 1,000 songs over a career that lasted more than 60 years.

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David "Buck" Wheat

David "Buck" Wheat (March 19, 1922 – June 15, 1985) was an American folk and jazz musician.

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Get Ready, Set, Jump!!!

Get Ready, Set, Jump!!! is an album by jazz pianist Junior Mance, recorded in 1964 and released on the Capitol label. Better Than Anything and Get Ready, Set, Jump!!! are Junior Mance albums.

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Happy Time (Junior Mance album)

Happy Times is an album by jazz pianist Junior Mance which was recorded in 1962 and released on the Jazzland label. Better Than Anything and Happy Time (Junior Mance album) are Junior Mance albums.

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Harold Adamson

Harold Campbell Adamson (December 10, 1906 – August 17, 1980)Larkin, pp.

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Harry Warren

Harry Warren (born Salvatore Antonio Guaragna; December 24, 1893 – September 22, 1981) was an American composer and the first major American songwriter to write primarily for film.

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I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry

"Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry" is a 1944 torch song and jazz standard, with music by Jule Styne and lyrics by Sammy Cahn.

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Irene Kral

Irene Kral (January 18, 1932 – August 15, 1978) was an American jazz singer who was born to Czechoslovakian parents in Chicago, Illinois, and settled in Los Angeles, California, in the early 1960s.

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Jack Lawrence (songwriter)

Jack Lawrence (born Jacob Louis Schwartz, April 7, 1912 – March 16, 2009) was an American songwriter.

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Jan Savitt

Jan Savitt (born Jacob Savetnick; September 4, 1907 – October 4, 1948), known as "The Stokowski of Swing", from having played violin in Leopold Stokowski's orchestra, was an American bandleader, musical arranger, and violinist.

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Jerome Kern

Jerome David Kern (January 27, 1885 – November 11, 1945) was an American composer of musical theatre and popular music.

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John Klenner

John Klenner (24 February 1899 – 13 August 1955) was a German-born American pianist, composer, and lyricist.

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Jule Styne

Jule Styne (born Julius Kerwin Stein; December 31, 1905 – September 20, 1994) was an English-American songwriter and composer widely known for a series of Broadway musicals, including several famous frequently-revived shows that also became successful films: Gypsy, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, and Funny Girl.

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Junior Mance

Julian Clifford Mance, Jr. (October 10, 1928 – January 17, 2021), known as Junior Mance, was an American jazz pianist and composer.

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Just Friends (John Klenner and Sam M. Lewis song)

"Just Friends" is a popular song that has become a jazz standard.

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Mack Gordon

Mack Gordon (born Morris Gittler; June 21, 1904 – February 28, 1959) was an American lyricist for the stage and film.

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Mickey Roker

Granville William "Mickey" Roker (September 3, 1932 – May 22, 2017) was an American jazz drummer.

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No More (1944 song)

"No More" is a song with music by Toots Camarata (also known as Tutti Camarata) and words by Bob Russell.

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Nobody Else but Me

"Nobody Else but Me", sometimes called "Nobody Else but You", is a 1946 song composed by Jerome Kern with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II for the 1946 Broadway revival of the musical Show Boat when it was introduced by Jan Clayton as the character Magnolia.

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Oscar Hammerstein II

Oscar Greeley Clendenning Hammerstein II (July 12, 1895 – August 23, 1960) was an American lyricist, librettist, theatrical producer, and (usually uncredited) director in musical theater for nearly 40 years.

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Ray Noble

Raymond Stanley Noble (17 December 1903 – 3 April 1978) was an English jazz and big band musician, who was a bandleader, composer and arranger, as well as a radio host, television and film comedian and actor; he also performed in the United States.

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Salvador Camarata

Salvador "Tutti" Camarata (May 11, 1913 – April 13, 2005) was an American composer, arranger, trumpeter, and record producer.

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Sam M. Lewis

Sam M. Lewis (born Samuel M. Levine; October 25, 1885 – November 22, 1959) was an American singer and lyricist.

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Sammy Cahn

Samuel Cohen (June 18, 1913 – January 15, 1993), known professionally as Sammy Cahn, was an American lyricist, songwriter, and musician.

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Scott Yanow

Scott Yanow (born October 4, 1954) is an American jazz reviewer, historian, and author.

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SteveIreneo!

SteveIreneo! is an album by vocalist Irene Kral performing songs written by Steve Allen with Al Cohn's Orchestra which was recorded in 1959 and originally released on the United Artists label. Better Than Anything and SteveIreneo! are Irene Kral albums.

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The Meaning of the Blues

"The Meaning Of The Blues" (1957) is a jazz composition and song, with music by Bobby Troup and lyrics by Leah Worth.

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The Rolling Stone Album Guide

The Rolling Stone Album Guide, previously known as The Rolling Stone Record Guide, is a book that contains professional music reviews written and edited by staff members from Rolling Stone magazine.

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The Touch of Your Lips

The Touch of Your Lips" is a romantic ballad written by Ray Noble in 1936.

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Vocal jazz

Vocal jazz or jazz singing is a genre within jazz music where the voice is used as an instrument.

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Wonderful Life (Irene Kral album)

Wonderful Life is an album by vocalist Irene Kral which was originally released on the Mainstream label in 1965. Better Than Anything and Wonderful Life (Irene Kral album) are Irene Kral albums.

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See also

Äva Records albums

Irene Kral albums

Junior Mance albums

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Better_Than_Anything