Audrey Morris

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Audrey Morris (12 November 1928 - 1 April 2018) was an American jazz singer and pianist. In the 1950s albums as Bistro Ballads and The Voice of Audrey Morris were originally issued. In the 1950's, one of the charms of a Chicago night was the sleek brunette who sang and played piano at Mister Kelly’s, a famous stop on the supper club circuit. Seated at a spinet between two staircases, Audrey Morris defied the mealtime chaos with her quiet portrait of a world-weary romantic. "Do they know, do they care … that I’m lonely and low as can be, And the smile on my face isn’t really a smile at all?" she sang, in a sweet, wry voice that refused to take a broken heart too seriously. Her sets were full of classy tunes no one else seemed to know, and after midnight she was surrounded by jazz greats -Billy Strayhorn, Teddy Wilson, Chris Connor, Sylvia Syms- who had drifted in from other clubs to listen. That golden era of jazz-cabaret lasted only a few more years, but Audrey and her songs have proven timeless. Since Mister Kelly’s, there has scarcely been a time when Audrey wasn’t enhancing Chicago’s nightlife with her honest, poignant interpretations of classic pop. George Shearing calls her "a lady with exquisite taste", and never was this truer than on "Round About", a late-night set of ballads by some of the masters Audrey discovered as a teenager: Johnny Burke, Irving Berlin, Leo Robin, Vernon Duke, and others. She delivers their songs with a dry-eyed self-knowledge, a dash of hu

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The Voice of Audrey Morris (Remastered 2014)

Bistro Ballads

The Voice of... Audrey Morris

The Voice Of Audrey Morris

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Bethlehem Blends by DJ Maestro: Day & Night

Look at Me Now

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Bistro Ballads. The Voice of Audrey Morris

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Jazz Ladies

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Songs For Sophisticats - 40 Cool Jazz Vocals

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Bistro Ballads: The Voice Of Audrey Morris

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Rare Female Vocal Cuts

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Gentle Jazz

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