Now Playing 4 : Juanita Hall Sings the Blues

In Singapore the Adelphi Centre is a shopping mall almost exclusively dedicated to Hi-Fi and record stores.   You would be forgiven for assuming that it was a favourite haunt of mine and place that Jan encouraged me to avoid.  One record store in particular always had an interesting collection of unusual vinyl and an owner, like all good record store owners, who would note what I picked up and looked at and not be afraid to make recommendations.  And that is how I ended up with this gem - Juanita Hall Sings The Blues.   You can hear it here.  I think this is her only album, the great saxophonist Coleman Hawkins plays and arranges this set of blues standards.  Apparently Juantia Hall was the original Bloody Mary in South Pacific on Broadway - Bali Hi  !!!