Pinky Winters - Let's Be Buddies (2015)

Pinky Winters is a favorite of listeners who cherish superior songs sung with fealty to the intentions of the composers and lyricists who created them. Much of her best work was done with pianist Lou Levy after the two weathered an uncomfortable first encounter and eventually became professional and personal partners. They recorded Let s Be Buddies when their musical understanding was at full flower. With Monty Budwig, one of the greatest bassists of his generation, Levy and Ms. Winters performed 14 songs by the cream of contemporary songwriters including Cole Porter, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Johnny Mandel, Hoagy Carmichael and the Gershwin brothers. Among the singers who cherished Levy as an accompanist were Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan and Peggy Lee. In this collection, he and Pinky Winters rival all of them in intimacy, musicality and depth of interpretation. ~ Doug Ramsey

Tracklist:

01. Along With Me
02. Everything I Love
03. Someone To Light Up My Life
04. Trolley Song
05. You Are There
06. One Morning In May
07. Nobody Else But Me
08. Let's Be Buddies
09. Never Will I Marry
10. Embraceable You
11. I've Got Rhythm / He Ain't Got Rhythm
12. I've Got Beginner's Luck
13. My Shining Hour