A SALUTE TO SAVOY JAZZ

This week, over at the Yahoo version Of The Judy Garland Experience, we are featuring selections from all of Judy's Savoy Jazz Recordings.

These elegantly produced and packaged CD's, that are comprised of material from Judy's mid sixties TV series, are one of the main reasons that Judy remains a visible commodity in today's music market.
The discs, as well as the digital tracks, are available everywhere! You can buy the whole albums or single tracks at dozens of on-line mucic stores such as Itunes and Amazon, even Myspace is selling them. They are also available at major bookstores, department stores, specialty shops, and they can even be bought at Walmart! You will literally find these recordings everytwhere.

And why? Because Savoy Jazz believes in Judy Garland. And not just as a money maker, but mainly as a great musical artist.

Their reasoning for having Judy on their label, and not just on the label, but as an exquisitely presented, and lovingly featured member of the label, is simply for the prestige.

That's correct, for the prestige. Savoy Jazz is honored to have Judy Garland on their label and they treat her accordingly. Her CD's are produced as if she were Savoy Jazz' crown jewel.

Because they wanted the best for Judy, Savoy Jazz knew to hire the world's foremost expert on Judy Garland, John Fricke, to compile the music, write the text in the beautiful booklets that accompany the CD's, and pretty much oversee the general feel and tone of each CD, all under the trusting eye of Producer Josh Sherman.

The photos included in the booklets are rare and wonderful and come from the famous collections of Charles Triplett, Max Preeo, Fred McFadden, Steve Sanders, and other legendary Garland aficionado's. Digital restoration, when needed, is done with care by the talented Ranse Ransome.

And then there is the sound, the absolutely wonderful sound on these recordings.

Savoy's audio engineers have somehow taken these original mono recordings and given them a rich fullness and warmth, that combined with some magical ability to make the music sound like it was recorded on separate channels, make some of these recordings sound downright stereophonic.

And let's not forget the songs. These recordings aren't just comprised of Judy's hit's, sure they are there, but there are also dozens and dozens of some of the greatest songs of the 20th century, interpreted by one of the premier vocalist's of the 20th century.

As Judy sings on one of the Savoy Jazz CD's, who could ask for anything more?