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August 6, 2010

 

Abbey Lincoln

Abbey Lincoln, Over the Years

Atribute to the late Abbey Lincoln, featuring both early and late-period recordings.

June 9, 2007

 

Judy Garland on Capitol

This week on Afterglow we’ll feature a recent collection of Judy Garland’s late-1950s and early-1960s Capitol albums. Though Garland has sometimes been branded as a showbiz belter, we’ll be highlighting some of the torch ballads that she recorded for Capitol with arrangers like Gordon Jenkins and Nelson Riddle.

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