Chris Connor - Lullaby of Birdland free for downloading

this song reminds me October Song by Amy Winehouse

She was a great favorite in the Village in the 50's, great singer, I have many of her recordings.

i just think we need more jazz in our lives ~

This is my favorite version of the song, although Ella's rendition is also very good. Elegant simplicity. No scat or extended jazzy solo that destroys the song's continuity.

Kids on the slope brought me here

I love Sarah Vaughan but Chris Connor is amazing too, love this version a lot!! And yes i love Sakamichi no Apollon version too

I saw her live at Ronnie Scott  when I was 19. I sat 2 feet from her - wonderful wonderful - ... I took a jazz voice degree because of her voice. ! Love this  - .... at 16 years old I listened and listened to her and Anita O'day and Sarah Vaughan - copied them all... I am now 50  - seems a life time ago!

It just me or Sakamichi no Apollon brought me here?

The piano

I learned to love Jazz because of Sakamichi no Apollon :))

I bought this LP in 1959 while stationed in Germany, I still have it. Thank you Marcello for loading it onto YT. badabing--badaboom

Late one night, years ago when I lived in Greenwich Village, I espied Connor walking along 8th Street all alone. I've only ever approached two other famous folk in my life—and then in broad daylight—Billy Wilder and Myrna Loy. It was late and I didn't want to frighten her, thus I crept up cautiously as I could, then introduced myself. Chris was so . . . COOL. She didn't even appear startled. Trust me, it was VERY late. I couldn't believe how kind and sweet she was. Connor even invited me to be her guest the next night—all expenses paid—at the Greenwich Village jazz club where she was appearing. I was just off the turnip truck from West Virginia, and if this was what life in big city was going to be like, well, hot damn and boy howdy! --- from Shared Air (amazon)