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Title: Early efforts from an overlooked singer
Review: This is a great addition to any collection of jazz and popular vocals. I got to see Maxine Sullivan during the second phase of her career, when she came back after working and raising her children to thrill those of us who weren't around for Phase 1. The lady loved good music and presented it well. "Loch Lomond" and the other classics from her early career were not among my favorites. But even in the 1930s and '40s, Maxine made memorable recordings of ballads like "Easy to Love," "Spring Is Here," "Ill Wind," "When Your Lover Has Gone," "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" and others. Her later recordings for the Concord, Audiophile, Atlantic, Baldwin Street, Kenneth and DRG labels were better than some of these early efforts, but this four-CD set shows you how it all began. It's nice to see this recognition for Maxine 20 years after cancer claimed her life.
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