Standards with a Slight Touch of Jazz

Standards with a Slight Touch of Jazz, also known by its subtitle Singing Songs Everybody Knows, is an album by American jazz vocalist Lorez Alexandria released by the King label in 1960.[1][2]

Standards with a Slight Touch of Jazz
Studio album by
Lorez Alexandria
Released1960
RecordedFebruary 1959 and November 1960
StudioChicago, Illinois
GenreJazz
Length38:06
LabelKing
King 676
Lorez Alexandria chronology
The Band Swings - Lorez Sings
(1959)		 Standards with a Slight Touch of Jazz
(1960)		 Early in the Morning
(1960)

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]

AllMusic reviewer Hank Davis called the album "very collectible".[3]

Track listing
  1. "Just One of Those Things" (Cole Porter) – 4:19
  2. "Then I'll Be Tired of You" (Arthur Schwartz, Yip Harburg) – 2:48
  3. "Lush Life" (Billy Strayhorn) – 2:06
  4. "Sometimes I'm Happy" (Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar) – 2:29
  5. "Long Ago (and Far Away)" (George Gershwin, Jerone Kern) – 2:59
  6. "But Beautiful" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) – 2:15
  7. "I'm Beginning to See the Light" (Duke Ellington, Don George, Johnny Hodges, Harry James) – 4:20
  8. "I Can't Believe That You're in Love with Me" (Jimmy McHugh, Clarence Gaskill) – 3:05
  9. "Spring Is Here" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 3:35
  10. "Angel Eyes" (Matt Dennis, Earl Brent) – 4:20
  11. "Better Luck Next Time" (Irving Berlin) – 3:05
  12. "I Didn't Know What Time It Was" (Rodgers, Hart) – 3:36

Personnel

References
  1. Both Sides Now: King Main LP Series 600–699 (1958–60) accessed June 25, 2019
  2. King Records Discography: King LP676, accessed July 4, 2019
  3. Davis, Hank. Lorez Alexandria: Singing Songs Everyone Knows – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
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