TopTenREVIEWS presents the music career and reviews of Chris Connor
Chris Connor
CAREER SPAN:
Decade
Album Score
# Albums
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews for each album.
Overall Band Score:
1.9814
Chris Connor Album Rankings
1
Two of singer Chris Connor's finest Atlantic albums are reissued in full on this single CD.
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2
The first jazz vocal LP ever released on Atlantic Records, Chris Connor's self-titled album is one of her best (among considerable competition).
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3
The music on this CD reissue by Evidence is excellent, but the packaging, which has breezy and inaccurate liner notes and no real personnel or date listings, is inexcusable.
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6
This CD reissue draws its music from singer Chris Connor's first three sessions as a leader.
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11
Chris Connor's smoky voice made her a natural fit for torch songs, but her flair for improvisation expanded her considerable talents to include upbeat material as well.
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14
At the age of 63, Chris Connor's voice was still quite husky and recognizable when she recorded this 1991 session with pianist Hank Jones, bassist George Mraz and drummer Keith Copeland.
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15
Chris Connor, even as she got older, mostly retained her strong voice and cool style.
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16
The follow-up album to Chris Connor's Classic is similar in the moods it covers, the style of music and the instrumentation.
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20
This lovely jazz vocalist recorded something like 150 songs for the Atlantic label alone, about a quarter of which are collected here on this double-CD set.
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25
Not all that much was heard from Chris Connor after her last Atlantic record in 1962 until this date.
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