Garland at the Grove
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| Live album by Judy Garland | ||||
| Released | 1959 | |||
| Recorded | August 5, 1958 | |||
| Genre | Vocal jazz | |||
| Length | 57:14 | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
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Garland at the Grove is a 1959 live album by American vocalist Judy Garland accompanied by Freddy Martin and his Orchestra. The album was recorded at the Cocoanut Grove nightclub at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles.
The Allmusic review by William Ruhlmann awarded the album four stars and said "From the spring of 1951 on, Judy Garland's reputation rested on her abilities as a live act, but it took another eight years before her first commercially recorded live album was issued by Capitol Records (ST 1118)...The audience is enthusiastic, especially toward the end, when, coming out for her encores, Garland asks for requests and gets plenty. Even without the visual complement (and said to be suffering from laryngitis, which is only occasionally evident), she is clearly a powerful performer with a strong connection to her listeners". Those devoted to Garland's albums, particularly her concert recordings, will observe that this particular album appears upon listening as merely a test for Judy's landmark recording at Carnegie Hall from three years after this album was recorded. It seems odd that the Cocoanut Grove show featured Judy with Freddy Martin's Orchestra too, rather than say, Nelson Riddle or Billy May. It's still a four-star album, but pales quickly next to the 2-disc Carnegie Hall set that easily gets five stars.
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