Released 1973
3 June 1974 (UK) Release date 1973 Label PRT Records | Artist Judith Durham Producer Ronald Edgeworth Genres Folk music, World music | |
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Recorded Roy Chen Studio, San Francisco
February/ March 1973 Judith Durham and The Hottest Band in Town
(1973) Judith Durham and The Hottest Band in Town Volume 2
(1974) World music albums Live at the Talk of the Town, Bahamut, Otan Simani Esperinos, Something Dangerous, Miriam Makeba | ||
Judith Durham and The Hottest Band in Town is the fourth studio album from Australian recording artist Judith Durham. The album was Durham's first released via Pye Records in June 1974.
Contents
The album was re-released on CD and for digital download in 2012.
Reception
Bruce Eder from AllMusic gave the album 4 1/2 out of 5 saying; "Former The Seekers lead singer Judith Durham returned to her jazz roots with this extraordinary album of big-band blues and jazz standards, augmented by three excellent originals by the singer herself. Durham belts these numbers out like a latter-day Ethel Merman, only bigger voiced and with an excellent feel for the genre and the sound in which she's working. The album is also a dazzling showcase for the Hottest Band in Town, who display a love and familiarity with this repertory the equal of Durham's. There's not a weak moment on the album, which is a must-own for fans of big-band jazz or blues vocals."