On any list of the good things in life, those things we hold dear and which help ward off the darkness and evil that threatens to take over the world, I would have to include torch songs and film noirs, which if you think about it too closely seems a little illogical given the subject matter of these, but, oh, you know. And somehow one mentally brackets torch songs and film noirs, but should that really be the case? Well, while you are considering that, I will tell you about Film Noir, a 1989 record by the great jazz ballad singer Audrey Morris which, for me, is just about perfect. Those with good memories may recall Ghosts of Midnight, an issue of Your Heart Out back in 2011 which was a celebration of the singers who recorded for the Bethlehem label, such as Audrey Morris, Helen Carr, Marilyn Moore, Betty Blake and, where this particular obsession started, the wonderful Chris Connor. And me being me, it makes my heart skip a beat that Lou Reed chose Chris’ recording of ‘When Sunny…
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