The Misty Miss Christy

                                             June Christy  1925-1990

    Probably one of  the best female singers of cool silky jazz of all time.

 In her husky voice can be detected shades and echoes of Ella Doris and Peggy
Yet keeping her individual style within a sophisticated framework.
 
 Standing at five foot two the whimsical" misty miss Christy" as she was known

won top female vocalist four times though she cared little for fame. 

 

 In her career June Christy owed a lot to not only Stan Kenton but also the great

arranger and composer Pete Rugolo she sang for years with Kenton's band at a

time when he and Rugolo took big band music to the peak of its possibilities.

 

 Remember when listening to these early recordings that the sound studios

of the day were far removed from modern day acoustics. 

 

 June Christy

June with Stan Kenton

 

 

 

    http://youtu.be/L33LYC0n5rA         Softly as in a morning sunrise

 

  

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWLUgP5bGqk&feature=share&list=PL0A1B5753793C9E56

 

With Kenton  This is a lovely way to spend an evening.

 

 http://youtu.be/A0xhL0jVXTU       Something Cool

 

 

 

 

 

 

Peter Cosslett (Oil Painter)

   Born in Cardiff in 1927 Peter Cosslett spent his early life in the Merchant Marines,where he became fascinated by the power and drama of the sea.
   After the war he worked as a salesman, but found difficulty in coping after the loss of a leg through cancer. As a challenge he took up painting and despite early setbacks, persisted.
  Completely self taught, he learnt by trial and error, but by 1971 he was receiving regular enquires for his work and demand enabled him to become a full time artist.
  Peter specialises in control subjects, he is a realist painter whose work contains no gimmicks, but takes many hours to complete.
  He now spends all his time painting to meet the constant demand for his work and is considered to be the finest contemporary painter of British seascapes.