Jan Daley - The Best of Jan Daley (2021)

"Talk about a great Socking Stuffer! This 2 Disc Album is chucked full of gems from Miss Daley's last 6 albums. From Classic American Song-Book, to wailing with Les Browns Jr.'s Big Band & Springfield Symphony, to hearing fresh new arrangements of Christmas and Broadway selections that only Daley can deliver. Not many can bring one to tears but Jan has a way of making you feel she's singing just to you with her closing songs of The Prayer, her own, You Listened With You Heart & You Raise Me Up!

Be prepared to be enthralled".... Broadway World

From Jan:

Trying to choose from 73 songs from my last 6 albums was daunting, to say the least! When I began my search, it led me to listen to all the albums, and I realized that Where There’s Hope album was better than I remembered! I had this idea to do a tribute to Bob Hope, who I traveled with, along with the Les Brown Band. While doing a musical in Branson I ran into Les Brown Jr and the idea became a reality! You just can’t beat having a 18-piece Band wailing away and a real Symphony playing strings! In this digital world we live in, they’ve mastered the string sounds but not the technique of string players or horn players for that matter. That’s why you’ll hear 6 cuts from this album. My Billboard No#1 Traditional Jazz album, Way of a Woman, is one of those albums that are near and dear to me since it was my first time working with Producer, Michael B. Sutton, who brought me into the Jazz World. He even gave the green light to 6 songs I had written, and using his Midas touch blended them into this album! To watch it climb the charts for 22 weeks and rise to No#1 was a dream I never even imagined! Coming back into the “Business” after a 20-year hiatus raising a family, I knew would be a challenge, but this happening made me a believer of “It’s never too late, you’re never too old”

Last year, one of the things that was on my bucket list was to do a Broadway Album. I grew up listening to Big Bands & Musicals which my mother played constantly. Didn’t realize how hard it was going to be picking songs for this album, even with the help from my chum, Julie (Andrews)) giving me Ideas and selections. In the end, though, I picked songs I grew up with, knowing this would not be my last Broadway album. I hope Broadway Memories might bring back memories or make new ones!

There were always people coming up after a church performance saying, “when do we get to hear these songs you wrote, on an album?” Well, I did finally put these live performances from concerts at the Crystal Cathedral, Hollywood Presbyterian Church, and All Saints Beverly Hills on an album called LIVE! Since I could only include two selections from this album, my next collection of songs might very well be an entire album of songs I’ve written, called “Just Me!"

A lot of work went into this album and I want to thank Doug Haverty and Anissa Boudjaoui, who did the creative graphics, Photographer Bradford Rogne for these beautiful photos, my pal, Ed Tree, who recorded many of the vocals and Mark DeSisto for an amazing Mastering job!