Vocal / Vocal Jazz; Traditional Pop; Pop-Soul; Ballads; Standards
Recorded: Dec 5, 1959-Nov 6, 1969, Capitol Studios, Los Angeles, California; Capitol Studios, New York, New York
This two-disc set is culled from 19 albums recorded between 1959 and 1969 and gather Nancy Wilson's greatest performances with arrangements by Gerald Wilson, Jimmy Jones and Billy May and accompaniment by Cannonball Adderley, George Shearing and Hank Jones. It features 44 songs, newly remastered, from the pens of Gershwin, Porter, Berlin, Ellington, Arlen, Van Heusen and more.
Disc 1: 54:10 Disc 2: 63:06
Nancy Wilson - vocals Dick Garcia, Joe Pass - guitar Ted Nash - flute, clarinet Gene Cipriano - bass flute, tenor saxophone Chuck Gentry, Willie Smith, Paul Horn - reeds Fred Fallensby - saxophone Frank Strozier, Bill Green, Cannon Adderley - alto saxophone Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Plas Johnson - tenor saxophone Jack Nimitz - baritone saxophone Don Fagerquist, Frank Beach - trumpet Nat Adderley - cornet Vincent DeRosa - French horn Milt Bernhardt, Si Zentner, Bob Edmondson - trombone Joe Zawinul, Milt Raskin, Meyer Rubin - piano Eddie Costa, Victor Feldman - vibraphone George Duvivier, Jimmy Bond, Joe Mondragon, Sam Jones, Joe Comfort - bass instrument Buster Williams - bass guitar Hal Blaine, Louis Hayes, Nick Ceroli, Shelly Manne, Irv Cottler, Walter Bolden - drums Emil Richards - percussion |