Vocal / Vocal Jazz; Standards
Recorded: Sep 16, 1960-Nov 28, 1962, Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Etta Jones, one of the jazz's reigning vocalists at the time of her death in October 2001, was well on her way during the productive period she spent on Prestige Records four decades earlier. She sang a full spectrum of material, and created the kind of hookup with her accompanists that were essential features of the recordings of Jones's idol Billie Holiday. Three ensembles support her efforts here. An unjustly obscure quartet appears on five tracks, including such diverse gems as the rock-era ballad "Looking Back" and the super-hip "Reverse the Charges" (originated on a 1942 date by vocalist Sonny Boy Williams with co-composer Freddie Webster on trumpet). The blue-ribbon trio returns from Jones's hit LP Don't Go to Strangers (OJC-298) on four standards, joined by Lem Winchester and Oliver Nelson, while "Nature Boy" features a two-guitar sextet also heard on Love Shout
Includes original release liner notes by H.G. MacGill.
Etta Jones - vocals
Oliver Nelson - tenor saxophone
Jerome Richardson - tenor saxophone
Lem Winchester - vibraphone
Jimmy Neeley - piano
Richard Wyands - piano
Sam Bruno - piano
Wally Richardson - guitar
Kenny Burrell - guitar
Bucky Pizzarelli - guitar
Michael Mulia - bass
George Duvivier - bass
Ernest Hayes - bass
Rudy Lawless - drums
Roy Haynes - drums
Bobby Donaldson - drums |
