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From the Heart (Etta Jones album)

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Released
  
1962

From the Heart (1962)
  
Lonely and Blue (1962)

Release date
  
1962

Label
  
Prestige Records

Length
  
29:39

Artist
  
Etta Jones

Producer
  
Esmond Edwards

Genre
  
Vocal jazz

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Recorded
  
February 8 & 9, 1962 Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

Similar
  
Etta Jones albums, Vocal jazz albums

From the Heart is an album by jazz vocalist Etta Jones which was recorded in early 1962 and released on the Prestige label.

Contents

Reception

Scott Yanow of Allmusic states, "From the Heart is a lot of fun, a too-long-forgotten gem that takes the listener back to a more innocent time and provides the perfect setting for Etta Jones to display her vocal wares".

Track listing

  1. "Just Friends" (John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis) - 3:00
  2. "By the Bend of the River" (Clara Edwards) - 2:14
  3. "Makin' Whoopee" (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) - 2:50
  4. "You Came a Long Way from St. Louis" (John Benson Brooks, Bob Russell) - 2:26
  5. "Funny (Not Much)" (Scott Edward, Larry Holofcener) - 3:07
  6. "They Can't Take That Away from Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 2:07
  7. "I'll Never Be Free" (Bennie Benjamin, George David Weiss) - 3:05
  8. "(I'm Afraid) the Masquerade Is Over" (Herb Magidson, Allie Wrubel) - 2:56
  9. "Good Morning Heartache" (Ervin Drake, Dan Fisher, Irene Higginbotham) - 2:33
  10. "Look for the Silver Lining" (Buddy DeSylva, Jerome Kern) - 2:27
  11. "There Goes My Heart" (Benny Davis, Abner Silver) - 3:17
  • Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on February 8, 1962 (tracks 1, 5, 7 & 11) and February 9, 1962 (tracks 2-4, 6 & 8-10)

    • Personnel

  • Etta Jones - vocals
  • Joe Wilder - trumpet (tracks 2-4, 6 & 8-10)
  • Jerry Dodgion - alto saxophone (tracks 2-4, 6 & 8-10)
  • Oliver Nelson - alto saxophone, arranger
  • Bob Ashton, George Barrow - tenor saxophone (tracks 2-4, 6 & 8-10)
  • Lloyd Mayers - piano
  • Wally Richardson - guitar
  • Bob Bushnell - bass
  • Ed Shaughnessy - drums
  • Unidentified strings (tracks 1, 5, 7 & 11)

    • Songs

    1Just Friends3:01
    2By the Bend of the River2:14
    3Makin' Whoopee2:50

    References

    From the Heart (Etta Jones album) Wikipedia
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