Light Out of Darkness (A Tribute to Ray Charles)

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album four stars and said that "...Horn sounds nothing like Charles, but she sometimes captures his spirit...While emphasizing ballads, as one always expects, this is a fun set that includes more medium-tempo tunes than usual for a Shirley Horn set".

Track listing

1. "Hit the Road Jack" (Percy Mayfield) – 3:11
2. "Just a Little Lovin'" (Eddy Arnold, Zeke Clements) – 4:07
3. "You Don't Know Me" (Arnold, Cindy Walker) – 2:58
4. "Drown in My Own Tears" (Henry Glover) – 5:04
5. "Hard Hearted Hannah" (Milton Ager, Charles Bates, Bob Bigelow, Jack Yellen) – 3:36
6. "Georgia on My Mind" (Hoagy Carmichael, Stuart Gorrell) – 5:20
7. "Makin' Whoopee" (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) – 3:54
8. "Bein' Green" (Joe Raposo) – 3:16
9. "Bye Bye Love" (Felice and Boudleaux Bryant) – 5:26
10. "The Sun Died" (Ray Charles, Hubert Giraud, Anne Gregory, Pierre Delanoë) – 5:39
11. "How Long Has This Been Going On?" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 4:01
12. "If You Were Mine" (James Lewis) – 3:25
13. "I Got a Man" (Charles, Renald Richard) – 3:25
14. "Just for a Thrill" (Lil Armstrong, Don Raye) – 4:25
15. "Light Out of Darkness" (Charles, Rick Ward) – 5:25

Personnel

Performance

Shirley Horn – piano, vocals, producer

Gary Bartz – alto saxophone

Charles Ables – guitar, electric bass

Tyler Mitchell – double bass

Steve Williams – drums

The Hornettes – vocal ("Hit the Road Jack")

Production

Dave Baker – engineer, mixing

Lynn Butterer – assistant producer, post production assistant, pre-production assistant

Suzanne Dyer – assistant engineer

Robert Friedrich – assistant engineer

Nate Herr – production coordination

Jimmy Katz – photography

Dan Kincaid – mastering

Michael Klotz – design

Sheila Mathis – production coordination

Richard Seidel – executive producer

Camille Tominaro – project coordinator