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The Nearness of You (Houston Person album)

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Released
  
1978

Artist
  
Houston Person

Producer
  
Houston Person

Genre
  
Jazz

Length
  
33:30

Release date
  
1978

Label
  
Muse Records

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Recorded
  
November 1977 Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ

The Nearness of You (1977)
  
The Gospel Soul of Houston Person (1978)

Similar
  
Houston Person albums, Jazz albums

The Nearness of You' is an album by saxophonist Houston Person recorded in 1977 and released on the Muse label.

Contents

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars noting that "The soulful and always-swinging tenor Houston Person is in typically fine form on this enjoyable LP... A fun date".

Track listing

  1. "Pretty Please" (Harold Ousley) - 8:00
  2. "Please Mr. Person" (Buddy Johnson) - 4:38
  3. "I Hope I Can Love Again" (Ousley) - 5:00
  4. "Freddie the Freeloader" (Miles Davis) - 5:29
  5. "The Nearness of You" (Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington) - 4:59
  6. "Mean to Me" (Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk) - 5:18

Personnel

  • Houston Person - tenor saxophone
  • Virgil Jones - trumpet
  • Melvin Sparks - guitar
  • Charles Earland - organ
  • Sonny Phillips - electric piano
  • Mervyn Bronson - bass
  • Grady Tate - drums
  • Lawrence Killian - percussion
  • Ella Johnson - vocals (track 2)

    • Songs

    1Pretty Please8:00
    2Please MrPerson4:38
    3I Hope I Can Love Again5:00

    References

    The Nearness of You (Houston Person album) Wikipedia
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