So Warm + From the Heart (2 LP on 1 CD)
  • Prestige PR 7204
    Prestige PR 7204
  • Prestige PR 7214
    Prestige PR 7214
  • Oliver Nelson
    Oliver Nelson
  • Etta Jones
    Etta Jones

Etta Jones

So Warm + From the Heart (2 LP on 1 CD)

Fresh Sound Records

Personnel:
Etta Jones (vcl), Oliver Nelson (arr, cond, sax), Joe Wilder (tp), Joe Singer, Richard Berg, Ray Alonge (Frh), Jerry Dodgion, Oliver Nelson, Arthur Clarke, Phil Bodner, Eric Dixon, Jerome Richardson (reeds), Mal Waldron, Lloyd Mayers (p), Wally Richardson (g), George Duvivier, Bob Bushnell (b), Bill English, Charles Persip, Ed Shaugnessy (d)

Reference: FSRCD 761

Bar code: 8427328607612

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Etta Jones came to the public attention in the 1940s, but after she was revealed as a potentially important artist, nothing much happened commercially with her records. So, after a long period of obscurity, the arrival of Etta Jones in the LP best seller lists in 1961 was a stunning illustration of how suddenly an almost neglected artist could become a name vocalist with two albums: So Warm and From the Heart.

Miss Jones sense of drama was to lie about midway between Ethel Waters and Billie Holiday, but remained within hailing distance of Dinah Washington. That said, she was her own stylist. She had the ability to project a wide variety of moods, from anguish to exuberance. The arrangements on both albums, which include some handsome string writing, are by Oliver Nelson and were perhaps his most impressive achievement until then. Nelson had never written for strings before, and his only vocal-background arrangements had been for small combinations. I wrote as though the voice were an instrument, he said. Because of this, he took several chances and got away with them. Nelson gave Miss Jones some of the most complex accompanying lines to sing over ever confronting anyone.



01. You Don't Know What Love Is (Raye-DePaul) 3:06
02. I Wish I Didn't Love You So (Frank Loesser) 2:01
03. If You Were Mine (Mercer-Malneck) 2:42
04. All My Life (Mitchell-Stept) 3:41
05. I Laughed At Love (Davis-Silver) 3:31
06. You Better Go Now (Graham-Loesser) 1:57
07. And This Is My Beloved (Wright-Forrest) 3:03
08. Can You Look Me in the Eyes (Herrick-McMichael) 2:48
09. Unchained Melody (Zaret-North) 4:17
10. Hurry Home (Meyer-Emmerich-Bernier) 3:34
11. I'm Through with Love (Livingston-Malneck-Kahn) 4:03
12. How Deep Is the Ocean (Irving Berlin) 3:32
13. Just Friends (Lewis-Klenner) 2:57
14. Funny (Not Much) (Prince-Neil-Broughton-Merrill) 3:04
15. I'll Never Be Free (Benjamin-Weiss) 3:03
16. There Goes My Heart (Silver-Davis) 3:17
17. Makin' Whoopee (Donaldson-Kahn) 2:48
18. By the End of the River (Edwards-Haig) 2:12
19. You Came a Long Way from St. Louis (Russell-Brooks) 2:24
20. They Can't Take That Away from Me (Gershwin-Gershwin) 2:05
21. The Masquerade Is Over (Wrubel-Magidson) 2:54
22. Good Morning, Heartache (Higginbotham-Drake-Fisher) 2:31
23. Look for the Silver Lining (DeSylva-Kern) 2:25

Album details

Sources:
Tracks #1-12, from the album "So Warm" (Prestige PR 7204)
Tracks #13-23, from the album "From the Heart" (Prestige PR 7214)

Personnel:

Etta Jones, vocals
Orchestra Arranged and Conducted by Oliver Nelson

Tracks #1-4: Joe Singer, Richard Berg, French horns; Mal Waldron, piano; George Duvivier, bass; Bill English, drums; plus string section.
Recorded in Englewood Cliffs, NJ, on June 9, 1961

Tracks #5-12: Ray Alonge, French horn; Arthur Clarke, Jerome Richardson, Phil Bodner, Eric Dixon, reeds; George Duvivier, bass; Charlie Persip, drums; plus string section.
Recorded in Englewood Cliffs, NJ, July 25 (#5-8), and 28 (#9-12), 1961

Tracks #13-16: Lloyd Mayers, piano; Wally Richardson, guitar; Bob Bushnell, bass; Ed Shaughnessy, drums; plus string section.
Recorded in Englewood Cliffs, NJ, on February 8, 1962

Tracks #17-23: Joe Wilder, trumpet; Jerry Dodgion, Oliver Nelson, alto saxes; George Barrow, Bob Ashton, tenor saxes; Lloyd Mayers, piano; Wally Richardson, guitar; Bob Bushnell, bass; Ed Shaughnessy, drums; plus string section. On #18,20 & 22 saxes out.
Recorded in Englewood Cliffs, NJ, on February 9, 1962

Recording Engineer: Rudy Van Gelder
Original design and photos: Don Schlitten

Recordings supervised by Esmond Edwards
This CD release produced by Jordi Pujol

Stereo · 24-Bit Digitally Remastered
Blue Moon Producciones Discograficas, S.L.

Press reviews

-From the Heart

"The sound of this release brings to mind a cross between Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald and Patsy Cline. Not a bad combination, and one that sounds remarkably fresh and invigorating long after its 1962 recording date. Here, Etta Jones' swinging singing is augmented with Oliver Nelson's attractive and distinctive arrangements. Wally Richardson's guitar is especially noteworthy in the rhythm section, while Nelson's use of horns and strings is as wonderful as ever. 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."

—Jim Newsom (All Music Guide)

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9,95 €  (tax incl.)

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