Johnny Hartman – Priceless Jazz Collection (GRP, 1997)
Album review ~allmusic.com
Priceless Jazz Collection is a budget-priced compilation that intends to give neophytes an affordable introduction to Johnny Hartman’s Impulse! recordings. Although purists and collectors will find this sampler incomplete and inconsequential, it nevertheless gives new listeners a good idea of Hartman’s music during the ’60s by featuring such fine cuts as “Lush Life,” “These Foolish Things,” “They Say It’s Wonderful,” “I Just Dropped By to Say Hello,” and “In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning.”
Tracklist:
01. They Say It’s Wonderful (5:21)
02. Dedicated to You (5:34)
03. Lush Life (5:31)
04. You are Too Beautiful (5:38)
05. In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning (2:49)
06. Don’t You Know I Care (or Don’t You Care I Know) (4:13)
07. If I’m Lucky (2:53)
08. I Just Dropped By to Say Hello (4:09)
09. How Sweet It Is to Be In Love (2:23)
10. My Ship (3:11)
11. The More I See You (2:32)
12. These Foolish Things (4:21)
13. Waltz for Debby (3:32)
14. Let Me Love You (1:47)
Personnel:
Johnny Hartman – vocals
John Coltrane, Illinois Jacquet – tenor saxophone
McCoy Tyner, Hank Jones – piano
Kenny Burrell, Jim Hall, Barry Galbraith, Howard Collins – guitar
Jimmy Garrison, Milt Hinton, Richard Davis – bass
Elvin Jones, Osie Johnson – drums
Willie Rodriguez – percussion
Phil Krauss – marimba
Bob Hammer – piano, arranger
Additional Info:
Original sessions produced by Bob Thiele
Recorded between March 7, 1963 – September 24, 1964
Mastered on March 1997 at MCA Studios, New York City
Engineered by Erick Labson
Reissue produced by John Snyder
Liner notes by Jim Macnie
Photography: Chuck Stewart
Art Direction: Hollis King
Graphic Design: Isabelle Wong
Genre: Vocal Jazz
Label: GRP Records
Year: 1997
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