Vinyl LP Reissue!
Jazz vocalist Jimmy Scott is joined here by the likes of Charles Mingus, Kenny Clarke and more for an album of romantic ballads.
"Released in 1955, Very Truly Yours was the first album that Jimmy Scott recorded for the Savoy label. After spending the better part of a decade singing in ensembles, first with Lionel Hampton and then with New Orleans bandleader Paul Gayten, Scott was poised to make a name for himself as a solo artist. These dozen songs, executed with a small jazz combo supporting him (including Charles Mingus on bass), find Scott in beautiful voice, confidently investing himself in well-chosen covers as well as some of his own great originals. From the opening number ("Imagination"), it's clear that you're hearing a rare and expressive voice. Here he sounds every bit as romantic and inventive as he continued to be decades later." - allmusic.com
Features:
Vinyl LP
Musicians:
Jimmy Scott, vocals
Budd Johnson, tenor saxophone (1-4, 12)
Howard Biggs, piano (1-12)
Mundell Lowe, guitar (1-4)
Charles Minge's, bass (1-4)
Rudy Nichols, drums (1-4)
Dave McRae, alto & baritone saxophone (5-9)
George Berg, tenor saxophone (5-11)
George Barnes, guitar (5-9)
Al Hall, bass (5-9)
Dave Bailey, drums (5-9)
Phil Kraus, vibraphone (10,11)
Sal Salvador, guitar (10,11)
Jack Lesberg, bass (10,11)
Cliff Leeman, drums (10,11)
Everett Barksdale, guitar (12)
Wendell Marshall, bass (12)
Kenny Clarke, drums (12)
Selections:
1. When Did You Leave Heaven
2. Guilty
3. Everybody Needs Somebody
4. Why Don't You Open Up Your Heart
5. Time On My Hands
6. Imagination
7. Very Truly Yours
8. Don't cry Baby
9. How Can I Go On
10. Street of Dreams
11. Someone To Watch Over Me
12. The Show Goes On
Tracks 1-4 Recorded February 5, 1955 in NYC
Tracks 5-9 Recorded April 22, 1955 in NYC
Tracks 10-11 Recorded June 23, 1955 in NYC
Track 12 Recorded October 14, 1955 in NYC
Jazz vocalist Jimmy Scott is joined here by the likes of Charles Mingus, Kenny Clarke and more for an album of romantic ballads.
"Released in 1955, Very Truly Yours was the first album that Jimmy Scott recorded for the Savoy label. After spending the better part of a decade singing in ensembles, first with Lionel Hampton and then with New Orleans bandleader Paul Gayten, Scott was poised to make a name for himself as a solo artist. These dozen songs, executed with a small jazz combo supporting him (including Charles Mingus on bass), find Scott in beautiful voice, confidently investing himself in well-chosen covers as well as some of his own great originals. From the opening number ("Imagination"), it's clear that you're hearing a rare and expressive voice. Here he sounds every bit as romantic and inventive as he continued to be decades later." - allmusic.com
Features:
Vinyl LP
Musicians:
Jimmy Scott, vocals
Budd Johnson, tenor saxophone (1-4, 12)
Howard Biggs, piano (1-12)
Mundell Lowe, guitar (1-4)
Charles Minge's, bass (1-4)
Rudy Nichols, drums (1-4)
Dave McRae, alto & baritone saxophone (5-9)
George Berg, tenor saxophone (5-11)
George Barnes, guitar (5-9)
Al Hall, bass (5-9)
Dave Bailey, drums (5-9)
Phil Kraus, vibraphone (10,11)
Sal Salvador, guitar (10,11)
Jack Lesberg, bass (10,11)
Cliff Leeman, drums (10,11)
Everett Barksdale, guitar (12)
Wendell Marshall, bass (12)
Kenny Clarke, drums (12)
Selections:
1. When Did You Leave Heaven
2. Guilty
3. Everybody Needs Somebody
4. Why Don't You Open Up Your Heart
5. Time On My Hands
6. Imagination
7. Very Truly Yours
8. Don't cry Baby
9. How Can I Go On
10. Street of Dreams
11. Someone To Watch Over Me
12. The Show Goes On
Tracks 1-4 Recorded February 5, 1955 in NYC
Tracks 5-9 Recorded April 22, 1955 in NYC
Tracks 10-11 Recorded June 23, 1955 in NYC
Track 12 Recorded October 14, 1955 in NYC
