The Best Of Nancy Wilson: The Jazz And Blues Sessions by Nancy Wilson - DeepRiffs

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Nancy Wilson's not the first name in bluesy jazz (check out Dinah Washington and Joe Williams for that), but she usually can enliven the form with her sophisticated and sultry style. That's made clear on her rendition of "Stormy Monday Blues," where she eschews blues clichés in favor of a husky airiness, at once referencing a lowdown mood and infusing it with a sense of buoyancy. This split is nicely essayed on Capitol's Blues and Jazz Sessions, as half the tracks ooze with Wilson's cocktail blues tone and the other find the jazz-pop chanteuse in a summery and swinging mood. Ranging from the big band blues of "I've Got Your Number" to the lilting bossa nova "Wave," Wilson handles all the varying dynamics and musical settings with aplomb. Featuring cuts from her '60s prime with the likes of Cannonball Adderley, Oliver Nelson, George Shearing, Gerald Wilson, and a host of top sidemen, this best-of disc offers a fine, off-the-beaten-path overview of Wilson's Capitol heyday. ~ Stephen Cook

1. Like Someone In Love

by Nancy Wilson

Primary Artist: Nancy Wilson; Main Performer
Composer: Jimmy Van Heusen; Composer
Conductor: Billy May; Conductor
Author: Johnny Burke; Production
Producer: Dave Cavanaugh; Production

2. I Wish I Didn't Love You So

by Nancy Wilson

Primary Artist: Nancy Wilson; Main Performer
Composer: Frank Loesser; Composer
Lyricist: Frank Loesser; Composer
Conductor: Billy May; Conductor
Producer: Dave Cavanaugh; Production
Composer Lyricist: Frank Loesser; Other

3. Dearly Beloved

by Nancy Wilson

Primary Artist: Nancy Wilson; Main Performer
Composer: Johnny Mercer
Jerome Kern; Composer
Lyricist: Jerome Kern
Johnny Mercer; Composer
Conductor: Jimmy Jones; Conductor
Producer: Tom Morgan; Production
Composer Lyricist: Johnny Mercer
Jerome Kern; Other

4. Just For A Thrill

by Nancy Wilson

Primary Artist: Nancy Wilson; Main Performer
Composer: Don Raye
Lillian Hardin Armstrong; Composer
Lyricist: Lillian Hardin Armstrong
Don Raye; Composer
Conductor: Billy May; Conductor
Producer: Dave Cavanaugh; Production
Composer Lyricist: Lillian Hardin Armstrong
Don Raye; Other

5. I've Got Your Number

by Nancy Wilson

Primary Artist: Nancy Wilson; Main Performer
Composer: Carolyn Leigh
Cy Coleman; Composer
Lyricist: Carolyn Leigh
Cy Coleman; Composer
Conductor: Sid Orchestra Feller
Sid Feller; Conductor
Producer: Dave Cavanaugh; Production
Composer Lyricist: Cy Coleman
Carolyn Leigh; Other

6. In A Sentimental Mood

by Nancy Wilson

Primary Artist: Nancy Wilson; Main Performer
Bass: Ron Carter; Performer
Drums: Grady Tate; Performer
Guitar: Gene Bertoncini; Performer
Performer: Gene Bertoncini
Ron Carter
Hank Jones
Grady Tate; Performer
Piano: Hank Jones; Performer
Composer: Manny Kurtz
Irving Mills
Duke Ellington; Composer
Lyricist: Irving Mills
Manny Kurtz
Duke Ellington; Composer
Mastering Engineer: Ron Mcmaster; Production
Producer: Dave Cavanaugh; Production
Studio Personnel: Ron Mcmaster; Production
Composer Lyricist: Duke Ellington
Irving Mills
Manny Kurtz; Other

7. Getting To Know You

by Nancy Wilson

Drums: Kenny Dennis; Performer
Primary Artist: Nancy Wilson; Main Performer
Guitar: John Gray; Performer
Performer: Bill Perkins
Kenny Dennis
Don Fagerquist
John Gray
Lou Levy
Lew Mccreary; Performer
Piano: Lou Levy; Performer
Tenor Saxophone: Bill Perkins; Performer
Trombone: Lew Mccreary; Performer
Trumpet: Don Fagerquist; Performer
Composer: Richard Rodgers; Composer
Conductor: Jimmy Jones; Conductor
Author: Oscar Hammerstein Ii; Production
Producer: Tom Morgan; Production

8. Call It Stormy Monday

by Nancy Wilson

Performer: Ben Webster; Performer
Primary Artist: Nancy Wilson; Main Performer
Tenor Saxophone: Ben Webster; Performer
Composer: T-bone Walker; Composer
Conductor: Billy May; Conductor
Producer: Tom Morgan; Production

9. He's My Guy

by Nancy Wilson

Performer: Ben Webster; Performer
Primary Artist: Nancy Wilson; Main Performer
Tenor Saxophone: Ben Webster; Performer
Composer: Don Raye
Gene Depaul; Composer
Conductor: Billy May; Conductor
Producer: Tom Morgan; Production

10. You're Gonna Hear From Me

by Nancy Wilson

Primary Artist: Nancy Wilson; Main Performer
Composer: André Previn
Dory Previn; Composer
Conductor: Oliver Nelson; Conductor
Producer: Dave Cavanaugh; Production

11. People

by Nancy Wilson

Primary Artist: Nancy Wilson; Main Performer
Composer: Jule Styne
Bob Merrill; Composer
Lyricist: Jule Styne
Bob Merrill; Composer
Producer: Dave Cavanaugh; Production
Composer Lyricist: Jule Styne
Bob Merrill; Other

12. Sufferin' With The Blues

by Nancy Wilson

Alto Saxophone: Joe Maini
Paul Horn; Performer
Composer: Teddy Conyers
Lloyd Pemberton; Composer
Remixing: Malcolm Addey; Production
Baritone Saxophone: Don Ruffell; Performer
Bass: Jimmy Bond; Performer
Bass Trombone: Kenny Shroyer; Performer
Conductor: Gerald Wilson; Conductor
Drums: Kenny Dennis; Performer
Guitar: Joe Pass; Performer
Performer: Kenny Dennis
Jules Chaikin
Joe Maini
Kenny Shroyer
John Ewing
Freddie Hill
Don Ruffell
Bob Edmondson
Al Porcino
Jack Wilson
Joe Pass
Paul Horn
Harold Land
Teddy Edwards
Lester Robertson
Carmell Jones
Jimmy Bond; Performer
Producer: Tom Morgan; Production
Piano: Jack Wilson; Performer
Primary Artist: Nancy Wilson; Main Performer
Tenor Saxophone: Teddy Edwards
Harold Land; Performer
Trombone: Lester Robertson
John Ewing
Bob Edmondson; Performer
Trumpet: Carmell Jones
Freddie Hill
Jules Chaikin
Al Porcino; Performer
Studio Personnel: Malcolm Addey; Production

13. Wave

by Nancy Wilson

Primary Artist: Nancy Wilson; Main Performer
Composer: Antonio Carlos Jobim; Composer
Conductor: Jimmy Jones; Conductor
Producer: Dave Cavanaugh; Production

14. Unchain My Heart

by Nancy Wilson

Primary Artist: Nancy Wilson; Main Performer
Bass: Bill Plummer; Performer
Drums: Kenny Dennis; Performer
Guitar: John Gray; Performer
Organ: Jack Wilson; Performer
Performer: Bill Perkins
Milt Holland
John Gray
Jack Wilson
Bill Plummer
Kenny Dennis; Performer
Piano: Jack Wilson; Performer
Tenor Saxophone: Bill Perkins; Performer
Composer: Sharp
James; Composer
Producer: Dave Cavanaugh; Production
Conga: Milt Holland; Other

15. Never Will I Marry

by Cannonball Adderley, Nancy Wilson

Primary Artist: Nancy Wilson
Cannonball Adderley; Main Performer
Bass: Sam Jones; Performer
Cornet: Nat Adderley; Performer
Drums: Louis Hayes; Performer
Performer: Joe Zawinul
Louis Hayes
Sam Jones
Nat Adderley; Performer
Piano: Joe Zawinul; Performer
Composer: Frank Loesser; Composer
Lyricist: Frank Loesser; Composer
Mastering Engineer: Sweet; Production
Producer: Tom Morgan
Andy Wiswell; Production
Remixing: Sweet; Production
Studio Personnel: Sweet; Production
Composer Lyricist: Frank Loesser; Other

16. On Green Dolphin Street

by George Shearing Quintet, Nancy Wilson

Bass: Ralph Pena; Performer
Composer: Bronislaw Kaper; Composer
Featured Artist: Nancy Wilson; Main Performer
Drums: Vernell Fournier; Performer
Guitar: Dick Garcia; Performer
Percussion: Armando Peraza; Performer
Performer: Ralph Pena
Vernell Fournier
Warren Chiasson
Dick Garcia
George Shearing
Armando Peraza; Performer
Piano: George Shearing; Performer
Vibraphone: Warren Chiasson; Performer
Author: Ned Washington; Production
Mastering Engineer: Ron Mcmaster; Production
Remix Engineer: Ron Mcmaster; Production
Studio Personnel: Ron Mcmaster; Production
Primary Artist: George Shearing Quintet; Main Performer
Producer: Dave Cavanaugh
Michael Cuscuna
Tom Morgan; Production

17. You Don't Know Me

by Nancy Wilson

Primary Artist: Nancy Wilson; Main Performer
Alto Saxophone: Frank Strozier
Bill Green; Performer
Lyricist: Cindy Walker
Eddy Arnold; Composer
Baritone Saxophone: Ernie Snell; Performer
Mastering Engineer: Robert Norberg; Production
Remixing: Robert Norberg; Production
Bass: Charles Buster Williams; Performer
Producer: Dave Cavanaugh; Production
Cello: Gloria Strassner
Anne Goodman
Igor Roroshevsky
Raphael Kramer; Performer
Composer: Cindy Walker
Eddy Arnold; Composer
Conductor: Oliver Nelson; Conductor
Drums: Hal Blaine; Performer
Flute: Gene Cipriano
Ernie Snell
Bill Green; Performer
Guitar: Joe Gibbons
John Collins; Performer
Harp: Ann Mason Stockton; Performer
Percussion: Hal Blaine; Performer
Performer: James Getzoff
Jacques Gasselin
Igor Roroshevsky
Gloria Strassner
Ernie Snell
Edward Bergman
Charles Buster Williams
Ann Mason Stockton
Anne Goodman
Alvin Dinkin
Bill Green
Donn Trenner
Marshall Sosson
Victor Arno
Lou Haderman
Louis Kievman
Harry Bluestone
Sidney Sharp
Gene Cipriano
Samuel Boghossian
Plas Johnson
Joe Gibbons
Frank Strozier
Louis Kaufman
Hal Blaine
Raphael Kramer
John Collins; Performer
Piano: Donn Trenner; Performer
Studio Personnel: Robert Norberg; Production
Tenor Saxophone: Gene Cipriano
Plas Johnson; Performer
Vibraphone: Hal Blaine; Performer
Viola: Alvin Dinkin
Louis Kievman
Samuel Boghossian; Performer
Violin: Marshall Sosson
Edward Bergman
Harry Bluestone
Lou Haderman
Sidney Sharp
Jacques Gasselin
Louis Kaufman
James Getzoff
Victor Arno; Performer
Composer Lyricist: Cindy Walker
Eddy Arnold; Other

18. A Good Man Is Hard To Find

by Nancy Wilson

Primary Artist: Nancy Wilson; Main Performer
Performer: George Shearing; Performer
Composer: Edward Green; Composer
Strings Arrangement: George Shearing; Composer
Conductor: Milt Raskin; Conductor
Producer: Tom Morgan; Production
Unknown Contributor Role: Milt Raskin; Other

Technical Specifications

Volume

1 volume only

Tracks

18 tracks available

Type

COMPILATION

Format

Digital Media

Duration

46 minutes and 32 seconds

Explicit

None

Coverart

Available and up to 1408x1408 px

Booklet

Not available

Max Quality

CD Quality (Lossless)

16bit / 44.1 kHz

Stereo

Audio Extension

Lossless: FLAC, M4A, WAV, WV, AIFF

Lossy: AAC, MP3, M4A, MP4, OGA, OGG, OPUS, WMA

Archive Format

Available in these formats: ZIP, TAR, RAR

Lyrics

14/18 tracks have lyrics

Synchronized Lyrics

Only 1/18 tracks has synced lyrics

Genres

Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Vocal, Traditional Pop, Standards, R&B, Soul, Big Band

Label

Blue Note Records

Music Distribution Service

UMG Global

Country

United States

Language

English (United States)

Popularity

Release Date

Nov 25, 1996

Track Preview

Available

Delivery Charge

Free

Delivery Method

Digital download link via Email or Personal Dashboard on this site

UPC

724385392153