Soul Talk (Leo Wright album)

Soul Talk is an album by saxophonist Leo Wright featuring performances recorded in 1963 for the Atlantic label but not released until 1970 on their Vortex subsidiary.[1][2]

Soul Talk
Studio album by
Released1970
RecordedNovember 1, 1963
StudioNYC
GenreJazz
Length34:09
LabelVortex
2011
ProducerNesuhi Ertegun
Leo Wright chronology
Suddenly the Blues
(1962)
Soul Talk
(1970)
Modern Jazz Studio Nr. 4
(1965)

Reception edit

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings    [4]

AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars.[3]

Track listing edit

All compositions by Leo Wright, except as indicated

  1. "State Trooper" (Gloria Coleman) - 2:38
  2. "Blue Leo" - 4:43
  3. "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child" (Traditional) - 4:29
  4. "Soul Talk" - 5:22
  5. "Poopsie's Minor" - 4:46
  6. "Skylark" (Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny Mercer) - 5:20
  7. "Blues Fanfare" - 6:28

Personnel edit

References edit

  1. ^ Atlantic Records Catalog: East-West, Embryo, Vortex series accessed September 30, 2015
  2. ^ Leo Wright discography accessed September 30, 2015
  3. ^ a b Allmusic listing, accessed September 30, 2015
  4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1532. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.