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The Melody Lingers On (Etta Jones album)

The Melody Lingers On is an album by vocalist Etta Jones featuring tributes to jazz vocalists, which was recorded in late 1996 and released on the HighNote label the following year.[1]

The Melody Lingers On
Studio album by
Etta Jones
ReleasedMarch 4, 1997
RecordedNovember 26, 1996
StudioM & I Recording Studios, NYC
GenreJazz
Length48:57
LabelHighNote
HCD 7005
ProducerHouston Person
Etta Jones chronology
At Last
(1995) 		The Melody Lingers On
(1997) 		My Buddy: Etta Jones Sings the Songs of Buddy Johnson
(1998)

Reception edit

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic     [2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings    [3]

In his review on Allmusic, Scott Yanow states: "On The Melody Lingers On, Etta Jones pays tribute to ten departed members of show business, with one song apiece saluting Phyllis Hyman, Ella Fitzgerald, Nat King Cole, Louis Armstrong, Dinah Washington, Billie Holiday, Sammy Davis, Jr, Billy Eckstine, Alberta Hunter and Sarah Vaughan. The singer does not attempt to emulate any of these greats, and instead sings in her own soulful bluesy style. ... Fine music."[2]

Track listing edit

  1. "Somewhere in My Lifetime" (Jesus Alvarez) – 5:53
  2. "A-Tisket, A-Tasket" (Al Feldman, Ella Fitzgerald) – 4:30
  3. "For Sentimental Reasons" (William Best, Ivory Watson) – 4:32
  4. "What a Wonderful World" (George Douglas, George David Weiss) – 5:06
  5. "What a Diff'rence a Day Makes" (María Grever, Stanley Adams) – 4:41
  6. "I Cover the Waterfront" (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman) – 4:15
  7. "Mr. Bojangles" (Jerry Jeff Walker) – 5:43
  8. "I Apologize" (Al Hoffman, Al Goodhart, Ed Nelson) – 4:45
  9. "I'm Having a Good Time" (Alberta Hunter) – 4:50
  10. "Misty" (Erroll Garner, Johnny Burke) – 4:42

Personnel edit

References edit

  1. ^ Jazz Depot: HighNote discography. Retrieved March 13, 2018.
  2. ^ a b Yanow, Scott. Etta Jones – The Melody Lingers On: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved March 13, 2018.
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 793. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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