Who Is This Bitch, Anyway?

Who Is This Bitch, Anyway? is an album by American vocalist Marlena Shaw recorded in 1974 and released on the Blue Note label.

Who Is This Bitch, Anyway?
Studio album by Marlena Shaw
Released	1975
Recorded	June 12 and December 3–6, 1974
Studio	The Record Plant, Los Angeles
Genre	Jazz
Length	39:07
Label	Blue Note BN-LA397-G
Producer	Benard Ighner
Marlena Shaw chronology
Marlena Shaw Live at Montreux (1974) Who Is This Bitch, Anyway? (1975) Just a Matter of Time (1976)

Reception

The Allmusic review by Jason Ankeny awarded the album 4½ stars stating "A record as fierce and blunt as its title portends, Who Is This Bitch, Anyway? vaults Marlena Shaw into a brave new world of feminism and funk, updating the sophisticated soul-jazz approach of her previous records to explore a fast-changing musical, political, and sexual landscape... Not only Shaw's best-selling Blue Note release, Who Is This Bitch, Anyway? represents her creative apex as well".

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic

Track listing

1. "You, Me and Ethel / Street Walking Woman" (Marlena Shaw / Loonis McGlohon, Byron Olson) – 6:20
2. "You Taught Me How to Speak in Love" (Molly Ann Leiken, Art Munson) – 3:52
3. "Davy" (Benard Ighner) – 5:26
4. "Feel Like Makin' Love" (Eugene McDaniels) – 5:00
5. "The Lord Giveth and the Lord Taketh Away" (Shaw) – 1:05
6. "You Been Away Too Long" (Ighner) – 3:07
7. "You" (Shaw) – 3:45
8. "Loving You Was Like a Party" (Ighner) – 4:17
9. "A Prelude for Rose Marie" (Olson) – 1:56
10. "Rose Marie (Mon Cherie)" (Wilma Callender, Ighner) – 4:19

• Recorded on June 12 (tracks 3 & 5), December 3 (tracks 2 & 8), December 4 (tracks 6 & 7), December 5 (tracks 1 & 4) and December 6 (tracks 9 & 10), 1974.

Personnel

• Marlena Shaw – vocals
• Benard Ighner – piano, flugelhorn, arranger
• Michael Lang – piano
• Bill Mays – piano
• Larry Nash – electric piano, synthesizer
• Dennis Budimir – guitar
• Larry Carlton – guitar
• David T. Walker – guitar
• Chuck Domanico – bass
• Chuck Rainey – electric bass
• Harvey Mason – drums, wind chimes
• Jim Gordon – drums
• King Errison – conga
• Dale Oehler – arranger
• Byron Olson – arranger
• Unidentified strings, horns and woodwinds