Like in Love! is the debut album by the American vocalist Nancy Wilson, it was released in April 1960 by Capitol Records, and arranged by Billy May.

Like in Love
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 1960
RecordedDecember 5, 7–8, 1959[1]
VenueLos Angeles
StudioCapitol (Hollywood)
GenreJazz
Length25:53
LabelCapitol
ProducerDave Cavanaugh, Tom "Tippy" Morgan
Nancy Wilson chronology
Like in Love
(1960)
Something Wonderful
(1960)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz[3]

Track listing

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  1. "On the Street Where You Live" (Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe) – 1:42
  2. "Night Mist" (Ahmad Jamal) – 2:34
  3. "You Leave Me Breathless" (Ralph Freed, Frederick Hollander) – 2:27
  4. "The More I See You" (Mack Gordon, Harry Warren) – 2:11
  5. "I Want to Be Loved" (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Billy Rose) – 2:19[4]
  6. "Almost Like Being in Love" (Lerner, Loewe) – 1:46
  7. "People Will Say We're in Love" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers) – 1:57
  8. "Passion Flower" (Billy Strayhorn) – 2:23
  9. "Sometimes I'm Happy" (Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans) – 1:46
  10. "Fly Me to the Moon" (Bart Howard) – 2:52
  11. "All of You" (Cole Porter) – 1:49
  12. "If It's the Last Thing I Do" (Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin) – 2:07

Personnel

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Performance

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From The Music of Billy May: A Discography (Greenwood Press, 1998).[1]

  • Nancy Wilson – vocals
  • Willie Smithalto saxophone
  • Benny Carter – alto saxophone (1–2, 4–6, 8–9, 11–12)
  • Jules Jacob – saxophone (3–5, 7, 10–12)
  • Charles Gentry – saxophone (3–5, 7, 10–12)
  • William Ulyate – saxophone (1–2, 4–6, 8–9, 11–12)
  • Jerome Kasper – saxophone (1–2, 6, 8–9)
  • Fred Falensby – saxophone (1–2, 6, 8–9)
  • Milt Bernhart – trombone (1–2, 4–6, 8–9, 11–12)
  • Tommy Pederson – trombone (3, 7, 10)
  • Milt Raskin – piano
  • Jack Marshall – guitar (1–3, 6–10)
  • Bob Gibbons – guitar (4–5, 11–12)
  • Myer Rubin – double bass (1–2, 4–6, 8–9, 11–12)
  • Joe Mondragon – double bass (3, 7, 10)
  • Irving Cottler – drums (1–3, 6–10)
  • Stan Levey – drums (4–5, 11–12)
  • Emil Richards – drums (3, 7, 10)
  • Billy May – arranger, conductor

References

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  1. ^ a b Mirtle, Jack (1998). The Music of Billy May: A Discography. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. pp. 191–192. ISBN 0313307393.
  2. ^ Allmusic review
  3. ^ Larkin, Colin (2004). "Nancy Wilson". The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz (Rev Upd ed.). Virgin Books. p. 941. ISBN 1852271833.
  4. ^ Credits and sleeve notes by Devra Hall to 2007 Capitol compilation The Very Best of Nancy Wilson – The Capitol Recordings 1960–1976.