I Just Dropped By to Say Hello | ||||
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Released | 1964 | |||
Recorded | October 9 & 17, 1963 Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs | |||
Genre | Vocal jazz | |||
Length | 33:09 | |||
Label | Impulse! A-57 | |||
Producer | Bob Thiele | |||
Johnny Hartman chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [2] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz | [3] |
I Just Dropped by to Say Hello is a studio album by jazz singer Johnny Hartman, released by Impulse! Records in 1964. [4] It was the second of three albums Hartman recorded for Impulse!, and followed John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman , recorded a few months earlier.
Tracks 1, 6 recorded on October 9, 1963; the remainder on October 17, 1963.
Lady in Satin is an album by the jazz singer Billie Holiday released in 1958 on Columbia Records, catalogue CL 1157 in mono and CS 8048 in stereo. It is the penultimate album completed by the singer and last released in her lifetime. The original album was produced by Irving Townsend and engineered by Fred Plaut.
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