Odetta (1967 album)

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Odetta
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Studio album by
Odetta
Released1967 (LP)
Genre Folk, pop, jazz, gospel
Length32:01
Label Verve Folkways, FTS-3014
Producer Jim Dickinson
Odetta chronology
Odetta in Japan
(1966)		Odetta
(1967)		 The Best of Odetta
(1967)

Odetta is the 1967 album by Odetta. It is viewed as one of her most "commercial" (that is, aimed at mainstream audiences), but it has not subsequently been re-released on CD as many of her other albums were.

Album collection of recorded music, words, sounds

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Odetta American musician

Odetta Holmes, known as Odetta, was an American singer, actress, guitarist, lyricist, and a civil and human rights activist, often referred to as "The Voice of the Civil Rights Movement". Her musical repertoire consisted largely of American folk music, blues, jazz, and spirituals. An important figure in the American folk music revival of the 1950s and 1960s, she influenced many of the key figures of the folk-revival of that time, including Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Mavis Staples, and Janis Joplin. Time magazine included her recording of "Take This Hammer" on its list of the 100 Greatest Popular Songs, stating that "Rosa Parks was her No. 1 fan, and Martin Luther King Jr. called her the queen of American folk music."

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Contents

It should not be confused with other self-titled albums by Odetta on different labels: the 1963 compilation LP Odetta on the Everest label and 2003's Odetta which is actually the album To Ella .

<i>To Ella</i> 1998 live album by Odetta

To Ella is an album by American folk singer Odetta, released 1998 on Silverwolf Records. Recorded live at the Kerrville Folk Festival, it features traditional songs including "Amazing Grace" and a 27-minute "Ancestors Suite" containing several songs.

Reception

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Allmusic stated in their review that "She also acquits herself fairly well on cuts that strike a sort of funky lounge jazz mood, although those songs aren't memorable. Overall, it's a curiosity, not too embarrassing, but not matching her with the settings that suit her best."

Track listing

Side A:

  1. "Give Me Your Hand" (Dorothy Stewart) – 2:45
  2. "Strawberry Fields Forever" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 3:28
  3. "Love Songs of the Nile" (Nacio Herb Brown, Arthur Freed)– 3:22
  4. "Oh, My Babe" (Bert Jansch; arranged and adapted by Odetta Gordon) – 3:10
  5. "Little Red Caboose" (Traditional; arranged and adapted by Odetta Gordon) – 2:00
  6. ""Child of God" (Traditional) – 2:18

Side B:

  1. "Hogan's Alley" (Traditional; arranged and adapted by Odetta Gordon) – 1:52
  2. "Little Girl Blue" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 3:36
  3. "African Prayer" (Galt MacDermot) – 3:18
  4. "Oh Papa" (Traditional; arranged and adapted by Odetta Gordon) – 2:49
  5. "Turn Me 'Round" (Traditional; arranged and adapted by Odetta Gordon) – 3:23

Personnel

Singing act of producing musical sounds with the voice

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Raphael Grinage was an American jazz and folk musician and composer.

Technical

Luis Pastor "Val" Valentin was a recording engineer with six decades of work in the music industry. Much of his work was done for MGM Records and Verve Records. His large discography includes Jazz albums such as Ella and Louis, Night Train, and [[Getz/Gilberto

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