Person to Person (Mildred Anderson album)

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Person to Person
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Studio album by
Released1960
RecordedJanuary 22, 1960
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre Jazz
Length30:24
Label Bluesville
BVLP 1004
Producer Esmond Edwards
Mildred Anderson chronology
Person to Person
(1960)
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(1960)
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis chronology
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(1960)
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis with Shirley Scott
(1960)

Person to Person is the debut album by jazz vocalist Mildred Anderson featuring saxophonist Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis' working group with organist Shirley Scott recorded in 1960 and released on the Bluesville label. [1] [2] [3]

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Reception

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AllMusic reviewer Scott Yanow stated: "this set is worth checking out if quite obscure". [4] Chris Smith wrote in The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings : "her pitch is sometimes uncertain and her interpretations are anonymous, neither sweet enough for ballads nor salty enough for blues." [5]

Track listing

  1. "I'm Gettin' 'Long Alright" (Bobby Sharp, Charles Singleton) – 2:44
  2. "I'm Free" (Singleton) – 4:57
  3. "Don't Deceive Me (Please Don't Go)" (Chuck Willis) – 4:33
  4. "Hello Little Boy" (Mildred Anderson) – 3:47
  5. "Person to Person" (Wally Gold) – 3:07
  6. "Cool Kind of Poppa" (Anderson) – 2:57
  7. "Kidney Stew Blues" (Leona Blackman, Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson) – 3:50
  8. "I Didn't Have a Chance" (Curry) – 4:45

Personnel

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References

  1. Payne, D. Shirley Scott discography accessed July 11, 2012
  2. Jazzdisco: Prestige Records Catalog: Bluesville 1000 series accessed October 31, 2018
  3. Both Sides Now: Prestige/Bluesville Album Discography accessed October 31, 2018
  4. 1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed July 10, 2012
  5. 1 2 Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings . Penguin. p. 9. ISBN   978-0-140-51384-4.