| Shirley's Sounds | ||||
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| Released | Early June 1961 [1] | |||
| Recorded | May 23, 1958 (#1-3, 5-7) October 23, 1958 (#8) Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack April 8, 1960 (#4) Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Label | Prestige PRLP 7195 | |||
| Producer | Bob Weinstock | |||
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Shirley's Sounds is a studio album by organist Shirley Scott recorded mainly in 1958 for Prestige but not released until 1961 as PRLP 7195. [2]
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| DownBeat | [4] |
The contemporaneous DownBeat reviewer, Leonard Feather, praised the playing, while observing that there was little to distinguish the album from the large volume of other LPs by Hammond players. [4] The AllMusic review stated "it's superior early organ jazz, full-sounding but streamlined owing to the trio format". [3]
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