Soul Talk (Leo Wright album)

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Soul Talk
Soul Talk (Leo Wright album).jpg
Studio album by
Released1970
RecordedNovember 1, 1963
StudioNYC
Genre Jazz
Length34:09
Label Vortex
2011
Producer Nesuhi Ertegun
Leo Wright chronology
Suddenly the Blues
(1962)
Soul Talk
(1970)
Modern Jazz Studio Nr. 4
(1965)

Soul Talk is an album by saxophonist Leo Wright featuring performances recorded in 1963 for the Atlantic label but not released until 1970 on their Vortex subsidiary. [1] [2]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars. [3]

Track listing

All compositions by Leo Wright, except as indicated

  1. "State Trooper" (Gloria Coleman) - 2:38
  2. "Blue Leo" - 4:43
  3. "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child" (Traditional) - 4:29
  4. "Soul Talk" - 5:22
  5. "Poopsie's Minor" - 4:46
  6. "Skylark" (Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny Mercer) - 5:20
  7. "Blues Fanfare" - 6:28

Personnel

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References

  1. Atlantic Records Catalog: East-West, Embryo, Vortex series accessed September 30, 2015
  2. Leo Wright discography accessed September 30, 2015
  3. 1 2 Allmusic listing, accessed September 30, 2015
  4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1532. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)