SteveIreneo!

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SteveIreneo!
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Studio album by
Irene Kral with Al Cohn and His Orchestra
Released1959
RecordedFebruary 1959
New York City
Genre Vocal jazz
Label United Artists
UAL 3052/UAS 6052
Producer Jack Lewis
Irene Kral chronology
The Band and I
(1958)		SteveIreneo!
(1959)		 Better Than Anything
(1963)

SteveIreneo! is an album by vocalist Irene Kral performing songs written by Steve Allen with Al Cohn's Orchestra which was recorded in 1959 and originally released on the United Artists label. [1] [2] [3]

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Track listing

All compositions by Steve Allen except where noted.

  1. "Too Late the Spring" (Alan Shulman, Steve Allen) – 2:21
  2. "Run (Don't Walk)" (Hank Jones, Allen) – 2:24
  3. "The Best Time of the Day" (Chubby Jackson, Allen) – 2:25
  4. "Yes" (Pete Rugolo, Herman Saunders, Lloyd Luhham, Allen) 2:29
  5. "There He Goes" – 2:47
  6. "And Even Then" – 3:03
  7. "Houseboat" (George Duning, Allen) – 3:00
  8. "Cool Blue" (Neal Hefti, Allen) – 2:00
  9. "What Is a Woman" – 2:28
  10. "Spring Is Where You Are" – 2:50
  11. "Impossible" – 2:56
  12. "Pleasant Dreams" – 2:45

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ Irene Kral discography, accessed November 16, 2016
  2. ↑ Discography Preview for the United Artists label 30000 & 3000/6000 Series (1958–1972), accessed November 16, 2016
  3. ↑ Fitzgerald, M., Irene Kral Leader Entry, accessed November 16, 2016
  4. ↑ Steveireneo! – Listing at AllMusic. Retrieved November 16, 2016.
  5. ↑ Gitler, Ira (21 January 1960). "Irene Kral: Steveireneo". DownBeat . Vol. 27, no. 2. pp. 35–36.
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