The Main Ingredient (Shirley Horn album)

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The Main Ingredient
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Studio album by
Shirley Horn
Released1996
RecordedMay 15–18, 1995
StudioShirley Horn's home, Washington, D.C.
Genre Vocal jazz
Length55:31
Label Verve
Producer Shirley Horn
Shirley Horn chronology
I Love You, Paris
(1994)		The Main Ingredient
(1996)		 Loving You
(1997)

The Main Ingredient is a 1995 album by Shirley Horn. [1]

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Reception

Professional ratings
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The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow said: "This Shirley Horn CD is a little unusual, as it was recorded at her home. The four sessions utilized some of her favorite musicians... As usual, virtually all of the songs are taken at slow tempos, with 'All or Nothing at All' given a definitive treatment". [1] The Penguin Guide to Jazz commented that the guest musicians added variety, but that the best track was the trio rendition of "The Look of Love". [2]

Track listing

  1. "Blues for Sarge" (Ronald R. Dawson) – 4:16
  2. "The Look of Love" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) – 5:22
  3. "Keepin' Out of Mischief Now" (Andy Razaf, Fats Waller) – 3:46
  4. "The Meaning of the Blues" (Bobby Troup, Leah Worth) – 7:55
  5. "Here's Looking at You" (Carroll Coates) – 3:27
  6. "You Go to My Head" (John Frederick Coots, Haven Gillespie) – 9:08
  7. "Fever" (Eddie Cooley, John Davenport) – 4:42
  8. "Come in from the Rain" (Melissa Manchester, Carole Bayer Sager) – 4:50
  9. "Peel Me a Grape" (Dave Frishberg) – 2:55
  10. "All or Nothing at All" (Arthur Altman, Jack Lawrence) – 7:10

Personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Yanow, Scott. "Shirley Horn: The Main Ingredient". AllMusic . Retrieved February 2, 2019.
  2. 1 2 Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. pp. 726–727. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
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