| To Etta with Love | ||||
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| Released | September 14, 2004 | |||
| Recorded | January 21, 2004 | |||
| Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 54:24 | |||
| Label | HighNote HCD 7127 | |||
| Producer | Houston Person | |||
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To Etta with Love is an album by saxophonist Houston Person which was recorded in 2004 and released on the HighNote label. [1] [2] [3] The album is a tribute to Person's musical partner Etta Jones.
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [4] |
| All About Jazz |  [5] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [6] |
In his review on Allmusic, Matt Collar states "To Etta With Love finds Person digging into various standards that Jones loved throughout her career. There is a melancholy, heartbreaking quality to these tracks. ... The journeyman's warm, burnished tenor sound veritably weeps and more often soars ... Much like the singer Person knew, To Etta With Love is an understated, moving, and swinging elegy". [4] On All About Jazz, John Kelman noted "In a career filled with highs, one thing that made Jones and Person so well-known was their commitment to playing in smaller neighbourhood clubs that others would pass by. With To Etta With Love Person delivers a bittersweet love letter that has all the dusky ambience of one of those dimly-lit establishments ... it's vital that younger listeners be aware of the vibrant history that has brought jazz to where it is today. To Etta With Love combines rich history with tribute, evocatively showing just how much the landscape of jazz has changed". [5] In JazzTimes, David Franklin wrote: "Person’s playing is predictably wistful and pensive. Indeed, on several tunes, including Etta’s two hits, he merely caresses the songs’ original themes with his gorgeous tone and breathy attack rather than create melodies of his own". [7]
Etta Jones was an American jazz singer. Her best-known recordings were "Don't Go to Strangers" and "Save Your Love for Me". She worked with Buddy Johnson, Oliver Nelson, Earl Hines, Barney Bigard, Gene Ammons, Kenny Burrell, Milt Jackson, Cedar Walton, and Houston Person.
Body and Soul is a studio album made by jazz singer Billie Holiday, released in 1957. In their 1957 review of the album, Saturday Review wrote:
With changes in her voice which bring Miss Holiday's singing closer to recitative has come an occasional timidity about altering a melody where before there was boldness. But she remains one of the best jazz singers, not only for her unique sound and attack, but for her straightforward, honest, musical communication."
Blue Hour is a collaboration album by jazz saxophonist Stanley Turrentine and The Three Sounds recorded for the Blue Note label and performed by Turrentine with Gene Harris, Andrew Simpkins and Bill Dowdy. The album was reissued in 2000 with an additional disc of unreleased recordings, as Blue Hour: The Complete Sessions.
Lonely and Blue is an album by jazz vocalist Etta Jones which was recorded in 1962 and released on the Prestige label.
Love Shout is an album by jazz vocalist Etta Jones which was recorded in late 1962 and early 1963 and released on the Prestige label.
Hollar! is an album by jazz vocalist Etta Jones which was recorded at three separate sessions between 1960 and 1962 and released on the Prestige label in 1963.
At Last is an album by vocalist Etta Jones that was recorded in 1993 and 1995 and released on the Muse label.
My Romance is an album by saxophonist Houston Person which was recorded in 1998 and released on the HighNote label.
Dialogues is an album by saxophonist Houston Person and bassist Ron Carter recorded in 2000 and released on the HighNote label in 2002.
Blue Velvet is an album by saxophonist Houston Person which was recorded in 2001 and released on the HighNote label.
Sentimental Journey is an album by saxophonist Houston Person which was recorded in 2002 and released on the HighNote label.
All Soul is an album by saxophonist Houston Person which was recorded in 2005 and released on the HighNote label.
You Taught My Heart to Sing is an album by saxophonist Houston Person and pianist Bill Charlap recorded in 2004 and released on the HighNote label in 2006.
The Melody Lingers On is an album by saxophonist Houston Person which was recorded in 2014 and released on the HighNote label.
The Way We Were: Live in Concert is a live album by vocalist Etta Jones and saxophonist Houston Person which was recorded in Cleveland in 2000 but not released on the Highnote label until 2011.
Together at Christmas is a Christmas album by vocalist Etta Jones and saxophonist Houston Person which was recorded in 2000 and released on the Highnote label.
Easy Living is an album by vocalist Etta Jones that was recorded in 2000 and released on the HighNote label.
All the Way is an album by vocalist Etta Jones featuring songs by lyricist Sammy Cahn which was recorded in 1999 and released on the HighNote label.
The Melody Lingers On is an album by vocalist Etta Jones featuring tributes to jazz vocalists, which was recorded in late 1996 and released on the HighNote label the following year.
Etta Jones Sings Lady Day is the final studio album by vocalist Etta Jones, featuring songs associated with Billie Holiday, which was recorded in 2001 and released on the HighNote label.