The Last Amen

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The Last Amen
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Studio album by
Released1965
RecordedDecember 19, 1961
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre Jazz
Label New Jazz
NJ 8322
Producer Esmond Edwards
John Wright chronology
Mr. Soul
(1962)
The Last Amen
(1965)
Wright Changes & Choices
(1994)

The Last Amen is an album by jazz pianist John Wright which was recorded in late 1961 but not released on the New Jazz label until 1965. [1] [2]

Contents

Track listing

All compositions by John Wright, except where indicated.

  1. "Les I Can't" – 3:39
  2. "Be My Love" (Nicholas Brodszky, Sammy Cahn) – 5:57
  3. "The Last Amen" – 2:50
  4. "Stella by Starlight" (Victor Young, Ned Washington) – 4:24
  5. "But Beautiful" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) – 5:28
  6. "'Deed I Do" (Fred Rose, Walter Hirsch) – 4:07
  7. "Sheba" – 8:28
  8. "More Than You Know" (Vincent Youmans, Edward Eliscu, Billy Rose) – 4:16

Personnel

Performers

Production

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References

  1. Prestige Records discography accessed November 30, 2018
  2. Fitzgerald, M. John Wright Leader Entry accessed November 30, 2018