That's Him!
| That's Him! | ||||
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| Studio album by Abbey Lincoln with the Riverside Jazz Stars | ||||
| Released | 1957 | |||
| Recorded | October 28, 1957 | |||
| Studio | Reeves Sound Studios, New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 48:48 | |||
| Label | Riverside RLP 12-251 | |||
| Producer | Bill Grauer and Orrin Keepnews | |||
| Abbey Lincoln chronology | ||||
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That's Him! is the second album by American jazz vocalist Abbey Lincoln featuring tracks recorded in 1957 for the Riverside label.[1]
Reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |  [3] |
Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars stating "even this early, she was already a major jazz singer with a style of her own".[2]
Track listing
- "Strong Man" (Oscar Brown, Jr.) – 5:04
- "Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe" (Harold Arlen, E.Y. "Yip" Harburg) – 5:57
- "My Man" (Jacques Charles, Channing Pollack, Albert Willemetz, Maurice Yvain) – 3:57
- "Tender as a Rose" (Phil Moore) – 3:00
- "That's Him" (Ogden Nash, Kurt Weill) – 3:26
- "I Must Have That Man!" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) – 4:00
- "I Must Have That Man!" [take 3] (Fields, McHugh) – 3:56 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Porgy" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) – 4:27
- "Porgy" [take 1] (Gershwin, Gershwin, Hetward) – 4:30 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "When a Woman Loves a Man" (Bernie Hanighen, Gordon Jenkins, Johnny Mercer) – 4:28
- "Don't Explain" (Arthur Herzog, Jr., Billie Holiday) – 6:39
Personnel
- Abbey Lincoln – vocals
- Kenny Dorham – trumpet
- Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone
- Wynton Kelly – piano (except track 11: "Don't Explain"), bass (track 11)[2][4]
- Paul Chambers – bass (except track 11)
- Max Roach – drums
References
- ^ Riverside Records discography accessed September 13, 2012
- ^ a b c Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed September 13, 2012
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 894. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ Enstice, Wayne; Stockhouse, Janis (2004) Jazzwomen: Conversations with Twenty-One Musicians. p. 203. Indiana University Press.
