SHIRLEY HORN - Violets for Your Furs (1981-1991) FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

Six years before she signed with Verve and finally became a big name, Shirley Horn already sounded quite mature and fully developed on this live trio date. Recorded at the 1981 Northsea Jazz Festival with bassist Charles Ables and drummer Billy Hart, the pianist/vocalist performs nine familiar standards, including versions of "More Than You Know" and "I Didn't Know What Time It Was" that did not come out until the 1991 CD reissue. The emphasis, as usual, is on ballads, including "Gee Baby Ain't I Good to You," "Baby Won't You Please Come Home" and the title cut. This lesser-known set is up to the same level as Shirley Horn's best-selling Verve sets. Recommended. by Scott Yanow
Tracklist:
1 Love Is Here to Stay 3:27
George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin
2 Georgia on My Mind 7:25
Hoagy Carmichael / Stuart Gorrell
3 Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You 3:40
Andy Razaf / Don Redman
4 Lover Man 5:18
Jimmy Davis / Roger "Ram" Ramirez / Jimmy Sherman
5 Violets for Your Furs 4:56
Tom Adair / Matt Dennis
6 Baby Won't You Please Come Home 4:14
Charles Warfield / Clarence Williams
7 My Man 10:16
Jacques Charles / Albert Willemetz / Maurice Yvain
8 More Than You Know 4:18
Edward Eliscu / Billy Rose / Vincent Youmans
9 I Didn't Know What Time It Was 2:25
Lorenz Hart / Richard Rodgers
Credits:
Bass – Charles Ables
Drums – Billy Hart
Piano, Vocals – Shirley Horn