NANCY WILSON | CANNONBALL ADDERLEY — Nancy Wilson & Cannonball Adderley (1961-1993) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

 An excellent collaboration of Nancy Wilson's voice with Cannonball Adderley's alto sax from the early '60s. While this 1961 recording was the first time Wilson was with Adderley in the studio, it was not the first time they had worked together. After singing with Rusty Bryant's band, Wilson had worked with Adderley in Columbus, Ohio. (It was there that Adderley encouraged her to go to N.Y.C. to do some recording, eventually leading to this session.) Not entirely a vocal album, five of the 12 cuts are instrumentals. A highlight is the gentle cornet playing of Nat Adderley behind Wilson, especially on "Save Your Love for Me" and "The Old Country." Cannonball Adderley's swinging, boppish sax is heard to excellent effect throughout. Joe Zawinul's work behind Wilson on "The Masquerade Is Over" demonstrates that he is a talented, sensitive accompanist. On the instrumental side, "Teaneck" and "One Man's Dream" are especially good group blowing sessions. On the other end of the spectrum, Adderley's alto offers a lovely slow tempo treatment of the Vernon Duke-Ira Gershwin masterpiece "I Can't Get Started." To keep the listeners on their musical toes, the first couple of bars of "Save Your Love for Me" are quotes from "So What" from the Miles Davis Sextet's seminal Kind of Blue session. Given the play list and the outstanding artists performing it, why any serious jazz collection would be without this classic album is difficult to comprehend. Dave Nathan  
Tracklist :
1 Save Your Love for Me 2:38
Buddy Johnson 
2 Never Will I Marry 2:16
Frank Loesser 
3 The Old Country 2:57
Nat Adderley / Nat Adderley, Jr. / Curtis Lewis 
4 Happy Talk 2:21
Oscar Hammerstein II / Richard Rodgers 
5 The Masquerade Is Over 4:15
Herbert Magidson / Allie Wrubel 
6 A Sleepin' Bee 2:32
Harold Arlen / Truman Capote 
7 Little Unhappy Boy 2:14
Curtis Lewis / Curtis Reginald Lewis 
8 Teaneck 4:30
Nat Adderley / Nat Adderley, Jr. 
9 I Can't Get Started 4:55
Vernon Duke / Ira Gershwin  
10 One Man's Dream 5:09
Joe Zawinul 
11 Never Say Yes 3:57
Nat Adderley / Nat Adderley, Jr. 
12 Unit 7 6:04
Sam Jones 
Credits :
Alto Saxophone – Cannonball Adderley
Bass – Sam Jones
Cornet – Nat Adderley
Drums – Louis Hayes
Piano – Joe Zawinul
Vocals – Nancy Wilson (tracks: 1 to 7)

NANCY WILSON - Yesterday's Love Songs, Today's Blues (1963-1991) FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

Originally released in December of 1963, Yesterday's Love Songs/Today's Blues was the eighth in a long series of albums Nancy Wilson was to make for Capitol Records over a period of 20 years. During that time, she became one of the label's most artistically and commercially successful artists. The album was also made during the time when major recording companies were turning out sessions featuring black female singers with a gospel and/or blues background, singing standards and pop hits backed by a large orchestra, usually with strings. Columbia Records had Aretha Franklin, Everest used Gloria Lynne, and Capitol, Nancy Wilson. Here, teamed with the Gerald Wilson Orchestra and his arrangements, Wilson wends her way through 17 standards and traditional pop songs with a good balance between ballads and up-tempo numbers. Wilson's aggregation is loaded with many of the day's top West Coast players. Trumpeters Al Porcino and Carmell Jones are especially prominent, with Jones soloing on "The Song Is You." Harold Land's tenor provides the backdrop for "Satin Doll." On the last four tracks, Wilson is accompanied by just a rhythm section featuring Wild Bill Davis on organ and Joe Pass on guitar. Wilson and Davis combine to do a swinging R&B-tinged "West Coast Blues" and "My Sweet Thing," the album's highlights. In between these two cuts is the cloying "Tell Me the Truth," originally issued on a 45 EP and aimed at the female teenaged market of the time. by Dave Nathan  
Tracklist :
1     The Song Is You 1:58
Oscar Hammerstein II / Jerome Kern
2     The Very Thought of You 2:51
Ray Noble
3     Satin Doll 2:21
Duke Ellington / Johnny Mercer / Billy Strayhorn
4     Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered 3:02
Lorenz Hart / Richard Rodgers
5     Sufferin' With the Blues 2:10
Teddy "Cherokee" Conyers / Lloyd Pemberton
6     Someone to Watch over Me 2:31
George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin
7     The Best Is Yet to Come 2:18
Cy Coleman / Carolyn Leigh
8     Never Let Me Go 2:29
Ray Evans / Jay Livingston
9     Send Me Yesterday 2:12
Howlett Smith
10     All My Tomorrows 2:40
Sammy Cahn / James Van Heusen
11     Please Send Me Someone to Love 2:33
Percy Mayfield
12     Blue Prelude 2:53
Joe Bishop / Gordon Jenkins
13     What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? 2:23
Frank Loesser
14     Show Goes On 2:48
Bernie Roth
15     West Coast Blues 2:01
Wes Montgomery
16     Tell Me the Truth 2:34
D.D. Jackson / Henry Jackson
17     My Sweet Thing 2:21
Written-By – Wilson, Wilson, Edwards
Credits :
Arranged By – Gerald Wilson
Orchestra – Gerald Wilson Orchestra (faixas: 1, 3 to 5, 7, 9, 10, 12)
Nancy Wilson - Vocals

NANCY WILSON - Hollywood-My Way (1963-2006) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Like one of her biggest selling albums, Yesterday's Love Songs/Tomorrow's Blues, Hollywood My Way is filled with strong material, fine arrangements, and more than enough evidence of Nancy Wilson's considerable and elegant vocal talents. One thing Hollywood My Way doesn't have, though, is a big hit like Yesterday's Love Songs' "Guess Who I Saw Today," and that goes a long way in explaining Capitol's reticence about releasing it. Regardless, this collection of movie songs ranging from 1931's "When Did You Leave Heaven" to 1962's "Days of Wine and Roses" (with Jimmy Jones' stellar arrangements) is one of Wilson's best. As usual, she deftly works through a variety of tempi with aplomb. "My Shining Hours"' breakneck speed and arrangement are kept in check by her behind-the-beat, elongated phrasing, while the ballad tempo in "Days of Wine of Roses" is ignited with an assured and dramatic vocal buildup. Wilson's supple voice seems especially fit for the bossa nova treatment of "Moonriver" -- she easily shifts from a whisper to full-throated dynamics over the lilting yet steady beat. Equally impressive is her urbane blues delivery on "When Did You Leave Heaven." by Stephen Cook
Tracklist :
1    My Shining Hour 1:51
Lyrics By – Johnny Mercer
Music By – Harold Arlen
2    Days Of Wine And Roses 3:25
Lyrics By – Johnny Mercer
Music By – Henry Mancini
3    Moon River 2:09
Lyrics By – Johnny Mercer
Music By – Henry Mancini
4    Secret Love 3:02
Lyrics By – Paul Francis Webster
Music By – Sammy Fain
5    Dearly Beloved 2:11
Lyrics By – Johnny Mercer
Music By – Jerome Kern
6    I'll Never Stop Loving You 2:34
Lyrics By – Sammy Cahn
Music By – Nicholas Brodszky
7    When Did You Leave Heaven 2:54
Lyrics By – Walter Bullock
Music By – Richard A. Whiting
8    Almost In Your Arms 2:30
Music By, Lyrics By – Jay Livingston, Ray Evans
9    Wild Is The Wind 2:47
Lyrics By – Ned Washington
Music By – Dimitri Tiomkin
10    The Second Time Around 2:50
Lyrics By – Sammy Cahn
Music By – James Van Heusen
11    Did I Remember 3:42
Lyrics By – Harold Adamson
Music By – Walter Donaldson
12    You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To 2:35
Music By, Lyrics By – Cole Porter
- Bonus Tracks -    
13    Alfie 3:04
B. Bacharach / H. David
14    The Look Of Love 2:26
B. Bacharach / H. David
15    More (Theme From Mondo Cane) 3:14
Marcello Ciorciolini
16    The Shadow Of Your Smile 2:01
(Love Theme from the Sandpiper)
J. Mandel / P.F. Webster
17    Watch What Happens 3:04
Jacques Demy
Credits :
Arranged By, Conductor – Jimmy Jones
Vocals, Featuring [Starring] – Nancy Wilson

NANCY WILSON - Today, Tomorrow, Forever (1964-2000) RM / FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

On Today, Tomorrow, Forever, Nancy Wilson lights up a set of the usual mid-'60s pop standards: "One Note Samba," "I Left My Heart in San Francisco," "Wives and Lovers," "Our Day Will Come," and "On Broadway," among others. They're all good choices for her breathy voice and occasional improvisations, especially "One Note Samba" and "Wives and Lovers." On them, Wilson plays with the notes and rhythm, making a pair of lighthearted songs even more playful and irresistible than they had been previously. The arrangements (by her husband, Kenny Dennis) are less reliable, however. Most are sympathetic and unobtrusive (as they should be), but a few are reliant on goofy organ leads that don't quite mesh with Wilson's voice -- and were probably inserted merely for commercial reasons. On the songs where it's possible to focus just on Wilson's voice, she's simply enchanting. Considering the dozens of traditional jazz-based singers unfamiliar with their place in the middle of the turbulent '60s, Today, Tomorrow, Forever is an accomplished album that sounds almost effortless. [A 1999 two-fer reissue by Capitol/EMI paired Today, Tomorrow, Forever with Wilson's 1966 LP A Touch of Today.] by John Bush  
Tracklist :
1     One Note Samba 2:00
Jon Hendricks / Antônio Carlos Jobim / Newton Mendonça
2     Go Away Little Boy 2:51
Gerry Goffin / Carole King    
3     Unchain My Heart 2:07
Freddy James / Agnes Jones    
4     I Left My Heart in San Francisco 2:23
George Cory / Douglass Cross    
5     Wives and Lovers 2;02
Burt Bacharach / Hal David
6     The Good Life 2:29
Sacha Distel / Jack Reardon    
7     What Kind of Fool Am I?
Leslie Bricusse / Anthony Newley    
8     I Can't Stop Loving You 2:37
Don Gibson    
9     On Broadway 1:49
Jerry Leiber / Barry Mann / Mike Stoller / Cynthia Weil
10     Our Day Will Come 2:16
Mort Garson / Bob Hilliard    
11     Call Me Irresponsible 2:29
Sammy Cahn / James Van Heusen     
12     Tonight May Have to Last Me All My Life 2:53
Donald Borzage / Johnny Mercer
Credits :
Lou Blackburn - Trombone
Kenny Dennis -     Drums
John Gray - Guitar
Milt Holland -     Congas, Percussion
Lou Levy - Celeste, Piano
Bill Perkins - Sax (Tenor)
Bill Plummer - Bass
Jack Wilson - Organ, Piano
Nancy Wilson - Vocals

NANCY WILSON - Lush Life (1967-1995) RM / FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Nancy Wilson was one of the few jazz-based pop singers of the 1960s who was able to navigate that decade's rock & roll-crazed waters and stay on top of the single and album charts. While her natural physical beauty certainly didn't hurt her career, it was probably her honest feel for soul and the blues, as well as jazz, that had her riding high during a time when so many of her peers were being dropped by the major labels or moving to Europe. Lush Life follows Wilson's winning formula of combining jazz and adult pop, but while individual tracks stand out, a heavy Barbra Streisand influence hurts the disc overall. Like Babs, Wilson possesses pipes powerful enough to blow the roof off of a barn (as she does on "Free Again" and "Over the Weekend"), but her real gifts come out on the lightly swinging "River Shallow" and a slowly building ballad reading of Bobby Hebb's "Sunny" that puts a fresh spin on the over-exposed 1960s staple. Expert West Coast jazz musicians such as Shelly Manne and Ted Nash contribute to the session, but Billy May and Oliver Nelson's charts are often too string-heavy. While the album is cohesive, it's a shame that you can't tell the difference between the work of two normally singular and unique arrangers. Still, both men did build solid foundations for Nancy Wilson, and Billy May uses the title track as a means to tip his hat to Billy Strayhorn, the song's composer, with a smart mix of big band swagger, intimate small-group jazz, and moody orchestral flourishes straight out of an old film noir. While Lush Life is a pleasing effort that will be enjoyed by Nancy Wilson fans, Welcome to My Love, her 1968 collaboration with Oliver Nelson alone, keeps the strings while wisely ditching the Streisand feel. by Nick Dedina  
Tracklist :
1    Free Again 3:44
Arranged By, Conductor – Billy May
Written-By – Armand Canfora, Joss Baselli, Robert Colby
2    You've Changed 2:47
Arranged By, Conductor – Billy May
Written-By – Bill Carey, Carl Fischer
3    Only The Young 2:24
Arranged By, Conductor – Sid Feller
Written-By – Marvin Fisher, Richard Ahlert
4    Lush Life 2:47
Arranged By, Conductor – Billy May
Written-By – Billy Strayhorn
5    Do You Know Why 2:38
Arranged By, Conductor – Oliver Nelson
Written-By – Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke
6    Midnight Sun 3:47
Arranged By, Conductor – Oliver Nelson
Written-By – Johnny Mercer, Lionel Hampton, Sonny Burke
7    When The World Was Young (Ah, The Apple Tree) 3:13
Arranged By, Conductor – Oliver Nelson
Written-By – Angele Vannier, Johnny Mercer, M. Phillipe Gerard
8    River Shallow 3:26
Arranged By, Conductor – Oliver Nelson
Written-By – Andre Previn, Dory Langdon
9    (I Stayed) Too Long At The Fair 3:24
Arranged By, Conductor – Billy May
Written-By – Billy Barnes
10    Sunny 3:56
Arranged By, Conductor – Billy May
Written-By – Bobby Hebb
11    The Right To Love (Reflections) 3:24
Arranged By, Conductor – Billy May
Written-By – Gene Lees, Lalo Schifrin
12    Over The Weekend 3:02
Arranged By, Conductor – Billy May
Written-By – John Benson Brooks, Joseph McCarthy, Jr.
Credits :
Alto Flute, Clarinet, Oboe – Bob Hardaway (faixas: 9 to 12)
Bass – Buster Williams
Cello – Armand Kaproff (faixas: 5 to 12), Frederick Seykora, Justin Di Tullio, Nathan Gershman (faixas: 1 to 4), Raphael Kramer
Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Flute – Justin Gordon (faixas: 1 to 4)
Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Flute, English Horn – Bob Hardaway (faixas: 1 to 4)
Clarinet, Flute – Abe Most (faixas: 1 to 4), Ted Nash (2) (faixas: 1 to 4)
Drums – Shelly Manne
Flute, Alto Flute, Bass Flute – Abe Most (faixas: 5 to 8), Harry Klee (faixas: 5 to 8), Justin Gordon (faixas: 5 to 8)
Flute, Bass Clarinet, English Horn, Alto Flute – Bob Hardaway (faixas: 5 to 8)
Flute, Clarinet, Bass Flute – Abe Most (faixas: 9 to 12), Harry Klee (faixas: 9 to 12), Justin Gordon (faixas: 9 to 12)
French Horn – Henry Sigismonti (faixas: 1 to 4, 9 to 12), James McGee (faixas: 5 to 8), Richard Mackey (faixas: 1 to 4), Vincent DeRosa, William Alfred Hinshaw (faixas: 5 to 12)
Guitar – John Collins
Harp – Ann Stockton (faixas: 1 to 4), Catherine Gotthoffer (faixas: 5 to 12)
Percussion – Larry Bunker
Piano – Donn Trenner
Timpani – Larry Bunker (faixas: 1 to 4, 9 to 12)
Trombone – Robert Knight (faixas: 5 to 8), Phillip Teele (faixas: 1 to 4, 9 to 12)
Violin – Alfred Lustgarten (faixas: 5 to 12), Anatol Kaminsky (faixas: 1 to 4), Betty Marks (faixas: 5 to 8), Carl LaMagna (faixas: 5 to 12), Dan Luse (faixas: 1 to 4), Edward Bergman, Emil Briano (faixas: 5 to 8), Erno Neufeld, Gerald Vinci, Harry Bluestone (faixas: 1 to 4, 8 to 12), Jacques Gasselin, James Getzoff (faixas: 1 to 4), John De Voogot (faixas: 5 to 12), Louis Kaufman (faixas: 1 to 4), Marshall Sosson (faixas: 1 to 4, 8 to 12), Mischa Russell, Nathan Kaproff (faixas: 5 to 12), Victor Arno

NANCY WILSON - This Mother's Daughter (1976-2014) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

This Mother's Daughter remains the most soulful record cut by Nancy Wilson during her Capitol tenure -- producer Eugene McDaniels proves an inspired if surprising choice to helm the session, and his subtle but ingenious jazz-funk flourishes are essential to the project's immediacy and appeal. McDaniels couches Wilson in settings as smooth and rich as velvet, crafting a series of mellow, gently propulsive grooves that flirt with contemporary soul but pay heed to the singer's roots in jazz. Wilson responds with a performance that's sophisticated yet saucy, commanding the spotlight with an intensity that's missing from her lesser Capitol efforts.  by Jason Ankeny
Tracklist :
1 From You to Me to You  4:00
Rachel Perry
2 Love Has Smiled on Us  3:53
Jon Mayer / Rachel Perry
3 I Don't Want a Sometimes Man  3:55
Rachel Perry
4 Tree of Life  4:26
Gene McDaniels
5 China  3:49
Buddy Johnson / Diane Johnson / Gene McDaniels / McDaniels / Guy Wood / Jeff Wood
6 Now  4:58
Marc Hillman / Marcia Hillman / Jon Mayer
7 This Mother's Daughter  3:57
Gene McDaniels
8 He Never Had It So Good  3:14
Jon Mayer / Rachel Perry
9 In My Loneliness (When We Were One)  4:00
Jon Mayer / Leida Snow
10 Stay Tuned  4:40
Gene McDaniels / McDaniels / Rachel Perry / Wayne Perry
Credits :
Arranged By – Dave Grusin (tracks: 1-4, 6-8, 10), George Duke (tracks: 5), Hugh McCracken (tracks: 9)
Arranged By [Background Vocals] – Morgan Ames
Arranged By [Strings, Horns] – Dave Grusin, Hugh McCracken (tracks: 9)
Backing Vocals – Afreeka Trees, Carla Bee, Carolyn Willis, Eugene McDaniels, Jackie Ward, Jim Gilstrap, Lisa Roberts, Morgan Ames
Bass – Chuck Rainey
Drums – Steve Gadd
Flugelhorn [Solo] – Blue Mitchell
Guitar – Hugh McCracken, Jeff Miranoy
Percussion – Oliver Brown
Piano – Dave Grusin
Synth [Moog], Piano, Backing Vocals – George Duke

NANCY WILSON - Forbidden Lover (1987-2008) RM / SHM-CD / FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Billed as the 50th album by this 50-year-old singer, Nancy Wilson's Forbidden Lover is an attempt to contemporize her sound, with arrangements that recall Luther Vandross and the Earth, Wind & Fire horn section. The title track, a duet with Carl Anderson, seems intended to heat up the R&B charts and, if it did, there would be other tracks to follow. It's reasonable that Columbia Records, which signed Wilson up after her long tenure at Capitol, should try to get a return on its investment. But Wilson the jazz-R&B song stylist gets lost on most of these recordings. "I Was Telling Him About You" is a ballad that lets her get across her personality, and the string-filled closer, Leon Russell's "A Song About You," really gives her room to shine and probably will turn out to be the only keeper on this collection. Pop music performers almost always want to sound contemporary, but this is one singer who would be better off acting her age. by William Ruhlmann
Tracklist :
1    Forbidden Lover 4:15
Featuring – Carl Anderson
Written-By – B. Diggs, J. Joubert
2    I Was Telling Him About You 3:15
Written-By – D. George, M. Charlap
3    If You Only Knew 4:22
Written-By – L. Sunday, R. Brookins
4    Deeper 4:45
Written-By – A. Sarnoff, P. Maiorino
5    Puttin' My Trust 3:38
Written-By – E. Schwartz, G. Samuels, R. Bruno
6    You Know 4:19
Written-By – G. McDaniels, T, Brancato
7    Too Good To Be True 4:19
Featuring – Carl Anderson
Written-By – G. McDaniels, P. Anderson
8    I Never Held Your Heart 3:51
Written-By – A. Sarnoff, P. Maiorino
9    What Will It Take This Time 3:31
Written-By – B. Macar, J. Samson
10    A Song For You 4:00
Written-By – L. Russell
Credits :
Alto Saxophone – Ernie Watts
Arranged By, Conductor, Electric Piano [Steinway Piano, Rhodes Piano], Synthesizer [Oberheim OB-8, DX-Z, Mini Moog] – Masahiko Satoh
Backing Vocals – Desiree McAlpin, Jim Gilstrap, Marlena Jeter, Valeria Mayo
Baritone Saxophone – Kim Hutchcroft
Bass – Abraham Laboriel (faixas: 1, 3 to 7, 9, 10), Jimmy Johnson (faixas: 2, 8)
Bass Trombone – Bill Reichenbach
Cello – Armen Ksajikian, David Shamban, Raymond Kelley
Congas, Percussion – Paulinho Da Costa
Drums – Ed Greene
French Horn – James A. Decker (faixas: 8, 9), Richard E. Perissi (faixas: 8, 9)
Guitar – Paul Jackson Jr.
Harp – Ann M. Stockton (faixas: 2, 8)
Tenor Saxophone – Gerald Albright (faixas: 4, 9), Marc Russo
Trombone – Bill Reichenbach, Charles Loper, Lew McCreary
Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Gary Grant, Jerry Hey
Viola – Harry Shirinian, Myer Bello, Roland Kato
Violin – Assa Drori, Betty Moor, Robert Sanov, Irma Neumann, Mari Tsumura Botnick, Patricia Ann Johnson, Robert Sushel, Ronald Folsom, Sheldon Sanov

NANCY WILSON - Nancy Now! (1988) APE (image+.cue), lossless

Good contemporary vehicle showcasing the classic Nancy Wilson sound. Wilson did her usual jazz-based material, added some songs with more recent lyrics and production, and got the benefit of major-label production and engineering. The CD release had two bonus tracks. by Ron Wynn
Tracklist :
1     You Got the Move 5:02
Cheryl Ernst / Gene McDaniels
2     Don't Be an Island 5:02
Keith Echols
3     Power & The Glory 4:32
Cheryl Ernst / Gene McDaniels
4     Ebb Tide 5:24
Robert Maxwell / Carl Sigman
5     Still Enough Love 4:13
Mark Keefner / Steve Siler
6     Rise and Fall of Paradise 4:40
L. Smokey Bates / John Bokowski
7     Chasin' a Dream 5:09
Gene McDaniels / Terry Silverlight
8     If I Could 3:16
Ken Hirsch / Ron Miller / Marti Sharron
9     Quiet Fire 4:12
Carl Friberg
10     Someone 4:34
L. Smokey Bates
11     It's That Time Again 5:12
Benny Diggs / Joseph Joubert
All Credits 

NANCY WILSON - The Best of Nancy Wilson : The Jazz and Blues Sessions (1996) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Nancy Wilson's not the first name in bluesy jazz (check out Dinah Washington and Joe Williams for that), but she usually can enliven the form with her sophisticated and sultry style. That's made clear on her rendition of "Stormy Monday Blues," where she eschews blues clichés in favor of a husky airiness, at once referencing a lowdown mood and infusing it with a sense of buoyancy. This split is nicely essayed on Capitol's Blues and Jazz Sessions, as half the tracks ooze with Wilson's cocktail blues tone and the other find the jazz-pop chanteuse in a summery and swinging mood. Ranging from the big band blues of "I've Got Your Number" to the lilting bossa nova "Wave," Wilson handles all the varying dynamics and musical settings with aplomb. Featuring cuts from her '60s prime with the likes of Cannonball Adderley, Oliver Nelson, George Shearing, Gerald Wilson, and a host of top sidemen, this best-of disc offers a fine, off-the-beaten-path overview of Wilson's Capitol heyday. by Stephen Cook
Tracklist :
1     Like Someone in Love 2:18
Johnny Burke / James Van Heusen
2     I Wish I Didn't Love You So 3:23
Frank Loesser
3     Dearly Beloved 2:11
Jerome Kern / Johnny Mercer
4     Just for a Thrill 2:31
Lil Armstrong / Don Raye
5     I've Got Your Number 2:14
Cy Coleman / Carolyn Leigh
6     In a Sentimental Mood 2:54
Duke Ellington / Manny Kurtz / Irving Mills
7     Getting to Know You 2:32
Oscar Hammerstein II / Richard Rodgers
8     Call It Stormy Monday 2:24
T-Bone Walker
9     He's My Guy 2:26
Gene DePaul / Don Raye
10     You're Gonna Hear From Me 2:50
André Previn / Dory Previn
11     People 3:40
Bob Merrill / Jule Styne
12     Sufferin' With the Blues 2:10
Teddy "Cherokee" Conyers / Lloyd Pemberton
13     Wave 2:45
Antônio Carlos Jobim
14     Unchain My Heart 2:05
Freddy James / Agnes Jones
15     Never Will I Marry 2:18
Frank Loesser
16     Green Dolphin Street 2:21
Bronislaw Kaper / Ned Washington
17     You Don't Know Me 2:25
Eddy Arnold / Cindy Walker
18     A Good Man Is Hard to Find 3:00
Eddie Green
Credits :
Alto Saxophone – Cannonball Adderley (faixas: 15)
Arranged By [String Choir] – George Shearing (faixas: 18)
Arranged By, Conductor – Billy May (faixas: 1, 2, 4, 8, 9), Gerald Wilson (faixas: 12), Jimmy Jones (3) (faixas: 3, 7, 13), Oliver Nelson (faixas: 10, 17), Sid Feller (faixas: 5)
Bass – George Duvivier (faixas: 16), Ron Carter (faixas: 6), Sam Jones (faixas: 15)
Cornet – Nat Adderley (faixas: 15)
Drums – Grady Tate (faixas: 6), Louis Hayes (faixas: 15), Walter Bolden (faixas: 16)
Guitar – Dick Garcia (faixas: 16), Gene Pertoncini (faixas: 6)
Orchestrated By, Conductor – Milt Raskin (faixas: 18)
Piano – George Shearing (faixas: 16), Hank Jones (faixas: 6), Joe Zawinul (faixas: 15)
Vibraphone [Vibes] – Eddie Costa (faixas: 16)
Vocals – Nancy Wilson (faixas: 1 to 18) 

NANCY WILSON - Outta Sight! (Nancy Wilson Sings The Hits) (1998) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Tracklist :
1     End of Our Love 2:23
Nancy Wilson
2     Call Me 2:13
Tony Hatch
3     Son of a Preacher Man 2:54
John Hurley / Ronnie Wilkins
4     Willie and Laura Mae Jones 2:49
Tony Joe White
5     The Look of Love 2:25
Burt Bacharach / Hal David
6     Mercy, Mercy, Mercy 3:28
Joe Zawinul
7     For Once in My Life 3:07
Ron Miller / Orlando Murden
8     Sunny 3:58
Bobby Hebb
9     Come Get to This 2:59
Marvin Gaye
10     Spinning Wheel 2:39
David Clayton-Thomas
11     Ten Years of Tears 2:31
Vicki Harrington
12     (You Got) The Power of Love 1:57
Jackie Cooper
13     Uptight (Everything's Alright) 1:57
Henry Cosby / Sylvia Moy / Stevie Wonder
14     Ode to Billie Joe 5:19
Bobbie Gentry
15     You're All I Need to Get By 2:18
Nickolas Ashford / Valerie Simpson
16     The Long and Winding Road 3:31
John Lennon / Paul McCartney
17     Reach Out for Me 2:27
Burt Bacharach / Hal David
18     My Love 3:36
Linda McCartney / Paul McCartney
19     You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' 2:47
Barry Mann / Phil Spector / Cynthia Weil
20     My Babe 2:07
Willie Dixon

NANCY WILSON - Broadway My Way + Hollywood My Way (2001) FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

The combination of these Nancy Wilson albums, Hollywood: My Way and Broadway: My Way, provide pleasant, easy listening interpretations of Broadway and Hollywood standards. These 24 tracks -- including "Tonight" from West Side Story, "Moon River" from Breakfast at Tiffany's, and "Days of Wine and Roses" from Days of Wine and Roses -- hold up exceptionally well. The LPs were originally released on Capitol Records in 1963 and 1964, and had been out of print until EMI reissued them on a compact disc in 2001. by Al Campbell
Tracklist :
Broadway - My Way (1963)
1     A Lot of Livin' to Do 2:08
Lee Adams / Charles Strouse
2     You Can Have Him 4:44
Irving Berlin
3     Tonight 2:34
Leonard Bernstein / Stephen Sondheim
4     Make Someone Happy 3:18
Betty Comden / Adolph Green / Jule Styne
5     I Believe in You " 2:04
Frank Loesser
6     As Long as He Needs Me 2:30
Lionel Bart
7     Getting to Know You 2:35
Oscar Hammerstein II / Richard Rodgers
8     My Ship 3:14
Ira Gershwin / Kurt Weill
9     The Sweetest Sounds 2:05
Richard Rodgers
10     Joey, Joey, Joey 3:56
Frank Loesser
11     Loads of Love 2:12
Richard Rodgers
12     I'll Know 2:30
Frank Loesser
Hollywood - My Way (1963)
13     My Shining Hour 1:57
Harold Arlen / Johnny Mercer
14     Days of Wine and Roses 3:26
Henry Mancini / Johnny Mercer
15     Moon River 2:07
Henry Mancini / Johnny Mercer
16     Secret Love 3:04
Sammy Fain / Paul Francis Webster
17     Dearly Beloved 2:13
Jerome Kern / Johnny Mercer
18     I'll Never Stop Loving You 2:38
Nicholas Brodszky / Sammy Cahn
19     When Did You Leave Heaven? 2:56
Walter Bullock / Richard A. Whiting
20     Almost in Your Arms 2:30
Ray Evans / Jay Livingston
21     Wild Is the Wind 2:50
Dimitri Tiomkin / Ned Washington
22     The Second Time Around 2:53
Sammy Cahn / James Van Heusen
23     Did I Remember 3:44
Harold Adamson / Walter Donaldson
24     You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To 2:34
Cole Porter
Credits :
Conductor, Arranged By - Jimmy Jones
Vocals - Nancy Wilson

NANCY WILSON - R.S.V.P. (Rare Songs, Very Personal) (2004) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Nancy Wilson's R.S.V.P. (Rare Songs, Very Personal) is her duets album, but unlike other recent releases by singers in this format, which feature two vocalists (and often oddly matched ones, at that), most of the pairings here are with instrumentalists like George Shearing, Toots Thielemans, Phil Woods, and Gary Burton, which means this remains very much Wilson's baby, dominated by her hushed and elegant vocals. Only two tracks feature other vocalists, one of which, a saccharine cover of Marvin Gaye's "Why Did I Choose You" sung with Kenny Lattimore, is worth a plea to the gods to let Gaye return to this veil of tears and give Wilson a worthy singing partner. Less pop than her recent outings, R.S.V.P. is mostly made up of ballads, highlighted by a wonderful version of Gordon Jenkins' "Goodbye" and the elegant, late-night regret of "Blame It on My Youth" which closes out the set, although Wilson steps up and swings on at least one track, the vibrant "Day In, Day Out." This might not be the greatest album of her half-century-long career, but it isn't an embarrassment, either (which can't always be said about some of the other duet projects major vocalists have released in recent years), and it shows that Wilson can still wring every last emotion on earth out of a ballad -- then return to sing the second verse. by Steve Leggett  
Tracklist :
1    An Older Man Is Like An Elegant Wine 4:35
Alto Saxophone, Soloist – Phil Woods
Harmonica, Soloist – Toots Thielemans
Written-By – Lee Wing
2    Day In, Day Out 3:17
Tenor Saxophone, Soloist – Andy Snitzer
Written-By – Johnny Mercer, Rube Bloom
3    Why Did I Choose You 5:09
Featuring [Duet] – Kenny Lattimore
Written-By – Hubert Edward Martin, Michael Leonard
4    I Wish I'd Met You 4:57
Guitar, Soloist – Joe Negri
Written-By – Franklin Underwood, Johnny Mandel, Richard Rodney Bennett
5    I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart 3:18
Alto Saxophone, Soloist – Phil Woods
Written-By – Duke Ellington, Henry Nemo, Irving Mills, John Redmond
6    Goodbye 4:18
Written-By – Gordon Jenkins
7    How About Me 5:14
Clarinet, Soloist – Paquito D'Rivera
Written-By – Irving Berlin
8    Minds Of Their Own (Dois Corregos) 4:11
Featuring [Duet] – Ivan Lins
Lyrics By [English] – Peter Eldridge
Lyrics By [Portuguese] – Caetano Veloso
Music By – Ivan Lins
9    Little Green Apples 4:37
Written-By – Robert Russell
10    You'll See 5:06
Trombone, Soloist – Bill Watrous
Written-By – Carroll Coates
11    That's All 3:30
Vibraphone, Soloist – Gary Burton
Written-By – Alan Brandt, Bob Haymes
12    Blame It On My Youth 4:31
Piano, Soloist – George Shearing
Written-By – Edward Heyman, Oscar Levant
Credits :
Alto Saxophone – Andres Boiarsky (faixas: 2, 5), Andy Snitzer (faixas: 2 5), Mike Tomaro (faixas: 2, 5)
Arranged By – Darmon Meader (faixas: 5), Jay Ashby (faixas: 6, 7, 8, 11), Johnny Pate (faixas: 1), Llew Matthews (faixas: 3, 9, 10)
Arranged By [Strings] – Jay Ashby (faixas: 3)
Backing Vocals – Jay Ashby (faixas: 4), Kim Nazarian (faixas: 4)
Baritone Saxophone – Jim Germann (faixas: 2, 5)
Bass – Dwayne Dolphin (faixas: 1, 3, 4, 6 to 11), Rufus Reid (faixas: 2, 5)
Bass Clarinet – Jim Germann (faixas: 2, 5), Mike Tomaro (faixas: 7)
Cello – David Premo (faixas: 3)
Clarinet – Andy Snitzer (faixas: 2, 5, 7), Mike Tomaro (faixas: 2, 5)
Drums – Jamey Haddad (faixas: 1, 3, 4, 6 to 11), Lewis Nash (faixas: 2, 5)
Flute – Andres Boiarsky (faixas: 2, 5), Eric DeFade (faixas: 2, 5), Mike Tomaro (faixas: 7)
Guitar – Marty Ashby (faixas: 2, 5, 8)
Keyboards – Ivan Lins (faixas: 8), Jay Ashby (faixas: 6)
Percussion – Jay Ashby (faixas: 6)
Piano – Llew Matthews (faixas: 1 to 4, 6 to 11)
Tenor Saxophone – Andy Snitzer (faixas: 2, 5), Eric DeFade (faixas: 2, 5)
Trombone – Gary Piecka (faixas: 2, 5), Jay Ashby (faixas: 2, 5), Mike Davis (faixas: 2, 5)
Trombone [Bass] – Max Seigel (faixas: 2, 5)
Trumpet – Dennis Reynolds (faixas: 2, 5), Jim Hynes (faixas: 2, 5), Steve Hawk (4) (faixas: 2, 5)
Viola – Tatjana Mead Chamis (faixas: 3)
Violin – Andrés Cárdenes (faixas: 3)

NANCY WILSON - Turned To Blue (2006) APE (image+.cue), lossless

On Nancy Wilson's previous album, 2004's R.S.V.P., the legendary vocalist teamed up with a given instrumentalist on each track. She must have liked the formula, because she's done it again on Turned to Blue. Here the oft-honored jazz singer leaves room in each number -- save for the title track, a Maya Angelou poem set to music and arranged by Jay Ashby -- for a different soloist, bringing in such heavyweights as Hubert Laws on flute, saxists Jimmy Heath, Andy Snitzer, Bob Mintzer (who appears to be summoning Stan Getz on the opening number, Gordon Jenkins' "This Is All I Ask"), James Moody and Tom Scott, pianist Dr. Billy Taylor, and steel pans player Andy Narrell, among others. Working with configurations ranging from classic big band (Duke Ellington's "Take Love Easy") to trio-plus-guest-soloist ("Knitting Class"), Wilson applies her seasoned but still flexible pipes to material both old and new, straddling the fence between adult contemporary/pop and the more demanding jazz of her earlier career. Heavy on the ballads, and confined nearly exclusively to love songs, Turned to Blue finds Nancy Wilson right where she ought to be nearly half a century into her recording career. by Jeff Tamarkin
Tracklist :
1. This Is All I Ask 5:56
Tenor Saxophone [Featuring] – Bob Mintzer
Written-By – Gordon Jenkins
2. Take Love Easy 4:30
Lyrics By – John Latouche
Music By – Duke Ellington
Piano [Featuring] – Llew Matthews
Trumpet [Featuring] – Sean Jones
3. Turned to Blue 4:02
Lyrics By [From The Poem "My Life Has Turned To Blue"] – Maya Angelou
Music By – Jay Ashby
4. Knitting Class 3:53
Lyrics By – K. Lawrence Dunham
Music By – Bryce Rohde
Tenor Saxophone [Featuring] – Jimmy Heath
5. Be My Love 3:55
Flute [Featuring] – Hubert Laws
Lyrics By – Sammy Cahn
Music By – Nicholas Brodszky
6. Taking a Chance on Love 3:17Lyrics By – John Latouche
Music By – Ted Fetter, Vernon Duke
Tenor Saxophone [Featuring] – James Moody
7. Just Once 4:21
Lyrics By – Cynthia Weil
Music By – Barry Mann
8. These Golden Years 6:10
Lyrics By – D. Channsin Berry
Music By – John Proulx
Tenor Saxophone – Tom Scott
9. I Don't Remember Ever Growing Up 5:17
Percussion [Featuring On Steel Pans] – Andy Narrell
Written-By – Artie Butler
10. Old Folks 5:24
Lyrics By – Dedette Lee Hill
Music By – Willard Robison
Tenor Saxophone [Featuring] – Andy Snitzer
11. I'll Be Seeing You 5:17
Lyrics By – Irving Kahal
Music By – Sammy Fain
Piano [Featuring] – Dr. Billy Taylor
Credits :
Accordion – Vito DiSalvo (faixas: 11)
Acoustic Guitar – Marty Ashby (faixas: 1, 5, 7)
Alto Saxophone – Mike Tomaro (faixas: 2, 6, 10), Tia Fuller (faixas: 2, 6, 10)
Arranged By – Dr. John H. Wilson (faixas: 2, 6, 10, 11), Jay Ashby (faixas: 1, 3, 5 to 9, 11), Llew Matthews (faixas: 4, 7, 8), Marty Ashby (faixas: 5)
Backing Vocals – Jay Ashby (faixas: 3)
Baritone Saxophone – Jim German (faixas: 2, 6)
Bass – John Clayton (faixas: 7, 8, 11), Kip Reed (faixas: 3, 5), Nilson Matta (faixas: 1), Rufus Reid (faixas: 2, 6, 9, 10)
Cello – Mikhail Istomin (faixas: 11)
Clarinet – Mike Tomaro (faixas: 8)
Drums – Jamey Haddad (faixas: 3, 5, 9), Portinho (faixas: 1), Roy McCurdy (faixas: 7, 8), Terry Clarke (faixas: 2, 6, 10), Winard Harper (faixas: 11)
Flute – Jennifer Conner (faixas: 5, 8)
Guitar – Marty Ashby (faixas: 2, 6, 9, 10)
Marimba – Jay Ashby (faixas: 3)
Percussion – Jamey Haddad (faixas: 3, 5, 7, 9), Jay Ashby (faixas: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9), Portinho (faixas: 1)
Piano – Alon Yavnai (faixas: 1, 9), Llew Matthews (faixas: 3, 5, 7)
Tenor Saxophone – Andy Snitzer (faixas: 2, 6, 10), Eric DeFade (faixas: 2, 6, 10)
Trombone – Bob Matchett (faixas: 2, 6, 10), Ed Kocher (faixas: 2, 6, 10), Jay Ashby (faixas: 8), Michael Davis (faixas: 2, 6, 10)
Trombone [Bass] – Douglas Purviance (faixas: 2, 6, 10)
Trumpet – Jack Schantz (faixas: 2, 6, 10), Jim Hynes (faixas: 2, 6, 10), Steve Hawk (faixas: 2, 6, 10)
Viola – Rosemary Harris (faixas: 11)
Violin – Jeremy Black (faixas: 11), Kate Black (faixas: 11), Kate Hatmaker (faixas: 11), Stephanie Tertick (faixas: 11)

THE GEORGE SHEARING QUINTET WITH NANCY WILSON - The Swingin's Mutual! (1961)

The music on The Swingin's Mutual!, a dozen selections featuring the George Shearing Quintet, includes six that have vocals by a young Nancy Wilson. This was one of Wilson's most jazz-oriented dates (even if she was never a jazz singer) and is highlighted by her vocals on "The Nearness of You" and "The Things We Did Last Summer," along with instrumental versions of "Oh! Look at Me Now," "Blue Lou," and "Lullaby of Birdland."   by Scott Yanow
Tracklist 
1 The Things We Did Last Summer 2:41  
Sammy Cahn / Jule Styne
2 All Night Long 3:06
Curtis Lewis
3 Gentleman Friend 2:03
Arnold B. Horwitt / Richard Lewine
4 Born to Be Blue 2:14
Mel Tormé / Robert Wells
5 I Remember Clifford 2:35
Benny Golson
6 On Green Dolphin Street  2:22
Bronislaw Kaper / Ned Washington
7 Let's Love Again  2:21
8 Whisper Not 2:50
Benny Golson
9 The Nearness of You  2:58
Hoagy Carmichael / Ned Washington
10 Evansville 2:03
Marjorie Ericsson
11 Don't Call Me 2:46
Marjorie Ericsson
12 Inspiration 2:14
George Shearing
13 You Are There 2:08
Karin Rybar
14 Wait Till You See Her  2:49
Lorenz Hart / Richard Rodgers
15 Blue Lou 2:16
Irving Mills / Edgar Sampson
16 Oh! Look at Me Now 2:11
Joe Bushkin / John DeVries
17 Lullaby of Birdland  2:22
George Shearing / George David Weiss
Credits
Bass – George Duvivier
Drums – Walter Bolden
Guitar – Dick Garcia
Piano – George Shearing
Vibraphone – Eddie Costa
Vocals – Nancy Wilson

THE GEORGE SHEARING QUINTET WITH NANCY WILSON 

 The Swingin's Mutual! (1961)

1992 / Capitol / FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless