Shirley's Sounds Explained

Shirley's Sounds
Type:	studio
Artist:	Shirley Scott
Cover:	Shirley's_Sounds.jpg
Released:	Early June 1961^[1]
Recorded:	May 23, 1958 (#1–3, 5–7) October 23, 1958 (#8) Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack April 8, 1960 (#4) Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
Genre:	Jazz
Label:	Prestige PRLP 7195
Producer:	Bob Weinstock
Prev Title:	Misty
Prev Year:	1960
Next Title:	The Shirley Scott Trio
Next Year:	1958–60

Shirley's Sounds is a studio album by organist Shirley Scott recorded mainly in 1958 for Prestige but not released until 1961 as PRLP 7195.^[2]

Reception

The contemporaneous DownBeat reviewer, Leonard Feather, praised the playing, while observing that there was little to distinguish the album from the large volume of other LPs by Hammond players. The AllMusic review stated "it's superior early organ jazz, full-sounding but streamlined owing to the trio format".^[3]

Track listing

1. "It Could Happen to You" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) - 4:32
2. "Summertime" (George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) - 4:00
3. "There Will Never Be Another You" (Harry Warren, Mack Gordon) - 3:24
4. "Bye Bye Blackbird" (Ray Henderson, Mort Dixon) - 6:38
5. "S'Posin'" (Paul Denniker, Andy Razaf) - 4:20
6. "Baby Won't You Please Come Home" (Charles Warfield, Clarence Williams) - 4:04
7. "Indiana" (Ballard MacDonald, James F. Hanley) - 3:25
8. "I Can't See for Lookin'" (Nadine Robinson, Dok Stanford) - 4:11

Personnel

• Shirley Scott - organ
• George Tucker (#4), George Duvivier (all others) - bass
• Arthur Edgehill - drums

Notes and References

1. https://books.google.com/books?id=CSEEAAAAMBAJ&dq=Shirley%27s+Sounds+7195&pg=RA1-PA37 Billboard June 19, 1961
2. http://www.dougpayne.com/shirley1.htm SC discography
3. Unterberger, R. Allmusic Review accessed June 28, 2012