Sylvia Is! Explained

Sylvia Is!
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Sylvia Syms with Kenny Burrell
Cover:	Sylvia Is!.jpg
Released:	1965
Recorded:	August 11 & 13, 1965
Studio:	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	41:21
Label:	Prestige PR 7439
Producer:	Cal Lampley
Chronology:	Sylvia Syms
Prev Title:	The Fabulous Sylvia Syms
Prev Year:	1964
Next Title:	For Once in My Life
Next Year:	1967

Sylvia Is! is an album by vocalist Sylvia Syms with guitarist Kenny Burrell recorded in 1965 and released on the Prestige label.^[1]

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars stating "Sylvia Syms was one of the top cabaret singers, uplifting a wide variety of interesting songs throughout her career... because Syms does not improvise, this CD reissue is more for fans of cabaret than for followers of jazz".^[2]

Track listing

1. "As Long as I Live" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) – 3:04
2. "More Than You Know" (Edward Eliscu, Billy Rose, Vincent Youmans) – 4:02
3. "(I'm Afraid) The Masquerade Is Over" (Herb Magidson, Allie Wrubel) – 3:12
4. "How Insensitive" (Norman Gimbel, Antônio Carlos Jobim) – 3:51
5. "Smile" (Charlie Chaplin) – 3:43
6. "If You Could See Me Now" (Tadd Dameron, Carl Sigman) – 3:34
7. "Meditation" (Gimbel, Jobim) – 3:21
8. "Cuando Te Fuiste de Mi" (Robert Lee Manrique) – 3:54
9. "God Bless the Child" (Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog, Jr.) – 2:55
10. "Wild Is the Wind" (Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington) – 3:04
11. "You Are Always in My Heart" (Ernesto Lecuona, Kim Gannon) – 3:48
12. "Brazil" (Ary Barroso, Bob Russell) – 2:53

• Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Englrewood Cliffs, New Jersey on August 11, 1965 (tracks 1–3, 5, 6 & 9) – and August 13, 1965 (tracks 4, 7, 8 & 10–12)

Personnel

• Sylvia Syms – vocals
• Kenny Burrell – guitar
• Milt Hinton – bass
• Osie Johnson – drums
• Bucky Pizzarelli – guitar (tracks 4, 7, 8 & 10–12)
• Willie Rodriguez – percussion (tracks 4, 7, 8 & 10–12)

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/prestige-records/catalog-7400-series/#pr-7439 Prestige Records Discography
2. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review, accessed July 29, 2013