Tender Loving Care (album) explained
Tender Loving Care (album) should not be confused with Your Tender Loving Care (album).
Tender Loving Care is a 1966 album by Nancy Wilson, arranged by Billy May. Jason Ankeny of AllMusic wrote: "Wilson is at her best here, taking full command of the familiar songs and re-animating them with vocals that are bold, sophisticated, and daringly adult."
Track listing
Side 1
- "Don't Go to Strangers" (Arthur Kent, David Mann, Redd Evans) – 2:52
- "Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You" (Don Redman, Andy Razaf) – 2:28
- "Your Name Is Love" (Gene de Paul, Charles Rinker) – 2:15
- "Too Late Now" (Burton Lane, Alan Jay Lerner) – 2:58
- "Like Someone in Love" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) – 2:21
- "Tender Loving Care" (Johnny Mercer, Ronnell Bright) – 2:44
Side 2
- "As You Desire Me" (Allie Wrubel)
- "I Want To Talk About You" (Billy Eckstine)
- "Love-Wise" (Marvin Fisher, Kenward Elmslie)
- "Try A Little Tenderness" (Harry M. Woods, Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly)
- "Close Your Eyes" (Bernice Petkere)
Personnel
Performance
- Nancy Wilson – vocals
- Ronnell Bright[2] – piano
- John Collins – guitar
- Buster Williams – double bass
- Shelly Manne – drums
- Catherine Gotthoffer – harp (1,4,10–11)
- Verlye Mills – harp (3,6–7,9)
- Uan Rasey – trumpet (2,5,8)
- Al Porcino – trumpet (2,5,8)
- Joseph Graves – trumpet (2,5,8)
- James Salko – trumpet (2,5,8)
- Lew McCreary – trombone (2,5,8)
- Richard Noel – trombone (2,5,8)
- Tommy Pederson – trombone (2,5,8)
- William Schaefer – trombone (2,5,8)
- Vincent DeRosa – French horn (2,5,8)
- Arthur Frantz – French horn (2,5,8)
- Richard Perissi – French horn (2,5,8)
- James Decker – French horn (2,5,8)
- Red Callender – tuba (2,5,8)
From The Music of Billy May: A Discography (Greenwood Press, 1998).[1]
Notes and References
- Book: Mirtle, Jack. 1998. The Music of Billy May: A Discography. Westport, CT. Greenwood Press. 258–260. 0313307393.
- Web site: JazzWax Interview: Ronnell Bright. JazzWax. 2008-04-21.
