The Voice That Is! Explained

The Voice That Is!
Type:	Album
Artist:	Johnny Hartman
Cover:	The Voice That Is!.jpg
Released:	1964
Recorded:	September 22 & 24, 1964
Studio:	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	34:07
Label:	Impulse!
Producer:	Bob Thiele
Chronology:	Johnny Hartman
Prev Title:	I Just Dropped By to Say Hello
Prev Year:	1963
Next Title:	Unforgettable Songs by Johnny Hartman
Next Year:	1966

The Voice That Is! is an album by American jazz vocalist Johnny Hartman featuring performances recorded in 1964 for the Impulse! label.^[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars and stated "Hartman is in fine form whether backed by the Hank Jones quartet or accompanied by an octet arranged by pianist Bob Hammer, but this set is not as essential as his earlier meetings with John Coltrane and Illinois Jacquet".^[2]

Track listing

1. "My Ship" (Ira Gershwin, Kurt Weill) – 3:08
2. "The More I See You" Mack Gordon, Harry Warren) – 2:26
3. "These Foolish Things" (Harry Link, Holt Marvell, Jack Strachey) – 4:17
4. "Waltz for Debby" (Bill Evans, Gene Lees) – 3:44
5. "It Never Entered My Mind" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 3:35
6. "The Day the World Stopped Turning" (Buddy Kaye, Phillip Springer) – 2:29
7. "A Slow Hot Wind" (Norman Gimbel, Henry Mancini) – 3:23
8. "Funny World" (Alan Brandt, Ennio Morricone) – 4:08
9. "Joey, Joey, Joey" (Frank Loesser) – 4:24
10. "Let Me Love You" (Bart Howard) – 1:45
11. "Sunrise, Sunset" (Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick) – 2:48

Personnel

• Johnny Hartman – vocals
• Dick Hafer – reeds (tracks 6–11)
• Phil Kraus – marimba (tracks 6–11)
• Howard Collins (tracks 6–11), Barry Galbraith – guitar
• Hank Jones – piano (tracks 1–5)
• Bob Hammer – piano, arranger (tracks 6–11)
• Richard Davis – bass
• Osie Johnson – drums
• Willie Rodriguez – percussion

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/impulse-records/catalog-9000-series/#a-74 Impulse! Records discography
2. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed March 22, 2011