Just arrived with a bunch of other new Bethlehem/Solid reissues from Japan.
Well, don't buy this one for the singing, Ms Mortimer is okay but that sort of late period Ellington singer that I'm not crazy about. . . . The band and arrangements are interesting though, date has appeal for Ellingtonian fans, sound is really nice.
Azie Mortimer - Feeling Of Jazz (Bethlehem BS 10006) 1963?
Side A:
01 Feeling of jazz
02 Lover man (Oh where can you be)
03 Capricious
04 Whisper not
05 Speak low
06 Round midnight
Side B:
07 It's a most unusual day
08 When I fall in love
09 Milestones
10 On Green Dolphin Street
11 Someday my prince will come
12 Soon
Personnel:
Azie Mortimer - vocal
Big Band:
Mercer Ellington - leader
Phil Woods - alto sax & clarinet
Milt Hinton - bass
Mundell Lowe - guitar
WM. Rodriguez - bongo
Charlie Persip - drums
Eugene Young - trumpet
Joe Wilder - trumpet
Ernest Royal - trumpet
J. Nottingham - trumpet
Britt Woodman - trombone
Jimmy Cleveland - trombone
Quent Jackson - trombone
Andy Fitzgerald - baritone sax
Jerome Richardson - tenor sax
Harold Ahsby - tenor sax
Hilton Jefferson - alto sax
Combo:
Mercer Ellington - leader
Milt Hinton - bass
Jimmy Jones - piano
Charlie Persip - drums
Joe Galbraith - guitar
Les Span - guitar
Vocal background:
The Buchanan Quartet
Arranged and conducted by: Mercer Ellington
Produced by: Mort Kaplan