GLORIA SMYTH LIKE SOUL! + HELYNE STEWART LOVE MOODS (2 LP
ON 1 CD)
The Best Voices Time Forgot
Collectible Albums by Top Female Vocalists
· Collector's Edition
· 2 Original LPs on 1 CD
· Original Cover Art, Liner Notes
· Complete Personnel Details
· Stereo Recordings
· Newly Remastered in 24-Bit
Like Soul!:
On Like Soul!, we can hear Gloria Smyth—a younger singer of
boundless energy, with a warm and appealing feel for lyrics. She shows
influences of Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan and Billie Holiday, but happily
for her, she is also sufficiently individual to escape most comparisons. Miss
Smyth was no stranger to the nitery circuit, having worked Fack’s, San
Francisco; Mister Kelly’s, Chicago; the Key Club, Minneapolis; and the Village
Vanguard, New York. She sings with definite jazz feeling, and is backed by four
distinct groups composed of some of the top jazz musicians from the West Coast:
Teddy Edwards, Les McCann, Lennie McBrowne and the Ronnie Ball Trio. A happy
atmosphere prevails on these fine sessions, all of which share a sense of
mutual support and engagement by players on top of their game.
Love Moods:
On the album Love Moods, Teddy Edwards’ uncluttered septet
arrangements aimed to provide a comfortable setting for his protégé Helyne
Stewart, a soulful, subtle singer whom Edwards admired from the first time he
heard her. On this joyful debut shesings with a really lovely voice, swinging
wonderfully on a set of well-known songs, backed by a superb group including
three great horn players, trumpeter Jack Sheldon, trombonist Frank Rosolino,
and altoist Art Pepper. For the remaining tracks, Edwards used his own quartet
featuring the thoughtful pianist Phineas Newborn, along with bassist Leroy
Vinnegar and drummer Milt Turner in a fine rhythm section which contributes
significantly at key points to the success of the album.
01. Running Wild (Gibbs-Grey-Wood) 2:14
02. Billy (Paley-Kendis-Goodwin) 1:59
03. Sittin’ and Sighin’ (Prison) (D’Vogna White) 3:35
04. Imagination (Burke-Van Heusen) 2:59
05. Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child (Traditional)
2:02
06. I’ll Remember April (Raye-DePaul-Johnson) 3:20
07. I’ll Be Over (Gloria Smyth) 2:10
08. Bye Bye Blackbird (Henderson-Dixon) 2:13
09. When You’re Smiling (Shay-Fisher-Goodwin) 2:44
10. Gee Baby Ain’t I Good to You (Redman-Razaf) 2:34
11. Sometimes I’m Happy (Youmans-Caesar-Grey) 3:29
12. Time After Time (Styne-Cahn) 3:44
13. It Don’t Mean a Thing (Ellington-Mills) 2:32
14. Love Is Here to Stay (G. & I. Gershwin) 3:21
15. I Hadn’t Anyone ‘till You (Ray Noble) 3:49
16. My Heart Belongs to Daddy (Cole Porter) 2:05
17. That Old Feeling (Fain-Brown) 3:01
18. This Love of Mine (Parker-Sanicola-Sinatra) 3:48
19. The Man I Love (G. & I. Gershwin) 3:09
20. Why Don’t You Do Right (Joe McCoy) 2:56
21. How Deep Is the Ocean (How High Is the Sky) (Irving
Berlin) 3:25
22. Easy to Love (Cole Porter) 3:34
23. Bésame Mucho (Skylar-Velázquez) 3:23
24. My Silent Love (Suesse-Heyman) 3:05
25. This Can’t Be Love (Rodgers-Hart) 2:12
Sources:
Tracks # 1-13, from the Gloria Smyth album “Like
Soul! (World Pacific Stereo-1293)
Tracks #14-25, from the Helyne Stewart album “Love
Moods” (Contemporary S7601)
Personnel on “Like Soul!":
Gloria Smyth, vocals
Tracks #4,6,9,12: Teddy Edwards, tenor sax; Les
McCann, piano; Leroy Vinnegar, bass; Ron Jefferson, drums.
Recorded at Rex Productions Studio, Los Angeles, May 2,
1960
Tracks #1,11,13: Donald Sleet, trumpet; Daniel
Jackson, tenor sax; Terry Trotter, piano; Herbie Lewis, bass; Lenny McBrowne,
drums.
Recorded at Rex Productions Studio, Los Angeles, March
1960
Tracks #2,3,8: Teddy Edwards, tenor sax (out #2);
Ronnie Ball, piano; Ben Tucker, bass; Al Levitt, drums.
Recorded at Sound Enterprises, Los Angeles, September 12,
1959
Tracks #7,10: Teddy Edwards, tenor sax; Joe Castro,
piano; Leroy Vinnegar, bass; Billy Higgins, drums.
Recorded at Sound Enterprises, Los Angeles, September 12,
1959
Track #5: Terry Trotter, piano; Herbie Lewis, bass.
Recorded at Rex Productions Studio, Los Angeles, March
1960
Personnel on "Love Moods":
Helyne Stewart, vocals
Tracks #14,19,21,24: Teddy Edwards Septet
Jack Sheldon, trumpet; Frank Rosolino, trombone; Art Pepper,
alto sax; Teddy Edwards, tenor sax, arranger; Pete Jolly, piano; Jimmy Bond,
bass; Frank Butler, drums.
Recorded at Contemporary Records, Los Angeles, January
20, 1961
Tracks #15,16,17,18,20,22,23,25: Teddy Edwards
Quartet
Teddy Edwards, tenor sax, arranger; Phineas Newborn, Jr.,
piano; Leroy Vinnegar, bass; Milt Turner, drums.
Recorded at Contemporary Records, Los Angeles, August 21
& 22, 1961
Liner notes by Jordi Pujol, Morris L. Roth & Leonard
Feather
Photography: William Claxton / Roger Marshutz
Original recordings produced by Dick Bock & Lester
Koenig
This CD compilation produced by Jordi Pujol
Stereo · 24-Bit Digitally Remastered