In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning (Johnny Hartman)

Johnny Hartman · 1963 · Ballade de Hilliard et Mann, deuxième plage de l'album

Context

Second of the eleven tracks on I Just Dropped by to Say Hello, recorded on October 17, 1963 at Van Gelder Studio. Hartman sings this ballad by Bob Hilliard and David Mann, with Illinois Jacquet, Kenny Burrell and Hank Jones behind him.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Vocal jazz, scat, vocalese. Among the origins and influences of Vocal jazz, scat, vocalese: Classic blues (women singers), Swing, big bands, Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's).

By the same artist

• Lush Life (1963)
• My One and Only Love (1963)
• A Sleepin' Bee (Johnny Hartman) (1963)
• Don't You Know I Care (Or Don't You Care to Know) (1963)
• I Just Dropped by to Say Hello (1963)
• Stairway to the Stars (Johnny Hartman) (1963)

Sources

• EN: I Just Dropped by to Say Hello

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