Shirley Horn

180-gram VIRGIN VINYL LIMITED EDITION of 1000 COPIES

The Complete Album + 2 Bonus Tracks

Shirley Horn (1934-2005) is considered one of the great jazz singers of the nineteen fifties and sixties, often compared to Ella Fitzgerald, Dinah Washington and Sarah Vaughan. Her outstanding career would span over fifty years. Shirley’s voice was smooth and expressive, but never hurried..

She was one of the slowest singers in jazz. Embers and Ashes was her first album under her own name. Although she was only 26-years old at this time, much of the richness in her music was already present.

PERSONNEL:

• SHIRLEY HORN - (vocals and piano)
• JOE BENJAMIN - (bass)
• HERB LOVELLE - (bass)

• Except on B2:
• LEWIS PACKER - (bass)
• HARRY T. SAUNDERS - (bass)

New York, 1959-1960.

• (*) BONUS TRACKS:
• Shirley Horn (vocals & piano)
• Stuff Smith (violin)
• Lewis Packer (b)
• Harry T. Saunders (d)
• Edgewood Recording Studios, Washington, D.C., August 7, 1959.

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• A1 LIKE SOMEONE IN LOVE
• A2 HE NEVER MENTIONED LOVE
• A3 SOFTLY, LIKE IN A MORNING SUNRISE
• A4 I THOUGHT ABOUT YOU
• A5 MOUNTAIN GREENERY
• A6 GOD BLESS THE CHILD
• A7 I LOVES YOU, PORGY (*)

• SIDE B
• B1 BLUE CITY
• B2 DAY BY DAY
• B3 IF I SHOULD LOSE YOU
• B4 WILD IS THE WIND
• B5 COME RAIN OR COME SHINE
• B6 JUST IN TIME
• B7 A FOGGY DAY (*)