Debby Moore

Featuring: Debby Moore (vcl, whistling), Harry Edison (tp) Jimmy Jones (p), Barry Galbraith (g), George Duvivier (b), Elvin Jones (d)

Debby Moore, who once sang with Earl Hines, was a Fifties pop singer whose light, warmly caressing voice and ability to read a lyric and phrase well showed a frank jazz awareness. It’s no surprise, then, that she was able to get a quintet of this quality for this mix of blues and standards. Although group is cast in a mainly accompanying role, it could call on Sweets Edison’s swinging solos and delightful backing for the singer"who also contributes the novelty of whistling on a couple of tracks in a style not unlike the trumpeter’s"as well Jimmy Jones’s elegant soloing and Barry Galbraith’s funky guitar. The result was a consistently interesting debut session, with the singer generating her lithe, detached swing and getting her own groove going.

Tracklisting:

1. Five Months, Two Weeks, Two Days 3:06
2. Come On Home To Me 2:28
3. See See Rider 2:27
4. Nothin’ But Trouble On My Mind 2:42
5. Sent For You Yesterday 2:11
6. Baby, Won’t You Please Come Home? 2:40
7. I’m Travelin’ Light 3:01
8. (I Know) My Baby Loves Me True 2:59
9. Why Don’t You Do Right 2:52
10. How Come You Do Me Like You Do Do Do? 2:25
11. Hallelujah, I Love Him So 2:56
12. No Love, No Nothin’ 2:47
Bonus track
13. Get A Feeling 2:14

RECORDED New York City, 1959