Ballads for Night People

1959 studio album by June Christy
Ballads for Night People
Studio album by
June Christy
Released1959 (1959)
Recorded1959
GenreVocal jazz
LabelCapitol
ProducerBill Miller
June Christy chronology
June Christy Recalls Those Kenton Days
(1959)
Ballads for Night People
(1959)
Road Show
(1959)

Ballads for Night People is a 1959 album by jazz vocalist June Christy.

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Track listing

  1. "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 4:56
  2. "Night People" (Tommy Wolf, Fran Landesman) – 3:20
  3. "Do Nothing till You Hear from Me" (Duke Ellington, Bob Russell) – 4:06
  4. "I Had A Little Sorrow" (Bob Cooper, Edna St. Vincent Millay) – 3:50
  5. "I'm In Love" (Norman Kaye, Richard Ferraris) – 2:45
  6. "Shadow Woman" (Arthur Hamilton) – 3:13
  7. "Kissing Bug" (Rex Stewart, Billy Strayhorn, Joya Sherrill) – 2:41
  8. "My Ship" (Kurt Weill, Ira Gershwin) – 3:58
  9. "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" (Duke Ellington, Bob Russell) – 2:58
  10. "Make Love to Me" (Paul Mann, Stephan Weiss, Kim Gannon) – 3:08

Personnel

  • June Christy – vocals
  • Bob Cooper – arranger, conductor, tenor saxophone
  • Frank Rosolino – trombone
  • Bud Shank – alto saxophone, flute
  • Buddy Collette – clarinet
  • Chuck Gentry – bass clarinet, contrabass clarinet
  • Joe Castro – piano
  • Red Callender – bass
  • Mel Lewis – drums
  • Stan Levey – drums
  • Kathryn Julye – harp
  • Jim Decker – French horn
  • Norman Benno – English horn, bassoon

Recorded Los Angeles, 27 August and 10 September 1959.

References

  1. ^ Dedina, Nick. "June Christy - Ballads for the Night People/Intimate Miss Christy Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic". Retrieved 2024-02-09.
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