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Tender Loving Care (album)

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Tender Loving Care
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 1966
RecordedJanuary 24–26, 1966[1]
VenueLos Angeles
StudioCapitol (Hollywood)
GenreVocal jazz
LabelCapitol
ProducerDavid Cavanaugh
Nancy Wilson chronology
A Touch of Today
(1967)
Tender Loving Care
(1966)
Nancy – Naturally
(1968)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

Tender Loving Care is a 1966 album by Nancy Wilson, arranged by Billy May. Jason Ankeny of AllMusic wrote: "Wilson is at her best here, taking full command of the familiar songs and re-animating them with vocals that are bold, sophisticated, and daringly adult."[3]

Track listing

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Side 1

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  1. "Don't Go to Strangers" (Arthur Kent, David Mann, Redd Evans) – 2:52
  2. "Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You" (Don Redman, Andy Razaf) – 2:28
  3. "Your Name Is Love" (Gene de Paul, Charles Rinker) – 2:15
  4. "Too Late Now" (Burton Lane, Alan Jay Lerner) – 2:58
  5. "Like Someone in Love" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) – 2:21
  6. "Tender Loving Care" (Johnny Mercer, Ronnell Bright) – 2:44

Side 2

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  1. "As You Desire Me" (Allie Wrubel)
  2. "I Want To Talk About You" (Billy Eckstine)
  3. "Love-Wise" (Marvin Fisher, Kenward Elmslie)
  4. "Try A Little Tenderness" (Harry M. Woods, Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly)
  5. "Close Your Eyes" (Bernice Petkere)

Personnel

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Performance

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  • Nancy Wilson – vocals
  • Ronnell Bright[4] – piano
  • John Collins – guitar
  • Buster Williams – double bass
  • Shelly Manne – drums
  • Catherine Gotthoffer – harp (1,4,10–11)
  • Verlye Mills – harp (3,6–7,9)
  • Uan Rasey – trumpet (2,5,8)
  • Al Porcino – trumpet (2,5,8)
  • Joseph Graves – trumpet (2,5,8)
  • James Salko – trumpet (2,5,8)
  • Lew McCreary – trombone (2,5,8)
  • Richard Noel – trombone (2,5,8)
  • Tommy Pederson – trombone (2,5,8)
  • William Schaefer – trombone (2,5,8)
  • Vincent DeRosa – French horn (2,5,8)
  • Arthur Frantz – French horn (2,5,8)
  • Richard Perissi – French horn (2,5,8)
  • James Decker – French horn (2,5,8)
  • Red Callender – tuba (2,5,8)

From The Music of Billy May: A Discography (Greenwood Press, 1998).[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Mirtle, Jack (1998). The Music of Billy May: A Discography. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. pp. 258–260. ISBN 0313307393.
  2. ^ Allmusic review
  3. ^ Tender Loving Care at AllMusic
  4. ^ "JazzWax Interview: Ronnell Bright". JazzWax. 2008-04-21.