Who Is This Bitch, Anyway?
| Who Is This Bitch, Anyway? | ||||
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| Released | 1975 | |||
| Recorded | June 12 and December 3–6, 1974 | |||
| Studio | The Record Plant, Los Angeles | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 39:07 | |||
| Label | Blue Note BN-LA397-G | |||
| Producer | Benard Ighner | |||
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Who Is This Bitch, Anyway? is an album by American vocalist Marlena Shaw recorded in 1974 and released on the Blue Note label.[1]
Reception
[edit]The Allmusic review by Jason Ankeny awarded the album 4½ stars stating "A record as fierce and blunt as its title portends, Who Is This Bitch, Anyway? vaults Marlena Shaw into a brave new world of feminism and funk, updating the sophisticated soul-jazz approach of her previous records to explore a fast-changing musical, political, and sexual landscape... Not only Shaw's best-selling Blue Note release, Who Is This Bitch, Anyway? represents her creative apex as well".[2]
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Track listing
[edit]- "You, Me and Ethel / Street Walking Woman" (Marlena Shaw / Loonis McGlohon, Byron Olson) – 6:20
- "You Taught Me How to Speak in Love" (Molly Ann Leiken, Art Munson) – 3:52
- "Davy" (Benard Ighner) – 5:26
- "Feel Like Makin' Love" (Eugene McDaniels) – 5:00
- "The Lord Giveth and the Lord Taketh Away" (Shaw) – 1:05
- "You Been Away Too Long" (Ighner) – 3:07
- "You" (Shaw) – 3:45
- "Loving You Was Like a Party" (Ighner) – 4:17
- "A Prelude for Rose Marie" (Olson) – 1:56
- "Rose Marie (Mon Cherie)" (Wilma Callender, Ighner) – 4:19
- Recorded on June 12 (tracks 3 & 5), December 3 (tracks 2 & 8), December 4 (tracks 6 & 7), December 5 (tracks 1 & 4) and December 6 (tracks 9 & 10), 1974.
Personnel
[edit]- Marlena Shaw – vocals
- Benard Ighner – piano, flugelhorn, arranger
- Michael Lang – piano
- Bill Mays – piano
- Larry Nash – electric piano, synthesizer
- Dennis Budimir – guitar
- Larry Carlton – guitar
- David T. Walker – guitar
- Chuck Domanico – bass
- Chuck Rainey – electric bass
- Harvey Mason – drums, wind chimes
- Jim Gordon – drums
- King Errison – conga
- Dale Oehler – arranger
- Byron Olson – arranger
- Unidentified strings, horns and woodwinds
References
[edit]- ^ Blue Note Records discography, accessed January 14, 2010.
- ^ a b Ankeny, J. Allmusic Review accessed January 14, 2011
