SHIRLEY HORN — Loads of Love + Shirley Horn with Horns (1990) Serie PolyGram Jazz Vocal Classics | FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Two of pianist/vocalist Shirley Horn's rarest (and earliest) recordings are reissued in full on this single CD. Actually, Horn does not play piano at all, sticking exclusively to vocals, and she had less control over the interpretations (being persuaded to sing some songs at faster-than-usual tempos) than she would later on. The arrangements for the big bands that back Horn were written by Jimmy Jones and Quincy Jones and, although the overall music is enjoyable, Horn would have much preferred to be the pianist behind her own vocals. Since she would only record two other albums during the next 15 years (sticking to playing locally in the Washington, D.C., area while raising her daughter), this CD gives one a valuable look at the early Shirley Horn; her distinctive vocal style was already nearly fully formed. Scott Yanow
Loads Of Love
1 Wild Is Love 1:29
Written-By – Wayne, Rasch
2 Loads Of Love 2:24
Written-By – Richard Rodgers
3 My Future Just Passed 2:40
Written-By – Marion, Jr., Whiting
4 There's A Boat That's Leaving Soon For New York 2:41
Written-By – Ira & George Gershwin
5 Ten Cents A Dance 3:49
Written-By – Rodgers & Hart
6 Only The Lonely 3:05
Written-By – Cahn/Van Heusen
7 The Second Time Around 3:12
Written-By – Van Heusen/Cahn
8 Do It Again 2:56
Written-By – DeSilva, Gershwin
9 It's Love 2:01
Written-By – Comden/Green, Bernstein
10 That's No Joke 2:37
Written-By – Bailey
11 Love For Sale 3:50
Written-By – Porter
12 Who Am I 2:49
Written-By – Stone, Bullock
Shirley Horn With Horns
13 On The Street Where You Live 2:15
Written-By – Lerner/Lowe
14 The Great City 2:02
Written-By – Lewis
15 That Old Black Magic 2:34
Written-By – Mercer/Arlen
16 Mack The Knife 3:01
Written-By – Brecht, Weill, Blitzstein
17 Come Dance With Me 2:13
Written-By – Van Heusen/Cahn
18 Let Me Love You 3:04
Written-By – Howard
19 After You've Gone 2:59
Written-By – Creamer, Layton
20 Wouldn't It Be Loverly 3:42
Written-By – Lerner/Lowe
21 Go Away Little Boy 3:26
Written-By – Goffin/King
22 I'm In The Mood For Love 2:47
Written-By – McHugh/Fields
23 The Good Life 3:11
Written-By – Reardon, Distel
24 Wee Small Hours 3:20
Written-By – Hilliard, Mann
Credits:
Arranged By, Conductor – Jimmy Jones (tracks: 1 to 12)
Baritone Saxophone – Gerry Mulligan (tracks: 1 to 12)
Bass – Milt Hinton (tracks: 1 to 12)
Drums – Osie Johnson (tracks: 1 to 12)
Guitar – Kenny Burrell (tracks: 1 to 12)
Piano – Bobby Scott (tracks: 13, 16, 18, 20), Hank Jones (tracks: 1 to 6, 8 to 10, 12), Jimmy Jones (tracks: 7, 11, 14, 15, 17, 19, 21 to 24)
Producer, Conductor – Quincy Jones (tracks: 13 to 24)
Saxophone – Al Cohn (tracks: 1 to 12)
Saxophone, Flute – Frank Wess (tracks: 1 to 12), Jerome Richardson (tracks: 1 to 12)
Trombone – Jimmy Cleveland (tracks: 13 to 24)
Trumpet – Ernie Royal (tracks: 1 to 12), Joe Newman (tracks: 1 to 12)
Violin – Gene Orloff (tracks: 1 to 12)
Vocals – Shirley Horn

SHIRLEY HORN - The Garden of the Blues (1984) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Shirley Horn covers several works by composer Curtis Lewis (who passed away prematurely at the age of 51 in 1969) in this 1984 trio concert at Florida Memorial College. Horn, who was introduced to Lewis by her manager, John Levy, during her debut recording session in 1960, recorded several of his works over her career, including "All Night Long," but the bittersweet nature of many of the songs heard in this performance is carried off beautifully by the singing pianist, particularly "He's Gone Again." The last four tracks comprising Lewis' "The Garden of the Blues Suite" are part narrative and part song, including the well-known composition "The Great City." Horn is in top form throughout the concert, with her soft, thoughtful vocals accompanied by her sensitive and sometimes swinging piano. Bassist Charles Ables and drummer Steve Williams provide terrific support as needed, though they sometimes lay out for a significant spell. by Ken Dryden
Tracklist :
1     Introduction 0:24
Curtis Lewis
2     He's Gone Again 6:10
Curtis Lewis
3     Old Country 4:59
Curtis Lewis
4     Roaming Lover 5:19
Curtis Lewis
5     The Garden of the Blues Suite: Blue City 5:48
Curtis Lewis
6     The Garden of the Blues Suite: What Would a Woman Do? 5:48
Curtis Lewis
7     The Garden of the Blues Suite: He Never Mentioned Love 6:57
Curtis Lewis
8     The Garden of the Blues Suite: The Great City 3:56
Curtis Lewis
Credits :
Bass – Charles Ables
Percussion – Steve Williams
Piano – Shirley Horn

SHIRLEY HORN - Close Enough for Love (1989) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Shirley Horn's second Verve recording consolidated the success that she had had with her previous release, I Thought About You, and resulted in her gaining a large audience for her ballad vocals and solid jazz piano playing. Performing with her usual trio (which includes bassist Charles Ables and drummer Steve Williams) and guest tenor Buck Hill on five of the 13 tracks, Horn is heard in definitive form throughout these studio sessions. Highlights include "Beautiful Friendship," "Baby, Baby All the Time," "This Can't Be Love," "I Wanna Be Loved," "But Beautiful," "Get out of Town," and "It Could Happen to You." by Scott Yanow
Tracklist :
1     A Beautiful Friendship 3:42
Donald Kahn / Stanley Styne
2     I Got Lost in His Arms 4:15
Irving Berlin
3     Baby, Baby All the Time 2:40
Bobby Troup
4     Close Enough for Love 4:44
Johnny Mandel / Paul Williams
5     This Can't Be Love 2:45
Lorenz Hart / Richard Rodgers
6     I Wanna Be Loved 4:29
Johnny Green / Edward Heyman / Billy Rose
7     Come Fly With Me 4:00
Sammy Cahn / James Van Heusen
8     Once I Loved (O Amor en Paz) 6:50
Ray Gilbert / Antônio Carlos Jobim / Vinícius de Moraes
9     But Beautiful 4:32
Johnny Burke / James Van Heusen
10     Get Out of Town 2:42
Cole Porter
11     Memories of You 7:23
Eubie Blake / Andy Razaf
12     It Could Happen to You 2:48
Johnny Burke / James Van Heusen
13     So I Love You 3:15
Carroll Coates
Credits :
Bass – Charles Ables
Drums – Steve Williams
Tenor Saxophone – Buck Hill
Vocals, Piano – Shirley Horn 

SHIRLEY HORN - You Won't Forget Me (1991) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

With 1991's You Won't Forget Me, Shirley Horn's star continued to rise. While mostly ballads, this recording also includes swinging takes on "I Just Found Out About Love" and "Foolin' Myself." Toots Thielemans stars with his distinctive harmonica sound on "Beautiful Love" and "Soothe Me," and the unmistakable trumpet of Miles Davis weaves around Horn's vocal on the title track. The opening medley moves from the almost-whispered ballad "The Music That Makes Me Dance," to a funkily midtempo "Come Dance with Me." "Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying" is absolutely gorgeous, with Wynton Marsalis stepping in to trade phrases with Horn's voice. The music here is mostly taken at a very leisurely tempo, and the spare arrangements allow plenty of room for the music to breathe, proving that less is often more. The only complaint is that such spaciousness generates is a certain sameness to the material, but this is leavened by the guest appearances of Thielemans, Davis, the brothers Marsalis, and tenorman Buck Hill. by Jim Newsom
Tracklist :
1     The Music That Makes Me Dance 6:32
Bob Merrill / Jule Styne
2     Come Dance with Me 2:47
Sammy Cahn / James Van Heusen
3     Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying 5:58
Joe Greene
Trumpet – Wynton Marsalis
4     Beautiful Love 3:38
Haven Gillespie / Wayne King / Egbert VanAlstyne / Victor Young
Harmonica, Guitar – Toots Thielemans
5     Come Back to Me 3:43
Burton Lane / Alan Jay Lerner
6     Too Late Now 6:00
Burton Lane / Alan Jay Lerner
7     I Just Found Out About Love 2:24
Harold Adamson / Jimmy McHugh
8     It Had to Be You 6:49
Isham Jones / Gus Kahn
Saxophone [Tenor] – Branford Marsalis
9     Soothe Me 3:31
Joe Greene
Harmonica, Guitar – Toots Thielemans
10     Foolin' Myself 2:46
Jack Lawrence / Peter Tinturin
11     If You Go 8:57
Michel Emer / Geoffrey Parsons
12     You Stepped Out of a Dream 3:44
Nacio Herb Brown / Gus Kahn
Guitar – Charles Ables
13     You Won't Forget Me 7:12
Kermit Goell / Fred Spielman
Trumpet – Miles Davis
14     All My Tomorrows 6:22
Sammy Cahn / James Van Heusen
Credits :
Bass – Buster Williams (faixas: 5, 10, 12), Charles Ables (faixas: 1 to 3, 6 to 8, 11, 13, 14)
Drums – Billy Hart (faixas: 5, 10, 12), Steve Williams (faixas: 1 to 3, 6 to 8, 11, 13, 14)
Piano, Vocals, Arranged By – Shirley Horn
   

SHIRLEY HORN - I Love You, Paris (1992) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

The highlights of a 2½-hour concert recorded in Paris, this CD has even more ballads than a typical Shirley Horn set because, due to the monitor malfunctioning during the second half of the performance, Horn chose to stick exclusively to ballads during that portion of the show. Accompanied by bassist Charles Ables and drummer Steve Williams, Horn is in peak form throughout this program, often sounding exquisite and using silence and pauses quite expertly. Among the highlights are "Wouldn't It Be Loverly," "Do It Again," a medley of "I Loves You Porgy" and "Here Comes De Honey Man," and a lengthy version of "A Song for You" that eventually becomes "Goodbye." Highly recommended. by Scott Yanow
Tracklist :
1     Wouldn't It Be Loverly? 6:23
Alan Jay Lerner / Frederick Loewe
2     Just in Time 3:13
Betty Comden / Adolph Green / Jule Styne
3     He Was Too Good to Me 4:51
Lorenz Hart / Richard Rodgers
4     Do It Again 8:17
Buddy DeSylva / George Gershwin
5     Old Country 5:37
Curtis Lewis
6     It's Easy to Remember 6:39
Lorenz Hart / Richard Rodgers
7     All Through the Night 2:32
Cole Porter
8     L.A. Breakdown 6:47
Larry Marks
9     I Loves You, Porgy/Here Comes de Honey Man 9:45
George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin / DuBose Heyward
10     A Song for You/Goodbye 12:54
Gordon Jenkins / Leon Russell
11     That Old Devil Called Love 7:33
Doris Fisher / Allan Roberts
Credits :   
Bass – Charles Ables
Drums – Steve Williams
Piano, Vocals – Shirley Horn 

SHIRLEY HORN - You're My Thrill (2001) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

With the swanky midnight mood of their previous collaboration Here's to Life in mind, Shirley Horn and arranger Johnny Mandel go at it again -- a move that is sure to send her legions of latter-day fans into blissful orbit. This time, though, the six sophisticated string-laden ballads are interspersed with five relatively short, swinging numbers with just Horn, her trio, and various instrumental guests. As a result, you get a better balanced album, not weighted too much in one direction or another. Mandel's orchestrations are paragons of subtlety, sometimes creeping almost imperceptibly like a slow moving fog upon Horn's trio. Like his singer, Mandel respects the value of silence and space; they're a well matched pair, their different ideas of timing dovetail together neatly. Though some of us would have wanted Horn and her jazzmen to stretch out more on the small group tracks, they do serve effectively as breathers, or intermezzos, in between the languorous collaborations with Mandel. In lieu of the participation of Wynton Marsalis (who contributed to Here's to Life), Carl Saunders offers some soulful trumpet obbligato work on "Solitary Moon." Guitarist Russell Malone and bassist Brian Bromberg also appear on the small group tracks -- Malone even does a soft focused rockabilly thing on "Why Don't You Do Right?" -- while bassist Charles Ables and drummer Steve Williams stoke the rhythm in Horn's trio. Another worthy stylish outing for Horn. by Richard S. Ginell  
Tracklist :
1     You're My Thrill 4:46
Bass – Charles Ables
Drums – Steve Williams
Vibraphone – Larry Bunker
Written-By – Jay Gorney, Sidney Clare   
2     The Best Is Yet to Come 2:37
Bass – Brian Bromberg
Drums – Steve Williams
Written-By – Carolyn Leigh, Cy Coleman
3     Solitary Moon 5:06
Bass – Chuck Domanico
Drums – Steve Schaeffer
Guitar – Dori Caymmi
Piano – Alan L. Broadbent
Trumpet – Carl Saunders
Vibraphone – Larry Bunker
Written-By – Alan & Marilyn Bergman, Johnny Mandel
4     Sharing the Night With the Blues 3:00
Bass – Brian Bromberg
Drums – Steve Williams
Guitar – Russell Malone
Written-By – Emanuel Logan
5     I Got Lost in His Arms 4:52
Bass – Charles Ables
Drums – Steve Williams
Vibraphone – Larry Bunker
Written-By – Irving Berlin
6     The Rules of the Road 3:37
Bass – Brian Bromberg
Drums – Steve Williams
Guitar – Russell Malone
Written-By – Carolyn Leigh, Cy Coleman
7     My Heart Stood Still 4:39
Bass – Charles Ables
Drums – Steve Williams
Vibraphone – Larry Bunker
Written-By – Richard Rodgers-Lorenz Hart
8     You'd Better Love Me (While You May) 1:58
Bass – Brian Bromberg
Drums – Steve Williams
Written-By – Hugh Martin, Timothy Gray
9     The Very Thought of You 5:14
Bass – Charles Ables
Drums – Steve Williams
Vibraphone – Larry Bunker
Written-By – Ray Noble
10     Why Don't You Do Right? 2:45
Bass – Brian Bromberg
Drums – Steve Williams
Guitar – Russell Malone
Written-By – Joel McCoy
11     All Night Long 7:44
Bass – Charles Ables
Drums – Steve Williams
Vibraphone – Larry Bunker
Written-By – Curtis Lewis      

SHIRLEY HORN - May the Music Never End (2003) FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

Shirley Horn has made a remarkably strong and consistent series of records for Verve. On May the Music Never End, her 12th record for Verve, there are two big changes: the absence of Horn's longtime musical partner bassist Charles Ables, who passed away in 2001, and the addition of a pianist to take the place of Horn's quite capable playing. Ed Howard fills in admirably on bass and George Mesterhazy does the same on piano, except for on two tracks ("Maybe September" and "This is All I Ask") where Ahmad Jamal takes over. Horn's trademark sound is the sparse, languid torch song, with atmospheric piano chords and her gentle and soulful vocals caressing the notes as she slowly lets them ease into the listener's ear. Most of the album is in this downcast, nocturnal mood: the highlights are her smoldering version of the Jacques Brel-Rod McKuen song "If You Go Away," the bossa nova-influenced "Watch What Happens," and the heartbreaking and bleak "Ill Wind." She also does a very nice job with the Gordon Jenkins-penned "September of My Years"-style ballad "This Is All I Ask" and the emotional "May the Music Never End." These two tracks taken together almost sound like Horn saying goodbye to music and the world of jazz and will really bring a lump to the throat of Horn fans. She breaks up the somber mood with a few swinging tracks: the rollicking take on "Forget Me"; the lightly swinging "Take Love Easy," with some nice Roy Hargrove obbligatos; and the martial "Everything Must Change," which features one of Horn's most dramatic vocals and a wonderful moment three and a half minutes into the song where the tight rhythm bursts open and the band hits a big up-tempo groove with Horn soaring over top. The only real clunker here is her version of the Beatles' "Yesterday," a song that has been done just about every way possible. Here Horn cuts the tempo, adds some atmosphere, and actually manages to over sing the song. Her voice pushes at the outer reaches of her range, but her phrasing is strangely urgent and she sounds old for the first time. It is a rare misstep on an otherwise very good record by one of the great underrated jazz singers. If it is indeed her swan song, then she went out the same way she came in: as a true classic. by Tim Sendra  
Tracklist :
1     Forget Me 3:30
Valerie Brown
2     If You Go Away 4:49
Jacques Brel / Rod McKuen
3     Yesterday 4:14
John Lennon / Paul McCartney
4     Take Love Easy 5:12
Duke Ellington / John Latouche
Flugelhorn – Roy Hargrove    
5     Never Let Me Go 5:17
Ray Evans / Jay Livingston
6     Watch What Happens 3:29
Norman Gimbel / Michel Legrand
7     Ill Wind 7:09
Harold Arlen / Ted Koehler
Flugelhorn – Roy Hargrove   
8     Maybe September 7:10
Ray Evans / Percy Faith / Jay Livingston
Piano – Ahmad Jamal
9     Everything Must Change 5:01
Benard Ighner
10     This Is All I Ask 6:43
Gordon Jenkins
Piano – Ahmad Jamal   
11     May the Music Never End 5:07
Artie Butler / Norman Martin
Credits :
Bass – Ed Howard
Drums – Steve Williams
Piano – George Mesterhazy (faixas: 1 to 7, 9)
Producer, Vocals – Shirley Horn 

ANTONIO CARLOS JOBIM - Antonio Carlos Jobim And Friends (1996) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Jobim made his last Brazilian concert appearance -- and the penultimate one of his life -- at this warm, star-studded affair in which American jazz musicians jetted down to the Free Jazz Festival in São Paulo to pay effusive homage. The miracle is how easily the jazzers were able to capture the yearning essence of Jobim's idiom without really compromising their own distinct styles. Thus, Joe Henderson welds his trademark unpredictable flurries into the cool tenor sax bossa nova tradition, Shirley Horn does "Once I Loved" in her own inimitable manner that matches the mood of the song perfectly, Jon Hendricks' scatting fits the samba like a glove. The pianists go somewhat outside the idiom -- Herbie Hancock's modern complexity, Gonzalo Rubalcaba's technical fireworks laced with Afro-Cuban salsa -- but they stay within their orbits around the Jobim sun. The composer himself only appears on the last four tracks -- he sounds weary and ill -- yet he radiates his gentle warmth and spirit throughout the evening. by Richard S. Ginell
Tracklist:
1    Prelude 8:27
Piano – Herbie Hancock
2    Ela E Carioca 6:21
Bass – Ron Carter
Drums – Harvey Mason
Percussion – Alex Acuña
Piano – Herbie Hancock
3    The Boy From Ipanema 2:40
Bass – Ron Carter
Drums – Harvey Mason
Guitar – Oscar Castro-Neves
Percussion – Alex Acuña
Piano – Shirley Horn
Vocals – Shirley Horn
4    Once I Loved 5:28
Bass – Ron Carter
Drums – Harvey Mason
Guitar – Oscar Castro-Neves
Keyboards – Herbie Hancock
Percussion – Alex Acuña
Piano – Shirley Horn
Vocals – Shirley Horn
5    O Grande Amor 9:26
Bass – Ron Carter
Drums – Harvey Mason
Guitar – Oscar Castro-Neves, Paulo Jobim
Percussion – Alex Acuña
Piano – Gonzalo Rubalcaba
Saxophone – Joe Henderson
6    No More Blues 5:21
Bass – Ron Carter
Drums – Harvey Mason
Guitar – Oscar Castro-Neves
Percussion – Alex Acuña
Piano – Herbie Hancock
Vocals – Jon Hendricks
7    Agua De Beber 6:02
Bass – Ron Carter
Drums – Harvey Mason
Keyboards – Herbie Hancock
Percussion – Alex Acuña
Piano – Gonzalo Rubalcaba
8    A Felicidade 4:55
Piano – Herbie Hancock
Vocals – Gal Costa
9    Se Todos Fossem Iguais A Voce 5:04
Bass – Ron Carter
Drums – Harvey Mason
Guitar – Oscar Castro-Neves, Paulo Jobim
Keyboards – Herbie Hancock
Percussion – Alex Acuña
Vocals – Gal Costa
10    Luiza 3:27
Piano, vocals – Antonio Carlos Jobim
11    Wave 4:23
Bass – Ron Carter
Drums – Harvey Mason
Guitar – Oscar Castro-Neves, Paulo Jobim
Keyboards – Herbie Hancock
Percussion – Alex Acuña
Piano – Antonio Carlos Jobim, Herbie Hancock
12    Cominhos Cruzados 4:28
Bass – Ron Carter
Drums – Harvey Mason
Guitar – Oscar Castro-Neves, Paulo Jobim
Percussion – Alex Acuña
Piano – Antonio Carlos Jobim
Vocals – Gal Costa
13    Finale: The Girl From Ipanema 7:54
Bass – Ron Carter
Drums – Harvey Mason
Guitar – Oscar Castro-Neves, Paulo Jobim
Keyboards – Herbie Hancock
Percussion – Alex Acuña
Piano – Antonio Carlos Jobim, Gonzalo Rubalcaba
Saxophone – Joe Henderson
Vocals – Antonio Carlos Jobim, Gal Costa, Jon Hendricks 

JOE NEWMAN - Four Classic Albums : Locking Horns / All I Wanna Do Is Swing / The Midgets / Soft Swingin' Jazz (2012) RM / 2CD / FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

The 2012 double-disc collection Four Classic Albums: Locking Horns/All I Wanna Do Is Swing/The Midgets/Soft Swingin' Jazz brings together four of jazz trumpeter Joe Newman's albums from the 1950s. These are swinging, soulful, and straight-ahead releases that showcase Newman's mainstream and bop-oriented trumpet playing. Featured here are such other stellar musicians as Al Cohn, Frank Wess, Shirley Horn, Hank Jones, Freddie Green, Oscar Pettiford, and others. Ultimately, fans of Newman's midrange melodicism and bluesy group interplay will find much to enjoy on this generous set. by Matt Collar
Tracklist 1:
Locking Horns (1957)
1 Corky
2 Mambo For Joe
3 Wolafunt's Lament
4 Midnight Fantasy
5 'Tater Pie
6 Oh Shay
7 Bassing Around
8 Oh Joe
9 Susette
10 Similar Souls
All I Wanna Do Is Swing (1955)
11 Soon
12 Limehouse Blues
13 Dream A Little Dream Of Me
14 Corner Pocket
15 If I Could Be With You
16 It's A Thing Of The Past
17 Pretty Skinny Bunny
18 Leonice
19 Jack's Wax
20 Topsy
21 Captain Spaulding
22 I Could Have Told You
Tracklist 2:
The Midgets (1956)
1 The Midgets
2 The Late Late Show
3 Really? Healy!
4 One Lamper
5 She Has Red Hair
6 Valerie
7 No Moon At All
8 Indeed The Blues
9 Living Dangerously
10 Scooter
11 My Dog Friday
Soft Swingin' Jazz (1958)
12 Makin' Whoopee
13 Three Little Words
14 Scotty
15 There's A Small Hotel
16 I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart
17 Moonglow
18 Organ Grinder's Song
19 Rosetta
20 Too Marvellous For Words
21 The Farmer's Daughter
22 Save Your Love For Me

SHIRLEY HORN - The Main Ingredient (1996) APE (image+.cue), lossless

This Shirley Horn CD is a little unusual, as it was recorded at her home. The four sessions utilized some of her favorite musicians, including bassists Steve Novosel and Charles Ables; drummers Steve Williams, Elvin Jones, and Billy Hart; trumpeter Roy Hargrove (on "The Meaning of the Blues") and Joe Henderson; and Buck Hill on tenors. As usual, virtually all of the songs are taken at slow tempos, with "All or Nothing at All" given a definitive treatment. Other highlights include "The Look of Love," "Fever," and Henderson's playing on "You Go to My Head."  by Scott Yanow 
Credits
Bass – Charles Ables (tracks: 2, 3, 5, 7, 9), Steve Novosel (tracks: 1, 4, 6, 8, 10) 
Drums – Billy Hart (tracks: 9), Elvin Jones (tracks: 6, 10), Steve Williams (tracks: 1 to 5, 7, 8) 
Flugelhorn – Roy Hargrove (tracks: 4) 
Guitar – Charles Ables (tracks: 1, 8) 
Tenor Saxophone – Buck Hill (tracks: 1, 3, 10), Joe Henderson (tracks: 6, 10) 
Vocals, Piano, Producer – Shirley Horn