1974 studio album by Phoebe Snow
Phoebe Snow is the debut album by American roots music singer-songwriter Phoebe Snow , released in 1974. It contains her Top 5 Billboard hit, "Poetry Man ", and opens with her cover of Sam Cooke 's R&B hit "Good Times ".
Background
Sessions were held in Los Angeles, Nashville and in Tulsa to find the right approach for the album. "She’d play with whoever was around and we’d record and analyze the recordings, try and work out what was ideal for each song, which approach to take," said Shelter president Denny Cordell. "I think she found that rather a long and painful study, but it obviously had its rewards." After the album's release, legal battles took place between Snow and Shelter Records. Snow eventually signed with Columbia Records . It would be two years before her next release on Columbia.[ 1]
Reception
In a retrospective review for Allmusic , critic Alex Henderson called Snow "a pearl of a singer who never caught on because she simply didn't fit neatly into any one category... With as many risks as she takes, the album is generally quite accessible."[ 2] Robert Christgau called the album "This woman's languorous, swaying folk-jazz fusion is striking enough to suggest that her debut LP will become some sort of cult item. And it's better than most cult items... The plus is for encouragement, and for the graceful way her voice combines nasality and smoothness."[ 3]
Track listing
All songs by Phoebe Snow, except where noted
"Good Times " (Sam Cooke ) – 2:20
"Harpo's Blues" – 4:22
"Poetry Man " – 4:36
"Either or Both" – 3:52
"San Francisco Bay Blues " (Jesse Fuller ) – 3:29
"I Don't Want the Night to End" – 3:55
"Take Your Children Home" – 4:15
"It Must Be Sunday" – 5:50
"No Show Tonight" – 2:57
CD (DCC label Only) bonus tracks
"Easy Street" [original "B Side" of Harpo's Blues single] – 3:20
"Good Times" [original demo] (Cooke) – 2:39
"Harpo's Blues" [original demo] – 4:55
"I Don't Want the Night to End" [original demo] – 3:55
"It Must Be Sunday" [original demo] – 6:42
"San Francisco Bay Blues" [original demo] (Fuller) – 4:09
"Poetry Man" [original demo] – 3:43
Personnel
Phoebe Snow – vocals, acoustic guitar
Bob James – organ (2, 3, 6, 7, 8)
Teddy Wilson – acoustic piano (2)
Steve Burgh – electric guitar (1, 6, 9)
David Bromberg – lead acoustic guitar (4), rhythm guitar (4), dobro (4)
Dave Mason – lead electric guitar (9)
Hugh McDonald – electric bass (1, 6, 9)
Chuck Domanico – acoustic bass (2, 3, 7, 8)
Chuck Israels – acoustic bass (5)
Steve Mosley – drums (1, 2, 6, 9), percussion (8)
Ralph MacDonald – percussion (2, 3, 7)
Margaret Ross – harp (2, 3, 7)
Zoot Sims – tenor saxophone (2, 3, 8)
The Persuasions – backing vocals (1)
Production
Dino Airali – producer
Phil Ramone – co-producer, engineer, mixing
Steve Hoffman – engineer
Tom Baker – assistant engineer
Glenn Berger – assistant engineer
Bob Schaper – assistant engineer
Roberta Ballard – production manager
Ed Caraeff – photography
Mick Haggerty – cover artwork
Recorded at A & R Recording (New York, NY) and Producer's Workshop (Hollywood, CA).
Mixed at A & R Recording
Charts
Certifications
References
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
As leader or co-leader
The Brothers (and Stan Getz , 1949–52)
Jutta Hipp with Zoot Sims (1956)
The Modern Art of Jazz by Zoot Sims (1956)
Tonite's Music Today (and Bob Brookmeyer , 1956)
Whooeeee (and Bob Brookmeyer, 1956)
Zoot! (1956)
Locking Horns (and Joe Newman , 1957)
Stretching Out (and Bob Brookmeyer, 1958)
Jazz Alive! A Night at the Half Note (and Al Cohn, Phil Woods , 1959)
Down Home (1960)
Two Jims and Zoot /Otra Vez (Jimmy Raney and Jim Hall , 1964)
Inter-Action (and Sonny Stitt , 1965)
Waiting Game (1966)
The Greatest Jazz Concert in the World (multiple leaders, 1967)
Nirvana (and Bucky Pizzarelli , Buddy Rich , 1974)
Basie & Zoot (and Count Basie , 1975)
The Tenor Giants Featuring Oscar Peterson (and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis , 1975)
Zoot Sims and the Gershwin Brothers (and Joe Pass , Oscar Peterson , 1975)
Soprano Sax (1976)
Hawthorne Nights (1976)
If I'm Lucky (and Jimmy Rowles , 1977)
For Lady Day (1978)
Warm Tenor (and Jimmy Rowles , 1979)
The Sweetest Sounds (and Rune Gustafsson , 1979)
Just Friends (and Harry Edison , 1980)
Art 'n' Zoot (and Art Pepper , 1981)
Recordings withAl Cohn
From A to...Z (1956)
The Sax Section (Cohn led, 1956)
Tenor Conclave (and Hank Mobley , John Coltrane , 1957)
The Four Brothers... Together Again! (and Herbie Steward , Serge Chaloff , 1957)
Al and Zoot (1957)
Blues and Haikus (Jack Kerouac , 1959)
SteveIreneo! (and Irene Kral , Steve Allen , 1959)
Son of Drum Suite (Cohn, 1960)
You 'n' Me (1960)
Either Way (1961)
Jazz Mission to Moscow (Cohn, 1962)
Body and Soul (1973)
Motoring Along (1974)
WithQuincy Jones WithGerry Mulligan With others
Pepper Adams Plays the Compositions of Charlie Mingus (1963)
Encounter! (Pepper Adams , 1968)
Trigger Happy! /East Coast Sounds (Trigger Alpert /Sims, Cohn, Tony Scott , 1956)
Chet Baker & Strings (1953–54)
Chet Baker Plays the Best of Lerner and Loewe (1959)
The Bosses (Count Basie and "Big Joe" Turner , 1973)
Louis Bellson Quintet (1954)
The Genius of Ray Charles (1959)
Jazz Is Universal (Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band , 1961)
Chris Connor (1956)
The Book Cooks (Booker Ervin , 1960)
Loose Blues (Bill Evans , 1962)
The Aztec Suite (Art Farmer , 1959)
South American Cookin' (Curtis Fuller , 1961)
Creole Cookin' (Bobby Hackett , 1967)
The Hawk in Hi Fi (Coleman Hawkins , 1956)
Portraits on Standards (Stan Kenton , 1953)
The Kenton Era (Stan Kenton, 1953)
The Manhattan Transfer (released 1975)
Profiles (Gary McFarland , 1966)
Something to Swing About (Carmen McRae , 1959)
Ms. Jazz (Carmen McRae, 1973)
Metronome All-Stars 1956 (1956)
The Complete Town Hall Concert (Charles Mingus , 1962)
Arranged by Montrose (Jack Montrose , 1954)
Encyclopedia of Jazz (Oliver Nelson , 1966)
The Sound of Feeling (Oliver Nelson, 1966)
Jazzhattan Suite (Oliver Nelson/Jazz Interactions Orchestra, 1967)
All the Sad Young Men (Anita O'Day , 1962)
Transition (Buddy Rich, Lionel Hampton , 1974)
Shorty Rogers Courts the Count (1954)
Samba Para Dos (Lalo Schifrin , Bob Brookmeyer, 1963)
Moonlight in Vermont (Johnny Smith , 1952)
Phoebe Snow (1974)
Broadway Soul (Sonny Stitt , 1965)
Vaughan and Violins (Sarah Vaughan , 1958)
The Duke Ellington Songbook, Vol. 1 (Sarah Vaughan, 1979)
Linger Awhile: Live at Newport and More (Sarah Vaughan, 1979)
The Jazz Guitarist (Chuck Wayne, 1953)
At Newport '63 (Joe Williams , 1963)