From the Heart (Etta Jones album)

1962 studio album by Etta Jones

From the Heart

Studio album by

Etta Jones

Released| 1962
Recorded| February 8 & 9, 1962
Studio| Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre| Vocal jazz
Length| 29:39
Label| Prestige
PRLP 7214
Producer| Esmond Edwards
Etta Jones chronology
| So Warm
(1961)  | From the Heart
(1962)  | Lonely and Blue
(1962)

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From the Heart is an album by jazz vocalist Etta Jones which was recorded in early 1962 and released on the Prestige label.[1]

## Reception

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [2]

Scott Yanow of AllMusic states, "From the Heart is a lot of fun, a too-long-forgotten gem that takes the listener back to a more innocent time and provides the perfect setting for Etta Jones to display her vocal wares".[2]

## Track listing

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1. "Just Friends" (John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis) – 3:00
2. "By the Bend of the River" (Clara Edwards) – 2:14
3. "Makin' Whoopee" (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) – 2:50
4. "You Came a Long Way from St. Louis" (John Benson Brooks, Bob Russell) – 2:26
5. "Funny (Not Much)" (Scott Edward, Larry Holofcener) – 3:07
6. "They Can't Take That Away from Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 2:07
7. "I'll Never Be Free" (Bennie Benjamin, George Weiss) – 3:05
8. "(I'm Afraid) the Masquerade Is Over" (Herb Magidson, Allie Wrubel) – 2:56
9. "Good Morning Heartache" (Ervin Drake, Dan Fisher, Irene Higginbotham) – 2:33
10. "Look for the Silver Lining" (Buddy DeSylva, Jerome Kern) – 2:27
11. "There Goes My Heart" (Benny Davis, Abner Silver) – 3:17

* Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on February 8, 1962 (tracks 1, 5, 7 & 11) and February 9, 1962 (tracks 2–4, 6 & 8–10)

## Personnel

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* Etta Jones – vocals
* Lloyd Mayers – piano
* Wally Richardson – guitar
* Bob Bushnell – bass
* Ed Shaughnessy – drums
* horn section added on tracks 3, 4, 8, 10
* Joe Wilder – trumpet
* Jerry Dodgion, Oliver Nelson – alto saxophone
* Bob Ashton, George Barrow – tenor saxophone
* unidentified string section added on tracks 1, 5, 7 & 11
* Arranged and conducted by Oliver Nelson.

## References

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1. ^ Prestige Records discography accessed May 28, 2013
2. ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic listing accessed May 28, 2013

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Etta Jones

Studio albums|

* Don't Go to Strangers (1960)
* Something Nice (1961)
* So Warm (1961)
* Lonely and Blue (1962)
* Hollar! (1963)
* Love Shout (1963)
* Soul Summit Vol. 2 (1963)
* From the Heart (1964)

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Oliver Nelson

* Discography

Studio albums|

* Meet Oliver Nelson (1959)
* Taking Care of Business (1960)
* Screamin' the Blues (1960)
* Nocturne (1961)
* Soul Battle (1960)
* Straight Ahead (1961)
* The Blues and the Abstract Truth (1961)
* Afro/American Sketches (1962)
* Impressions of Phaedra (1962)
* Fantabulous (1964)
* More Blues and the Abstract Truth (1964)
* Happenings ( 1966)
* Oliver Nelson Plays Michelle (1966)
* Sound Pieces (1966)
* Encyclopedia of Jazz (1965–66)
* The Sound of Feeling (1966–67)
* Jazzhattan Suite (1967)
* The Spirit of '67 (1967)
* The Kennedy Dream (1967)
* Soulful Brass (1968)
* Black, Brown and Beautiful (1969)
* Oliver Edward Nelson in London with Oily Rags (1974)
* Skull Session (1975)
* Stolen Moments (1975)

Live albums|

* Live from Los Angeles (1967)
* Berlin Dialogue for Orchestra (1970)
* Leon Thomas in Berlin (1971)
* Swiss Suite (1972)

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