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Prestige

Lightly And Politely

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Recorded1961
LabelPrestige
CatalogPRLP 7198
Released1961
Personnel8 credited players
Discogsmaster 779559

The record

Roché sings ten songs with a guitar-and-piano quartet -- Wally Richardson, Jimmy Neeley, Michel Mulia, Rudy Lawless -- and the title tells you the approach. 'Rocks In My Bed' and 'I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)' sit next to 'Polka Dots And Moonbeams.' PRLP 7198, engineered and cut by Van Gelder in 1961, with Joe Goldberg's notes on the back.

Tracks

  1. Someone To Watch Over Me
  2. Why Shouldn't I
  3. Jim
  4. Polka Dots And Moonbeams
  5. For All We Know
  6. Rocks In My Bed
  7. Just Squeeze Me
  8. I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)
  9. Maybe You'll Be There
  10. I Had The Craziest Dream

Session personnel

  • Michel Mulia — Bass
  • Rudy Lawless — Drums
  • Rudy Van Gelder — Engineer
  • Wally Richardson — Guitar
  • Rudy Van Gelder — Lacquer Cut By
  • Joe Goldberg — Liner Notes
  • Jimmy Neeley — Piano
  • Betty Roché — Vocals

Contemporary reception

No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.

Pressings

1961Prestige · PRLP 7198 — Vinyl LP Album Mono earliest on file
1991Prestige · VICJ 23684 — CD, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo
1991Prestige · VICJ-23684 — CD, Album, Remastered, Stereo
1992Original Jazz Classics · OJCCD-1802-2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered
2004Prestige · OJCCD-1802-2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered
Prestige · 7198 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo

Follow the players

Michel Mulia also plays on

Rudy Lawless also plays on

Rudy Van Gelder also plays on

Wally Richardson also plays on