Sylvia Is!
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| Studio album by Sylvia Syms with Kenny Burrell | |||||
| Released | 1965 | ||||
| Recorded |
August 11 & 13, 1965 Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey | ||||
| Genre | Jazz | ||||
| Length | 41:21 | ||||
| Label |
Prestige PR 7439 | ||||
| Producer | Cal Lampley | ||||
| Sylvia Syms chronology | |||||
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Sylvia Is! is an album by vocalist Sylvia Syms with guitarist Kenny Burrell recorded in 1965 and released on the Prestige label.[1]
Reception
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars stating "Sylvia Syms was one of the top cabaret singers, uplifting a wide variety of interesting songs throughout her career... because Syms does not improvise, this CD reissue is more for fans of cabaret than for followers of jazz".[2]
Track listing
- "As Long as I Live" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) - 3:04
- "More Than You Know" (Edward Eliscu, Billy Rose, Vincent Youmans) - 4:02
- "(I'm Afraid) The Masquerade Is Over" (Herb Magidson, Allie Wrubel) - 3:12
- "How Insensitive" (Norman Gimbel, Antônio Carlos Jobim) - 3:51
- "Smile" (Charlie Chaplin) - 3:43
- "If You Could See Me Now" (Tadd Dameron, Carl Sigman) - 3:34
- "Meditation" (Gimbel, Jobim) - 3:21
- "Cuando Te Fuiste de Mi" (Robert Lee Manrique) - 3:54
- "God Bless the Child" (Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog, Jr.) - 2:55
- "Wild Is the Wind" (Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington) - 3:04
- "You Are Always in My Heart" (Ernesto Lecuona, Kim Gannon) - 3:48
- "Brazil" (Ary Barroso, Bob Russell) - 2:53
- Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Englrewood Cliffs, New Jersey on August 11, 1965 (tracks 1-3, 5, 6 & 9) - and August 13, 1965 (tracks 4, 7, 8 & 10-12)
Personnel
- Sylvia Syms - vocals
- Kenny Burrell - guitar
- Milt Hinton - bass
- Osie Johnson - drums
- Bucky Pizzarelli - guitar (tracks 4, 7, 8 & 10-12)
- Willie Rodriguez - percussion (tracks 4, 7, 8 & 10-12)
References
- ↑ Prestige Records Discography accessed July 29, 2013
- 1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review, accessed July 29, 2013
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