| Something Wonderful | ||||
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| Studio album by Nancy Wilson | ||||
| Released | October 1960 | |||
| Recorded | May 1960 | |||
| Studio | Capitol (Hollywood) | |||
| Genre | Vocal jazz | |||
| Length | 29:57 | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Producer | Dave Cavanaugh, Tom “Tippy” Morgan | |||
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| The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz | |
Something Wonderful was the second album by the American vocalist Nancy Wilson, it was released in October 1960 by Capitol Records, and arranged by Billy May.
As with her debut album on the label, Like in Love, she was teamed up with Billy May, one of its star arrangers, who had come to prominence through his outstanding work with such singers as Nat King Cole, Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra.
The album spawned one of Wilson's all-time signature songs, "Guess Who I Saw Today". Another highlight was "What a Little Moonlight Can Do", which was, as critic Pete Welding wrote in his liner notes to the 1996 three-CD set Ballads, Blues & Big Bands: The Best of Nancy Wilson, "a song so closely associated with the sublime Billie Holiday (that) few would even have attempted it, let alone brought it off so well, with just the right blend of lightheartedness and sincerity."
In 2003, the UK label EMI Gold re-issued Something Wonderful on a 2-for-1 CD, coupled with its natural companion, Like in Love.
Track listing
- "Teach Me Tonight" (Gene de Paul, Sammy Cahn) – 2:51
- "This Time the Dream's on Me" (Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen) – 2:19
- "I'm Gonna Laugh You Out of My Life" (Cy Coleman, Joseph Allen McCarthy) – 2:40
- "I Wish You Love" (Léo Chauliac, Charles Trenet) – 2:00
- "Guess Who I Saw Today" (Murray Grand, Elisse Boyd) – 3:27
- "If Dreams Come True" (Edgar Sampson, Benny Goodman) – 1:49
- "What a Little Moonlight Can Do" (Harry M. Woods) – 2:27
- "The Great City" (Curtis Lewis) – 2:43
- "He's My Guy" (Gene de Paul, Don Raye) – 2:28
- "Something Happens to Me" (Marvin Fisher, Jack Segal) – 1:58
- "Call It Stormy Monday (But Tuesday Is Just as Bad)" (T-Bone Walker) – 2:28
- "Something Wonderful Happens" (Del Guerico, Gamse, Thorn) – 2:47
Personnel
Performance
- Nancy Wilson – vocals
- Billy May – arranger, conductor
- Pete Candoli – trumpet
- Frank Beach – trumpet
- Conrad Gozzo – trumpet
- Mannie Klein – trumpet
- George Roberts – trombone
- Si Zentner – trombone
- Murray McEachern – trombone
- Lloyd Ulyate – trombone
- Ben Webster – tenor saxophone
- Justin Gordon – flute
- Emil Richards – vibraphone
- Milt Raskin – piano & celeste
- Jack Marshall – guitar
- Joe Comfort – bass
- Shelly Manne – drums
References
- Mirtle, Jack (1998). The music of Billy May: a discography. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press. ISBN 0313307393. OCLC 39533915.
- Allmusic review
- Larkin, Colin (2004). "Nancy Wilson". The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz (Rev Upd ed.). Virgin Books. p. 941. ISBN 1852271833.
- Something Wonderful at AllMusic