Aretha's Jazz

by Aretha Franklin

Overview

A good anthology that covers various album cuts, B-sides, and assorted material in a jazz vein that Aretha cut for Columbia. It's great to hear her underrated piano playing given some more space, and Columbia should really reissue her Dinah Washington tribute album, from which they pulled a couple of these songs. Aretha wasn't a jazz vocalist from the standpoint of approach or inspiration, but she really can sing anything and showed it on these cuts, even if they weren't, for the most part, hits. ~ Ron Wynn

Product Details

Release Date:	10/25/1990
Label:	Rhino / Atlantic
UPC:	0075678123023
Rank:	106743

Tracks

1. Ramblin'
2. Today I Sing the Blues
3. Pitiful
4. Crazy He Calls Me
5. Bring It on Home to Me
6. Somewhere
7. Moody's Mood
8. Just Right Tonight

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Aretha Franklin   Primary Artist,Piano,Vocals
Billy Preston   Guest Artist,Piano
Phil Woods   Guest Artist,Saxophone,Sax (Alto)
Joe Zawinul   Guest Artist,Organ (Hammond),Piano (Electric)
Thomas Mitchell   Trombone
Seldon Powell   Sax (Tenor)
Willie Bridges   Saxophone
Jimmy Johnson   Guitar
Spooner Oldham   Organ,Organ (Hammond)
Richard Williams   Trumpet
Snooky Young   Trumpet
Benny Powell   Trombone
Kenny Burrell   Guitar
King Curtis   Saxophone,Sax (Tenor)
Joe Farrell   Sax (Tenor)
Frank Wess   Sax (Alto)
Floyd Newman   Sax (Bass)
Joe Newman   Trumpet
Wayne Jackson   Trumpet
Junior Mance   Piano
Pepper Adams   Saxophone,Sax (Bass),Sax (Baritone)
Ron Carter   Guitar (Bass)
Roger Hawkins   Drums
Urbie Green   Trombone
Jerry Jemmott   Guitar (Bass),Bass (Electric)
Jimmy Cleveland   Trombone
Quincy Jones   Conductor
David "Fathead" Newman   Flute,Sax (Tenor)
George Dorsey   Sax (Alto),Sax (Tenor)
The Sweet Inspirations   Vocals (Background)
Arif Mardin   Conductor
Tommy Cogbill   Guitar,Bass (Electric)
Bruno Carr   Drums
Richard Gene Williams   Trumpet
Bernie Glow   Trumpet
Ernie Royal   Trumpet
Charles Chalmers   Sax (Tenor)

Technical Credits

Phil (Boogie) Schier   Engineer
Rose Marie McCoy   Composer
Aretha Franklin   Composer,Producer
Tom Dowd   Engineer,Producer
Avery Parish   Composer
Curtis Lewis   Composer,Lyricist
Phil Schiler   Engineer
Charlie Singleton   Composer,Composer
Robert Bruce   Composer
Charles Singelton   Composer
Avery Parrish   Composer
Bob Russell   Composer
Curtis Reginald Lewis   Composer
Sam Cooke   Composer
Leonard Bernstein   Composer
Jerry Wexler   Producer
Quincy Jones   Arranger,Composer,Producer
Maybelle Smith   Composer
Buddy Feyne   Composer
Arif Mardin   Arranger
Carl Sigman   Composer
Stephen Sondheim   Composer
Jimmy McHugh   Composer
Curley Hamner   Composer,Lyricist
James Moody   Composer
Dorothy Fields   Composer