Face to Face (Baby Face Willette album)
Encyclopedia
Face to Face is the debut album by American jazz organist Baby Face Willette
featuring performances recorded and released on the Blue Note
label in 1961.
Baby Face Willette
Roosevelt "Baby Face" Willette was a hard bop and soul-jazz musician most known for playing Hammond organ. It is unclear whether he was born in Little Rock, Arkansas, or New Orleans, Louisiana...
featuring performances recorded and released on the Blue Note
Blue Note Records
Blue Note Records is a jazz record label, established in 1939 by Alfred Lion and Max Margulis. Francis Wolff became involved shortly afterwards. It derives its name from the characteristic "blue notes" of jazz and the blues. At the end of the 1950s, and in the early 1960s, Blue Note headquarters...
label in 1961.
Reception
The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars and stated "Face to Face boasts a mighty meat and potatoes soul-jazz lineup... Highly recommended".Track listing
- All compositions by Baby Face Willette except as indicated
- "Swingin' at Sugar Ray's" - 6:35
- "Goin' Down" - 7:24
- "Whatever Lola Wants" (Richard AdlerRichard AdlerRichard Adler is an American lyricist, composer and producer of several Broadway shows.-Biography:Born in New York City, Adler had a musical upbringing, his father being a concert pianist. After serving in the Navy he began his career as a lyricist, teaming up with Jerry Ross in 1950...
, Jerry RossJerry Ross (composer)Jerry Ross was an American lyricist and composer whose works with Richard Adler for the musical theater include The Pajama Game and Damn Yankees, winners of Tony Awards in 1955 and 1956 respectively in both the "Best Musical" and "Best Composer and Lyricist" categories.-Biography:Ross was born...
) - 7:21 - "Face to Face" - 6:17
- "Something Strange" - 6:42
- "High 'N' Low" - 7:07
- "Face to Face" [alternate take] - 6:52 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Something Strange" [alternate take] 6:41 Bonus track on CD reissue
- Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ on January 28, 1961
Personnel
- Baby Face WilletteBaby Face WilletteRoosevelt "Baby Face" Willette was a hard bop and soul-jazz musician most known for playing Hammond organ. It is unclear whether he was born in Little Rock, Arkansas, or New Orleans, Louisiana...
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