From the Heart (Etta Jones album)

From the Heart is an album by jazz vocalist Etta Jones which was recorded in early 1962 and released on the Prestige label.^[1]

From the Heart
Studio album by Etta Jones
Released	1962
Recorded	February 8 & 9, 1962
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre	Vocal jazz
Length	29:39
Label	Prestige PRLP 7214
Producer	Esmond Edwards
Etta Jones chronology
So Warm (1961) From the Heart (1962) Lonely and Blue (1962)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]

Scott Yanow of AllMusic states, "From the Heart is a lot of fun, a too-long-forgotten gem that takes the listener back to a more innocent time and provides the perfect setting for Etta Jones to display her vocal wares".^[2]

Track listing

1. "Just Friends" (John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis) – 3:00
2. "By the Bend of the River" (Clara Edwards) – 2:14
3. "Makin' Whoopee" (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) – 2:50
4. "You Came a Long Way from St. Louis" (John Benson Brooks, Bob Russell) – 2:26
5. "Funny (Not Much)" (Scott Edward, Larry Holofcener) – 3:07
6. "They Can't Take That Away from Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 2:07
7. "I'll Never Be Free" (Bennie Benjamin, George Weiss) – 3:05
8. "(I'm Afraid) the Masquerade Is Over" (Herb Magidson, Allie Wrubel) – 2:56
9. "Good Morning Heartache" (Ervin Drake, Dan Fisher, Irene Higginbotham) – 2:33
10. "Look for the Silver Lining" (Buddy DeSylva, Jerome Kern) – 2:27
11. "There Goes My Heart" (Benny Davis, Abner Silver) – 3:17

• Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on February 8, 1962 (tracks 1, 5, 7 & 11) and February 9, 1962 (tracks 2–4, 6 & 8–10)

Personnel

• Etta Jones – vocals
• Lloyd Mayers – piano
• Wally Richardson – guitar
• Bob Bushnell – bass
• Ed Shaughnessy – drums
• horn section added on tracks 3, 4, 8, 10
  • Joe Wilder – trumpet
  • Jerry Dodgion, Oliver Nelson – alto saxophone
  • Bob Ashton, George Barrow – tenor saxophone
• unidentified string section added on tracks 1, 5, 7 & 11
• Arranged and conducted by Oliver Nelson.

References

1. Prestige Records discography accessed May 28, 2013
2. Yanow, S. Allmusic listing accessed May 28, 2013