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This 15-track set puts together some amazing performances by Billy Eckstine's band from the early '40s when he was leading one of the more intense, smoking bands on the scene. Some of his players during these years included Fats Navarro, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Dexter Gordon, and Kenny Dorham, just to name a few. The Eckstine band was sophisticated, jumping, and they swung like mad no matter the tune. Here, of course, the emphasis is on Eckstine's vocals, his smooth as silk baritone that could sing a ballad like Duke Ellington's "Sophisticated Lady," or a deep swinging blues by Doc Pomus ("She Got the Blues for Sale"). There's scat, solid jazz balladry, and jumping, tough-hitting blues here. Highly recommended. ~ Thom Jurek, All Music Guide
Prisoner of Love: The Romantic Billy Eckstine
07/25/2006 | Savoy Jazz
All Music Guide Review
Prisoner of Love: The Romantic Billy Eckstine Track Listing
Credits of Prisoner of Love: The Romantic Billy Eckstine
- John Malachi
- Piano
- Shorty McConnell
- Trumpet
- Chips Outcalt
- Trombone
- Connie Wainwright
- Guitar
- Bill Milkowski
- Liner Notes
- Jerry Valentine
- Trombone
- Howard H. Scott
- Trombone
- Raymond Orr
- Trumpet
- Walter Knox
- Trombone
- Leonard Hawkins
- Trumpet
- Bill McMahon
- Bass
- John Cobbs
- Sax (Alto)
- Tim Kennedy
- Drums
- Richard Ellington
- Piano
- TEddy Cypron
- Sax (Baritone)
- Warren Bracken
- Piano
- Arthur Simmons
- Sax (Tenor)
- Iron Bulb
- Art Direction
- Chris Carroll
- Art Direction
- Norris Turney
- Sax (Alto)
- Herb Abramson
- Producer
- Taswell Baird
- Trombone
- Art Blakey
- Drums
- Gail Brockman
- Trumpet
- Johnny Cobb
- Sax (Alto)
- Hobart Dotson
- Trumpet
- Frank Driggs
- Photography
- Jim Golden
- Piano
- Shifty Henry
- Bass
- Josh Jackson
- Sax (Tenor)
- King Kolax
- Trumpet
- Gene Ammons
- Sax (Tenor)
- Sonny Criss
- Sax (Alto)
- Miles Davis
- Trumpet
- Billy Eckstine
- Trombone, Vocals
- Dexter Gordon
- Sax (Tenor)
- Wardell Gray
- Sax (Tenor)
- Budd Johnson
- Sax (Alto)
- Fats Navarro
- Trumpet
- Leo Parker
- Sax (Baritone)
- Cecil Payne
- Sax (Baritone)
- Sonny Stitt
- Sax (Alto)
- Linton Garner
- Piano
- Ray Linn
- Trumpet
- Tommy Potter
- Bass
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